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Monthly Archives April 2011

Google a Day

Google has a new offering – Google a Day. Google asks a question and you attempt to find the answer. Google even includes a feature that allows you to search the Internet as it existed before they answered the question (folks are fond of demonstrating they have found the answer). Perhaps this is an interesting [...]

Posted 28 April 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Online Storage

My interest in music led me to investigate the Amazon Cloud Player and I ended up purchasing 20 gigabytes of storage (5 is free) so that I could upload part of my music collection (the digitized music that is not protected). The initial goal was to use the cloud player to access this music from [...]

Posted 22 April 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

iPad Kindle to Evernote

I am doing much more of my “professional” reading on the iPad. In most cases, this means reading books using the Kindle app. Perhaps the most difficult thing in transitioning from paper to the iPad was finding a suitable substitute for the margin notes and highlighting I do with the paper version of a book. [...]

Posted 15 April 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Book Costs

The AERA conference offers us the opportunity to meet with our editor and to discuss issues related to our next book edition. Because we write about the use of technology in learning, we feel the need to push for a different kind of instructional content. We intend to generate a hybrid product that combines a [...]

Posted 11 April 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Cranes For Japan

Paper Cranes for Japan is a project that provides students a way to make a contribution to the people of Japan. The Bezos Foundation has agreed to donate $2 to Japan for each origami crane students submit. Cindy learned of this project through Twitter and contacted Pam Carlson who teaches 4th grade at Wilder School in [...]

Posted 04 April 2011 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °