Let's KILL It This Week In The Classroom

You may not be a fan of former NFL coach Rex Ryan...or of any sport for that matter. His approach to working with players though is worth noting.

In current Mississippi State head football coach, Mike Leach's book Swing Your Sword, Leach explained that he would visit Ryan's practices as often as he could because of the simple way he approached all activities he asked his players to do.

While still in the NFL, Ryan worked off of the acronym "KILL", short for "Keep it likable and learnable." He believed that people achieve more when they are enjoying what they are doing and new things are presented in ways that promote their understanding.

I think that is a pretty good way to creating experiences for our students.

Grow professionally with Apple and iPad Academy's tutorials

Apple has many tutorials on its website to help you learn more about the operating system and specific apps like iMovie and iPhoto. Often I have kids watch these after I give a brief introduction. I figure the folks in Cupertino, California who built the thing can probably explain it a little better than I can. For iPad help I direct you to the huge set of resources at iPadacademy.com.

Find out how - Great tips for PC users migrating to a MAC. (Welcome to the good side of life.)

Mac 101
Switch 101: The PC user's guide for learning about your Mac
Mac Higher Learning: The Next Steps

iTunes tutorials

iLife tutorials (including GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie HD, iPhoto, iTunes, iWeb)
iWork tutorials (including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote)

More on iMovie

All things iPad from iPadAcademy.com (not Apple associated but full of great stuff).