Most public libraries have audio ebooks, and an increasing number are carrying electronic audio and text ebooks that you can download from a web site and use on mobile devices. I’ve been seeing many that have ebooks in the Mobipocket
Mini-movies for learning sight words
I’ve written before about the power of mini-movies to engage kids and teach core content with mobile technology. One use of this is for teaching sight words to beginning readers. Here’s an example: These videos are relatively easy to create
Photo model releases
There has been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere this week about the use of a Flickr image posted under a Creative Commons license in a Virgin Australia advertisement. (The parents of the child in the photo, who had
Constitution curriculum resources
Constitution Day is Sept. 17. You can get free curriculum resources for studying the Constitution and its making here. This unit includes an interactive ebook, an annotated copy of the Constitution and its amendments, a collection of web resources on
Curriculum discount for blog readers
K12 Handhelds is offering Mobile Musings blog readers a back-to-school special on handheld curriculum books. Integrating Handhelds into the Writing Curriculum and Integrating Handhelds Across the Curriculum* are available for $29.95 each. Or you can buy both for $49.95. This
The Foleo is dead
Palm today announced the cancellation of the not-yet-released Foleo. We had hoped that this was going to be a contender for the low-end laptop market (ala the OLPC), but apparently not. Others are entering this market, though, so stay tuned.
Palm special offer
Palm is offering a couple special back-to-school offers. For a limited time, buy Palm TX handhelds and get a free hard case with each one, or buy Palm Tungsten E2 handhelds and get a free keyboard with each one. This
NSBA-"Explore ways in which [you] could use social networking for educational purposes"
Kudos to the NSBA for a forthcoming report that urges schools to relax restrictions on the use social networking technologies at schools. It’s about time that educational policymakers (and politicians) recognize that these technologies are important tools for differentiating instruction,
Side benefit of Web 2.0
Here’s a nice side benefit to Web 2.0: When the batteries on your laptop die, you can just grab another one and keep working!
What a great time this is!
I’m getting ready for a whirlwind 10 presentations in 5 days next week at MAHETC and elsewhere. I’m doing a lot of new stuff, including a keynote called “My Virtual Digital Brain, Thriving on the Chaos of Information Overload.” Thriving