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
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
If there's one thing every classroom needs….
When asked what one piece of technology every classroom needs, I used to answer “an LCD projector.” Now, though, I think it’s more electrical outlets. I recently visited this classroom in New York that had electrical outlets spaced every six
I love the work we do
Last week, we ran a special in our email newsletter, offering the first 100 respondents a free set of handheld posters. (The offer has concluded, so need to email us now.:) I was very gratified by the responses we got.
The Spam Problem
At a presentation I did last week, Wes Fryer was in the audience and asked me how we deal with spam in our wikis. (I hoped that he asked because he had a brilliant answer himself, but alas not.) For
Use your head
This sign is up all over the Indianapolis airport. It reminds me of one of the many comical moments from living in Africa, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and seeing the hard-working porters carrying very expensive, high tech backpacks … they were
Using Mobile Tech in Seattle
For those of you in my session “Using Mobile Technology to Differentiate Instruction,” here are the links to the cell phone stuff we did: Photo blogging from a cell phone Audio blogging from a cell phone Polling via text messaging
Ebook library
For months now, I’ve been writing about the curriculum for mobile devices we’ve been developing with school districts across the country. We have put the best of this together into a cross-curricular ebook library. This is available on a classroom