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"The UK and USA Wired magazines come to the iPad through two different free apps. This month, the UK version is getting (available now) a free Supplement called Sound and Vision. Just launch the app on your iPad and you will see the option to download for free."

"I was fortunate enough last weekend to receive an invitation to the Sydney Catholic Schools Early Years Conference. I was interested because the conference was centred around creating a clear and coherent vision around Early Years pedagogy. I was also intrigued to see how the iPad fitted in with this vision. "

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"In 1987, Apple produced a concept video demonstrating a future computer called the Knowledge Navigator. The tablet-like device offered the user a natural language interface, video conferencing, multi-touch display and access to a global network of information. Siri understands what you say, accomplishes tasks for you and adapts to your preferences over time.mSiri can help you find and plan things to do. While seemingly the product of an overactive imagination, Apple's recent acquisition of Siri brings Apple a lot closer to that vision than ever before. Siri reportedly was born from the CALO artificial intelligence project which sought to fulfill a call for a "a cognitive computer system should be able to learn from its experience, as well as by being advised." Apple's value in acquiring Siri appears to be focused on this personal assistance technology. "

Siri is an excellent iPhone app that uses both text and voice to search for locations and much more information.

Today is a very exciting day for us, our vision and mission to empower people with lifestyle friendly applications that offer peace of mind through GPS tracking technology continues to expand. Adding to our existing App on iTunes LOCiME V1.5, now available is iLOCi2 and iLOCi2 lite. With a smart phone and a simple yet powerful App you can now locate people in seconds at the touch of a button-Ask the where question; LOCi® is the answer.

EdTech Associates has compiled a list of recommended apps to assist Dyslexic students. 

"After stumbling upon the article, "Switch to e-books was 'an unmitigated disaster,' says school principal," in my feed this past week, it occurred to me that there are increasingly predictable patterns surrounding stories of failed "innovation" in digital learning initiatives. Schools have been assigning computers to each child for some time now. And still, we continue to see stories like this in the media. In short: we can do better than this."