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Monthly Archives January 2012

Policy change for Google +

TechCrunch reports that Google + will now be available to anyone eligible for an account – anyone 13 and over. Google has added some new features which are age dependent. It reminds teens when they are posting to “public” and automatically removes them from a video hangout when an adult enters. This sounds like a [...]

Posted 27 January 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

New publishing model?

The promise of low price ($15) multimedia textbooks may seem right around the corner, but I wonder. My wife and I have been participants in the industry for 5 editions (Integrating Technology for Meaningful Learning). We have split from Cengage over what the book of the picture might look like. We have been working for [...]

Posted 21 January 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Lecture?

Classes begin again on Monday. Wednesday I lecture to 200 students. We teach many of these large courses. Providing instruction to large numbers of students who are required to take our “service” courses is expected of our department and there is no practical way to handle this demand without meeting in large groups. What is [...]

Posted 07 January 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Annual Report – 2011

I thought some who have viewed our content may find the following of interest. You may have noticed that we place Google ads on our content (each page of the blogs and the “index” pages of our long format content). Aside from generating a little revenue (far less than the cost of purchasing the server [...]

Posted 06 January 2012 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: