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Comment on How to make a student iPad podcasting studio. by Tammi

Tammi — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:53:44 +0000

Years ago those who produced music used big time hardware such as Ensoniq ASR10 and Akai MPC to create their
own brand of beats. Your snares or claps will go on
the 2 and the 4, and your kicks will go however you see fit, play with it until
something sticks and sounds cool.

Comment on Started iPad Rock Star Boot Camp Today by WiFi Horizon, Best news updates, offers and business opportunities

WiFi Horizon, Best news updates, offers and business opportunities — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:00:56 +0000

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Comment on Young Students Can’t (you fill in the blank) by john mccarthy

john mccarthy — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:39:55 +0000

why can’t junior high students sit down and concentrate?

When I was young it was normal and expected to sit and learn, now

many kids want to walk around and disrupt the class. Why did this

change occur? Is it the chemicals in food? The lack of punishment?

Thank You

Comment on Behind the Scenes of Student iPad Podcasting Studio by Lauren

Lauren — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:52:18 +0000

This is incredible! What apps did you use? Any tips for where to buy the equipment from? Thanks!

Comment on Edtech Badges – A dream come true. by Jay Eitner

Jay Eitner — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:19:55 +0000

This is awesome. I’m going to share with my staff today :)

Comment on Edtech Badges – A dream come true. by Chelsy

Chelsy — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:09:29 +0000

I like the idea, and am thinking of setting up a similar system with 6th grade, but like Sally, I am concerned about the specifics of each level and worry that tech changes too much for the specifics that I would come up with to be relevant. I would definitely create digital badges rather than the physical ones, and would post them on our class wiki on individual pages or class pages- still love wikispaces as our home base and a great way for me to control what gets posted and what doesn’t- could be a way for you to digitize badges. If you create the flipped videos at the beginning of the year for all of the strands and levels, are you finding that they are obsolete in a few months? Thanks for posting the idea and videos!

Comment on Edtech Badges – A dream come true. by John Q

John Q — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:21:05 +0000

Brad,
It seems to me that what you’re doing with your Ed Tech Badge program is the tactile world equivalent to what is happening in the digital Khan Academy experience. In both, students are allowed to progress at their own pace in learning about specific skills. The teacher is freed from the ‘telling’ role and can move about in an advisory role. In Khan they are awarded with digital points, badges, and additional avatar capabilities indicating their growing competence. In your program, with tangible / tactile badges.

Comment on Edtech Badges – A dream come true. by Sallie Draper

Sallie Draper — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:45:15 +0000

Thanks for the update and glimpse into your journal. I’m afraid my first attempt at badges isn’t going as well. I blame it on two things – not enough time spent on the specific expectations for each badge and difficulty/time required for mass producing the badges. My program isn’t dead, just not as alive as yours. You’ve inspired me to forge on. :-D

Comment on iPad iBand Featured on TV Show by Vincent Burkardt

Vincent Burkardt — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:28:36 +0000

Hello Brad and IPad Band Members,

Great to have you visit and play in the PSD Channel 10 Studio ~ we will send you a link soon to the show and show schedule! Keep up the great work!

Vincent Burkardt,
Host of the ‘Radio Rhythms’ show on PSD 10

Comment on Filmmaking with Kids and iPads by Filmmaking with Kids and iPads | SchoolTechnology.org | Het gebruik van media in het onderwijs

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Comment on Educational Technology Bill of Rights for Students by Tony

Tony — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:53:20 +0000

Great example of Student-Centered learning!

Comment on iPad Rockstar Boot Camp e-course now available by matthew brown

matthew brown — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:04:13 +0000

I love your ideas! Not to great at taking a song and breaking it up into the different measures though. Do you have a cheat sheet for this? I’d love to do that green day song for my kids as a trial. any hints on that part of it?

Comment on Is the keyboard dead? by Brooke

Brooke — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:29:20 +0000

Hi Brad!
I know this is an old post, but I found it through a related post and wanted to comment. How do you feel about keyboarding skills? Well, let me change that phrase to “typing skills.” I treasure my fast typing speed. I’ve tried repeatedly to use my iPad’s on-screen keyboard, but I make too many errors. I like being able to type notes without having to think about finger placement. I’m so much more effective on my iPad when using my bluetooth keyboard with spring keys. With that being said, do you think there’s value in teaching typing skills with home row finger placement? Don’t you apply pieces of those skills when you’re typing on your iPad? Curious about your thoughts.

Comment on How to make a student iPad podcasting studio. by Cyber Monday Oct 8th 2012 « TJ Houston.com

Cyber Monday Oct 8th 2012 « TJ Houston.com — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:03:39 +0000

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Comment on Teaching Kids with iPads – Part 1 of 5 by Andres C

Andres C — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:25:28 +0000

Thanks so much! Have you tried using “Sock Puppets?” It’s free and can be a fun app as well! Keep up the good work!

Comment on Why My School Uses Atomic Learning Reason #45 by Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:03:32 +0000

Do you use atomic learning for some of the younger student’s too. If so what is the youngest students you use it with?

Comment on iPad Rockstar Boot Camp After School Club by iPad Rockstar Boot Camp e-course now available | SchoolTechnology.org

iPad Rockstar Boot Camp e-course now available | SchoolTechnology.org — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:42:37 +0000

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Comment on The Confusing World of Education Reform by John Q

John Q — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:17:14 +0000

Brad,
Two things:
You mentioned in your webinar yesterday that there is no cheating or short-cutting the Bloom’s ascension. Your Badge Program is building the foundation for your students to move up through Bloom’s with confidence in what they’re doing.
Also, from the student’s perspective, that confidence is HUGE in continuing to work and improve on what they know. In your system, I suspect the real reward is internal – the satisfaction of knowing that they know.

Comment on Why Edtech Badges, Why Now? by Natalie Breen

Natalie Breen — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:51:12 +0000

I was wondering where you got the templates, did you make them yourself, and are you willing to share? I am also in the process of starting this same idea. I have the button maker, the idea, and now I just need to sit, during a vacation, and make some buttons. Which grades do you award? Some of my follow teachers believe that it should only be for the 3rd and 4th grades, I disagree.

Comment on Video: Help! My Students All Have iPads! by Dennis Burns

Dennis Burns — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:48:04 +0000

It looks like we do kind of the same thing… I am in charge of a daily TV show, Youtube Uploads, NXT Robotics, etc… how do you get your campus to buy in? Nobody wants me to have there kids because they miss instruction… any advice would be greatly appreciated…