in praise of the cloud whats your view ?

Daniel Rezac who on his blog suggest HIS view on his approach to teaching and learning

It has been said that you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make them drink. Those who believe this are part of a dying breed. A good teacher- just needs to learn what flavor water his students prefer.

Daniel has written an interesting piece on his personal view on "The Cloud"

http://drezac.blogspot.com/2009/08/remember-when-we-were-all-scared-of.htm


worth a rean and if you feel like it make a comment. Google arenet the only player in the cloud and others are working hard at playing catchup.

next generation devices

This seems an interesting development tablet enabled just a tad heavy maybe but nice spec

• 9.7" x 7" x 1.3" for around 3 lbs (with keyboard)
• ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip
• 1024x600 8.9'' screen
• Storage: 8GB SD card
• Wifi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth
• 3-dimensional accelerometer
• Speakers, micro and headphone
• 8 USB 2.0 (4 internal, 4 external)
• 10 hours of battery life

Always Innovating: Introducing the Touch Book

Digital textbooks

Josh Catone view on digital textbooks. Now I've looked at e book reader and in my own mind jury is still out !! but do have a read of Josh's article
Digital Textbooks: 3 Reasons Students Aren't Ready

US home broadband adoption

Another Pew report this time on home broadband adoption

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/10-Home-Broadband-Adoption-2009.aspx?r=1