Monday, 30 June 2014
EDU 653 - Week 2 (Post 2)
Original Source
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/06/23/increase-to-onedrive-storage-plans-announced.aspx
Gone are the days of the flash drive?
I used to be the king of USB sticks. I had one of the first mass marketed USB drives built by IBM when I was still in high school, a whopping 8MB of Flash storage on a gigantic key chain like thing that totally weighed down my pants. Anyway, I've always used flash drives while teaching, either as a way to distribute assignments to students or as a quick and easy way to get my content onto the classroom PC (especially important because I move rooms frequently) Last year however I took the plunge and decided to go "cloud" I had a OneDrive Pro subscription from Microsoft and a ton of free space. I moved all my class content too it and have never looked back. I love not having to remember to stuff the stick in my pocket, worry about forgetting it in the classroom, decrypting it when I want to access the content or just have a mini-heart attack when the flimsy thing breaks. I expect more people will have similar experiences as this technology grows, but I wonder if OneDrive and the cloud storage world will end the USB stick trend in education.
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/windowsexperience/archive/2014/06/23/increase-to-onedrive-storage-plans-announced.aspx
Gone are the days of the flash drive?
I used to be the king of USB sticks. I had one of the first mass marketed USB drives built by IBM when I was still in high school, a whopping 8MB of Flash storage on a gigantic key chain like thing that totally weighed down my pants. Anyway, I've always used flash drives while teaching, either as a way to distribute assignments to students or as a quick and easy way to get my content onto the classroom PC (especially important because I move rooms frequently) Last year however I took the plunge and decided to go "cloud" I had a OneDrive Pro subscription from Microsoft and a ton of free space. I moved all my class content too it and have never looked back. I love not having to remember to stuff the stick in my pocket, worry about forgetting it in the classroom, decrypting it when I want to access the content or just have a mini-heart attack when the flimsy thing breaks. I expect more people will have similar experiences as this technology grows, but I wonder if OneDrive and the cloud storage world will end the USB stick trend in education.
EDU 653 - Week 2 (Post 1)
Original Post
http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/30/la-school-tablet-scheme-laptops/?utm_source=Feed_Classic_Full&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Engadget&?ncid=rss_full&utm_reader=feedly
Often times I find myself dealing with administrators that want to introduce a program like the one to one iPad or laptop program. While they have good intentions and I'm all for spending more money on classroom technology, I often wonder if they're motivated by installing something new and shiny in the classroom. The logic flowing something like this: I have an iPad, I like an iPad, the students should have an iPad. While this may help in some cases, I think it lacks a diversity that the LA school district in this article describes and is now working toward. Is an iPad or a singular device really a good fit for all student profiles? or does expanding the model into different devices for different use cases make more sense, and if that is the decision to make, how does IT support that model?
I think it's nice to see that education is moving away from a one size fits all IT approach into something a bit more diverse, but I don't envy the IT people who have to manage it.
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