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Monthly Archives July 2010

iPad Production

I have owned my own iPad now for a few days. Cindy uses her iPad a great deal and I spent time working on her machine, but the experience is a little different when you develop your own collection of apps. This is definitely a great media consumption device. The experience of browsing, viewing images, [...]

Posted 30 July 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What changes were just made to copyright law?

I seem to always find myself taking a conservative position on copyright issues and I find myself in much the same position today. The U.S. Copright Office just created some new policy regarding copyright and I have started to read speculation as to what this means for educators.  What the changes appear to address are [...]

Posted 27 July 2010 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

When the obvious isn’t so

I read once that great researchers pay special attention not so much when the obvious happens or when they find nothing, but when they encounter an outcome that runs contrary to what they expected. It is in these situations that there is the chance to really learn something. A couple of reports this week revealed [...]

Posted 14 July 2010 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) °

Can you compete with free?

We are now a week or so out from ISTE 2010 and those of us who attended have had some time to think about the experience. Over the years, I have probably personally received more benefit from strolling through the giant vendor area than attending sessions. It is just a convenient way to see what [...]

Posted 10 July 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Reading from various devices (including the book)

A recent comment by researcher Jakob Nielson is likely to generate a good deal of discussion among bloggers (the MacWorld version, Nielson post) and will likely generate some studies from graduate students. The topic of whether a reader benefits equally from processing content presented as a book, on a Kindle, or on an iPad certainly [...]

Posted 05 July 2010 † grabe § Research ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

1:1 Options

One of my goals for ISTE10 was to locate an Android “slatet/tablet” I could purchase and compare with Cindy’s iPad. I did not see much, but did locate the Entourage Edge ( see image). The Edge looks something like a Kindle and an iPad joined together with duct tape. The duct tape comment is no [...]

Posted 03 July 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: