At the Boston iPad Summit, one of the apps that I kept hearing about was Socrative, a student response system. While I (now) am subscribing to the philosophy of investing in a few great, universal apps that will go the distance for any subject and purpose, Socrative is a unique, specialized student app (used in […]

This post is a springboard for our first App-tober Session: Apps are being created by what seems like the second. This can be a very overwhelming arena. Teachers are asking themselves: What are the best apps for students? How do these apps even fit into the classroom curriculum? Is it even worth paying for these […]

It’s that time of  year. We are assessing our district technology needs. Out with the ancient equipment and in with the new! Lists have been drafted, and now an overall one is being compiled. The question: what are our priorities as a district? Certain concepts and terminology keep surfacing in our quest: cloud computing, desktop […]