Owners of older Apple devices cheered when the news came from Cupertino that iOS7 was going to be available on older models like the iPad2 and iPhone 4S. However, the joy that came with running a brand-spanking-new OS on an older machine was tempered with the realization that the older hardware produced good-but-not-great performance.
The folks over at CNet have taken a look into some of the direct causes for the sometimes-sluggish performance in these cases and have come up with a few workarounds that could have those older devices running iOS7 like it was designed specifically for them. Some of these solutions seem fairly obvious, but the logic behind them is sound.
The fall issue of the Big Deal Book of Technology for K-12 Educators featured Education World, and we couldn't be more honored.
The downloadable eBook of the fall issue:http://bigdealbook.com/ebook
Our entry is on page 47 in the Fantastic Free Finds section.
The Big Deal Book of Technology for K-12 Educators is a semiannual print and electronic...
A pumpkin grown by Tim and Susan Mathison,Napa, California, has smashed the record for its mammoth size. The giant pumpkin weighed in at 2032 pounds! Grown in 105 days, the pumpkin surpassed the 2012 record pumpkin of 20089 pounds. Photograph from http://napavalleyregister.com
Pretend you are a pumpkin sitting on a front porch on...
Teaching elementary students, as young as first grade, to research is no easy task. It requires enormous patience, persistence, and a belief in your students.
Training children to be young researchers provides them with all kinds of skills, which will help them succeed in college and the workplace.
Research skills have found their own place in the national Common Core English Language Arts standards, which requires students to conduct short and sustained research projects....
One of the greatest challenges that the education community faces in implementing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) initiative is ensuring that the education workforce is ready to help students succeed under these new, higher standards.
Facing this challenge requires providing the current workforce with high-quality professional learning opportunities, something we talk about a great deal at the national level. But it also...
Researchers from Brigham Young University have found that people who mention suicide in their Twitter posts are likely to attempt the act in real life.
What seems like an obvious conclusion is being interpreted as evidence that teens use the social media platform for more than just posturing. Rather, in many cases, teens take...
" Go big or go home. Because it's true. What do you have to lose?"
Actress Eliza Dushku
This school year, I implemented a school wide enrichment cluster program---and boy, did I learn a lot.
Anytime, you roll a program out to the entire school population, you better be ready for some things to go wrong. In fact, after I expanded this enrichment program, the problems seemed to grow exponentially.
The good news is that the benefits to students and the...