Thursday, December 15, 2011
Twitter and Facebook
We are facing the social media challenge every day with the students. As a result of a recent cyberbullying situation, students are no longer allowed to use Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and any other social media site during the school day. They are allowed to use these sites at home but they must follow the Acceptable Use Policy regarding what they post on the Internet when using the school-owned devices. It has been very difficult for some students to understand that they did not purchase the iPads and cannot do whatever they want on them. I gave a short presentation on Monday, December 12th about ownership, the AUP, and cyberbullying to the entire high school. Many of the girls still feel that the administration, teachers and parents do not have the right to look at the content on the iPads whenever they want. Hopefully, this misconception has been dispelled.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
The iPad and the Bazaar
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Even Apes use iPads
Tablet of the Apes
What began as an April Fool's Day gag - a Photoshopped image of a gorilla using an iPad - soon became a reality when the Milwaukee County Zoo handed the device to its orangutans. Since iPads are allegedly so intuitive that anyone can use them, Trish Khan, supervisor of the primate and ape area at the zoo, thought the tablet could be a great enrichment opportunity for the great apes and donated her old one. At first, the orangutans were just shown pictures and videos of themselves and were not allowed to handle the device. "Their reaction was rather interesting," says Khan. "They took to it immediately. One of them put his arms above his head and clapped while the other stared intently." Then there were allowed to tinker with painting and drawing apps while a zookeeper protected the iPad from damage. The apes have a basic understanding of how the touch screen works, which is good for their cognitive development, Khan says. Next the zoo hopes to develop its own apps for apes and help them Skype with apes from other zoos.
Lauren Brousell
CIO
December 1, 2011
See http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3503234/Gorillas-get-iPads-to-aid-alertness-and-keep-them-happier-in-zoos.html for the Photoshopped images.
What began as an April Fool's Day gag - a Photoshopped image of a gorilla using an iPad - soon became a reality when the Milwaukee County Zoo handed the device to its orangutans. Since iPads are allegedly so intuitive that anyone can use them, Trish Khan, supervisor of the primate and ape area at the zoo, thought the tablet could be a great enrichment opportunity for the great apes and donated her old one. At first, the orangutans were just shown pictures and videos of themselves and were not allowed to handle the device. "Their reaction was rather interesting," says Khan. "They took to it immediately. One of them put his arms above his head and clapped while the other stared intently." Then there were allowed to tinker with painting and drawing apps while a zookeeper protected the iPad from damage. The apes have a basic understanding of how the touch screen works, which is good for their cognitive development, Khan says. Next the zoo hopes to develop its own apps for apes and help them Skype with apes from other zoos.
Lauren Brousell
CIO
December 1, 2011
See http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3503234/Gorillas-get-iPads-to-aid-alertness-and-keep-them-happier-in-zoos.html for the Photoshopped images.
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