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K-12 Superintendent, reformed IT guy, educator, 1:1 evangelist, life long learner, father, husband, geek, ex self-propelled field artillery turret mechanic, GCT, CCTO, INFP

Author: Andrew T Schwab

  • Instruction vs. Teaching

    Last week I had the opportunity to interview Ewan McIntosh from NoTosh on rebootED and he got me thinking about Instruction versus Learning. He said that here in the states we tend to substitute the word teaching with instruction. Think of all those Curriculum & Instruction departments out there. The word instruction carries with it…

  • Chromebook Management Best Practices (again) #cetpa13

    I’m back in the Chromebook Lab (Rm 104) at the CETPA Annual Conference for day two of Chromebook Management Best Practices.

  • Chromebooks, Netbooks & iPads, Oh My! #cetpa13

    I’m presenting at the CETPA Annual Conference in room 214 (live right now!):

  • Deploying Google Apps: What Not Do To #cetap13

    I’m presenting at the CETPA Annual Conference in room 207 (live right now!):

  • @TimGoree, Powered By Open Source #cetpa13

    This weekend, Mike and I had an opportunity to Hangout with outgoing CETPA Board Member and Director of Technology Support Services from Fairfield-Suisun, Tim Goree. Between airport security announcements, he talks about how Open Source is powering his district’s open devices network and BYOD program.  

  • Chromebook Management Best Practices #cetpa13

    I’m in the Chromebook Lab (Rm 104) at the CETPA Annual Conference.  

  • 5 Easy Steps To SBAC Testing On An iPad

    There has been much discussion about the best way to administer the SBAC test on iPads. Look no further. Follow this simple 5 step process and you’ll be all set. Step 1: Buy a Digital AV HDMI Adapter (brand unknown) Step 2: Buy a Logitech Wired Keyboard For iPad (30-Pin) Step 3: Connect HDMI Adapter to…

  • Google+ Custom URL Fail

      I’ve about had it with this whole G+ Custom URL thing. I’ve been anotherschwab on the web since setting up my hotmail account in 1997. I’ve been anotherschwab on Yahoo, Excite and a bunch of other services that have come and gone. With the rise of twitter, @anotherschwab became the name I used in…

  • A Family Friendly EdTech Event?

    I’ve been averaging an edtech conference a month for a few years now, and in some months, like this upcoming February, I’ll be at edtech events three Saturdays in a row. Obviously this puts a bit of a strain on the family what with two kids and the wife and all. It gets even more…

  • The Power Of Data

    Working in a modern day manufacturing facility, data was all around me. As the IT Manager at Quebecor World’s Merced Plant, my team was responsible for the plant dash board. A web based application that collected and showed the plant’s production performance in real time, pulling in data from hundreds of sensors throughout the production…