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The WePad is the latest generation of tablet computer. It offers users fast Internet connectivity, a complete world of ready-to-use applications and easy access to books and photos, as well as magazines and newspapers from various publishers via the WeMagazine ePublishing Eco System.

Whether something goes wrong on your computer and you need a friend to help you out or you just want to show off your current setup, sometimes it's nice to quickly share what you're seeing. Graabr makes this process easy: just use the program to grab a screenshot of what you see on your computer.

Copy editing on paper is easy: just mark everything up with a red pen. Online can get complicated. Sure, you can use the track changes feature in Microsoft Office combined with the notes function, but that's not as efficient as it could be. If you're looking for a different way, check out CrocoDoc.

Is that limitation alone holding you from using Google Docs as your Google Drive? Well, here's a new open-source program for Windows called Cyberduck that lets you transfer files and folders from the computer to Google Docs (and vice-versa) as if it were just another FTP server.

Basically, Cinch lives up to its name by making podcasting a cinch. Users can upload audio from a smartphone application, by dialling a number from their mobile phone or by uploading via the website using their computer. It just makes podcasting so easy!

"I've had this growing interest lately in QR codes and their application to education. I'm quickly coming to the realization at how useful QR codes can be in education and how these little graphical icons can make mobile learning a little easier for teachers to incorporate with students. Here is a list of some websites that I've accessed recently on the topic."

PaperRater.com is a free resource, developed and maintained by linguistics professionals and graduate students. PaperRater.com is used by schools and universities in over 46 countries to help students improve their writing.

FERPA is one of the most misunderstood regulations in education.

That's a good one Dr. Cooper! I don't remember anything about this on the mandatory Maricopa/Rio training.

Student use of technology. This data is 2009 and has gone up from then.

One of the biggest problems of using cloud servers to save your files is that you have to manage them one by one. If you have ten different cloud accounts, you have to log into ten different servers to manage your files. But luckily, there's Otixo. This service will help you manage your cloud accounts from one place.

Keek is the easiest way to share microvideo with friends, family and the world. Currently you can share microvideo updates ("keeks") using your webcam and soon you'll be able to keek from your smartphone too. Connect via webcam, share short videos, funny videos and more. It's a fun new way to meet people, connect with friends and share your life - see you on Keek!

To gather research material for a project or presentation, you normally have to bookmark numerous webpages for later viewing. Sharing these bookmarked pages individually can prove to be inconvenient. Here to offer a better solution is Bundlr, a free to use website that lets you create virtual bundles of webpages.

Mac: If you've ever spent an hour using Photoshop or GIMP to create tutorials by inserting instructions onto images you'll enjoy Clarify. The app creates a screen capture and allows you to append and highlight the image. Unlike other apps, Clarify has the ability to take a delayed screenshot.

QR code tracking and generation has never been easier with Oranger QR. Our QR code tracking software can track who scanned your QR code, where it was scanned, when it was scanned, and off which media it was scanned off of. Start using our QR code tracking and generation software today.

In HTML authoring, there are very good reasons to include an alt attribute into every img element. The purpose is to specify a textual replacement for the image, to be displayed or otherwise used in place of the image. Thus, the prime rule is: Consider what the page looks like or sounds like when images are not shown. Then, write for each image an alt text that best works as a replacement. This document also gives more specific suggestions for simple, common situations, and some uncommon too. For content-rich images, it recommends explicit links to textual alternatives.

QR codes let you encode any type of text into an image, which can then be read by a smartphone camera. Now you can share the URL of any webpage through a QR code automatically using an online service called Lil'qr. You simply paste a code into the source code of your webpage(s) and when opened in the browser, a QR code is automatically generated.

If you'd like to see how you can read long-form articles from your favorite blogs on your Kindle, there are several options. You can use the feed aggregator service KindleFeeder, which delivers 12 of your selected blogs in Kindle-friendly views straight to your device if you have the free, non-premium service.

For one reason or another, you might want to download all your photos from Flickr or Facebook to your computer. Either to have the backup or to migrate them to another photo sharing service online. Doing it manually is a time consuming task, so thats where Fotobounce is useful. 

With Erly, users collaborate on collections built primarily on photos from other social networks. With multiple people adding photos and other useful information, users can develop a rich tapestry of information based on an event. Together, you can tell a great story for all of you to share.

If you are looking for a better tool to archive web pages, one that saves everything and doesn't mess with the formatting, check out bo.lt. Just put the URL of any web page, hit the Copy button (or use the bookmarklet) and, within few seconds, an exact replica of the original page will get saved to your online account.