Ctrl-alt-deliver - Education

It was an interesting week with the release of IOS 6. Even if you can’t afford the iPhone 5, you can’t afford NOT to have IOS 6 as a parent or teacher that uses their iPhone or iPad with students. Jim will tell you why in this week’s CTRL-ALT-DELIVER. We also look at BossJockStudio, a recording app that gives you prerecorded carts, just like radio stations use. EdTech Spotlite is on TheNerdyTeacher and KidLit highlights M.T.Anderson.

Touched by a book deeply, readers of The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate mourned the loss of the gorilla that the book is based upon. It goes to show the power of good writing that we fell in love with a fictitious character and then, by extension, felt the emotion that we did for an animal that most of the readers never got a chance to see. But Mr. Schu did. Be sure to check out his tribute to Ivan.

Are you in charge of tech staff development at your school? You know that teachers can make the worst students, especially at the end of the day. Here are some tips to help keep them involved in their learning how to use technology.

Are teachers finally seeing the importance of being up on the latest tech? And if so, how are they using it in their classrooms? Check out the article from TopOnline Colleges.

Microsoft introduces some great , and maybe not so great, features in the upcoming Office 2013. A new educational search engine is in beta called Gooru. Kidlit Spotlight is on Michael Buckley and EdTech Spotlight is on Doug Levin.

Using your iPhone to record memories of Veterans. Michael Morpurgo brings the emotion and humanity of war to young readers, and TechChef4U leads you to the best EdTech apps.

We look at having a little having Common Sense with our Social Media, Evan Angler, and learning a little JavaScript.

I had an opportunity this past week to have an interview with Eric Simons of ClassConnect.com, an EdTech Startup that I feel is pretty great. Eric provided a little background information for us on where he got his start. He gained a little notoriety recently for the struggles that he was going through in starting up his company. But beyond that, it is indeed Eric’s product that will endure. Here Eric discusses ClassConnect.

Episode 35 looks at using EverNote for other people’s notes, The One and Only Ivan, and Tom Whitby’s views on Social Media.

Three out of four kids with Strep Throat and a tooth extraction later, I’m back with CTRL-ALT-DELIVER: The Podcast. I apologize for the missed week, but we’ve got lots to talk about so let’s get on to the EdTech!

Social Media and Parenting, Summer Reading Pick, FlourishingKids, and Joshua Nash.

Welcome to CTRLALT DELIVER: The Podcast Episode 32. Where this week we look at outdated icons, Symbaloo for EDU, Russell Tar and The Pragmatic Mom.