I am very happy with how easy it is to get ebooks to the Kindle and with the compatibility of Mobipocket (unencrypted) ebooks. The K12 Handhelds ebook library works with no changes at all (and they look beautiful — much
Kids, copyright, and open content
(This seems like a long post, but it is about one of the most important experiences I’ve had in a classroom in a long while.) As a part of a project in which students are writing poems to be included
What's in a name?
I’ve been wondering what name the industry is going to settle on for the new low-cost sub-laptop devices like the OLPC, the eeePC, the Classmate, and others. (These devices are generally smaller than a laptop, but bigger than a handheld.
Choosing wiki software
I’ve been looking at different wiki software lately, looking for ones that are free, hosted, and allows for simultaneous editing. (I love MediaWiki for my own use, but we host it here. I like WikiSpaces as a remote-hosted site, but
"Once it's gone, it's gone."
A lot of schools seem to be migrating to Microsoft’s SharePoint software for web authoring. While I don’t have firsthand experience with SharePoint, from what I hear, it is not easy to learn and, obviously, you have to pay for
Flip help
We’ve gotten a few questions for people who have the Flip video camera (which we love!) but have had problems getting the codec to make the video run properly on the desktop. To get this, connect the camera to your
Free literacy resources
I am working on creating some sight word videos from the word lists at FreeReading. (If you haven’t seen this site, it is a phenomenal resources for early literacy.) Before I crank out more of these, I’m looking for input
Proliferation of new mobile devices
There have been several new mobile devices coming out, and now HP has one as well. The HP 2133 Mini-Notebook is $499 with Linux. (As with all of these new category devices, the price is quite a bit higher with
Photoshop goes 2.0!
Oh yes! Oh yes! The Web 2.0 app I’ve been waiting for is now Web 2.0, free and online. It’s Photoshop Express! (Sign up fast to get the personal URL of your choice. 🙂 It’s beta and undoubtedly new features
New "$50 handheld"
There has been a lot of press about the new “$50 handheld,” otherwise known as the Teachermate handheld computer from Chicago-based non-profit Innovations for Learning, and some people have asked me what I think. First of all, I haven’t actually