Helpful iBooks Author Tutorials

This afternoon I received an email from someone who had a question about iBooks Author. iBooks Author is an excellent tool for creating mult...

A Quick Tip About Editing In Apple's Pages

I’ve been working on a rather large (currently 60+ pages) document all summer. Because it is an image-heavy document and because I like the ...

The Top 10+ Sites for a Successful 1:1 Laptop Program: Experiences from the Trenches

 Greetings from Rock Valley, Iowa, the land of cows and corn! As we wind up our school year this week, I have begun reflecting on just how m...

26 iBooks Author How-to Videos

This week I'm taking a few days off to ski, play with my dogs, visit with friends and family, and generally recharge my batteries. If yo...

110 Page Guide to Publishing With iBooks Author

Apple's iBooks Author is an excellent tool for creating multimedia ebooks, but there are some elements of using it that can be confusing...

Google Puts a Search App in the Windows Phone Marketplace

While Android and Apple devices dominate the smartphone market, there are other smartphones that our students are carrying. The last time I ...

Initial Impressions of Apple's New Education Initiatives

You might have heard that today Apple had a big event to launch their new K-12 marketing  educational products initiatives. For the sake of...

MacHeads, Welcome to Macintosh

Once a week I post a documentary video from Snag Learning. This week instead of a Snag Learning video I would like to share two videos hoste...

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

Twitter, Google Plus, and the blog-o-sphere are buzzing tonight with the news of the passing of Steve Jobs . Whether you're an "App...

Stop Selling Me Crap

This morning TechCrunch has an article reporting that Apple will sell a sub $1,000 iMac for education . At first I thought "cool,...

iPad - Yes or No?

When Apple introduced the iPad, I sat back and watched as people lined-up to buy what appeared to me to be an over-sized iPod Touch. Despite...

Learn iPhone & iPad App Development

iPhones and iPads are sure to be on some students' holiday present wish list. If you have students that receive one of those as a holida...

Buying Stuff Won't Fix Your or My Problems

Reminder: This blog does not represent the official position of my employer or any other organization with which I'm affiliated. And fo...

Mac For Beginners

Perhaps because I use a Mac all the time and because every 7-12 teacher in Maine uses a Mac, I sometimes forget that learning to use a Mac c...