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The Three Sections Of Apple Configurator

If you’ve not used the Apple Configurator app before, it’s a slightly unusual application to get used to. I’ve been managing servers and applications for many years and even I found it took me a while to get confident and comfortable with Apple Configurator. Before you do anything with the app, it’s worth noting the basic principles of use. Apple Configurator is split into three specific…

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iOS Device Recovery and Apple Configurator

Theres a collection of notes I have written on Apple Configurator, but since I’ve yet to publish these, I wanted to share some hopefully useful steps for resetting a device that may previously have been managed with Apple Configurator. If you are new to managing Apple devices with Apple Configurator – maybe you have inherited a fleet – I hope you find this useful. Put the device into Recovery…

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Consistent Hyperlink Previews in Email

Newer email clients, including Office 365 offer a preview feature when you insert a hyperlink in the body of your message. I found that for many pages in our school website, the preview image wasn’t the one I wanted to see. It seems that in most cases the preview image will be the first encountered in the body of the web page. This is similar to Facebook scrape behaviour. If you are already…

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Sharing files between iOS and Windows in School

At our school, we have been using the iPad increasing success. Our catalog of regularly used apps is small, with most activity being in the browser for research purposes. However, when children are generating their own content, we have often struggled to transfer this to the next platform – usually a Windows laptop. This wasn’t initially a problem and only emerged after each iPad had been…

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Hampshire ICT Conference 2015

Last week I made my first visit to the Hampshire ICT Conference, a regional event for education staff who are delivering the computing curriculum in the primary sector.

As usual, I am somewhat out of my comfort zone at this sort of event – whilst I have a good understanding of what happens in the classroom, I am not a teacher. I support the staff who deliver all subjects, including ICT. It’s my…

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Finding copyright free resources

It’s important to remember that when using resources in school, they are often protected by copyright in some form. Finding resources that are not protected by copyright can be tricky. You can make the search process easier by using the Creative Commons search tool, which finds content that you can use more openly in the classroom.

- To begin, visit the Creative Commons search homepage at http://…

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#copyright

Digital post-it notes with Padlet (formerly Wallwisher)

We all love post-it notes. If you want to try something new for capturing text, why not try using digital post-it notes? Padlet (http://padlet.com, formerly known as Wallwisher) is a tool that lets you setup a ‘board’ on which your participants can stick their virtual post-it notes. You can access the board with a web address (email is an easy way to share). Visitors can then add one or more…

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Mobile friendly web needs mobile friendly mail

I’m easily frustrated by email. With it being Close to Xmas, I find myself buying a number of gifts online each of which results in one or more emails being sent to me during the process. What didn’t work in this particularly occasion was the consistent presentation. I was able to order (from Boots the chemist) using a mobile friendly site. This mobile experience wasn’t quite perfect, but…

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Pharrell, Happy and a Creative Commons copyright license

May 20th 2014 was the ‘International Day of Happiness’, a fundraising effort led by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund and very publicly supported by Pharrell Williams.

By way of contribution, Williams shared his recording of ‘Happy’ under the Creative Commons licensing model and encouraged fans to make a synced video to accompany the track. This appears to have been very…

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#copyright #creative commons

What should an email unsubscribe form contain?

Having encountered Dell’s ridiculously long email unsubscribe form today, I took a few moments to think about what content an email unsubscribe form needs to collect or verify.

Just an email address.

Nothing more.

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#email

Six more myths about copyright in education

I’ve written about copyright myths before. Since then, several more have come to my attention.

Creating a derived work from the text of others is okay

This is plagiarism. Whilst not directly in the ‘copyright’ conversation, it is closely created. The resulting derived piece will almost certainly show evidence that the source has in fact originated elsewhere. Instead of reworking, this is best…

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#copyright

TrueCrypt is no longer secure? I just attached my encrypted files my to LastPass vault.

With TrueCrypt apparently no longer secure, my favourite method of transporting files securely on removable media needs some reconsideration. Until it becomes clear whether the insecurity is genuine or not, I’ve decided that for the time being it’s adequate for me to instead attach any files I want to keep safe to secure notes in my LastPass vault.

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#truecrypt

We are replacing ~80 computers in our LRC with only 8 thanks to n-Computing devices

We are replacing ~80 computers in our LRC with only 8 thanks to n-Computing devices: http://www.ncomputing.com/

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Six myths about copyright in education

Copyright applies no less to education than any other sector, but content users are often confused about what conditions of copyright do (or do not) apply to educational use. These are six popular misconceptions about copyright in education.

1. I’ve attributed the work, so that makes it okay, right?

Wrong. Attribution is generally required in addition to having permission to use the copyrighted…

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#copyright

#ukfechat - regular conversation for those interested in FE

Recently, I found myself reading a few posts in my Twitter stream at the same time #ukfechat was getting started. The conversation takes place every Thursday from 9PM.

I’ve not really participated in an organised Twitter chat before – only posted the odd…

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#twitter #ukfechat

You will always be asked to provide more technology

Someone stopped me in the corridor this week and shared this realisation:

“I thought of you this morning. My husband has an IT company and is hiring. He mentioned that no matter how much you offer to your customers, they will always demand more. It’s why…

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Safely sharing Facebook content with your Friends

Ref. Lucy’s wall post.

Think abotu the expectation you have of your Facebook Friends. Do you expect them to respect your content, to share it appropriately. Would you hand them a printed picture across a bar, all the time fearing where it might end up? A…

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#facebook

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