Monthly Archives: January 2011

This brief piece from the NY Times on the publishing industry and ebook readers. The piece claims companies are dragging their feet on releasing conent for ebook readers. Explore the comments for some interesting and contrasting points of view.

Check this LastFM summary of the most frequently played tunes during 2009. Individual choices combined on a massive scale – wisdom (or at least preferences) of the crowd. What a great example of data aggregation. I have to admit my … Continue reading →

Check out Howard Rheingold’s introductory comments at the Future of the Forum. Children unprepared to deal with the challenge of the web.

You might want to explore a new Google labs experiment – Google Living Story. Living story is a way to process and follow important news stories. It organizes content around topics (e.g., health care) by time and resource type (articles, … Continue reading →

You may have watched this piece from Anderson Cooper on 60 minutes last night. Interesting – a pretty hard core set of expectations for teachers, but make sure you understand the commitment required from students and parents.

Steve Hargadon conducts interviews with authors and industry leaders for Elluminate. The collection is extensive. These interviews are available through several outlets, but if you want to investigate I would suggest you begin with Hargadon’s Future of Education Ning. You … Continue reading →