Mar 14
Apple announced at a press conference last week that the newest version of it’s iPad will be coming out this Friday. Some of the highlights of the new version include an even better display, increased processing power, full HD recording capability via a new camera, and fast 4G LTE network connectivity. If you’re interested in the …
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Jan 26
The push for digital textbooks is only going to get bigger now that Apple has announced their next big idea is to disrupt the textbook industry. In New York last week they announced an unprecedented partnership with three major textbook publishers: Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt. According to McGraw-Hill’s CEO, Steve Jobs wanted to revolutionize the …
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Jan 05
Blogs have a great potential for use in the learning environment. An interesting article from Campus Technology gives several ways that blogs can be used to improve student learning. Below is a quick summary of some of the benefits of using blogs as a part of instruction: Blogs can highlight individual contributions more than wikis …
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Dec 01
Dr. Wade Fish, Educational Leadership Using Weekly Agenda Videos to Enhance Online Course Delivery Teaching online courses over the years has provided me the opportunity to enhance my teaching as I have seen my skills improve each semester with the incorporation of new technology and best practices. Thanks to online teaching, I am ensured that …
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Nov 30
There have been several bits of interesting technology news this week, so here is a quick round up of articles. Before each one is a short description to help you decide if you want to read more. Windows-based Tablet May Be Too Late: Apple iPad sales are climbing and Microsoft has yet to enter into …
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