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iPadOS 13.4 impressions: Growing up means more to learn
Read more: iPadOS 13.4 impressions: Growing up means more to learnNow that I’ve had a week or more to play around with the cursor support in iPadOS 13.4, I’m ready to share some brief thoughts and impressions. There’s lots of coverage of this on all the tech websites, so I won’t retread old ground. What’s most interesting to me is what’s to come. The last…
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A productive update: Impressions of the 2020 iPad Pro
Read more: A productive update: Impressions of the 2020 iPad ProWhat better time to launch a new iPad than during a global pandemic. Am I right? In this article I provide my take on the new 2020 iPad Pro features, based on other hands-on reviews from around the web. While this is a fairly minor update, there are a few interesting tidbits to be found…
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We need to rethink ‘smart tech’
Read more: We need to rethink ‘smart tech’Last week, the ‘speaker’ manufacturer Sonos announced that it would be ending support for its legacy products. But, what does this mean for the other IoT devices in our homes, and how can we rethink ‘smart tech’? Full Article available on tech-bytes.net
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Experimenting with class objectives
Read more: Experimenting with class objectivesCreating class objectives is arguably the most important part of my teaching process. If done correctly, I don’t really need to develop long, in-depth lesson plans (though I often do that anyways). Concrete class objectives allow for structure while also allowing for flexibility and the ability to respond to students on the fly. It really…
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Commentary on the state of Chrome OS by David Ruddock
Read more: Commentary on the state of Chrome OS by David Ruddock(Full article link) David Ruddock, writing for Android Police, has an excellent summary of Chrome’s failings titled “Chrome OS has stalled out.” I’ve highlighted some of his points and provided some thoughts of my own.
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Finally beat KOTOR II after three years of Christmas holidays
Read more: Finally beat KOTOR II after three years of Christmas holidaysEvery time I visit my parents, I play a little bit of Knights of the Old Republic II on my original Xbox console. I picked up the game used many years ago and it sat idle after I went to university. After 53 hours and 23 minutes of gameplay I finally beat it this Christmas…
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New direction for Tech Bytes blog in 2020
Read more: New direction for Tech Bytes blog in 2020This year I’m changing the direction and scope of my blog Tech Bytes. This is the blog where I talk about technology and productivity (not academics), and I plan on expanding my scope for 2020. Full post: https://tech-bytes.net/posts/2019/12/27/new-direction-for-tech-bytes-in-2020
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Bane, blessing, or just something different? iPadOS for multitasking and productivity (Tech Bytes post)
Read more: Bane, blessing, or just something different? iPadOS for multitasking and productivity (Tech Bytes post)With the introduction of iPadOS, the iPad is now a viable productivity machine. But, its approach to multitasking and gesture controls are starkly different from the Mac. In this article I examine two things. iPadOS has been characterized as considerably more complicated than previous iPad versions of iOS. I compared iOS 12 and iPadOS to…
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Alberta OER Summit 2019 presentation: #aboerjc
Read more: Alberta OER Summit 2019 presentation: #aboerjcThe Alberta OER Summit took place on June 21st, 2019 at NorQuest College, Edmonton, AB. It was a wonderful meeting, and I’d like to thank Robert Lawson at NorQuest for organizing the event and for inviting me to speak about our provincial journal club project. We have a great OER community in Alberta and it’s…
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