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The Raspberry Pi Lowers the Cost of Educational Computing
The Raspberry Pi is an interesting new concept that was recently announced. It appears that it is still difficulty to get your hands on one, but when manufacturing capacity catches up with demand, you will be able to purchase a computer for around $25. The computer is the size of a credit card and has [...]
Turning Your Blog into an Open Academic Journal
I was catching up on blog reading this morning, which has become a rare luxury for me as administrative duties seem to have taken over my life. But one post that particularly caught my attention was one that discussed a new WordPress theme called Annotum. Combining Annotum with WordPress turns a blog into a serious [...]
Handheld Technology in Remote Areas of the Developing World
I am one of those people who enjoy food and travel shows like Globe Trekker and hosts such as Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmerman. I happened to catch a few minutes of one of Zimmerman’s Bizarre Foods episodes the other day. He was visiting a floating village of fisherman who lived literally on a river [...]
mLearning
I am feeling a bit guilty right now. Today was supposed to be a day for working on my class, but I got caught up in configuring some of my devices for mLearning, aka mobile learning. I really wanted to set some time aside to explore some of the possibilities and today turned out to [...]
A Concept Map for a Cognitive Approach to Multimedia Learning
Here is a concept map I created a while back for a cognitive approach to multimedia learning. I thought it broke the concept down nicely and would be worth sharing here.
The Google Reader Next Button
I have been using Google Reader to follow blogs for a long time. For me, it is an indispensable tool that allows me to quickly scan information in the blogs I subscribe to. But once in a while, when I have time, I enjoy reading the blogs in the context of their original sites. That’s [...]
Intel AppUp
Intel has launched a new service that delivers applications for Netbooks in a way similar to Apple’s store for iPhone and iPad apps. I don’t know how successful this service, known as AppUp will be. It’s offerings seem limited and overpriced, but a generic service targeted at NetBooks could take off eventually. Maybe using a [...]
Ben Stein on Hatred in America
Ben Stein stated his Declaration of Conscience on CBS Sunday Morning today in response to the plague of hate that seems to be growing and increasingly accepted in our nation. I thought it was fitting. “This is a big country. It is a great country, filled with opportunities. It is the magnet for those all [...]