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Parental Central
Parent Central (Canada) reports that California is moving to eBooks for K-12 education. Companies are expected to submit content, but it appears the state expects the content to be free. Not sure I understand the “business” or even “educational” model … Continue reading
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Twitpocalypse
It appears that Apple iPhone and Touch twitters are encountering problems. No it is not a virus. It turns out that tweets are assigned a unique number and this number has grown extremely large. Those of us who use Twitterriffic … Continue reading
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Economist – Time Spent
This article from the Economist offers some interesting information concerning international differences in the time expected of students. Time differences seem to account for a lot and extending the time students spent is pretty much the core idea in the … Continue reading
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50 ways to Use Twitter in College Classrooms
This link looks interesting and should be immediately relevant to my own students presently working on blog applications in education.
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Today Show – Increasing Importance of Public Libraries
The Today Show offered an interesting piece on the increasing use of public libraries. Internet access is a large part of this change. People looking for work and people giving up their home wifi are showing up at libraries to … Continue reading
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Relative growth of social network sites
Interesting data on relative change in social sites. Facebook is still growing. Twitter stalls.
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