Outline: The Education Apple - episode 13

 

“The show that discusses Apple ˜technology in the formal Classroom as well as in the classroom of our daily lives”

1. The Cast

 

• Barrett Mosbacker, Superintendent of Briarwood Christian School

• Bill Brazeal, Technical Architect, Technology Specialist and Principal - ezNet Solutions

2. Week in Review

 

• Apple and Yahoo reportedly in talks to build a deeper iOS partnership

• Yahoo has long been one of the data providers for iOS devices

• Expanded sports data and content from Yahoo News onto iOS, presumably through Siri or other built-in apps

• Apple has cut ties with Google in the formal sense, pulling Google Maps and YouTube apps from standard load

• CEO Marissa Mayer has made it clear that mobile is a major part of her strategy for improving the company's fortunes

• Nothing formal yet but I would look for it to be coming (and Yahoo needs it)

• AT&T to support HD Voice over 4G later this year

  • AT&T Senior Vice President Kris Rinne announced that the carrier would begin supporting HD Voice (also known as Wideband audio) over its 4G LTE network later this year

  • Great news for AT&T iPhone 5 customers (Requires LTE)

  • Other carriers are considering the same

• Facebook Gets a Hold on Phones

  • New suite of software Facebook is introducing for Android phones on Friday called Facebook Home

  • Available on four leading Android phones, including the very popular Samsung Galaxy S III. It also will be available Friday, preloaded, on a midrange, $99 model, the HTC First, from AT&T

  • Big plus for Facebook users and will make Facebook easier to access and use

  • It does interfere with some lock screen features (camera, weather information, favorite apps)

  • First of Facebook Home app screens contains Facebook’s apps, including Instagram, plus apps from other companies, like Google Maps and Google Search, and the camera app.

  • Possible because Android allows third-party companies to alter the lock screen and other core features - Apple’s iPhone does not

  • Facebook Home features: Cover Feed, Chat Heads, No Advertisements for now

  • Very clever, especially since Facebook and Google don’t really like each other

  • Facebook Home is optional, but...

• Following iPad release, Google rolls out free Android and iPhone versions of Quickoffice for Apps customers

  • Google’s Quickoffice is meant for business users that have to share files and collaborate with users who don’t yet use Google Docs

  • Lets you open and edit any Office files you’ve stored in Google Drive

  • In December 2012, Google stopped offering Google Apps for free; the premium version still costs $50 per user, per year

  • Create, Edit, View: Word, Excel and Powerpoint

  • Designed for both iPhone and iPad

     

• Rumor: Apple television with 'iRing' motion controller to launch this year

  • Ring will act as a "navigation pointer" for the television, and the TV set will detect  motion for some of the functionality found in a remote

  • 60 inch iTV screen

  • Will come with a "mini iTV" screen that will allow users to view content on a smaller 9.7-inch display (basically an iPad screen) - this secondary display could also be used for home security, phone calls, video conferencing...

  • mini iTV will capture content from main iTV up to 200 meters away

  • iRing could possibly complement the rumored iWatch

  • Apple's television and the included accessories to be priced between $1,500 and $2,500

     Fun Stuff Category

 

• Romo iPhone robot to charm his way into your heart in June

  • Kickstarter project - robot controlled by an iPhone (4 or 4S)

  • Backed by Stanford University, Techstars, Lerer Ventures, Tony Hsieh of Zappos and other stellar investors

  • Looks like a little tank with iPhone sitting on top

  • Controlled from any iDevice or Mac

  • Blank slate for robotic programming

  • Making API available so other programmers can play with functionality

  • Romo (US$149.00) is available for pre-order on the company's website for delivery in June.

• Temporary celebrity Spike Albrecht texts Kate Upton after game

  • Spike Albrecht played the best half of basketball of his entire life Monday night, scoring 17 points in the first 20 minutes

  • "@KateUpton hey saw you at the game last night, thanks for coming out! Hope to see you again"

3. BCS Learning Unleashed Update

 

• Barrett - What’s new with the program?

  • We do have Google training coming in August

  • Apple training begins on Friday with Challenged-based learning and training on iBooks in June. We have 31 teachers signed up for voluntary training in June.

 

 

4. Apps and Followings

 

• Barrett -

  • App pick

    • Sleep Time

    • (Browser Extension: quietube: Video without the distractions)

       

• • Twitter pick (ZAGGdaily) The official Twitter account for ZAGG, 38K followers

     

• Bill -

  • App pick ( Day One ) Syncs between devices (iCloud or Dropbox), Capture Photos, Weather, Auto set Locations, Set reminders (daily weekly monthly), OSX client, share via eMail, Twitter, Messages, Flickr, Very clean interface and nice Timeline - Many uses (Logs, Prayer Journal, eMail Composer, Workouts, Call Logging, ...)

  • Twitter pick ( @bubbawatson ) - BubbasHover  -  Hovercraft golf cart

     

 

6. Wrap up and closing remarks...

 

Don’t forget to follow us on the Internet

Bill: Twitter - @billbrazeal         

Web - billbrazeal.com

 

Barrett: Twitter - @BMosbacker

Blog:  The Christian School Journal http://christianschooljournal.com/

 

 

Thanks for listening in, be sure to tell your friends, watch for our next episode coming in two weeks.  So long for now.