Saturday, August 22, 2009

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.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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


Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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


Saturday, August 01, 2009