Not too long ago, I explored the potential proliferation of iPads in school classrooms in a post titled, My Dog ate my Tablet. Well, someone in the north country must have been listening, because a few weeks ago, a school in Auburn, Maine announced they were doling out $200,000 for the purchase of 285 iPad 2s, equipping every kindergartner in the district.
According to a WCSH6 in Maine, the superintendent of the district, Tom Morril, had this to say:
“When you look at the iPad 2 apps that are out there, from learning your letters from books, that can be read, finger painting your name, it’s absolutely something we must do.”
The news clip below tells the whole story, beginning with how the group was swayed by video of children engaged in learning on a teacher’s iPad.
IOGEAR has a long standing commitment to going green, planting over 390,000 trees across America already, with intentions to plant even more! And to help boost the number of trees we will plant, we are asking for your help, in return you’ll be entered in a contest to win a $50 prize! From simply becoming our Fan on Facebook, to inviting your friends, to taking a photo of what you’re doing that’s green could make you a winner. More information on how to enter can be found here.
Until a few years ago, the term Going Green didn’t mean much; today it’s a standard by which many of us try to live our lives. Going Green is not all or nothing, it simply involves the choices you make in how you live on a day-to-day basis, and you’ll be surprised at the impact it makes on the environment, and in many cases, your wallet too. Additionally, Going Green means bringing back traditions that your parents and their parents used to do, so if these tips below aren’t enough, ask them! The positive impact you can make on the environment by implementing even a few of these will be profound if everyone joins the cause.
Anyone who’s tried to install a video card in a computer knows it’s not a simple DIY project. In homebuilding terms, it’s akin to furnace or electrical work and not something for the inexperienced. However, fiddling with your computer’s internals can be a thing of the past with the new IOGEAR USB to HD Adapter.

A.K.A the GUC2025H, the new adapter connects additional HD displays to a desktop or laptop computer using a USB 2.0 cable, something all computers have (as opposed to HDMI). Throw in an HDMI to DVI Adapter and you’ve got a set-up that will complement almost every modern computer and TV combination.
If you have been following our blog, you already know IOGEAR’s commitment to going green. So it’s no surprise that this year we are again looking for ways to make this earth a greener place.
So far, we have planted almost 400,000 trees through our Road to a Million Trees initiative. This year, we ask you to join our Earth Day celebration with our “You Play, We Plant” sweepstakes!
In partnership with Trees for the Future, not only will we plant trees on your behalf for FREE, we will also be giving away a $50 gift card to use at www.shopIOGEAR.com!
There are three ways that you can get trees planted and gain entries into the sweepstakes:
As Earth Day approaches, we thought it would be an ideal time to explore some of the options available for disposing of electronics. While it’s easy to leave an old TV on the sidewalk or toss a cellphone in the garbage, these actions have consequences. Given the earth’s ever-increasing population, it is critical that we all make efficient use of space and natural resources. Using green products and engaging in green practices, like the responsible disposal of electronics through community based electronic recycling programs, will help ensure the future availability of natural resources – a benefit for everyone.
If there’s one thing Internet users like, it’s a good list. Whether it’s the top 10 ways to tell if your man is cheating or five killer iPhone apps for foodies, as Internet users, we’re drawn to random bulleted rankings like college kids to dollar drafts.

While scouring the Internet recently, we came across an interesting story by Geoff Morrison from Sound and Vision titled Seven Home Theater Myths Debunked that highlighted some obvious and not-so obvious beliefs people have about the gear and performance that makes up their home theaters or media rooms. Most people know that owning an HD TV doesn’t guarantee your watching HD content. You need an HD equipped source component (like a Blu-ray or HD cable receiver) and the necessary cables. File that under obvious.
In our previous post, we left off with a KVM switch conundrum with no shortage of acronyms. EDID (Extended Display Identification Data) is a super-useful data structure that helps video monitors achieve their ideal screen resolution after being “read” by a computer’s graphics card. Acting as a handicap however, is HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection), which can impede a monitor’s ability to display its ideal resolution, unless it’s re-booted.
Some KVM switches offer a default EDID to the computers, but this default is just an arbitrary monitor resolution. While an arbitrary EDID may allow switched computers to boot up as though they had read the actual monitor EDID, the chances are that they’ll boot with a less-than-optimum resolution.
