scribd is iPhone native

Author: Jeff Billings

A free, unlimited, online storage for pdf, doc, xls, ppt, jpg, etc., is available at;

http://www.scribd.com

and now, your posted documents are live on the iPhone....;-)

Try this link to see a KeyNote file converted to PDF and shown through scribd....

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3185490/Participatory-Learning

 

Google Reader for iPhone

Author: Jeff Billings

Brand new Google Reader for iPhone
http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2008/05/brand-new-google-reader-for-iphone.html

The sender also included this note:

I love the functionality of Google Reader now made for my iPhone.....nice....Google Reader on the iPhone - seriously addictive....

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iPhones at PVUSD

Author: Jeff Billings

The content, text, audio and photos for this blog were created almost entirely on an iPhone.

Please note that you will see a few typos' in some of the below postings. Partly due to my "Okie" drawl, and partly due to the early stages of voice to text technology, the errors occur. I did not correct the errors, so as to better give you a feel for the accuracy of this conversion.

(sent as an email from my iPhone to this blog)

 

Do you know me???

Author: Jeff Billings

Emailed to blog, straight from "Photos" on iPhone.

 

All of the content for th....

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

All of the content for this Blog was developed or uploaded through an iPhone and my PV learners account. From voice phone calls converted to text and automatically uploaded to the blog using Jott, to camera photos using the iPhone and E-mail to the blog to instant text messages on the iPhone being posted to the blog. Convergence is upon us and the iPhone is a camera, an E-mail client, a browser, a video player, an organizer, a triangulator for GPS type use, an instant message client and more and more. Oh! yeah it is also a very good phone.

 

The confusion over...

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

The confusion over use of the iPhone lies primarily in that I interpret the iPhone to be a computer while others may not agree with that interpretation. The definition of the computer is input, output, processing and storage while the iPhone is new to the world and it is transformational receiving the Time magazine invention of the year 2007. I still believe that fundamentally it is just a computer.

 

NCHS Music Lab

Author: Jeff Billings

Photo taken with iPhone and immediately uploaded to this blog. This
quick message was also sent.

 

In the past, getting doc...

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

In the past, getting documentation photos like those here had to be coordinated between the staff using a couple of shared digital cameras. Then the photos had to be uploaded to the computer. Send to others to be collated and finally produced. No longer with the iPhone, simply take the picture and automatically uploaded to the private or public web service like a blog. Add captions and notes and the project is completed with less effort, less money, and in real time.

 

STS Transition

Author: Jeff Billings

Cabinet approved "The STS Transition and Permanence Plan", which was developed in collaboration with and/or input from Principals, STRs, Cabinet, STSs, and IT. Said plan called for the deployment of mobile phones to STSs. The IT Department made the determination to deploy iPhones to the Technologists and Programmers and cascade our current Nextel phones to the STSs.


Principals were very clear that they felt the STSs needed a phone - I agree with them. Technologists and STSs are mobile staff. They do not spend the majority of their time in front of a desk that has a phone. Frequently, they are also without their computer, as they move and fix equipment within a site. Ticket escalation, "just in time" support, etc., require the need for periodic immediate contact. Said contact can in fact significantly impact perceived and real quality of service and costs.

(emailed as a message using the iPhone)

 

NCHS Plasma Display

Author: Jeff Billings

From iPhone to blog....;-)

 

Approximately six of the...

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

Approximately six of the iPhones were placed in the hands of the programmers and database administrators of the department. The IT Department is pursuing the software development kit of the iPhone. Through that pursuit, mobile applications will appear from this workforce. The first is already appearing as dibbels early reading assessments and differentiated phonetic recordings have appeared. Through virtual private networks, it is anticipated that remote control of servers and network gear will also soon appear. Instructional applications will follow shortly thereafter.

 

One of the new devices we....

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

Six of the new devices were put into the hands of the information technology leadership team, there focus is to beat up the device, break it, take it to the limit on applications, services, and the like. Because their new device will be in a state of operational flux they should also maintain their current mobile phone.

 

15 of the devices ar...

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

Fifteen of the devices are placed with the mobile workers of the department. These people live and die by 3 functions: transportation, processing power and instant communication. I want them to start converging many of their operations: mobility, processing and communication.

 

Tower of All Towers

Author: Jeff Billings

Photo taken and immediately sent from iPhone.

 

2 of the new iPhones...

Author: Jeff Billings

Sent with my voice via Jott:

2 of the new iphones were placed in the hands of the instructional support leaders. It is at best difficult for me to lead with instructional technology if my leaders do not have and cannot experience the technology themselves.

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M&O Money

Author: Jeff Billings

The IT Department is very sensitive to M&O funds and the coming dilema of Excess Utilities. We have championed the Wireless WAN, resulting in some $500-$750,000 savings per year, each and every year from now on. We are championing the convergence of voice, which will have another $300-$400,000 savings per year. We are deploying remote tools right now that will allow us the ability to power down thousands of computers across the district with a single mouse click. We are championing converged movies and television, allowing for the termination and power down of TVs, video head towers, and the gear required to run them. Last week in TAC, we began the discussion of going to Open Office (Windows version and new Mac OSX version is out and it's sweet), possibly removing the $220,000 per year Microsoft Office M&O cost. We are already beginning the early testing of software like Skype to put on the iPhone and bypass voice service. But, it is very difficult to develop these solutions, if they are possible, without initial investments of money, time, spirit and innovation.


Currently, the service procured for the iPhones includes a $39 month/phone airtime usage, very similar to the $36 month/phone airtime on the Nextel phones, now being used by the STSs. Additionally, we procured a $45 month/phone unlimited internet access and pooled text messages. The department plans to push these devices now, find out what works, what doesn't and how we can change them to better handle the potential problem of Excess Utilities going away.

We're now exploring how to use GPS-type tracking to interface with the recently procured Bus Routing program, which has a sizable M&O and Excess Utility component.

(phew, I typed it on my iPhone and sent it as an email, but I must admit, JOTT is a whole lot better for these long ones - can't you just imagine students doing their papers with JOTT and posting to the teacher's blog in real time....;-)....)