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Archive for December, 2009

Reporting from 35,000 feet….

Wow, wow and wow!
I am on a flight from Portland, OR to Dallas/Fort Worth on my way to the Big Easy and I FINALLY ended up on a flight with wifi.  Although I do fly quite a bit, I am usually on regional airlines that aren’t really equipped to offer this service.  The American Airlines [...]

Latest from the Tech-Savvy Teacher reading room… 12/23/2009

State of the Art – Barnes and Noble’s Nook Reader Fails to Live Up to Promises – NYTimes.com
This is David Pogue’s review of the B&N Nook, and it isn’t pretty… it looks like the Nook was rushed out the door for the Christmas rush… too bad that demand meant that the Nook wasn’t available for [...]

On my radar: it's time to tackle ebooks and the textbook problem…

I am traveling to the West Coast and the South for the holiday break this year.  The trip itself means that I don’t really have the money for a delightful end-of-the-year gadget purchase but nonetheless, I am fairly committed to purchasing some kind of electronic book reader in the next month.
The easy answer should be [...]

Latest from the Tech-Savvy Teacher reading room… 12/22/2009

Should Teachers Care About Research? at The Core Knowledge Blog
This is more fascinating discussion on learning styles. The core knowledge folks take on a middle school teacher that claims that while learning styles may be a myth, it is a harmless one…
tags: learning styles

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