Outline: The Education Apple - episode 22

“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, publisher Christian School Journal

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

   

2. Technology Review

• New iPhones have arrived (first weekend stats)

  • Sold around 9 million

  • 78% of new iPhones sold globally are iPhone 5S models

  • US had highest concentration of new iPhones sold with 68%

  • Japan next with 13%

  • AT&T activated the most iPhones during the first full week of sales

     

• Best features of the new iPhone 5s and iOS 7

  • Fingerprint scanner is a very nice feature and works without a hitch

  • Camera - another very nice upgrade

    • Slo-mo video very impressive and easy to use

  • Improved Airplay switching (do this from control panel)

    • Airplay from Apple TV is a bonus

  • Improved App Updates

    • Control Updates automatically (Settings>iTunes & App Store>Updates toggle)

    • Blue Dot next to updated apps

    • Updated List in App Store Updates section

  • Frequent locations show up in Notification Center (How long it will take to get home… it knows where home is)

    • Settings>Privacy>Location Services

    • Settings>Privacy>Location Services>System Services>Frequent Locations shows History of frequent locations

    • Shows list of frequent locations

    • Can switch this off if you want or clear the history

  • Spirit Level in Compass App

    • Swipe from right to left to get to it

    • Shows the horizontal level of your iPhone

    • Two bubbles that fit over each other with the degree reading

  • Block Callers & Messages & Facetime

    • Two ways to do this

    • Settings>Messages or Phone> Blocked

    • -or- Contact’s details scroll down to ‘Block this Caller’

  • Facetime Audio only

    • Facetime on contact detail has two icons next to it video or phone

  • Safari iCloud tabs

    • Shows safari open tabs on all iCloud-enabled devices

    • Lists each device then the pages open on each

  • Inbox improvements

    • Swipe to right from email (or imessage)

    • on email list, swipe to left to delete or “more” actions (reply all, forward, flag, mark as unread, move to junk, move message…)

  • Event list view in Calendar very nice

    • view by tapping on the magnifying glass in the top right corner

    • list of next few days or search line

  • Improved Siri recognition

    • What can you do for me… list of things Siri can be asked for

    • Turn on airplane mode… Siri tells you it will stop working

    • Siri keeps history of conversation on screen

    • Directions to Home (Siri must have location services turned on)

    • Male or Female voice for many languages

  • Motion sickness help (Parallax issues)

    • Turn off Parallax via General>Accessibility>Reduce Motion

  • Apps need permissions to use your iPhones microphone for first time

    • Security precaution

  • Sharing - Apple has added a few additional options

    • Facebook and Twitter have been available

    • New are Flickr for photos and Vimeo for videos

    • Airdrop (iOS and OSX versions to not interact… yet)

       

3. Briarwood School iPad Phase 2

• Full rollout

• Everything is working well

• Students and teachers demonstrated program to the school board

• Preparing for next phase rollout

• ACSI and NY to present our system

4. Apps and Followings

• Barrett -

  • App pick (popclip)  appears when you select text with your mouse on your Mac. Instantly copy & paste, and access actions like search, spelling, dictionary and over 90 more. Extensible.

  • Twitter pick (AASA)  American Association of School Administrators @AASAHQ

• Bill -

  • App pick (RODE Rec) Professional audio recorder for iPhone and iPod touch

    • great job of recording audio

    • number of filters to reduce hiss, high pass filter, digital boost, rumble reducer

    • great editor built in

    • share/export to soundcloud, dropbox, ftp server, email

    • Formats: wave, aiff, acc, mp3, podcast (m4a), …

    • Use with the Rode SmartLav

  • hardware pick (RODE SmartLav)

    • Very simple lavalier Mic plugs directly into iPhone audio jack

    • Clip on to lapel and start talking

    • A little pricey but worth the convenience ($60 to $90 on the web)
      

5. Wrap up and closing remarks...

Don’t forget to follow us on the Internet

Bill: Twitter - @billbrazeal         Web - http://billbrazeal.com

Barrett: Twitter - @BMosbacker

Blog:  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.