Updating iTunes on a Maine MLTI MacBook

Every year the iPod is one of the most popular holiday gifts out there and I'm sure this season will be no different. Especially since the new iPod Nano has a built in video camera and my personal favorite there's the iPod Touch. The issue is that the newer iPod's need iTunes 9 to work. iTunes 9 needs Safari 4 to work, however if you download Safari you get version 4.0.4 which only works on OSX 10.5.8, and the MLTI MacBooks have 10.5.7

Confused yet?

All you have to know is this:

• DO NOT update the OS to 10.5.8 it will brick your laptop.
• Download and install Safari 4.0.3 here.
• Download and install iTunes 9.2 here.

Enjoy that new iPod!

MLTI Student Tech Team Conference

Working with Cheryl Oakes, Alice Barr, Sarah Sutter and Jim Moulton we're offering a super-session around the ability to ask questions and collect data. So, in preparation for this session, we have prepared a "tell us about school where you learn" survey that I would like to ask you to provide anonymous input about your school.

Thank you in advance for helping us show students the power of people
and thoughtful questions!

Maine is Different

David Warlick discusses our conversations with students at the Summer Teacher Leader Institute on his blog here entitled Maine is Different.

And as a side note, I truly believe in that title. It would be easy to say that it's the tech - (our 1to1 Maine Learning Technology Initiative has put laptops in the hands of every 7th and 8th grader, and is now moving to high school staff statewide.)

But if it was just about the technology, it would have failed long ago as so many other programs without a specific educational rational to them. There has to be an educational baseline to the technology, period. Without that, why bother.

As David mentioned, one of my students is an Apple Developer and has the opportunity to preview Apple software before release. He, as well as a number of my students, help conduct professional development for teachers throughout the year. Once again, students as teachers - teachers as students.

The best laid plans . . .

. . . well you know the rest.

I brought a couple of my students to Castine to interview David Warlick. We did have a great opportunity to hear him present and talk with him afterwards. David was very gracious to the kids and one of the students showed him Leopard - the new Mac OS that's coming out in October. (The student is a Mac Developer, that's right and 14 :)

Anyway, on the way home we tried listening to the interview and something had happened to it. I'm not sure but it was probably a setting or something. Ahhh, technology, you're a fickle mistress. Oh well, we took some great pictures and the students had a good time. If you want more information about the conference, check out Jim Burke's blog learninginmaine.blogspot.com and Cheryl Oakes entries on the wiki learninginmaine.pbwiki.com