Fraser Speirs

Fraser Speirs

@fraserspeirs Greenock, Scotland
Developer at Connected Flow. Head of Computing and IT at Cedars School of Excellence, the world's first 1:1 iPad school. Apple Distinguished Educator.
http://speirs.org
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@ Thanks mate. Glad you enjoyed it.
 
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A year ago, we did an iPad in edu talk at the Apple Store to 25 people. Tonight they had to ship in extra chairs and schedule a repeat.
 
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Fraser Speirs
Yeah, @ and @ are killing it at the store. So proud of the team.
 
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@ iOS in education.
 
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@ I can't recall exactly but my usage hasn't changed. I never used to think about battery and now I do.
 
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Fraser Speirs
Yeah, it's standing room only at the Apple Store for this event. Never seen it so packed. Next one is already sold out too!
 
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Fraser Speirs
I can't find any PR from ScotlandIS about this. I don't know if they're proposing an actual device or some hypothetical unicorn tablet.
 
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Call from reporter at the Scotsman about the "call from ScotlandIS that the government should issue a low-cost tablet to every pupil".
 
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@ No, it's a late-2010 MBA.
 
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My MacBook Air battery seems to be running down at an increasing rate. Only 142 cycles on it (supposed to get 1000 at full performance).
 
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@ No, none at all.
 
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@ The future is individual accounts, iCloud backup and volume-purchased coupon codes.
 
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@ MDM servers are no help except for internally-developed apps. Here's the current approach:
 
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Today's eduspammers: Nugenesis trying to sell me their MDM server.
 
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Fraser Speirs
I'm going to need a chart for which kinds of union are OK for Scotland and which are not. Confused now.
 
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Geoff Pado
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@ IT HAS A PEN
 
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@ I'm thinking "Wilkinson at his peak vs any pair of posts in any stadium in any conditions at any angle" - I'd take that bet.
 
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Fraser Speirs
RT @ Google Chrome for Android: No Flash - // Unusable For Schools™ without Flash, right?