On 10/11/2010,
in assistive technologies, convergence, digital audio, emerging technologies, mobile learning, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Sad news…Drop.io removed voice recording feature, but there are some good alternatives! — from Toy to Cool: Cell Phones in Learning blog by Liz Kolb
From DSC:
Liz put together a nice list of potential tools to use to record digital audio. (Additional tool: Wimba Voice is another great tool that integrates nicely with Moodle and Bb CMS’s…but Wimba needs to bring the price waaaaay down w/ that tool.)
On 10/11/2010,
in education technology, pace of change, technologies for your home, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
LaCie Rugged goes 1TB — from Terry White’s blog
From DSC:
Talk about Moore’s Law !!! (Beyond the use of integrated circuits that is.)
Now you can carry around 1 terabyte (1000 gigabytes or 1 trillion bytes) worth of data in your pocket — all for $199! Man o’ man.
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Also, as Terry mentioned in the comments, you can get larger desktop drives for desktop systems even cheaper. For example: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/
On 10/09/2010,
in convergence, digital audio, digital video, homeschooling/homeschoolers, research, technologies for your home, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Also from http://www.wainhouse.com/files/wrb-11/WRB-1120.pdf
- Cisco Intros “Home Telepresence” with umi
- Logitech Delivers Google TV to Living Rooms
- Citrix Enhances GoToMeeting with Videoconferencing
- More Video Briefs …
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On 10/06/2010,
in change, dangers of the status quo, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, generational differences, new media literacies, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Mind Map of the Digital Age — from fastcompany.com by Richard Watson
A new map showing how the digital era is changing our minds and in particular about how new digital objects and environments are re-wiring our brains. Best viewed by people aged 35+ with full-time jobs and teenage kids.
McGraw-Hill Education buys software maker Tegrity — WSJ
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Why McGraw-Hill Bought a Lecture-Capture Company — from The Chronicle by Jeff Young
[Yesterday] McGraw-Hill Education announced that it has bought a lecture-capture company called Tegrity Inc, putting the textbook publisher squarely in the education-software business. Officials say they made the move because of the importance of “user-generated content” as textbooks go digital.
On 10/04/2010,
in convergence, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, Google, innovation, online learning, online media, online tutoring, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
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Addendums:
10-5-10– from Google announces TV deals with HBO, NBA, others
“One of our goals with Google TV is to finally open up the living room and enable new innovation from content creators, programmers, developers and advertisers,” Ambarish Kenghe, developer product manager for Google TV, said in the post.
On 09/27/2010,
in business, career development, corporate / business world, higher education, innovation, vendors, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
University, IBM to open unique high school in NYC — By The Associated Press
The City University of New York and IBM will open a unique school that merges high school with two years of college, allowing students to earn an associate’s degree, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday in announcing a series of ambitious educational initiatives.
Those students will be “first in line for a job at IBM,” Bloomberg said in his announcement, made on MSNBC.
The city also will move to a rating system this year designed to ensure teacher tenure is linked to classroom performance. Only teachers rated “effective” or “highly effective” will be awarded lifetime job…
On 09/27/2010,
in digital textbooks, e-books, e-readers, education technology, innovation, mobile learning, mobile technologies, tablets, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Kno breaks new ground with the world’s first single screen tablet textbook
Kno continues the pace of innovation in integrated learning with a smaller version of the Kno
TechCrunch Disrupt Conference — San Francisco, CA – September 27, 2010 –Kno, Inc., the groundbreaking tablet textbook and dynamic learning platform, today announced its further commitment to the education market with a single screen version of its tablet textbook. The single screen version extends the breakthroughs and functionality of the dual screen version announced in June.
“Kno fundamentally improves the way students learn,” said Osman Rashid, the CEO and Co-Founder of Kno, Inc. “We are driven to innovate in a category that has been static for too long. Even though the Kno pays for itself in 13 months, the smaller up front investment of the single screen version will allow more students to use our learning platform.”
Kno, short for knowledge, is a transformative learning platform that blends a touch-screen tablet, digital textbooks, course materials, note-taking, web access, educational applications, digital media, sharing and more into a powerful and engaging educational experience that is not available on any other tablet or eReader today.
“From day one, we designed the Kno with flexibility in mind,” said Babur Habib, CTO and Co-Founder of Kno, Inc. “We developed the product to have multiple configurations and meet different student needs. The single screen maintains the elegance of our fluid, intuitive interface while capturing the richness and ‘page fidelity’ of the original textbook.”
The company plans to ship both the single and two-screen tablet textbooks to consumers by the end of 2010. Pricing and pre-order announcements will be made in the coming months.
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The ultimate reporter tech toolkit? — from scripting.com by Dave Winer
Modern journalists technology toolkit to cover live events — from Random Thoughts Blog by Neerav Bhatt
On 09/27/2010,
in assistive technologies, productivity / tips and tricks, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Guess what? My new word processor is a pen — from Assistive Technology
speakertext.com — application for educational-related videos?
Create ePub ebooks for iPad, Nook, eReaders — from Miguel Guhlin
But what about turning your students into creators of ePub ebooks? If you can save your document to HTML–and most word processors can these days–then you are in business. Ereaders are finding their way into schools. You can also create ePubs in a variety of ways.
Here are some of the tools available to accomplish that…