Ok, so Apple has just blown the lid off. They have announced the new iPhone, which uses a touch screen rather than keys, allows you to skip through voice mails visually, includes internet and email, and has music, photos, and video like an iPod. They are partnering with Google, Yahoo, and Cingular to bring all [...]
Entries from January 9, 2007
Apple’s new product? and mobile computing
January 8, 2007 · No Comments · Tools
Apple will announce some new product tomorrow at CES (Consumer Electronics Association show) Macworld and it is reputed to be the Ipod phone or an Apple phone/computer or tablet of some kind. (If you are very curious about this announcement, Engadget is carrying a live feed) The New York Times article about the shrinking of [...]
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working with information…
January 5, 2007 · 1 Comment · Research
David Warlick tells a story of a job he used to do at a factory which has now been replaced with a computer. One thing that has happened to information, that should be impacting what and how we teach, is that information has become the raw material with which people work. We mine it, we [...]
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$100 laptop update
January 3, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Interesting article on Cnn.com today about the software on the $100 laptop. The interesting thing about it to me is they have combined features from different software to enable students to collaborate and chat and create, rather than use the standards Window software. Says Nicholas Negroponte, who spearheaded the project, “One of the saddest but [...]
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Locking the library?
January 2, 2007 · No Comments · libraries
This(Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over) doesn’t seem right. I don’t want to judge the situation not being there, (and being a librarian, I know there may be more to this situation than meets the eye), but it does seem like students should be able to use the local library after school. This seems [...]
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What’s in for the New Year?
January 1, 2007 · 2 Comments · Future students, Uncategorized
To ring in the New Year in a very traditional way, here’s a look at last year and predictions for this year. Google Zeitgeist keeps track of what we have been searching for the last year. (I’m amazed at how many of the search terms I have never heard of, by the way, so don’t feel [...]
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