163: Fraser Speirs Returns

Fraser Speirs returns to MPU to discuss the state of iPads and technology including an update on his school's one-to-one program, how he uses his iPad and thoughts on the newly released iPad Air and retina iPad mini.

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Guest Starring:

Fraser Speirs

Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

• Fraser Speirs
  Collected from: Fraser Speirs Dot Com
  • Flickr
  • Facebook
  • Skype
  • Lanyrd

• Fraser Speirs - Blog
  Collected from: Fraser Speirs - Blog
  • Speirs.org
  • Vimeo

• Out of School | At the intersection of technology and education.
  The Intersection of Technology and Education.

  iTunes link
  

• MPU: 093 Education Workflows with Fraser Speirs
  Fraser Speirs joins Katie and David to talk about his experiences setting up a one-to-one iPad program at this school, Apple technology in eduction and his own personal workflows.
  
• iPad Air - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Apple - iPad Air
  
• Auria by WaveMachine Labs
  App Store link

• Amazon.com: Samson Meteor Mic USB Studio Microphone (Cardioid)
  
• Adobe Audition recording software
  
• Mac App Store - Apple Configurator
  Apple Configurator makes it easy for anyone to mass configure and deploy iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch in a school, business, or institution.
  
• PDFpen Scan+: Scanning and OCR for iPad and iPhone
  Video Tutorial
  
• Apple - iBooks Author
  
• Apple - Apple Events - Apple Special Event January 2012
  
• Apple - iTunes U - Learn anything, anywhere, anytime.
  
• Amazon.com: Kindle MatchBook
  
• Students at three LAUSD high schools access unauthorized sites on new iPads
  
• Fraser Speirs - Blog - Battle: Los Angeles
  "Last week was a bad week for iPad deployment. The students of Los Angeles Unified School District have "hacked" their school-provided iPads and figured out how to surf the web.

  The horror! The horror!"
  

• PDFpenPro: Mac PDF Editor
  

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