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K-12 Apple Schools' & partners collaborating towards global excellence through synergizing Apple technology.
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iSAN Apple Summit - Japan Oct. 3rd & 4th 2008
This is the space for the iSAN summit held at the Apple Tokyo Opera City Building and the Tokyo International School.
Tech Focus session summary
Notes from the tech focussed session talking about hardware, software, and configurations for K-12 schools.
Learning Focus session summary
Notes from the learning focussed session talking about Web 2.0, electronic portfolios, and for K-12 schools.
Integrating Technology
The concept that it is a tool for the flow of information truly holds water here. How is your school using Apple technology to reach your learning objectives?
IT Administration
Networking, documentation, inventory, maintenance, etc... are the areas which somehow tend to place us in the catch-up mode.
http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Mac_OS_X OS X Wiki
http://www.spiceworks.com is a good system for auto inventorying a network of mixed Mac/Win/Linux machine and comes with a great help desk package.
Roadmaps for schools
Roadmaps show us many ways of reaching the same destination.
Peripherals
Which peripherals work for U? How are U using iPods? How could we use iPhones? What are iPods and Iphones anyhow?
Hope this answers your question: [1]
"I"phones? ? Are we living in an "I" world or a "U" world? Can they work together?
and for wiki Iphone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
1 to 1 programs
Lots of debate about the effectiveness of 1 to 1 programs. so we can now edit - what next? How can we use it in the classroom?
Professional Development
Places still available for
Workshops in Singapore (with Chris Smith)
Learning 2.008 Sept. 18 -20, 2008 Shanghai
2008 iSan Summit Oct 3rd and 4th Tokyo
http://www.ed.gov/G2K/bridge.html
Shambles Professional Development Online Calendar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_development
Learning Software
Sharing learning software that you use effectively in your school.
Office Administration
What are some ways to synergize the office with your learning environments and needs?
What is the best way to do this, especially in a mutliple lingual environment?
Open Source
Is Open Source part of your formula?
Licensing
What are the options out there? What are the challenges? Depending on the country, licensing for education can vary dramatically.
Useful Clicks
Where on the net would make sense to spend our time?
Apple Education and some!
CUE Computer-Using Educators, Inc. Advancing Student Achievement Through Technology A non-profit California Corporation founded in 1978
CoSN The Consortium for School Networking
EduTech General educational technology wiki built at the University of Geneva
eSchool News online North American-based print and online K-20 newspaper published since 1998
ISTE The International Society for Technology in Education
MLTI The Maine Learning Technology Initiative, a statewide 1:1 deployment
School Computing Home Page Another wiki with a broad selection of K-12 relevant links
T.H.E. Journal Online: Technology Horizons in Education
21st-Century Learning Exploring the convergence of kids, technology, and learning. Associated with MaMaMedia and Seymour Papert
iSummit Learning Focus Session Links October 3, 2008
