Barnes & Noble E-reader

I am still looking for a good iPad ebook app. I was frustrated that neither Apple’s iBook app nor Amazon’s Kindle app let you do all of the following: Highlight in multiple colors Type annotations Look up words in a dictionary The B&N app lets you highlight in a single color (gray), and permits both…

eBook Readers in a Literature Class: Reflections on Kindle DX, Kindle for iPad, iBook for iPad

I’ve been using a Kindle DX for about a year, and an iPad for about a month, with both Amazon’s Kindle app and Apple’s iBook app.  (Update, June 2: I posted about the Barnes & Noble iPad app, as well.) I’m excited that all full-time SHU students will have iPads next year, though I’m frustrated that…

ProfHacker on Evernote

Reblogging this excellent set of ProfHacker productivity tips on Evernote. Similar:Why Even Try if You Have A.I.? Now that machines can think for us, we have to choose wheth…'Most Transparent’ White House In History Keeps Majority Of Trump’s Remarks SecretMicrosoft Publishes Garbled AI Article Calling Tragically Deceased NBA Player "Useless"Stop sharing those unsourced memes about…

If you wish to receive an IPad, please indicate the course(s) you will try to use the iPad in to enhance the learning experience

A form I just got from the Academic Affairs office, as part of Seton Hill University’s plan to provide iPads to its faculty (along with all full-time students).  This is just my roughest first draft.  What do you think? What would you do with iPads in the classroom?                  If you wish to…

Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War – PowerPoint

“Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.”– A US general, speaking out, not against firing projectiles, but against the popular oral presentation crutch, PowerPoint. Similar:Why Even Try if You Have A.I.? Now that machines can think for us, we have to choose wheth…'Most Transparent’ White House In History Keeps Majority Of Trump’s Remarks SecretMicrosoft…

Change The Code, Keep the Text

Today, programmers, web-developers and designers possess countless different ways to display digital words online, much like an artist with a blank canvas. As words float across our computer screens, code may be considered the underlying thought and form of expression that supports online words, preventing the words from physically or metaphorically “disappearing into [cyber]space” (Richards,…

You will consume.

I didn’t watch that movie awards thing, but I understand this ad premiered last night. Here we see the iPad as a tool for monetizing the consumption of the internet. I saw brief flashes of a keyboard, e-mail, a desktop publication program, and a photo album, so the ad does acknowledge the role of user-created…