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iPad presentation at TLT Symposium

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Michael

Here’s the powerpoint presentation we used during our presentation at the Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State on Saturday. I’m not sure how useful it is without our actual presentation (i.e., talking), but I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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journalism project on e-readers

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Michael

An undergraduate student here interviewed me a few weeks ago about using iPads in my tech writing course. Here’s her journalism project on e-readers. I make an appearance 🙂

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PSU Live article on iPads at PSU

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Michael

We got some press at PSU Live: In summer 2010 Penn State’s Education Technology Services (ETS) bought 40 iPad tablet computers for faculty and student projects. Michael Faris, an instructor in the Department of English, planned a technical writing course … Continue reading →

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my favorite iPad apps

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Michael

I have a number of friends and acquaintances who have gotten iPads recently, and I keep getting asked what my favorite iPad apps are and what ones I would suggest. So, I thought I would list some here. I’m not … Continue reading →

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changes in Apple’s iPad rhetoric

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Michael

A colleague asked me today if I had seen the most recent iPad commercial, and being sans television, I hadn’t. So I looked it up on YouTube. I’m kind of surprised (and happy) with the new commercials. While Apple’s promotional … Continue reading →

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