Is Mobile Affecting When We Read? « Read It Later Blog - 0 views
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When a reader is given a choice about how to consume their content, a major shift in behavior occurs. They no longer consume the majority of their content during the day, on their computer. Instead they shift that content to prime time and onto a device better suited for consumption.
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it appears that the devices users prefer for reading are mobile devices, most notably the iPad. It’s the iPad leading the jailbreak from consuming content in our desk chairs.
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Printed media used to allow us to read in the places we found most comfortable ... Unfortunately, as news and media moves online, it moves us away from these places and into our desk chairs .. I've found that as devices become more mobile, it's not only changing where we read, but when. Today, I'd like to show you some of the data behind this movement.
Ugly font may improve learning › News in Science (ABC Science) - 4 views
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"It's important to remember that a good third of our visual cortex ... is devoted to literacy, reading. This 5000-year-old cultural invention has usurped a huge chunk of the brain," he said. "One of the trade-offs of this is that people who can read are a little worse at 'quote-unquote' reading the natural world and remembering objects such as plants and animals, because so much of our visual vortex is devoted to letters, syllables and words."
SnackTools | Free web apps & blog and website widgets - 9 views
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Create your own widgets for your website - banners, photoslideshows, audio, flipbooks, surveys.
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Thanks to @rmbyrne & Free Technology for Teachers
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Six online tool maker apps: flash banner, custom video player, custom audio player, photo slide show, and page flip book from PDF. Free Review at MakeUseOf website.
Living Digitally: Everything You Need to Know About How to Digitally Self Publish - 4 views
The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave - 2 views
Inkling for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 8 views
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"Inkling is a platform for interactive textbooks, built from the ground up for iPad. It turns paper-based textbooks books into engaging, interactive learning experiences while staying compatible with the print book for classroom use."
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Nice interactive app that schools with iPads should consider exploring as a replacement for traditional textbooks.
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Platform for interactive books. Conversion of books to iPad. Add video and QA to content. Purchase chapters or textbook. McGraw Hill platform.
Mobile - Features | Blurb storytelling - 8 views
Google+ Tips and Tricks - Google Docs - 7 views
EPUB to MOBI - 1 views
BC Open Textbooks - 4 views
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