{"id":6628,"date":"2022-01-05T18:33:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=6628"},"modified":"2022-01-05T18:44:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:44:36","slug":"discovery-with-the-amazon-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2022\/01\/05\/discovery-with-the-amazon-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery with the Amazon Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We often end up giving ourselves technology Christmas presents. This year it was the 15 inch Amazon Show<\/a>. At $250 or so, this is a very impressive device. The quality of images and video is great and of course, you can ask questions to search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Show runs the Amazon Silk browser<\/a>. It is easy to enter text searches from the screen and use Silk on the Show pretty much like you would use Chrome on an iPad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an example, I thought I would examine some of the tutorials I had created on YouTube. I tried searching for Mark Grabe and found something I had never seen before. In 2014, I did an interview on a local television channel and searching my name brought up this video (for anyone interested in watching me talk about cyberbullying<\/a> here you go). I had no idea this interview had been preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the classroom – this device would be an interesting addition to classrooms. It is large enough for a group of students to view and it is inexpensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTW – I had forgotten about the app I described in the interview. Here is a link to StopIt<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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