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
Year: 2010
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. 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.” 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. 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
iPad–TheProfessor is now accepting Donations!
For those that have followed the discussions on our “Real Tech for Real People” podcast at http://getthenext.com, you will know that I am not convinced