Behrman House Technology

Can the iPad 2 change the face of education?

     When the first iPad came out in April 2010, it was marketed as a textbook/classroom tool for students. Almost a year later, however, it has not taken off in the classroom in the ways that Apple had planned. The launch of the iPad 2 this past weekend again restores those hopes with several new features and additions which hope to reignite those promises of revolutionizing the classroom.

Online Journals and Customized Content

Remember when you were young and kept a personal journal filled with stories and memories of your days? Just because penmanship skills are passé, it doesn’t mean that writing in a journal is. The journal has gotten a reboot, with penzu, a website that allows you to write a journal and include photos in it. Users can choose to keep their entries private, or share them with others.

Have Your Students Live A Double Life

Let your students explore the intrigue of living a double life by having them create their own avatar. Using this site, your students can create their own alter ego by customizing their avatar’s features, clothing, and background. Students can also add a voice to their avatar by recording their own commentary, or uploading text which the program will convert into audio.

Online Passwords: Headaches or Lifesavers?

     Have you ever had a friend who has unknowingly sent you some kind of spam through email and then had to spend hours or even days sending around more emails telling everyone not to open the previous message because their account was hacked? Sure, we all have. It may even have happened to you.

Art imitates life

For the first time ever, encourage your kids to doodle in class. There are some great contests floating around the Internet. Allow your students’ creativity to shine by having them enter one of these contests.

High Tech; Low Tech; No Tech

I love my digital toys.  I use at different times an iPhone, iPad, and laptop.  I’m going paperless at the office. I was an avid PC Magazine reader until it stopped publishing—ironically put out of business by the internet.  And so my eyes lit up when—reading the presentation schedule for an upcoming conference—I saw a session “Innovate or Die.”

Virtually helping your students from anywhere!

     One problem with moving your teaching online to the computer is worrying if your students will be able to use the software and understand how it works. Fear no longer with great new free services such as http://join.me/.

Think you can't afford a smart board for your school?

     When I ask someone to tell me how much a smart board costs today, the most common answer I hear is in the range of $10,000. Did you know you can have all the features and functionality of smart board in your school for much less? Want to know how?

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