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I have been using IPEVO products since they became commercially available and have always been amazed by the quality and the price. Sometimes I wonder how they do it. When I demonstrate the IPEVO document cameras to my students they always comment just how great the images look and when I mention the price, they are astounded! With this as a backdrop, I was happy to receive the   Ziggi-HD Plus  to review which recently became available. The  Ziggi-HD Plus is a  8.0 Megapixel camera and an up to 12x continuous digital zoom  that is powered via the USB cable. The    Ziggi-HD Plus is the same  dimensions as their previous model but when you use it with the updated  IPEVO Presenter software the image quality of the  Ziggi-HD Plus  is spectacular.  Ziggi-HD Plus's 8.0 Megapixel camera delivers a resolution up to 3264 x 2448 pixels when used with Mac or P...

What can be better than marrying to of my favorite gadgets the iPhone 6 and the Boogie Board? If you haven't guessed, it is the Tegware Bagel 6 for the iPhone 6 & 6S. How many times are you on the phone and need to jot something down and you can't find a piece of paper or a pen? I'm sure if you are like me you find yourself in the situation quite often. If that is the case ( no pun intended :-) ) then you should take a look at the Tegware Bagel 6 for the iPhone 6.  The Tegware Bagel 6 case marries a very handy case for your iPhone 6 alongside a Boogie Board with a stylus. Now you can pull out the stylus or just use your finger to jot down that name, phone number or a reminder and when you are done you can click on the button to quickly erase the contents. No need to worry about the battery life of the Boogie Board it has been rated for over 50,000 erasures! The Tegware Bagel 6 has been designed with all the right cutouts so that you can acce...

Jackery Air 6 With the holiday season upon us there is good chance that you will be spending more time out of your home or office and be on your phone more, as you make plans to meet up with friends and family. It is during these times that you begin to realize just how long your battery will take you before your phone shuts off. As great as your smart phone is and all of the apps are, they are of no use if your phone totally discharges. It is times like these that you had wished you were carrying an external battery. When I know that I am going to be out all day and on the go with my iPhone 6, I always carry an external battery. I would like to thank Jackery with providing me with these batteries to review for this blog post. I have used many external batteries over the years and when I came across the Jackery Air 6 for the iPhone I had to take it for a spin. The Jackery Air 6 is beautifully crafted 3000mAh battery with an orange fluorescen...

If you have been reading my blog you may have come across the review that I did of the Cleanstylus for Surface Pro 3 last year that enables you to securely affix your stylus to the Surface Pro 3. Cleanint is at it again with a neat little device to help you organize your power cord for your Surface Pro 3. The Cleancable is a handy plastic attachment that permanently affixes to your power brick on your Surface Pro 3 which makes organizing your cords a snap. Once you affix the Cleancable to your power brick you can release the cleats and wrap the cord around it, making transporting the power cord a whole lot easier. Give it a try! 

This past week I had the honor of interviewing Mark Oronzio, CEO and Co-founder of Ideaphora a new company that specializes in new ways to use concept mapping to help students better understand ideas and concepts. For the last year, Ideaphora has been embeded within BrainPop as Make-a-Map, but now Ideaphora is beta testing a stand alone version which is open for testing. For more information about the company and product offering listen to the interview.

Growing up one of my favorite toys to get for my birthday was an Erector set. Every year I would look forward to my parents purchasing for me a new kit. I can remember opening the kit looking at all the various parts and imagining everything that I could build with it. For many students who have grown up in the age of digital electronics many of them had not have the first-hand experience making things or creating things using blocks and toys that spark their imagination. One of the latest movements that we have seen in the schools is the concept of Maker Spaces. It is within these environments the teachers are able to provide students with opportunities to work with a range of different materials to solve a unique engineering or design problems. It is in within the Maker Space environment that students learn about the Design Process and how it can lead to innovative solutions to their unique problem. Students not only learn how to solve problems but they also learn how t...