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Digital Publishing to the iPad using InDesign CS6 . Creative Suite 6 . Resource Center . Adobe Education Exchange In the series of video tutorials I created my goal was to go over some of the basics of creating a sample digital publishing project prototype in InDesgin, uploading it to the Digital Publishing Manager at Acrobat.com, and previewing it on an iPad using the Adobe Content viewer. The sequence of the video tutorials follows how I would teach it in my class. After completing this practice exercise, students should be able to create their own versions. The lessons do not cover nearly all there is to know about Adobe InDesign, graphic design, or layout. It is meant primarily as an introduction to a compelling technology, that students should find challenging and engaging. The lesson steps and links to the videos for each step are provided in the Digital Publishing Lesson Steps and Tutorials document that can be downloaded from this page. tags: AdobeIndesign…

Teacher saves student’s life with EpiPen | TheSpec.com tags: EpiPen#edchattweetedDaybook Featurearticleeducation Forgive Me « doug – off the record I thought that the nine points were worthy of reflection on some of the things around here.  Hopefully, faithful readers will chirp in and let me know where I’m right and I’m wrong. tags: bloggingblogdougpetetipslist Free Online Barcode Generator: Make a Custom Barcode in Seconds tags: barcodegeneratorTGJTGJxxGraphicArts How to Create a Music Magazine Cover in InDesign | Vectortuts+ In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to create a magazine cover in InDesign. You’ll learn how to set up a page layout and add text. This is an introduction to InDesign and no previous knowledge is required. This is a simple project put together to help get you started with InDesign. Let’s get to it! tags: InDesigntutorialmagazinecover101 Manitoba students can opt out of Remembrance D…

In collaboration with the Ontario College of Teachers, OCTE (The Ontario Council for Technology Educators) is proud to announce that they have agreed to manage the draft development of the Schedule F Technological Education emphasis course guidelines for the following subject areas:
Computer Technology (TEJ)Green Industries (THJ)Technological Design (TDJ) Lead writers and writers for each of the emphasis areas will be hired in the coming weeks, with writing taking place from December 2012 to ~February 2013.
You can read the original memo regarding this project here, and an overview of the process is provided here.
If interested in being part of the writing team, the application can be downloaded from here. Note that the deadline is November 21 at 4:00 p.m. If you have any questions, please email octeontario+schedulefdocs@gmail.com. 
Please help to share the word by distributing this information to the appropriate personnel in your school board!

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