The Lightspeed Systems Blog http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Apple as the Villain http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/blog/apple-as-the-villain/ http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/blog/apple-as-the-villain/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:19 +0000 Joel Heinrichs http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/?p=1465 Lightspeed Systems employees love Apple products. So much so that it’s getting harder to even find PCs in the building—much less in an employee’s hand. And this in spite of the fact that Lightspeed Systems was a 100% Windows shop only a mere five or six years ago.

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]]> http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/blog/the-long-review/feed/ 0 Skip the Social Media “Stigma” http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/blog/skip-the-social-media-stigma/ http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/blog/skip-the-social-media-stigma/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:33:08 +0000 Joel Heinrichs http://blog.lightspeedsystems.com/?p=1446 Here is another great post about how to use Twitter for “back channeling”, engagement, record of discussion, etc. This one is in Teach Hub by Dr. Katherine McKnight. Read it here – 4Reasons to Use Twitter for Class Discussion.

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However, they missed one of the most innovative examples in the country: Conneaut School District (PA).

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As many of you know, I am far from a digital native.  I may not even have immigrant status. I’m so old school, sometimes trends move so fast that I am back in fashion without ever changing.

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