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PK-12 e-Book Provider Tumblebooks Launches Facebook App
TumbleBooks Library, a collection of e-books suitable for children in pre-kindergarten to grade twelve, has recently released a Facebook app. From @TumbleBooks: As of February 25, 2011, you can access...
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ResearchEd: Developing an e-Book Quality Rating Tool
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is...
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EdCeptional Show #3: Are You Aware?
EdCeptional kicked off our 3rd podcast with the addition of a special guest, Jeremy Brown. We are very excited to announce that Jeremy did such a great job that we are not going to let him go! Jeremy...
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ResearchEd: e-Books, Learning Objects and the Blueprint Key
In Phase 1, our research goal was to design an effective and usable tool for early childhood teachers to us in order to rate the quality of the e-Book for use in early literacy instruction. Our...
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ResearchEd: Analytic Tools for Examining e-Book Features
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is...
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ResearchEd: An e-Book Quality Rating Tool is Born
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is...
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ResearchEd: Findings from the e-Book Quality Rating Tool
Editor’s note: Guest author Jeremy Brueck is an educator and PhD candidate from the University of Akron, who is researching the use of e-Books and mobile devices in early literacy learning. This is...
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Where is YOUR classroom?
Every day, I am an active participant in an amazing classroom that is filled with engaging and unique learning opportunities. I learn all kinds of information about a variety of different topics; it...
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EdCeptional Show #7: Geeking out with Barbara Fernandes!
Today we welcome Barbara Fernandes also known as GeekSLP. Barbara is a wealth of information and has many accolades to her name. Here are just a few. Speech Language Therapist Creator of Smarty Ears...
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Summer Development: Creating ePub eBooks for Students
Summer in the United States is almost here! Teachers and student will be basking in the glow of the sun, spending time on the beach, relaxing and resting up, AND getting a head start on preparing for...
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The Changing Publishing Landscape: Amazon Launches Textbook Rental while...
Sorry for the outrageously long title, but these both of these stories that were reported today are telling about the the impact eBooks are having on the publishing and distributing industry. First,...
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EdReach Show #31: Will Nanobots Save Us From NCLB?
Textbooks come to the Web in a big way (Kindle), NCLB explained for dummies, and Arne Duncan says that states can have waivers for NCLB this year- with a catch. Make sure to listen to our One Thing...
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EdReach Show #34: Do Pencils Raise Test Scores?
This week on EdReach: Picking apart Remind101.com, a purportedly new “Twitter” for teachers, making the case for ditching paper textbooks, and that pesky NY Times article creeps back again into...
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EdReach Show #35: The Kindle Sets ‘Fire’ to the Old Library
This week on EdReach: The benefits of having social media helpers in the classroom, why education in Finland is so much better than America, the Kindle Fire helps us saying goodbye to the old library,...
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LiTTech Show 001: It’s All About eBooks!
This week on LiTTech: This is our maiden voyage here with LiTTech so we welcome you to our Show #1! Our hopes are to educate and energize you about the world of school libraries technology across the...
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LiTTech #11: Looking Forward to 2012
This week on LiTTech: Emily and Adrienne talk about their professional resolutions for 2012 and what they think the biggest issues will be including ebooks, library innovation (from hackerspaces to...
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We’re All Products of Our Own Personal Learning Experience
We are products of our own personal learning experience. We are products of our environment. What happened to us in our past, what we were exposed to, how we felt about school growing up, all play an...
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MacReach Show #37: The Truth About Apple’s Digital Textbooks
This week on MacReach: Kelly Dumont shares some of the ‘overlooked’ announcements from Apple’s recent release of iBooks, iTunesU, and iBook Author. Sean Junkins joins in on our conversation: do digital...
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LiTTech Show #20: Academic Publishing
This week on LiTTech: Emily and Addie take a quick look at the way prices for academic journals have exploded over the past few years. Recently though, professors and provosts have started to make...
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To Own or to License?
So , there are two blog posts this week that really have me thinking. One is from Andy Woodsworth over at Agnostic, Maybe and the other is from In the Library with the Lead Pipe by Brett Bonfield. Go...
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LiTTech #56: DRM
This week on LiTTech: Addie and Emily discuss Digital Rights Management. What is it? Why do we have it? And what does it mean for you? Show Host: Emily Thompson Show contributors: Addie Matteson Leave...
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LiTTech #58: Ebooks Revisited
Never get librarians started on ebooks. We love them, but we wish they were easier to work with. We hate restrictions and we really hate that we don’t own them. Happily, the ALA has put together a...
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LiTTech #62: New Year’s Predictions 2013
What will 2013 bring for educational libraries? Addie and Emily think they know (and we’ll find out how they did with last year’s predictions . . . ) Show Host: Emily Thompson Show contributors: Addie...
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Boundless: Disrupting the Textbook Industry
Editor’s Note: This guest post is writter by Ariel Diaz: the founder and CEO of Boundless, a company creating low-cost, high-quality digital college textbooks from the best open sources available on...
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