I created a blog post last night sharing the Star Walk app (and as my son pointed out it will be great to use up
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Killer iPad app: Star Walk
I have bought my first “killer app” for the iPad. I have always loved astronomy and staring at the stars, and now an app has
A Camera for the iPad!
I posted the donation button on my blog here last Thursday (admittedly poor timing, since I was sincere–it was NOT an April Fool’s Day prank!)
The Problem of Pricing: Digital Textbooks are NOT cheap!
I have written extensively [1. Â See: Digital Book Readers (Kindle?) in Academia (an outline of thoughts), Digital Textbooks: Fairness in Pricing after DRM is Hacked,
Digital Education Resources: What price, adoption?
Access to the homework tool (included in the purchase of a NEW textbook) would cost students $10 if they chose to instead by a book used. Of course, that would only give them access to the homework assignments. There was an additional fee ($30 I believe) if they wanted to have the “PLUS” features, including the hyperlinking to the appropriate section of the text.
Digital teaching resources: How do we measure success?
Those that read regularly, or listen to our podcast, will know that I love technology, and that I also spend a good bit of time
Home Owners Associations: Democracy or Little Napoleons?
I am renting in a neighborhood that only recently has seen their Home Owners Association (HOA) really “energized.” Â This group spent a good bit of
Review: Mophie for iPhone 3G (and 3Gs)
I am rather late to the party for getting the Mophie for my iPhone, but I am here to tell ya, it has been a
Products I really, really like…
My brother posted links to some of his favorite products and apps over at his blog, so I thought I would do the same. Â Who
Books, we got Books!
OKAY… I talked about this is today’s podcast at http://Getthenext.com. I have been sitting on this for two years now, thinking it wasn’t “ready” but
