We have an iPod Touch/iPhone app now as well since early July.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=320937269&
mt=8
Since we have quite a lot of existing users (students and faculty/staff) the
initial value was just to get the Directory information and calendar out
there as the common and definitive data source for that information. We are
using Whipple Hill (as is AGS). Moving forward, homework assignments and
other basic everyday stuff that can be dished to the students and faculty
needs to be in there. I am much more of the opinion you get something going
with minimal goals and see if there is momentum, so that is where we are at
right now.
Jonathan
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Jonathan Mergy <jmergy@lwhs.org>
Director Of Technology
Lick-Wilmerding High School
755 Ocean Ave, SF CA 94112
P:415.585.1725 x365
http://www.lwhs.org
> From: Lucy Gray <elemenous@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 06:36:16 -0500
> To: ISED-L <ISED-L@listserv.syr.edu>
> Subject: iPod Touches and iPhone Apps
>
> Hi again -
> I'm hearing some buzz from schools starting to pilot iPod Touches and I'm
> wondering if
> schools on the list are considering this as well. If so, what grade
> levels are involved in your initiatives? What apps are you putting on
> the Touches?
> How are you sync the devices?
> What curricular goals are you trying to address? For instance, a friend is
> running this program at the Atlanta Girls' School and I think it has a lot
> of promise: http://www.ags411.org/istem/
>
> I'm also curious as to whether you have favorite apps that you use
> personally and also ones that you might be recommending to administrators.
> My personal favorites are the Everyblock, Facebook, Zillow, Camera Bag, Spin
> Art, and another one that shows you gas stations, coffee shops etc around
> you. I think it's called Around Me, but I'm not looking at my phone this
> moment. My own children now have a splitter and an iPod Touch to share;
> videos they seem to like include Super Why and Dragon Fly TV podcasts,
> Smithsonian Kids and National Geographic Kids videos, and videos from WGBH
> Teachers' Domain. They also love the UNO game application, which I think is
> pretty cleverly designed.
>
> Anyway, curious to hear your thoughts on all this... I'm also excited about
> the recent buzz that a larger device might be coming from Apple. I'm
> crossing my fingers that this will happen soon rather than later!
>
>
> Lucy Gray
> Education Technology Specialist
> Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education
> University of Chicago
> http://cemse.uchicago.edu
> 773-834-5214 (Office)
> 682-233-5829 (Google Voice)
>
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