Technology: In Plain English טכנולוגיה: באנגלית פשוטה: 2014

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Coding? - or preparing our kids for the their future?

This past week has been the "Hour of Code" week where schools throughout the US and across the world are getting children, from Kindergarten through grade 12, involved in creating computer programs.

Why should we teach code?

Well, just as we teach our children to read and write so that they can participate in society, we should teach them the logical building blocks that they will need to be CREATORS in the world that they are living in. This means being able to create on the ubiquitous digital devices that are found in just about every home and school.

Back in the early 80's when I started working in Computer Science, my colleagues and I envisioned a world similar to the StarTrek and Star Wars universes where everyone knew how to not only USE the technology around them, but how to CREATE with that technology. The "Digital Natives" - the children who have grown up in a world that has always had the Internet - were "magically" expected to be able to create without ever being taught how. It was supposed to be absorbed into their very nature - like osmosis or something. Boy, were we wrong.

Well, I am happy to say that, at least with the schools that I am involved with, we are now starting to teach our students how to become CREATORS as well as CONSUMERS. Yes, many of the high school age "digital natives" are still primarily consumers, but more and more are learning how to create - and a great, fun way to teach this skill is through coding.

While the basics of writing code are the same as when I learned HEX, COBOL and FORTRAN, the language part has become so much easier. Even the output has become much more fun. My 9 year old son has, through self-driven learning, created games on the GamePress platform. All from watching videos, on-line help and a lot of hands-on experimentation.

So, how do we get our kids interested in coding?

Catherine Davis, the Technology Director at Pilgrim School (@CatlynnDavis) sent me a link to a amazing coding product for younger kids. It is called bitsbox and here is a video on what their product is: http://youtu.be/BxtaxA_AhmE (For the schools in France and Israel, we should translate this into French and Hebrew!!) It is, I believe, a fantastic way to get our kids to become creators - Look out Star Trek, here we come!!

(P.S. to this blog entry. The delivery of the bitsbox reminds me of my wife Batsheva and her LaunchBox project. http://youtu.be/VVUF6PE9ztQ What do you think?)

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Monday, November 10, 2014

How is YOUR tech integration?

Those of you who have heard me "preach" know that I stress that technology is NOT what we should focus on in our classrooms. I believe that what we should concentrate on is "the how" we teach - you know, 21st Century Competencies, Blended Learning, Project Based Learning and so on..... Technology should be a natural part of what we use in education, not a forced add-on.

So, please don't be too surprised to hear me say that, from time to time, we DO need to assess how our ICT (Information and Computer Technology) Integration is doing.

Thanks to our friends at Tech and Learning Magazine (If you don't subscribe you really, really, really should!!!) there is a wonderful article just on this topic!!

11 Criteria For Evaluating a School's Education Technology.

Give it a read - it will be well worth your time!

Don't forget to post your comments on the blog. How is YOUR tech integration doing?

Yossie

Monday, October 27, 2014

NEWS FLASH FROM AIRPARROT

I was going to wait on sending this one out, but I know that a few of you are using chromebooks and are "dying" for a way to make them work in the AppleTV world....

So, here it is!!!!

AirParrot (my all time favorite AirPlay mirroring program) is now out on CHROME BOOKS!!!!

click for link....

Go ahead you "Chrome Domes!!" connect away!!

Yossie

Have a SmartBoard?... it can now work with an iPad - well sort of....

Smart has finally caved in to the scream from educators on being able to control a SmartBoard from an iPad... OK, well, sort of....

There are some catches...

1) You must have the latest copy of NoteBook (there are new licensing costs involved with this)

AND

2) A copy of the NoteBook advantage subscription ($54.00 each/yr)

AND

3) The NoteBook for iPad app (for $6.99).

With all of that, you download the "Notebook Maestro" (at least that is free) and away you go.

Here is the release for SMART Tech...

http://smarttech.com/us/About+SMART/About+SMART/Newsroom/Media+releases/English+US/Recent+Releases/SMART+Launches+SMART+Notebook+Maestro+Software

As always... your comments (on the blog) are solicited.

Yossie

Monday, October 20, 2014

Creating Amazing Graphic Designs with iPad

So... during the Jewish Festival of Sukkot and Simchas Torah, my wife Batsheva calculated that we had over 80 people attend festival dinners at our home (most in the Sukkah - a temporary "hut" with a partially open bamboo roof - a lot of fun!!).

Now, why do I mention this to open a quick blog on Academic Tech??? Well, having all of these people led me to create a webpage where people can now "book" a place at our weekly Shabbat dinner table (We usually have 10 to 12 people) making organization so much easier for us. The only thing I was missing were some cool graphics!

Just when I was wondering what I was going to do to solve this problem, I received an email from Rabbi Zach Swigard - you may recall that he is one of the Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy's "Rock Star" educators - talking about a new iPad app, CANVA.

CANVA is an amazing app that lets anyone create some of the most amazing graphics - just the sort of thing that I was looking for to create some cool graphics to add to my Shabbat Dinner website. (or a great way for your students to create custom graphics!!!)

Here is a short video on CANVA. Check it out

As always, your input is much desired. Please post it on the blog page.

Regards....

Yossie

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Some more 3D printed items... you MUST watch these videos!!

While I was testing a new wireless presentation system (goodbye Apple TV), I came across some really, really cool stuff that I just had to share with you...... (more on the wireless presentation system in a future post...)

A few posts ago, I wrote about how 3D printing and "Maker Labs" can be such a positive influence on education. Well, I just found some links that "blew my mind!!"

We now have 3d printed... ready for it..... (You really, really have to take the time to watch these videos.)

CARS!!!!

Quick Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daioWlkH7ZI#t=25

Video with driving shots - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMQJkkchTi4

Houses!!!

This project from Amsterdam is slated to have a full sized house available for demonstration by end of this year!

http://vimeo.com/87843940

This company already makes their houses in China.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObzNdyRTBs

Body Parts!!!

3D printed ear.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RgI_bcETkM

Foods!!

Pizza (being funded by NASA.... for real!!!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Gb-X1DGmk

So, my question to you all is.... What are we doing to open this amazing field of creating to our students? Let's see some posts on the website.

Regards....

Yossie

Monday, October 13, 2014

Blended Learning

I received an email yesterday from one of the "Rock Star" teachers at Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy - Rabbi Zack Swigard. (zswigard@hillelhebrew.org)

He was talking about how he really, really, really wants to move some of his classes into a "Blended Learning" model where his students would use the idea of "Content Mastery" to drive their Judaic Studies education. In other words, he wants his classes to become a true 21st Century learning experience - Blended Learning, Adaptive Assessments, Flipped Classes, Student Driven and Mastery based!

In his email, he referenced one of the best "all-in-one" articles on the topic that I have read in a long time!! (shout-out to the author Chris Aviles @techedupteacher) I really want to share this piece with you, so here is the link - PLEASE GIVE IT A READ - it is a bit long but well, well worth your time!!

http://www.techedupteacher.com/its-time-for-mastery-learning/

A couple of quick points and shameless plugs for my wife Batsheva.....

In a blended learning environment, the "Enduring Understandings" tend to drive the learning process (as they should!!!). Batsheva gives one of the best classes I have ever audited on WHAT an Enduring Understanding really is and HOW to craft them. (I mean it.... really.... Spousal support aside... It is a great class!!!!) If you are interested in arranging a session as Professional Development for your teachers, please contact her at b7frankel@aol.com Batsheva's last presentation was heavily attended and highly recommended at the NewCAJE conference in September. (http://newcaje52014.sched.org/speaker/batsheva_frankel.1simzf7f#.VDxv0CldVt8)

As always, I look forward to hearing from you and, PLEASE, don't just email me your comments, but put them directly on the blog!!

Moadim L'Simcha!

Yossie

Yossie Frankel

Director - Consortium for Information and Academic Technologies
Member Schools:
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy - yfrankel@hillelhebrew.org
Oakland Hebrew Day School - y.frankel@ohds.org
Shalhevet High School - y.frankel@shalhevet.org
Yeshivat Yavneh - www.yha.org
Arete Preparatory Academy - yfrankel@areteprep.org

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Shanna Tova - Happy Jewish New Year to all

To all the members of the Consortium, and to all of the readers of my blog,

As we enter the Jewish New Year, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a "Ketivah Vachatimah Tova" and a "Shanna Tova Umetukah" - that you should be written and sealed for a sweet, healthy and productive new year!!

It is said the we, all the peoples of this world, breath life into the universe. This is one of the ideas of blowing the Shofar - the Ram's Horn - on Rosh HaShanna, the Jewish new year.

We take a small breath, push it through the Shofar and out comes such a loud noise. That sound can be harmonious or cacophonous. By choosing HOW we "breath" our lives, we will decide the sound of our life. (and.... as educators, we tend to make a BIG noise!!!!)

I extend a blessing to us all - even if we are not teaching in a classroom, we are all very much still teachers - that we should breath our lives in such a way as to positively influence the lives of our students. For after all, a single life is an entire universe.

A happy, healthy new year to all.

(Oh yes, and don't forget to breath!!!!! :-)

Yossie

Monday, September 22, 2014

Anonymous Social Networking and Cyber Bullying

I came across an interesting article (Linked Here) that discusses how anonymous social networking can often lead to cyber bullying.

Think about it..... One can say anything that comes to mind, regardless of how hurtful it may be to another.

So, my question to you all is, how do we prevent that from happening?

Do we have a legal obligation to monitor this on our campuses?
Do we block the sites (very easy to do with Layer 7 filtering) or, perhaps, we can spend more time and effort on making our students better digital citizens?
Do we spend enough time in making our kids cyber-mentches (Yiddish for "responsible, well rounded, caring people")?

Please read the linked article and lets hear your opinions on the blog page.

Yossie

EduWire: Yik Yak is an Anagram for Hot Mess

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Virtual Reality overlay - the world is changing!!!

Welcome back to everyone!!

For some of you, school has been running for a few weeks and for others, this is the first week back.

Well, as you can well imagine, for us at the Consortium, the last month and a half has been busy beyond belief. This is the first week that I have had any time to sit and actually create a blog post. So, here goes.....

Question: What IS the world that our students are graduating into? For our elementary school partners, that question is much different than it is for our high schools. As our students graduate, what will the world be like? ICT (Information and Computer Technology) is not just a tablet or laptop any more. With Apple just releasing its AppleWatch with the iPhone 6 "phablet" and Google Glass, we actually live in a more cybernetic world than ever before. "Full Experience Virtual Reality" is now making a BIG PUSH and is changing the paradigm on how - as workers - we engage our jobs.

Please watch the below video from DAQRI. This is a device that is going to market - very soon. Prototypes are already out!! How will this change the way we have to teach our children?

Please share your thoughts and ideas on the blog site.

Warmest Regards on the return to school.

Yossie

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Alternative Assessments - iPad iMovie

It is essential, if we want our students to take ownership of their learning (UNESCO 21st Century Competencies), that they can demonstrate understanding and mastery of the goals and skills of a particular lesson or course of study. Often, using an "alternative assessment," as opposed to the standard test/paper/quiz, can give the teacher a better indication of a student's progress and mastery of a lesson or skill.

For example, my wife Batsheva is teaching a summer school class in Language Arts. She had her students read a short story called "Bernice Bobs her Hair" by F Scott Fitzgerald The students read the book and then discussed the imagery, writing style, and so on. You know, the "usual stuff" that is done in an English class.

Rather than have the students write a paper or take a quiz, Basheva had the class, working in teams of two, change the short story into a an iPad iMovie movie trailer for a film genre of their choice. The trailer had specific criteria that it had to follow to prove that the student had understood the major (and minor) goals of the lesson. It was a blast for the students and they were able to practice AND SUCCEED at a whole range of 21st Century Learning Competencies.

Here is the sample video that Batsheva made...

Here is the trailer from one of the teams...

From an "Ed-tech" perspective, what I find so great about this is that Batsheva took 10 minutes out of the class time to teach the iPad iMovie program. From there, the entire rest of the class was dedicated to working collaboratively on making the move. Talk about engagement!!!

What do you think are the learning competencies that were demonstrated? Did the students show an understanding of the short story? Please log into the blog and share your thoughts.

Yossie Frankel
Director - Consortium for Information and Academic Technologies
Member Schools:
Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy - yfrankel@hillelhebrew.org
Oakland Hebrew Day School - y.frankel@ohds.org
Shalhevet High School - y.frankel@shalhevet.org
Yeshivat Yavneh - www.yha.org
Arete Preparatory Academy - yfrankel@areteprep.org
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Sunday, June 29, 2014

Israeli Science Fair - Religious Schools!!

From Arutz Sheva.....

(Go AMIT schools!!!!)

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Religious High School Science Fair Yields Surprises

Students at the Amit Strauss Technological high school displayed their scientific prowess and knowledge at a recent school event.

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First Publish: 6/29/2014, 12:12 PM

יריד המדע בביה"ס המדעי אמי"ת ברעננה

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Students at the Amit Strauss Technological high school in Kfar Batya, outside Raanana, recently held a major science fair, with hundreds of visitors from the town. Among the projects – a life-size simulation of the spacecraft the SpaceILorganization plans to send up into space next year.

The SpaceIL craft, being built as Israel's entry into an international competition, is about the size of a dishwasher, measuring 38 inches by 28 inches. Fully loaded, the craft will weigh about 300 pounds. The craft built for the science fairby ninth grade twins Gur and Kfir Meir did not weigh that much, as they did notincluded the sophisticated navigation and camera equipment being developed for the actual craft – but it did conform to the external design and avionics of theSpaceIL craft, evidencing a propensity for design and engineering by the two youths.

Other space-oriented projects included models of a space station that would be powered by solar energy and centrifugal power. The station would be self-sustaining, allowing humans to live aboard indefinitely.

Other projects sought to "remake" existing products and technologies, using engineering, chemical, and nanotechnology-based principles to build new and improved versions of things like the "Archimedes' Screw," a machine dating back to pre-Roman times that was historically used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches. Other projects developed solutions to help the disabled navigate their environment more successfully.

Rabbi Erab Strauss, principal of the school, expressed satisfaction at the event. "The students showed their capabilities and ability to think outside the box. Even the younger children here are able to create interesting solutions. Our aim is to enable the development of a generation that, equipped with the values we teach them, are able to lead the worlds of technology, industry, and science."

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How are we doing with our kids and science fair? Your comments are solicited!

Regards....

Yossie

Thursday, June 19, 2014

I-Just-Had-To-Share-This-With-You

Remember back in April when I shared this post with you....

Two or three times a year, I share a video that just "tickles my fancy." The criteria is simple.

It MUST be educational - showing how to do something new or solving a problem. (I love STEM and PBL)

It needs to show its solution in a way that is engaging

and finally, it needs to have some humor. (For those of you who know me well, you know the more "corny" the better!!)

Well, I just saw this in an email from the awesome folks at Pow-Tunes (www.powtoon.com) - and I-Just-Had-To-Share-This-With-You.

So, what do you think? Does it meet my criteria? Let me know on the blog!!

Yossie

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Is this the latest in On-Line Degrees?

If you have been following Ed-Tech, you already are aware of the rise and descent of the MOOC - Massive Open Online Course. (Unless you are Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and have been living in cave... and that wouldn't be so terrible!!!)

MOOCs were supposed to change the way Higher Ed (and all Ed for that matter) worked. Classes on-line, free or minimal charge, take-it-when-you-want-to, and so on. Unfortunately, it did not work so well. After about two years of "Mooc-ing", statistics started to show that out of the large number people who would start a course, only few finished it and most of those students already had university/college degrees. And then there is the issue of (as I have been quoted as saying many, many times....) a boring lecture in person is even more boring on line!!!

So what what is the next entrant into on-line, Higher Ed?

Enter the "Nano-Degree." This is an industry driven, specialized degree that should take a student about 8-12 months to complete. AT&T is teaming up with the on-line provider Udacity to offer this new program.

(Here is an excellent article on the program)

Give it a read. When you are done, come back to the blog and let me know your opinion. Is THIS where education is heading? Is THIS what we have to prepare our students for? Do we need to be giving our children the skills in order to learn on-line?

What do you think?

Regards...

Yossie

Monday, June 16, 2014

Real World Manipulatives on iPad

I will never forget the time I spent as a Paramedic Instructor Trainer (early 1990's) and my clinical rotation on a Brain Trauma Unit.

Here were people that had to re-learn simple tasks such as holding a fork and feeding themselves. I remember one of the researchers telling me about the (then) leading edge research that conclusively demonstrated that handling physical objects makes a difference in brain chemistry that supports learning.

This leads me to one of my complaints about some of today's technology: Tech can sometimes remove the "real world manipulative" from the learning and thus does not allow for a very critical early learning modality.

Now, before you say "hey, wait a second Yossie, there was a device that did...." I will admit that there HAVE been computer/manipulation interfaces that have been created..... BUT NEVER I HAVE SEEN ONE AS COOL AND EASY TO USE AS THIS!!!!!

I will let the below video say it all:

click link to view the video

As always, your comments and thoughts are solicited. Maybe you know of another product that we should know about. Please post them on the blog.

Regards...

Yossie

PS - thanks to Joy Watt at the Crossroads School for letting me know about this great product.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Robotics and Programming for lower elementary school

As many of you know, I am a huge proponent for getting kids started with programming and robotics at an early age. It has all of the requirements for great education - Manipulatives, Play, Higher Reasoning Skills, Collaboration, Student Ownership of Learning and so on...

So when I saw this on a web list that I belong to, I became so very excited!!

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If you have students in elementary grades, then you need to check this out! Very, very, very, very cool!!!

http://www.kinderlabrobotics.com/

Here is the link to their kick-starter campaign: Kibo kickstarter

As always, please add your comments to the blog page!

Regards to all!

Yossie

P.S. Shout out to John Umekubo from the St Mathew's Parish School for originally posting this on INTEla. Follow John on Twitter: @jumekubo

Friday, June 6, 2014

iOS 8.0 and AirPlay

Many of my schools are using the Apple iPad/Phone operating system called iOS. One of the very neat features of iOS is the "AirPlay" that allows a Mac or iPad/Phone to live stream it's screen to an AppleTV. Really cool - when it works!!

The problem is that in order to make this feature work on a school network, it can take some real magic! (No details... just take my word for it!)

Well, at the beginning of the week, Apple announced iOS 8! (Yes, another upgrade to the iPad to make us all nuts!!!)

A cool upgrade to iOS 8 and the Apple TV is that YOU NO LONGER NEED TO USE WIFI TO ATTACH AN iPhone/Pad MAC, etc. TO AN APPLE TV!!

One is supposed to be able to walk into the classroom and using Bluetooth, connect directly to the Apple TV. IF IT WORKS, this is great news - no more fancy connections that sometimes don't work. Experience tells me, at least for now, don't give up your direct connect HDMI cable!!

As always, your comments are solicited (PLEASE PUT THEM ON THE BLOG - DON'T JUST EMAIL ME! Everybody should benefit from your comments!)

Regards....

Yossie

(My source for this blog post is Gizmodo - one of my favorite sites!! http://gizmodo.com/airplay-wont-need-a-wi-fi-connection-in-ios-8-1585335970)

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

3D Printer - Maker Labs

Jessica - the Tech Coordinator and Science Teacher at Oakland Hebrew Day School (OHDS) - recently shared her plans for remaking the school's archaic computer lab into a really cool Multi Use Area and Maker Space. (Thanks to Michael Cohen at Hillel Hebrew for finding the green screen set: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009G6Y1Q8/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 a really great deal on Amazon)

Now, in my opinion, every maker space needs a 3D printer... but how to afford it??

To answer this problem...In steps the MOD-t from New Matter. This revolutionary design has a 3D printer for.... wait for it..... $249.00!!!!!! You must watch the video to see how their "unit is different from all other units".... (Pasover joke.....) http://youtu.be/CGfLxACv3Qs After watching the video, let me know what you think about their idea of "social media-izing" the designs.

Here is the link to their fundraising INDIEgogo site... www.indiegogo.com/projects/new-matter-mod-t-a-3d-printer-for-everyone

If my wife will let me, I am going to purchase one of these!! (Maybe if I buy her a new shaitel first.... hmmmm....)

As always, your comments are solicited. Please feel free to repost/retweet/scream-from-a-rooftop!

Regards to all... (and to my fellow Jewish readers - have a great festival of Shavuot!!)

Yossie

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH (from Mobile Beacon) for live streaming events…

Thanks for all the feedback on my last blog/email about the live streaming of sporting events. If you can, please go to the blog page (technorebbe.blogspot.com) and post your comments and questions there – for the whole world to see. Don't be shy!! :-)

The question that everyone seems to be asking is how to set up for live streaming WITHOUT using the bandwidth on the iPhone/iPad? As many of you pointed out – this costs big $$ on your ATT smartphone plan!!

Not a problem…. Have I got a solution for you!

Mobile Beacon (http://www.mobilebeacon.org/) is THE PLACE to go to get this resolved. Rick Lindholm (rick@mobilebeacon.org) and crew have a fantastic offer for schools: UNIMITED 4G BANDWIDTH FOR $120.00 PER YEAR. Yes, you read it right…. $120.00 for a whole year of UNLIMITED – No Restrictions – Bandwidth!!! I have one for Shalhevet that we use as a 5th line for our load balancer and one that travels with me in my backpack where ever I go.

So, when I live stream (last post about live streaming sports, etc…) I just put my iPad/'Droid phone onto the 4G device and away I go!!

Here is how it works….

Goto TechSoup (www.techsoup.org) and register your school. TechSoup has all sorts of "goodies" at super low prices for schools and charities. (I buy my Symantec Anti-virus Server Edition from them at $5.00 instead of the usual the usual retail of OVER $100.00.)

Once you are authorized, then you purchase the ClearCom 4G Voyager for only $5.00 and the MobileBeacon for $120.00

All done!

As always, your feedback is solicited. Please feel free to repost/retweet/print-and-turn-into-paper-airplanes-and-throw-in-the-sky this email/blog entry!!

Regards…

Yossie

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Live Stream sports (and other things) so easy that your coaches (and parents) will bless you!

Do you want your coaches to be able to live stream sports EASILY so that the school, parents and community can watch their kids compete? How about those especially hard to attend "away" games in the middle of the day? Have you tried other streaming services like Google Hangouts, Adobe Connect, UStream, etc.? (I don't have a problem setting up these streaming services – but then again, I have a degree in Computer Science!!)

Well, don't fear – here comes High School Cube! (www.highschoolcube.com)

It is available world-wide, super easy to use AND FREE! And…. When I say SUPER EASY to use, I mean SUPER EASY!!! (Oui, disponible au Canada et en France and כן, זמין גם בישראל)

Here is what you do.....

Subscribe to setup a "cube" for your school. (You don't HAVE to be a high school. I have set up a Cube for Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy Middle School as well as for Shalhevet High School. It did require that I "authenticate" myself as an authorized member of the school)
Set up a broadcast day/time
Broadcast from an iPad/iPhone/'Droid device or PC or Mac.

That's it! Done!

Now here is the secret thing… you can also use the platform to live stream graduations and other special events!! If you are industrious, you can also sell advertising to local businesses for your live stream (there is a sharing arrangement with High School Cube for this.)

What I find very cool is that not only does the platform live stream, but you can set up highlight reels, an interactive scoreboard, upload videos and pictures – it is just jammed packed with good stuff.

But you say…. "An iPad? Come on Yossie, the video from that is not going to be very good, is it?"

Well, if you spend about $100.00 then you can turn your iPad into a FANTASTIC video camera with optical zoom and wide angle lenses!

Using attachments from IOgrapher (www.iographer.com/), you can turn your iPad into a lean, mean, production video camera machine! Add the IOgrapher base, lenses and if you want Boom microphone (that is about $130 extra for the professional quality mic – but well worth it) and a wonderful little$4.99 iOS app called FiLMiC Pro) and you have a near production quality system!!! Use that with High School Cube and you are off to the races!! What is cool is that with the IOgrapher add-ons, you can make quality movies in the school as well. Bye bye expensive video cameras…. It turns our school iPads into truly versatile all in one units!! (Oh yes, Dave from IOgrapher offers Educational Pricing!!)

(Special note: If you set up your High School Cube and live stream BEFORE the end of June, then Jim Leo from HSCube will send you a full IOgrapher production kit for FREE!!!! The ones for Shalhevet and Harkham Hillel are already on the way!!)

Here are the links:

Highshool Cube http://www.highschoolcube.com Jim Leo jleo@highschoolcube.com

IOgrapher http://www.iographer.com/ Dave at: sales@iographer.com

FiLMiC Pro https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filmic-pro/id436577167?mt=8

As always, feel free to share/retweet/post, etc. And.... give me your opinions via the blog site! I would love to hear from you.

Yossie

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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Why should we teach code?

So, how do we get our kids interested in coding?

Monday, November 10, 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

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Monday, October 13, 2014

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Monday, September 22, 2014

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Religious High School Science Fair Yields Surprises

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Monday, June 16, 2014

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Friday, June 6, 2014

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

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