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Winter Olympics 2010

Click here for a free iTunes movie called Truth in Motion documenting the U.S. Ski Team. This requires iTunes to be installed on your computer.

Click here for the Google Searches-Winter Olympics.

Explore the Olympics with Google.

iPod Touches at MHS

Students also filled out a google doc form about their feelings on using iPods in the Classroom. You can view student responses here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=t3ZMdonDsaBrxsLPzCWrroA&output=html

See the form here: bit.ly/cF7SKj

Meet the iPad!

iPad from engadget

iPad from engadget

From TUAW:

Yet another Apple-driven revolution: go!
Specs Update:

  • 9.7″ IPS screen
  • 1/2″ thick (or thin)
  • 10 hours of battery life
  • “Shut the iPad down, come back in a month and it still has a charge”
  • 16-64 Gigabytes of flash storage
  • Accelerometer and compass
  • Speaker, mic
  • Dock connector
  • It can run all iPhone apps, unmodified, out of the box

Happy Birthday Mac!

Happy Birthday Mac!

Happy Birthday Mac!

The Mac is 26 years old (as of January 24th).

Read more about the Macintosh and its history at: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/24/happy-26th-birthday-mac/

and here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/22/technology/20090122_JOBS.html?ref=technology

Or watch a couple short youtube videos on the history of the Macintosh here: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/18/found-footage-the-story-of-macintosh/

Stay tuned for more history as Apple prepares to introduce new products this Wednesday and if rumors are true, might have a major impact on education.

Teenagers and Media

According to a new study, kids get in 11 hours of media use a day.

Read the whole thing here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-19518_3-10438088-238.html

What do you think? How many hours per day do you use/view some form of media?