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Henry Jenkins – ebook now free on Amazon

Henry Jenkin’s book “Confronting the challenges of participatory culture” is presently available at no cost from Amazon (Aug. 24). If you own a Kindle or want to try the Kindle app on other devices (e.g., iPad), I certainly recommend what … Continue reading

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Net Neutrality Summary

If you are attempting to understand the various issues associated with net neutrality, you might explore this summary by Stephen Light. His post offers a visual summary and plenty of links if you want to investigate in depth.

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Bookmark database revamped

Back in 2006, I started an online bookmarking site. The original idea was to offer a searchable directory of Internet resources to those who were using our textbook. So, resources were tagged by chapter but also using other descriptors. I … Continue reading

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Technology and the brain

There has been a lot of interest lately in the connection between heavy tech use and the brain. I am not certain what to make of it yet – physical changes, learned patterns resulting in rapid shifts in attentional focus, … Continue reading

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Apple Announces Volume App Purchase Advantage

Apple has announced a purchase discount for those purchasing apps in volume. Details are available in an Apple FAQ.

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Diptic

This is an iPad recommendation (with thanks to iPad Today). Diptic is an app for combining images. You have very likely seen this method for displaying photographs in the form of multiple images inserted within a frame. Cindy has created … Continue reading

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