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150 Questions to Write or Talk About - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This teaching and learning blog from the NYTimes has questions for students along with links to related NYTimes articles. 
John Evans

Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In a move that could bolster the growing popularity of e-books, Google said Thursday that the 1.5 million public domain books it had scanned and made available free on PCs were now accessible on mobile devices like the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1.
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      Do people over 30 really want to look at books on their cellphones?
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      Porbably not!
  • “We are excited to make Kindle books available on a range of mobile phones,” said Drew Herdener, a spokesman for Amazon. “We are working on that now.”
  • Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks.
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  • But just as camera phones have not replaced digital cameras, smartphones are not likely to replace dedicated e-book readers like the Kindle or the Reader from Sony, analysts said.
John Evans

Google and Amazon to Put More Books on Cellphones - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • In a move that could bolster the growing popularity of e-books, Google said Thursday that the 1.5 million public domain books it had scanned and made available free on PCs were now accessible on mobile devices like the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1.
    • John Evans
       
      Will anyone over 30 really read aabook on their cellphone?
  • “We are excited to make Kindle books available on a range of mobile phones,” said Drew Herdener, a spokesman for Amazon. “We are working on that now.”
  • Unlike the version of Google Book Search for PCs, which displays scanned images of book pages, the mobile version simply displays text, allowing users to download printed material more quickly over wireless networks.
John Evans

Taking E-Mail Vacations Can Reduce Stress, Study Says - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    "Taking E-Mail Vacations Can Reduce Stress, Study Says"
Phil Taylor

Blogs vs. Term Papers - NYTimes.com - 2 views

  • Her conclusion is that students feel much more impassioned by the new literacy. They love writing for an audience, engaging with it. They feel as if they’re actually producing something personally rewarding and valuable, whereas when they write a term paper, they feel as if they do so only to produce a grade.
John Evans

A Scholarly Role for Consumer Technology - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    "A Scholarly Role for Consumer Technology"
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