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innovation, technology
Electric cars for all, and a new business model
04.02.09 | Permalink | Comments

From the Desk of David Pogue – Electric Cars for All! (No, Really This Time) – NYTimes.com
Electric Cars for All? David Pogue (NY Times) says yes, and explains in this amusing and inspiring article. First, he observes, electric cars share two big challenges. One: expensive batteries that make their price high. Two: No “battery-replenishing” stations, [...]
innovation, technology
ebooks and iPhones, thanks to Amazon
03.17.09 | Permalink | Comments

Kindle for iPhone: Read Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch
“Read more than 245,000 Kindle Books on Your iPhone or iPod Touch”

This is what happens when two platforms meet. Any doubt about the future of the book? Will our next students read and annotate their textbooks through the iPhone or similar gadget? BTW, Amazon [...]
education, innovation, web-20
Moodle and Google Apps Integration
03.03.09 | Permalink | Comments

Development Site Moodle Rooms
Moodle Rooms announced today 03.03.09 it has produced a Moodle plugin to integrate the leading Open Source e-Learning platform with Google Apps under a single sign-on protocol. Students and instructors are thus able (as soon as their administration sets the connection up with G Apps for education-which Google gives up for free [...]
innovation, technology
New tech, new languages
10.19.08 | Permalink | Comments

Mobile, Media Recognition, Magic » CogDogBlog
Meditating on a new app or the iPhone (one that shows how the iPhone may shift things by an order of magnitude, ie. if you thought you were buying a phone, you’re wrong!), Alan Levine (CogDogBlog) says (about youngsters in Japan):
None of them mentioned a computer or a lap-top. They [...]
innovation, social, technology, web-20
Twitter Tools: A Directory of Learning Professionals, Tiny Polls, etc.
10.13.08 | Permalink | Comments

Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter & more
Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter
The place to find other learning professionals to connect with
366 entries and counting …
At last I’m figuring out Twitter. And liking it, too! I love the Haiku shortness of messages, perfact for a quick recommendation you don’t need a blog post for. Or [...]