Blurts

This recent Gallup poll indicates a high proportion of U.S. citizens distrust the media to truthfully report the news. The opinion of many is that the media is too liberal.

The NBC focus on Education Nation and the soon to be released documentary “Waiting for Superman” have created a great deal of discussion regarding quality teachers, charter schools, assessment, and the role of poverty and parents in student achievement.

Some of the video associated with the series can be found at the Education Nation video site.

CNN indicates that the FCC could offer a new long-distance form of wifi by making available the white space between television channels. We need options for Internet access in more locations. Cable and the phone companies often operate without much actual competition.

NY Times Opinion piece – The Anger of the Rich

This ReadWriteWeb post sumamrizes recent data on web activity from smartphones. It appears that approximately 50% of smartphone web activity now involves specialized apps rather than a general purpose web browser.

This post from AppleInsider indicates that the iPad has but into netbook sales by as much as 50%. This is likely just the beginning as other companies bring their products to market. Schools which have invested in a netbook strategy will now find themselves swimming against the current. To me, apps are the difference. The netbook world has nothing to compete with the huge collection of very low cost apps.