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Interesting new tablet development out of Intel - the "studybook"

great piece on how instructional and educational pedagogy must shift if technology like cell phones and tablets are to be used successfully in educational situations

Pew study on the use of ereaders, ebooks, and ereading

From the article: But South Korea, among the world's most wired nations, has also seen its plan to digitize elementary, middle and high school classrooms by 2015 collide with a trend it didn't anticipate: Education leaders here worry that digital devices are too pervasive and that this young generation of tablet-carrying, smartphone-obsessed students might benefit from less exposure to gadgets, not more.

interesting advent in the digital textbook market - Discovery's Techbooks. iBooks competitor? From the article: Discovery's Techbook series is cloud-based, meaning students can access the materials from wherever they have an internet connection; the company says that's because not all school districts have the funds to give every student his or her own device. The Techbooks are also platform-agnostic to work with whatever hardware a district or student might have-iPads, tablets, mobile devices, laptops, or desktops.

Use Quixley to find apps based on what you want to do or accomplish.  Not just apps for a tablet or other hand-held device, but applications for computers and even Internet browsers

From the article: "Why not let kids use the tech tools they're already familiar with to enhance their learning? But as schools try to figure out the best way of transitioning to this new world, some thorny issues must first be sorted out. How do teachers and school systems prepare for all the different platforms, when some kids are bringing in tablets, others are bringing their parents' old laptops, and the remainder are on mobile phones? And what effect does this change have on the dynamics of a classroom?"

A convertible ultrabook - like the Classmate PC, only a bit less rugged

Article on a school district's though process when deciding on 1:1. Has pitfalls and suggestions to think about.