Just got my iPad case… The HardCandy StreetSkin (looks like a tire tread on the back… Awesome).
Testing audio recording of Tumblr app on the iPad…
So the question becomes… how can my students and I best use these things in my 8th grade Science course? Fun Summer brainstorming ahead.
Of course, let me know your thoughts.
thedailywhat:
Meanwhile, At MIT of the Day: the MIT Science Fiction Society’s review of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight consists of this photo and nothing else.
[reddit.]
So so good.
Our Student Lab Notebook for next year’s Physical Science class. I should have our textbook fully done by the end of June (will be available on iTunes, LuLu and Scribd).
Flickr Says Thanks for All the Fish
It’s really not that big of a deal, but I’ve been a Pro member for the last three years… words like this lead me to think that maybe Yahoo isn’t putting that much long term investment in the Flickr service.
Thanks, Flickr…
Why only until June 1?
We promised you access to your all time data, and we’re disappointed we’ve not been able to deliver on that. We’ve been trying for over a year to get the data ready for you and in the process we have found that it’s just not sustainable for us to offer this access over the long term. What’s available is what we have managed to generate so far, it’s offered as is with no guarantees. We know it’s missing some data but fixing the holes or offering the data for longer would require us to divert too much attention from making the rest of the site better which, as always, is our main goal.
Yikes.
Picasa maybe?
Huggies’ New Invention: Jean Diapers? – TIME NewsFeed
It’s the end of the world as we know it…
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
As technological skills become synonymous with literacy, it is imperative that students learn to use emerging real-time technologies for research, experimentation, problem-solving, collaboration and creativity. Tech-savvy teachers are already taking advantage of these very technologies to build their own skills and lesson plans.
The Real Time Web & K-12 Education – In and Out of the Classroom
Amen.
Young digital natives are training their brains for technological expertise but are not developing neural networks that modulate the ability to maintain eye contact during a conversation, recognize non-verbal cues, and perceive and convey empathy.
iHUMAN | Adbusters Culturejammer Headquarters
Even with cheap printed books, you can tell that someone proofed every page. With many e-books, they’ve clearly just been run through a converter with no proofing whatsoever.
Daring Fireball Linked List: Texts, as Opposed to Books
Astute comment from Gruber that reminds me of the transition from handwritten manuscripts and texts (often laboriously copied) to texts manufactured on printing presses at the end of the late Renaissance.
Over the next five years, I expect for ebook curation and formatting to become a serious issue. This will be especially true for the education space as we teachers continue to move away from textbooks and towards reading devices.