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Foldify

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:45:00 -0500

Foldify

Testing out Blogsy

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:34:18 -0400

Testing out the features of the Blogsy App for iPad.

iBooks Author EUA: Much Ado about Nothing.

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:38:59 -0500

holtthink:

After Apple introduced their revolutionary game changing iBooks Author program the other day, the blogosphere went into a collective gran-mal seizure about how restrictive the licensing agreement was. Fun to watch. Of course, the same over reaction happened when iTunes came out ten years ago. Wailing and gnashing of teeth. The world is not fair! Wah wah wah. Jealousy is such an ugly thing, especially from those folks that think everyhting should be given to them for free for some reason. (Maybe they need to read “A Nation of Moochers: America’s Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing.”)

Here are some of the over-reactions:

Ed Bot:Apple’s mind-bogglingly greedy and evil license agreement

iBooks Author software license agreement locks authors into Apple

iBooks Author software license agreement locks authors into Apple

Does Apple Own You? The LA Times ponders

The upshot, for those of you too lazy to click on the links, is this:

Read More

[iBooks] Tools for Creating Interactive Books

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:18:36 -0500

Gotta say that I agree with Dave on this…

Tools for creating interactive books for Apple’s iBooks | 52 Tiger

“The “book as toy” phenomenon migrated to the iPad with digital children’s books. I’ve purchased a few for my own children (ages 8 and 6) and found the experience disappointing. Instead of listening to the story, my kids only want to “see what it does,” randomly tapping, swiping and flicking every image. When they find an interactive element, they go nuts — swiping, tapping or flicking it repeatedly. At that point, we aren’t reading. We’re playing a video game.
And those books were created by professionals. Consider the rash of souped-up but still horrible home movies you had to endure when iMovie was introduced. People with good intentions but no idea how to create a watchable video were strutting around like Kubrick. Now imagine the interactive books the same lot would produce.”

iPads in Higher Ed.

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:20:20 -0500

What I’ve Learned From Teaching with iPads | The Chronicle of Higher Education

“My students said they saw little or no return on investing large amounts of time to personalize the iPad’s settings, organize the many apps, transfer their address books or even learn new apps that might make the iPad more functional. Why become attached to something they had to give back? “

and…

“Too often, teachers assume that students know how to use technology or will pick it up quickly. Not all do. Find apps that will work for your discipline and demonstrate how those apps work and how students will use them in assignments. Talk about the tablet’s strengths and weaknesses, and how it fits in with assignments, classes and studying. Time spent on training will ease frustrations later.”

Buying and Selling Apps

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:16:51 -0500

Free vs. Paid apps in the Android Market: This is a problem…

On Buying And Selling Apps | Smarterware

“Android users don’t already have their credit card information entered into Google Checkout (or is it Wallet), so the difference between downloading a free app versus buying an app is the inconvenience of setting that all up. Since apps are often impulse buys, and typing your credit card information into a form on a touchscreen handset is annoying, it’s easier for an app-buying virgin to pass, or decide to put it off till later… indefinitely. My own wife hasn’t bought my Android app on her phone because she hasn’t gotten around to setting up her Google Checkout account yet. For a year.”

CES

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:47:31 -0500

512 Pixels

“None of these products will change the world. None of them will create blocks-long lines at their launch. It is hard to get people excited for cheap, shoddy devices that more and more look like knock-offs of Cupertino’s work.”

60 Minutes special on Apps and Autism

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:57:55 -0400

60 Minutes special on Apps and Autism

laughingsquid: iPhone 4S Extreme Closeups

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:42:37 -0400

laughingsquid:

iPhone 4S Extreme Closeups

4 old iPhones

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:51:49 -0400

4 old iPhones

Test Post

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:55:58 -0400

This is a test post using the app Elements on my iPhone. I wanted to see how well it can post to Tumblr using Markdown.

"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to..."

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:46:33 -0400

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”

- Steve Jobs

New App Widget

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 06:58:51 -0400

New Pearson Foundation Survey: Students Who Own Tablets More Likely To Favor Digital Textbooks | Pearson Education

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:07:00 -0400

New Pearson Foundation Survey: Students Who Own Tablets More Likely To Favor Digital Textbooks | Pearson Education:

“Students who own tablet devices are far more likely to favor digital formats for their textbooks than non-tablet owners, and the overwhelming majority of student tablet owners believe the devices are valuable for educational purposes, according to a new survey from the Pearson Foundation.”

From the Department of Obviousness

laughingsquid: Here’s The Scoop About iCloud & Time...

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:15:43 -0400

laughingsquid:

Here’s The Scoop About iCloud & Time Capsules

theeseanmartin: Iphone app cupcakes. Yumm.

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:21:59 -0400

theeseanmartin:

Iphone app cupcakes. Yumm.

humanevirtue: iPhone 4 metal backplate by @NickyColman on...

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:18:40 -0400

humanevirtue:

iPhone 4 metal backplate by @NickyColman on Flickr.

planetapple: WWDC 2011 Preparations Lion + iOs 5 + iCloud Logo

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:09:36 -0400

planetapple:

WWDC 2011 Preparations
Lion + iOs 5 + iCloud Logo

iMotion HD - Time-lapse and Stop-motion app for iPhone / iPad...

Sat, 07 May 2011 09:14:52 -0400

iMotion HD - Time-lapse and Stop-motion app for iPhone / iPad (by Fingerlab)

I tested this out on both the iPad and the iPhone and it works wonderfully. Now I just need to get my hands on some nice iPad/iPhone mounts.

"This isn’t really about the iPad as much as it is making computing easier. Those pioneers of..."

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:55:27 -0400

“This isn’t really about the iPad as much as it is making computing easier. Those pioneers of educational computing such as Seymour Papert and Gary Stager argue for the transformational use of computers. Computers should be imagination machines. The conversations I’ve had recently with teachers and administrators suggest, they are beginning to see more possibilities. It’s making it very easy to advance the conversation to consider how technology might make learning different. Partly it’s due to the fact that everyone seems to be on a level playing field. There is no iPad curriculum, at least not yet, I hope never. Much like the Hole in the Wall experiment, everyone seems to sense, there’s something interesting here and are willing to explore and play. That exploration is naturally facilitating conversations I’ve not seen generating before.”

- Dean Shareski