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Re: Apple Still Oblivious to Netbook Opportunity

timholt — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:34:00 -0000

I have blogged about this and the sad state of Apple and education:

http://snipurl.com/cl9x0

Re: Apple COO Tim Cook Comments on Netbook, iPhone Pricing Changes

timholt — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:36:51 -0000

I have blogged about this and the sad state of Apple and education:

http://snipurl.com/cl9x0

Re: The Crunchpad, GoogleOS, and Digital Equity

timholt — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:10:16 -0000

That is all well and good about the flattening, but you forget one little thing:
If the kids do not have access to the web, the your Crunchpad, Chrome OS cloud computing take over the world scenario ends very quickly.

In poor areas of the US, like El Paso Texas where I live, there is a substantial number of families without internet access.

THAT is where you need to start taking about equity.

It is like everyone having a refrigerator, but if you don't have electricity, what good is it?

Tim Holt
El Paso

Re: 'MacGruber': Action Hero, Military Vet, And Former UTEP Miner? - News Story - KVIA El Paso

timholt — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:36:26 -0000

That fits. If I recall correctly, UTEP was consistently ranked in the BOTTOM TEN of each year of the 1980s and was named the worst team of the decade. That would have made MacGruber one of the worst tight ends in the worst team.
Funny.

Re: Microsoft shows weakness with its anti-Apple campaign

timholt — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:34:00 -0000

Not only that
But you failed to mention that the "Buzz" twitter feed on the Microsoft site is made up of either months-old tweets or downright made up tweets.

They are using fake tweet feeds to show that there is "buzz."

Actually, the buzz is all about Apple right now, as it has been for several years.

And since the site is selling Windows 7, they forgot to show that Macs actually can run Windows 7.

They are grasping at straws.

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/30699

timholt — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:33:16 -0000

We would stop TALKING about it and start doing it.

We would stop paying keynote speakers to tell us that we need to do it and start paying keynote speakers to show us how to do it.

We would give concrete examples to teachers to use that are directly tied to their own teaching and not examples about what Mrs. Smith is doing in a state that has different standards, different techniques and different tests.

We would align the tested curriculum to the technology integration because if it isnt tested, it isnt taught…

Re: http://bigthink.com/ideas/30699

timholt — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:30:36 -0000

Scott,
here is my blog response to this entry. Thanks, Tim

http://snipurl.com/1i91zn

Re: The Dangers Of Externalizing Knowledge

timholt — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:45:24 -0000

My reply to this article:
http://snipurl.com/1ng9j4

Re: http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/TCEAadvocacy/~AdTn7

timholt — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:31:26 -0000

surprised @woscholar was not on the list

Re: Billions Sitting In State Accounts Can't Be Tapped

timholt — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:12:09 -0000

What it costs per hour to educate your child:

http://tinyurl.com/486l87m

Use the template to figure out how much you spend per hour.

Re: Jumping into the 21st Century: One Teacher’s Account

timholt — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:14:07 -0000

Excellent post and excellent food for thought. Thank you.

Re: Jumping into the 21st Century: One Teacher’s Account

timholt — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:14:00 -0000

Excellent post and excellent food for thought. Thank you.

Re: 320 Socorro High Students Set to Get IPads Next Week - News Story - KVIA El Paso

timholt — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:57:23 -0000

Sadly, because KVIA has still not moved into the 21st century, the students and teachers with the iPads cannot watch the video about themselves with the iPads they got because you insist on using old Flash technology. When will you move your content to html5 so that the millions of iOS devices can access it?
Come on KVIA Time to move into the present!

Re: http://willrichardson.com/post/9211555583

timholt — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:53:25 -0000

Want to feel REALLY depressed? Try exploring how many TEACHERS can meet those standards! Then look at the ISTE NETS and see how many students, teachers and administrators can meet those standards (or even want to meet them for that matter.)

I am depressed now. Back to my ice cream.

Re: Translate on Your iPhone in Real-Time using Vocre

timholt — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:35:23 -0000

App says that it is not available in my area, which is El Paso Texas....sigh...

Re: http://jmak.tumblr.com/post/9377189056

timholt — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:05:45 -0000

Thanks nice job!

Re: Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology

timholt — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:20:44 -0000

Well, I have to disagree.
No technology company I know, unless they specifically build for education, is as dedicated as Apple.
Try this:
Go to ANY company and look at the education section. HP? ASUS? DELL? They have pretty lame semi efforts. The really interesting education sites on big companies are Apple, Intel and Microsoft, although Microsoft has kind of slowed down in the past few years.

Consider this:
After the iPod was introduced, what group jumped all over making podcasts? Education. Did Apple provide space for educators on iTunes to post podcasts, for free, no matter what product made the podcast? Yes, and they still do.

What company, even an Ed Tech company, has anything even remotely close to iTunes U? No one.

Apple has never abandoned the education market. The market however, at times, has run away from Apple, and as we see now with the iPads, it is coming back.

Tim Holt

Re: http://willrichardson.com/post/11770878363

timholt — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:01:41 -0000

So how would you fix things? What specific steps would you take right this minute that are actually doable to fix the problems? It is easy to point and say "That is bad." It is something completely different to say "That is Bad, here is how to fix it with the resources and funding that we currently have."
So get rid of the tests. Then what?
Get rid of drill and kill. Then what? And more importantly, HOW? How would you fix this big of a system?

I don't disagree with you Will, in fact I have reflagged this, but the time has come, IMHO, to stop simply pointing out the problems and to start showing SPECIFIC ways of fixing that will work in my town, your town, everywhere.

PLP is a start, but can that model be scaled up?

I guess I am just frustrated with everyone telling us that and that is broke as if we don't know by now.

I am waiting for all the big brains like yours to show the rest of us little brains a workable solution that works in large scale practice, not just in pilot programs.

Re: Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Failure of Education Technology

timholt — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:30:40 -0000

In Mac land, if you use Garageband to make your pad cast, just "Send to iTunes" and it automatically goes to the iTunes Store. You have to fill out a little form at first, but after that, you're good...

Re: Project Share Texas Conversation: Pros and Mostly Cons

timholt — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:41:00 -0000

Miguel Guhlins take on the Project Share issue: http://tinyurl.com/3telas6

Re: Project Share Texas Conversation: Pros and Mostly Cons

timholt — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:04:52 -0000

Miguel,
In my experience, school district administrators at higher levels rely on the techie underlings to make technical reccomendations because they are not in tune, for the most part. "Use Moodle" coming from the Techie expert is the only thing they hear, so they go with it. You are the Moodle expert in the state of Texas, it is easy for you to use, you have been playing with it for years.

If you had been playing with Epsilen for 5 years before you saw Moodle, would your opinion be reversed? I don't know.

I would love to see a comparison chart of all the things that everyone says can be done on Moodle that cannot be done on Epsilen. That would be important. So far, I see everyone saying PS should not be used int eh context of a CMS..almost completely rejecting the other items it has to offer.

(You claim that you don't want something that is proprietary and locked, yet you just started a group on Facebook for Ed Tech. Facebook seems pretty proprietary and locked to me...Did I miss something?)

I am somewhat confused about the vitriol that I hear and see. It is just a tool. The remarks remind me of the anti-Apple crowd. It doesn't do this or that. It doesn't meet MY needs.

So I wonder about this: If Epsilen is so weak as a CMS, why is it used in the University setting successfully? Professors are notoriously bad at learning new technology, yet when I peruse the schools that use Epsilen, it isn't like it is a bunch of 5th tier colleges in backwater states. It is Stanford, it is NYU, it is MIT...

It must offer something if these guys can use it.

Tim

Re: Project Share Texas Conversation: Pros and Mostly Cons

timholt — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:33:18 -0000

If it is "inadequate," why do Colleges and Universities use it?

Re: http://willrichardson.com/post/11862306546

timholt — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:27:45 -0000

So, kind of makes the argument that private schools arent all that much better than the public ones huh?
Seriously though...so, again I challenge you: What is important to know, and what is important to look up?
Is it important to know, say multiplication tables, when I have a calculator?
I can look up anything, anywhere, anytime. Does that mean I should not know anything and simply rely on my Google ability?
When should the network be turned off and some stuff simply be memorized?
I don't know that answer, but it seems to me SOMETHING has to be memorized..

Re: http://willrichardson.com/post/11862306546

timholt — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:11:13 -0000

Some people would say that in order for a culture to have an identity, there has to be common cultural reference points that we all can identify with. How many stripes on the flag? What is the national pastime? What does December 7th, or September 11th mean?

Without those touchstones, a culture loses it's identity.
Perhaps that is what the purpose of having children memorize seemingly random factoids: Individually, they are meaningless. Taken as a whole, they are what define us as a society and culture.

Just wondering...

Re: http://willrichardson.com/post/11927962621

timholt — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:52:33 -0000

Will, ARRGHHH!
Stop "ASKIN!" Start Answering!
Stop waiting for the Sea Change to take place. LEAD THE REVOLUTION yourself!
Why can't the Will Richardson's, Diane Ravtiches, David Warlicks, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beaches, Miguel Guhlins, Marocm Torres', Stephen Downes, Ken Robinsons, and all the other big ed brains get together as one and begin the revolution?

All of you guys are simply asking...forever asking!! Time to start answering.

We don't need questioners anymore. Everyone knows it's broke. Everyone knows it ain't working like it should.
What we need now is the education is a Martin Luther King Jr or Ghandi, or Mandela for education. All of those guys took something that was broke, and worked to fix it.

But they didn't do it by only going around telling everyone that it was broke. They offered solutions, sometimes radical, often controversial, but they at least said "here is how you fix this messed up system. Follow me!"

So, how about becoming the MLK Jr of education reform?