Category: Android

  • Nexus and Open Source at PA Educational Technology Conference

    Nexus and Open Source at PA Educational Technology Conference

    I’m thrilled to be delivering two presentations at the 2013 PA Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C) in February. The first talk is titled, Android Tablets: Power Up Mobile Classrooms. We’ve had great success with Nexus 7 tablets in our classrooms and I can’t wait to share our experiences. Here is the session description: Android tablets offer…

  • Nexus 7 Supports Multiple Student Accounts

    The latest software update to Google’s Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets introduces several minor updates as well as one huge feature for schools: Multi-user support. With the release of Android 4.2, any tablet can be set up to permit more than one unique user account profile. Each profile is an independent space, just like…

  • Nexus 7 Classroom Launch

    A mini one-to-one tablet project recently powered up at Penn Manor High School. Students in Mrs. Rottmund and Mrs. Sheerer’s Family and Consumer Science have begun using Google’s Nexus 7 in support of financial literacy, nutrition and child development instruction. The Nexus 7 tablets were funded via a Discover Pathway to Financial Success grant. Using grant funds, the department was…

  • Rock the Schoolhouse with Open Source

    Rock the Schoolhouse with Open Source

    I’m thrilled to be representing Penn Manor at the 2012 Central PA Open Source Conference at Harrisburg University on Saturday, October 27th. My session is titled: “Rock the Schoolhouse with Open Source” and will cover Penn Manor’s exploration of high-quality, affordable classroom technology. Along with our custom Ubuntu student laptop initiative, I’ll discuss how Android…

  • 5 More Classroom Apps for Nexus 7

    Penn Manor staff are spending more time with the impressive Nexus 7 tablet. With over 600,000 apps in the Google Play Store, the choices can be overwhelming. I featured 5 educational apps in a previous post. Here are 5 more great apps to consider for your classroom: eduPort – A simple online educational portal which…