Apple wants to revolution education with iBooks, iBooks Author and a new iTunes U app, announced today at a special live event in New York hosted by Apple’s Phil Schiller. Phil and friends showed off these three apps with an impressive vision of making multimedia rich interactive books for school children and university students using [...]
Apple is sending out media invitations for an event in New York City for January 19th. Those hoping for some sort of new and shiny device shouldn’t get that excited. The reason? It looks like Apple will be making some announcements about a move into the textbook market according to the usual sources. This only [...]
One of the features I was most looking forward to with iOS 5 and the new iPhone 4S was the AirPlay feature. The announcement at Apple’s press event today in Cupertino doesn’t include anything really that new or earth shattering. As we learned earlier, AirPlay now lets you mirror the display of your iOS device [...]
Thanks to Apple and its generous customers, Teach for America received some useful tools for education, refurbished first generation iPads. Teach for America puts talented people in the class room for a limited amount of time even if they don’t necessarily have teaching credentials. The program gives teachers experience while providing much-needed teachers in low-income or [...]
The iPad is a very tempting tool for educators and students, which has led to a number of initiatives to bring the iPad into classrooms from elementary up through Med School. A new report from Abilene Christian University, reveals that students who have an iPad to use in class and while reading have noticeable performance gains [...]
For students heading off to school in the next few days and weeks, toting an iPad might make you the envy of the class. It also ensures that you have some great tools to make the Dean’s List. There are numerous free apps for those on a budget, as well as excellent paid apps that [...]
Samsung announced today that all students in the University of Southern Mississippi Honors College pilot program will be receiving a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android tablet. Not every university that gives away tablets thinks the iPad is the best choice. The university is offering a thousand students the tablets via private funds. Each tablet comes [...]
In the latest funding round where Kno sees a $30 million cash infusion from Intel Capital and Advance Publications, Intel will also get to license Kno’s hardware reference designs for its single- and dual-screen tablets targeted at the education market. News of the Intel licensing comes after Know had indicated that it would abandon the [...]
Inkling is one of those companies that is working on bringing textbooks to Tablets, specifically the iPad. Textbooks on tablets just make sense in so many ways that you’d think it was a no brainer. But of course existing business models for publishers get in the way. Inkling just pulled down some major publisher support [...]
The best booth at IDF 2010 that I saw was staffed by a whole bunch of 4th graders and Intel’s emerging markets platform group. While the Intel staffers were certainly knowledgeable, the kids stole the show. Classmate PCs in Action As I approached the Classmate PC display at IDF, a little girl ran up to [...]
Around 1450, a man named Johannes Gutenberg created a device that has had an immeasurable impact upon all people. His machine, the printing press, made it possible for text to be distributed much faster than the scribing process. Fast forward to 2010, the year that Steve Jobs and Apple Computer introduce the iPad. The iPad, [...]
You may have read how I believe the upcoming Apple Tablet or CrunchPad would be an excellent tool for K-12 students. While I do believe these tablet devices could have a significant positive impact on the realm of education, I don’t plan on purchasing one for my personal use. Here’s why: What can it do [...]
The upcoming tablet devices from Steve Jobs and Michael Arrington’s crews have the potential to greatly impact how people interact with digital media and the Internet. Aside from being easy-to-use Internet companions and multimedia centers, these two devices could reshape the way teachers teach and students learn. Much different than what we traditionally think of [...]
Microsoft and Lenovo just landed a contract in New South Wales, Austrailia, that will see them providing 22,000 Netbooks to the school system there for $150 million. That breaks down to about $681 per Netbook. Anyway you slice it, that’s a lot of Netbooks and I guess it begs several questions. Many of us in [...]
We fell in love with Intel’s Classmate Convertible Tablet PC during CES ( see our video of CTL’s 2GoPC here). With only XP Home shipping on them, though, some good handwriting recognition software is needed on those little guys. That is where VisionObjects comes in to save the day. Their press releases announces that their [...]
If you have been in college in the last 5 years, you’ve probably seen SMART Board technology in the classroom. I remember my first experience with it and was completely blown away by how “smart” the board really was. Professors used the different colored pens to annotate Powerpoint lectures in real time of a projected [...]
Tony Franklin, Microsoft Solution Specialist, will present a free webinar for educators about using Microsoft OneNote 2007 in the classroom on Tuesday, January 20th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. PST. As an incentive for participating in the webinar and completing the survey that follows the presentation, teachers will receive their very own copy [...]
I am live at Intel’s press conference announcing new Classmate PC designs, showcasing the vendors bring the Classmate reference design to market. More after the break. Breaking Sierra was speaking with an Intel rep and they told her to expect an announcement on a similar product to the Classmate PC for adults
Forest Ridge Schools of the Sacred Heart are putting ink to screen as they just deployed 330 Lenovo X61 Tablet PCs to teachers and students. I’m not sure why they went with X61s instead of X200s, but it is still a good thing to see the tablets deployed and being put in to action. There [...]
Attention teachers: The HP Teacher Experience Exchange (HP TEE) is a web site where instructors can collaborate and share classroom-ready, computer-based lesson plans. Visitors to the site have the ability to browse through proven lesson plans that have the potential to engage students and make the learning process more exciting by using technology. The [...]
Lumens is proud of their new medusa-like, HD ready DC260 visual presenter. The DC260 features 1080p HDMI output, audio and video processor for full frame video recording to an SD card, 3x optical zoom, true SXGA output, and double lamp design for plenty of illumination. According to Lumens, the DC260 is easily the [...]
When we first started seeing inklings of Microsoft’s Surface and other mutli-touch interfaces I thought that one space we’d see this take off eventually would be in primary education. Turns out the folks behind SmartTech thought that as well and thus we have the SMART Table. SmartTech is well versed in gesture recognition with their [...]
I have been to WIPTE for the past 2 years, but unfortunately I am not going to make it this year. While everybody is checking out Tablet PCs and how they apply to education, I’ll be with my Mom while she is getting a knee replacement… So, who’s going? It’s always been a [...]
Public schools across America are fighting a battle they can’t win; schools are taking aggressive approaches and adopting strict discipline policies regarding the student use of mobile technology. Walk through any study hall in an American public school and you will find students texting in their pockets and listening to iPods through their sleeves. Although [...]
The Nebraska Public Library Foundation was recently awarded WiFi Connectivity Grants for 48 of its branches, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Each of the 48 libraries will receive a Linksys WiFi Router and either a Dell laptop or a Samsung Q1 UMPC. Via jkkmobile Technorati Tags: UMPC,Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,Nebraska Public [...]
A recent initiative by The Student Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) and other organizations is attempting to make college textbook costs lower by promoting open textbooks, digital textbooks that students view using their computer. According to a recent study by the Student PIRG finds that digital textbooks must meet three standards in order to have [...]
It’s no secret that I don’t currently own a Tablet PC. As a contributing writer for GottaBeMobile, a site that is deeply rooted in the Tablet PC community, you’d think that I would own a tablet and preach the gospel of its benefits. I love mobile technology, but does the fact that I’m [...]
Engadget is reporting that Amazon will help the OLPC folks bring back the Give One, Get One program in November of this year. The timing is perfect for holiday giving, satisfying your guilty conscience and rewarding you with a fun, new toy. The Give One, Get One program originally allowed individuals to purchase one OLPC [...]
Lifehacker is featuring an excellent how-to that demonstrates the steps necessary to secure and protect your laptop. Their tips are broken down into the following phases: Phase One: Lock and Key This phase discusses ways to physically protect your machine from being stolen. Phase Two: Alarms and Security Cameras How to keep an eye on [...]
Microsoft is offering Office Ultimate to students for the unreal price of $59.95. All you need is to have a .edu email address and be registered for at least 0.5 credit hours in case MS decides to come asking for proof of your enrollment for whatever reason. Office Ultimate retails for $679, so this is [...]
At least four colleges and universities are experimenting with giving iPhones or Internet capable iPods to students, as the institutions take a look at how to communicate with their student bodies. I’m sure this isn’t going to be without controversy. But according to this New York Times article, the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, [...]
>> > jkkmobile has posted this great video of the new Intel Classmate PC from IDF. They also have a few great shots of the unit from various angles. The new Classmate PC features a convertible screen with touch capabilities. Check out additional coverage of IDF 2008. Via jkkmobile. Technorati Tags: Classmate,Intel,IDF
As an educator in the United States public school system, I am noticing that students are using technology to socialize more than ever. Text messaging, e-mailing, MySpace, Facebook and cell phones are a few high-tech ways that students stay on top of gossip and often find their way to the principal’s office. Mosquito ringtones, also [...]
Eliot Graff, a former English professor and current programmer and technical writer/editor/blogger has found a new book dealing with tablet PCs and education. The International Society for Technology in Education has released their latest volume titled Tablet PCs in K-12 Education. Being a big proponent of tablet PCs being integrated into secondary educational systems, I’m [...]
Lenovo has announced their entry in to the red-hot netbook market, the IdeaPad S10, with prices at $399 and $499. This entry looks to be hitting all the sweet spots: price, style, features, size, and performance. I predict that this will be a very popular item and is aiming squarely for Asus’ jugular. The S10 [...]
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