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Back to School: new iLearn ezine on using Macs in education
TUAW's going Back to School! We'll be bringing you tips and reviews for students, parents and teachers right up until the bell rings in September.
Reader Kelly T wrote in to give us a heads up about iLearn, a new ezine devoted to using Mac technology in the classroom. The first issue, which you can find here, is free but future issues will cost $1US each and be available at the main site. Topics in the first issue range from Leopard in the classroom to iPods in education.
The first issue is full of great content. There's a full lesson plan on empathy that includes the standards met, tech skills addressed, and necessary materials. Finally, Kelly explains just how to use PhotoBooth and Pages to complete the lesson and assess the students' participation.
Our favorite article is the Ten Technology Time Savers, including document naming standards (which is huge on a shared computer) and set your daily apps to launch at startup.
Good job, Kelly! We're looking forward to future editions.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Justin said 5:07PM on 8-15-2008
Great new series of posts! You should look into Schoolhouse @ loganscollins.com.
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Vince said 6:10PM on 8-15-2008
Leave, spammer.
Kizorblade said 7:25AM on 8-16-2008
Well, he may be spamming or not, but Schoolhouse is a program. It did work in 10.4, although Leopard seems to have broken it, and no updates have fixed it :(
flunky Carter said 7:26PM on 8-15-2008
MYEK!
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onicon said 11:55AM on 8-16-2008
well, it's full of flaws. for example the image used to illustrate the sharing part (page 6) uses an image of the os x 10.3 sharing preferences panel.
so has the author really been using a mac?
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Usermanual said 12:47PM on 8-16-2008
I think it's just an illustration. The article just showcases the ability of sharing, not it's specific uses or operation.