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Garron Hillaire

Writer Neal Stephenson Unveils His Digital Novel The Mongoliad - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • The company, based in Seattle and San Francisco, has developed what it calls the PULP platform for creating digital novels
  • aterial like background articles, images, music, and video. There are also social features that allow readers to create the
  • There are also social features that allow readers to create their own profiles, earn badges for activity on the site or in the application, and interact with other readers.
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  • Stephenson isn’t writing the book alone. There’s a team led by a writer Mark Teppo; it also includes Greg Bear, author of Blood Music and other science fiction novels. Stephenson compared the experience to writing a TV show, and not just because it’s a team of writers.
  • Garron Hillaire on 01 Sep 10
     
    The PULP platform is an example of a writer trying to respond to people wanting more than traditional publishing. If this platform, or something like it, was widely accepted by people it might build a better case for alternative forms of publishing in education
Lin Pang

Amazon Enters Publishing: There's No Going Back - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...ublishing-theres-no-going-back

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  • Lin Pang on 26 Oct 11
     
    An interesting discusion about whether Amazon will replace publishers. With the increasing digitization of books, writers will align with the big platforms such as Kindle or the Apple Store.
Laura Johnson

Media Literacy | EdSurge - 1 views

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  • Laura Johnson on 03 Oct 12
     
    Articles on media literacy -  an excerpt from their newsletter:  Here's how George Mason history professor Mills Kelly teaches media literacy. "'We will work together as a group to create an online historical hoax that we will then turn loose on the internet to see if we can actually fool anyone.'" His students have created stories that have fooled Wikipedia (but not Reddit) and provoked the ire of Jimmy Wales himself. We're delightedly amused at this intriguing piece from Brendan Fitzgerald, which examines the tradition of published hoaxes within the larger discussion over media transparency and credibility. While we agree that planting deliberate lies makes our job a little tougher, there's definitely value in its effort to challenge the largely assumed reliability of Wikipedia and other crowdsourcing efforts. It begs the question: are today's kids digital natives or "digital naives?"
Megan Johnston

Off the Shelf, Onto the Laptop - Libraries Try Digital Books - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...15libraries.html

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  • Megan Johnston on 15 Oct 09
     
    Interesting article about libraries going digital, talking about how this actually functions in libraries (Boston Public Library being one) and addressing concerns about publishers' rights. I'm sad that at this point nobody really seems to care about the experience of reading a real book with actual pages. What a loss if we ditch physical books altogether.
Maung Nyeu

Knewton Strikes A Deal To Power Pearson's Digital Education Courses | TechCrunch - 1 views

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  • Maung Nyeu on 02 Nov 11
     
    The partnership of Knewton and publisher Pearson will give a boost to digital textbooks and online course materials. The objective is to present educational content personalized to each student's learning pace and abilities. This deal will give it access to millions of students for the first time. Knewton uses alogrithm to personalize education, and the Pearson deal will give it access to millions of titles to create the network effects necessary for its algorithms to be adopted.
  • Bridget Binstock on 02 Nov 11
     
    This is HUGE! School for One will have a run for its money against the breadth and depth of content that Pearson has that can be tied to individualized learning through this type of algorithm and logic! Its a nice place for Pearson (and me) to be!
Jennifer Jocz

Boston publisher enters new chapter in textbooks - The Boston Globe - 3 views

www.boston.com/...nters_new_chapter_in_textbooks

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  • Jennifer Jocz on 30 Oct 09
     
    An article about the shift towards computer-based teaching systems.
  • Lindsay Bellino on 30 Oct 09
     
    Thanks for sharing Jennifer. I currently work for Pearson and worked on many of the "digital paths" that the article refers tot. I am seeing first hand the shift in priority towards customized personal learning through digital technologies. Pearson's first attempt at integrating technology into their curriculum was a good start but I think the future of Pearson products will employ a lot of the strategies we've been learning in class from intelligent tutoring systems to fully integrated learning platforms. Very exciting shift for the educational publishing industry!
Garron Hillaire

California testing iPads as algebra textbooks - The Hill's Hillicon Valley - 4 views

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shared by Garron Hillaire on 08 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • A pilot project in four California school districts will replace 400 students' eighth-grade algebra textbooks with Apple iPads
  • "This is a seminal moment. It marks the fundamental shift from print delivery of curriculum to digital," said John Sipe, vice president of K-12 sales at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
  • Students with iPads will have instant access to more than 400 videos from teaching experts walking them through the concepts and assignments
  • Garron Hillaire on 08 Sep 10
     
    One example of using Ipads instead of math books. There is a brief mention of incorporating video, but the article does not go into detail about the format of the digital text books
Tomoko Matsukawa

Top Ed-Tech Trends: What's Changed from 2011 to 2012? - 1 views

www.hackeducation.com/...-tech-year-in-review-2012-2011

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  • Tomoko Matsukawa on 19 Nov 12
     
    Before he publishes the actual 2012 review, is reflecting on what he wrote one year ago. (the ten things he highlighted last year was the ipad, social media, text-messaging, data, the digital library, khan academy, STEM, higher education bubble, "open", the business of ed-tech) Personally interested in programming literacy part that is expected to be mentioned. Also like the questions presented at the end. 
Hannah Lesk

SIIA Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) Progress & Impact - 0 views

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  • Hannah Lesk on 26 Sep 12
     
    Here is the link to the archived version of the SIIA webinar I posted about a few days ago: "The Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) is working to create a standard metadata framework for tagging educational resources on the web to enhance search, discovery and delivery of educational content. The project is funded by the Gates and Hewlett Foundations, administered through AEP and Creative Commons, and builds on the broader Schema.org project by leading search engines Bing, Google, and Yahoo! This webinar provides an overview of the LRMI goals and deliverables, an update on progress and timelines, a look at the technical specifications, and a discussion of its implementation and impact with a focus on content publishers, aggregators and other digital learning providers."
Ashley Lee

Stephen Covey's digital rights deal with Amazon startle New York publishers | Books | T... - 1 views

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  • Ashley Lee on 16 Dec 09
     
    the rise of the ebook
Maung Nyeu

Blackboard Supports Sharing of Digital Learning Objects -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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  • Maung Nyeu on 20 Oct 11
     
    Education Technology Company blackboard says it will support the publishing, sharing, and consumption of educational resources across its platforms.
Uche Amaechi

BYOD - Worst Idea of the 21st Century? : Stager-to-Go - 7 views

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  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    Uche, you keep posting stuff I have a problem with- OK I understand that BYOD policies may not be so great but I really believe that familes should shoulder some of the costs for hardware since degredation is such a problem. The schools can have agreements with vendors to provide certain laptops or tablets for a certain price point and they can design their systems to support these items. Parents are expected to purchase backpacks, binders, and school supplies. When parents can't provide these back-to-school supplies, schools cover it. The same should be for computers. Speaking as a middle class parent (refer to above article) I believe this is an important investment in our schools so that they can focus on hardware support and software implementation/ integration.
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  • Bridget Binstock on 10 Oct 11
     
    @Allison and Uche - I am torn. While I initially thought BYOD was a good idea so that schools would have to stop "blaming" their fiscal woes on their inability to integrate emerging technologies into the curriculum, I now have some appreciation with points from this article - especially around "false equivalences" and "enshrining inequities" in light of my own children's "bring your own electronic device" day that took place two weeks ago. As a school wide reward for meeting their Accelerated Reading goal, all students were told they could bring an electronic device to school to "play" with on Friday afternoon. This prompted my kids to call me (Skype) on Thursday night and ask me if I could buy them a DS or a SmartPhone that NIGHT so that they could bring either of those devices to school for the celebration. Now mind you, my kids have access to lap tops, iPad, Smart Phones, Wii games, GameBoy, iPods, Flip camera, digital camera, etc - albeit not their OWN - but still access to them for use (when Mom and Dad are not using them). But apparently, of the devices left that Mom and Dad weren't using, none of them were "cool" enough for this event. That got me wondering if BYOD might have the same effect on our learners making those who don't have the latest and greatest feel bad or less adequate then their friends or classmates who could bring something they deemed as "better?" Allison, your point seems to be that requiring parents to cover the expense of a digital device as a requirement for school is not a bad idea, but I think you are referring to expecting the SAME device to be purchased and used, not myriad devices with various capabilities, features and functions - am I understanding you correctly? And if we did try to mandate parental supply of digital devices, would we have a different kind of fight on our hands because, as consumers, parents might have their own biases around what they deem is the best device of all (not just PC vs MAC or iOS vs Android, but sma
  • Allison Browne on 10 Oct 11
     
    I still believe that a system properly designed could mitigate some of your concerns. In reality, schools can not support any device that a student brings in. They are capable of supporting a certain number and if they build relationships with the vendors to sell those devices that the school is capable of supporting then families will be aware that the school will offer the best deal on the items that are compatible. Every year the school recommends items for back to school supplies. If the laptop could replace all of the binders it might be worth it. There are many factors to consider but the biggest obstacle is that schools maintain such old equipment because of their budget woes. Even when we can purchase the latest and greatest software, the computers can't run it.
  • Erin Sisk on 12 Oct 11
     
    What a great debate you guys are having! One point worth considering is that typically the parents are responsible for purchasing the supplies, while the school is responsible for providing the content (textbooks, workbooks, handouts, worksheets, videos, etc). In the near future these devices may also be the primary sources of content, replacing textbooks altogether. I would hope perhaps funding for textbooks could be transferred to funding for these devices. I would also hope that the price of these devices drops significantly (is the $35 tablet in our future?). Then of course the question of who pays is less important. In my job producing educational video for publishing companies, I spend way too much time dealing with various formats and compatibility problems with browsers, so I'd love to see a future where this becomes more standardized.
Bridget Binstock

Apple Announces next generation of textbooks - 1 views

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  • Bridget Binstock on 19 Jan 12
     
    Check out how Apple partnered with textbook publishers to revolutionize the education space with this new model. Just announced today!
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Apple Introduces Tools to (Someday) Supplant Print Textbooks - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 20 Jan 12
     
    "Apple said electronic high school textbooks from its initial publishing partners, including Pearson, McGraw-Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, would cost $15 or less. That is much cheaper than print textbooks, some of which can cost over $100". woo hoo!
  • Bridget Binstock on 20 Jan 12
     
    I can explain the business model to you if you'd like that shows how the $15 price point is feasible in what turns out to be an almost $40 million dollar textbook investment! Just let me know!
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 20 Jan 12
     
    I would be definitely interested :-)
Jeffrey Siegel

Rafter CEO: The innovation curve hasn't hit education yet - 0 views

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  • Jeffrey Siegel on 22 Sep 12
     
    What education really needs is not more digitized textbooks, but open platforms, where smaller innovators can compete with big publishers.
Niko Cunningham

Libraries begin to rent out e-books - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...15libraries.html

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  • Niko Cunningham on 15 Oct 09
     
    More fears of publishers who hold the rights to intellectual property. Folks, you think health care is a big debate? Wait until our patent system changes - that will be a gladiator battle with everyone in the world (free and not free) participating... "As digital collections grow, Mr. Sargent said he feared a world in which "pretty soon you're not paying for anything." Partly because of such concerns, Macmillan does not allowits e-books to be offered in public libraries. Simon & Schuster, whose authors include Stephen King and Bob Woodward, has also refrained from distributing its e-books to public libraries. "We have not found a business model that works for us and our authors," said Adam Rothberg, a spokesman."
Jennifer Lavalle

An Indiana School System Goes Digital - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...19textbooks.html

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  • Jennifer Lavalle on 24 Oct 11
     
    Another example of a one-to-one laptop program in schools. Interesting to think of this from the standpoints of the various stakeholders, and how awesome is it that we have so many representatives in our classroom alone - teachers, parents, siblings, caregivers, researchers, and of course, publishers :-) Sally Ryan for The New York Times MUNSTER, Ind. - Laura Norman used to ask her seventh-grade scientists to take out their and flip to Page Such-and-Such. Now, she tells them to take out their laptops.
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