Dear esteemed educator,

This is an invitation to the last @pple Meetup of the school year, this Friday, May 18 from 5:00-6:30pm at Apple Korea Headquarters (COEX Mall, 39F, ASEM Tower, 159 Samsung-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-798 KOREA).

Please RSVP using the form below to confirm that you will attend the event and also specify if you plan on attending the dinner. We have a limited space and we will take the first 20 people.

This month's topic is portfolios (for students & teachers). Come ready to show off your professional portfolio (mine is located at http://stevenkatz.com) or student portfolios.

Please see the blog created for these events to learn about the history and future of this project!

Directions to Apple Korea Headquarters are here.

@pple Meetup has a Facebook Page and is on Twitter. Add @ppleMeetup and keep up with events, send information, ask questions!

Looking forward to seeing you!

Christine Usyak
Founder of @pple Meetup
@kurisuteen

Steve Katz
Facilitator of @pple Meetup
@stevekatz

Below are some of the communication tools that were shared at the April 20 @pple Meetup:

Navam Pakianathan

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/10U6jFPq03LnTRKC0mc4_BfQUJbe0Zfsa91K6cWhOaFE/edit

Keith Gallinelli

http://web.munjanara.co.kr

Sending text messages

BLI Messaging - voice & email messages through PowerSchool

Judy Havens

siskorea.judyhavens.com

Luis Erazo

Student Portfolios (through Posterous)

Pulp Portfolio Software

Ken Morrison

Ning

http://lgcnmt.ning.com/

Tim Winterfield

http://edline.com/

http://edmodo.com/

William Stewart

http://edmodo.com/

Don Robinson

http://vimeopro.com/seoulforeignschool/

http://vimeopro.com/seoulforeignschool/jeff-utecht-presentation-at-seoul-fore...

Kevin Duncan

http://kduncan.phoenix.wikispaces.net/home

http://mrwoodkis.phoenix.wikispaces.net/home

Dear esteemed educator,

This is an invitation to the @pple Meetup on Friday, April 20 from 5:00-6:30pm at Apple Korea Headquarters (COEX Mall, 39F, ASEM Tower, 159 Samsung-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-798 KOREA).

Please RSVP using the form below to confirm that you will attend the event and also specify if you plan on attending the dinner. We have a limited space and we will take the first 20 people.

This is a monthly event, inviting various schools to share teaching strategies and challenges when using technology in the classroom. The  hope is to continue to build a community of technology leaders to help launch projects in Korea.

This month's activity is a communication with students & parents. Come ready to share the blog, podcast, app, or whatever tool you use to communicate with your students or parents.

Although we are meeting at Apple, various schools are represented and expertise shared. You do not have to know about Apple products to attend this event. The name of the event is a creative way to say that we are @ or "at" Apple but it's an informal yet structured "meetup."

Please see the blog created for these events to learn about the history and future of this project!

Directions to Apple Korea Headquarters are here.

@pple Meetup has a Facebook Page and is on Twitter. Add @ppleMeetup and keep up with events, send information, ask questions!

Looking forward to seeing you!

Christine Usyak

Founder of @pple Meetup

Twitter @kurisuteen

Steve Katz

Facilitator of @pple Meetup

Twitter @stevekatz

Last Friday (March 2, 2012) we had a “Camera Share.” We each brought in a favorite camera that we use either at school or personally. Below is the list of the cameras we shared:

Dear Esteemed Educator:

This is an invitation to the @pple Meetup on Friday, March 2, from 5:00-6:30pm at Apple Korea Headquarters (COEX Mall, 39F, ASEM Tower, 159 Samsung-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-798 KOREA).

Please RSVP using the form below to confirm that you will attend the event and also specify if you plan on attending the dinner. We have a limited space and we will take the first 20 people.

This month's activity is a camera share. Bring your favorite camera or camcorder that you use at work or for pleasure, tell us why you like it, and let us know how to purchase one.

My go to camera this past year has been the Sanyo Xacti Dual Cam. Now they even make a waterproof model.

This is a monthly event, inviting various schools to share teaching strategies and challenges when using technology in the classroom. The hope is to continue to build a community of technology leaders to help launch projects in Korea.

Although we are meeting at Apple, various schools are represented and expertise shared. You do not have to know about Apple products to attend this event. The name of the event is a creative way to say that we are @ or "at" Apple but it's an informal yet structured "meetup."

Please see the blog created for these events to learn about the history and future of this project!

Directions to Apple Korea Headquarters are here.

Follow us on Facebook & Twitter. 

Looking forward to seeing you!

Christine Usyak

Founder of @pple Meetup

Twitter @kurisuteen

Steve Katz

Facilitator of @pple Meetup

Twitter @stevekatz

From the January 27, 2012 Meetup

iBooks Author - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks-author/id490152466?mt=12

Daily Burn Tracker - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dailyburn-tracker-calorie/id378928008?mt=8

Libre Office (formerly Open Office) - http://www.libreoffice.org/

http://www.scoop.it/ - Social curation

Create widgets with Safari. File > Open in Dashboard > select what you want > click Add http://bit.ly/w53L7i

Dropbox - https://www.dropbox.com/

Evernote - http://www.evernote.com/

SelfControl - http://visitsteve.com/made/selfcontrol/

Beer Goggles - in GMail labs

Cloud On - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cloudon/id474025452?mt=8

Dear Esteemed Educator:

This is an invitation to the 8th @pple Meetup on Friday, January 27 from 5:00-6:30pm at Apple Korea Headquarters (COEX Mall, 39F, ASEM Tower, 159 Samsung-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-798 KOREA).

Please RSVP using the form below to confirm that you will attend the event and also specify if you plan on attending the dinner. We have a limited space and we will take the first 20 people.

This is a monthly event, inviting various schools to share teaching strategies and challenges when using technology in the classroom. The hope is to continue to build a community of technology leaders to help launch projects in Korea.

This month's focus is productivity tools.

Below are some links to get you more familiar with the topic:

• Evernote
• Planbook Software
• Budgets for iPad
• Google Forms
• Dropbox
• There is also a great list of top 100 web sites, with many tools.

Although we are meeting at Apple, various schools are represented and expertise shared. You do not have to know about Apple products to attend this event. The name of the event is a creative way to say that we are @ or "at" Apple but it's an informal yet structured "meetup."

Please see the blog created for these events to learn about the history and future of this project!

Directions to Apple Korea Headquarters are here.

@pple Meetup now has a Facebook Page! Are you on Twitter? Add @ppleMeetup and keep up with events, send information, ask questions!

Looking forward to seeing you!

Christine Usyak

Founder of @pple Meetup

Twitter @kurisuteen

Steve Katz

Facilitator of @pple Meetup

Twitter @stevekatz

We have tentative dates for the meetups for second semster of the 2011-2012 school year.

Jan. 27
Feb. 24
Apr. 20
May 18

Topics have not been decided yet, but the following topics have been proposed:

• Video projects
• Productivity tools
• Tech in math & science
• Collaboration with other schools
• Classroom blogging
• gDocs
• Digital photography
• Paperless classroom

If you have any preferences toward one or more of these topics or would like to propose another, please leave a comment on the blog or Facebook page.

See you on the 27th!

Christine Usyak

Founder of @pple Meetup

Twitter @kurisuteen

Steve Katz

Facilitator of @pple Meetup

Twitter @stevekatz

Dear Esteemed Educator:

This is an invitation to the 7th @pple Meetup on Friday, November 18 from 5-7pm at Apple Korea Headquarters.

Please RSVP using the form below to confirm that you will attend the event and also specify if you will be attending the dinner. We have a limited space and we will take the first 20 people.

This is a monthly event, inviting various schools to share teaching strategies and challenges when using technology in the classroom. The hope is to continue to build a community of technology leaders to help launch projects in Korea.

This month's focus is robotics in the classroom. We are very fortunate to have two of our regular Meetup participants sharing the great work they are doing at their respective schools. Carol LeMieux, from Asia Pacific International School, will explain the basics of the First Lego League, and demonstrate the problem solving and critical thinking that goes on in designing and programming a robot. Gary Donahue, from Chadwick International School, will share his experience integrating robotics into the core curriculum, and demonstrate some of the projects he has been involved in. 

Here are some links to get you more familiar with the features available on robotics in education:

• First Lego League
• Leg Mindstorm
• Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy
• How to Make Your First Robot
• TED Talks on robotics

Although we are meeting at Apple, various schools are represented and expertise shared. You do not have to know about Apple products to attend this event. The name of the event is a creative way to say that we are @ or "at" Apple but it's an informal yet structured "meetup."

Please see the blog created for these events to learn about the history and future of this project!

Directions to Apple Korea Headquarters are here.

@pple Meetup now has a Facebook Page! Are you on Twitter? Add @ppleMeetup and keep up with events, send information, ask questions!

Looking forward to seeing you @pple Meetup.

Christine Usyak

Founder of @pple Meetup

Twitter @kurisuteen

Steve Katz

Facilitator of @pple Meetup

Twitter @stevekatz

@pple Meetup has started a Facebook Page!

We have a blog, Twitter, and a Facebook Page to inspire leaders in Korea to gather on a monthly basis at Apple HQ.

These meetups have inspired conversations about best practice of technology use in schools and brings a strong group of technology leaders together.

If this interests you, get online and add us to your social network.

Hope to see you at the next @pple Meetup!

History
Blog
Facebook Page
Twitter

Christine Usyak
@pple Meetup Founder
Twitter @kurisuteen

Steve Katz
@pple Meetup Facilitator
Twitter @stevekatz