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"In a recent post, I critiqued the claims in Ferris Jabr's Scientific American article, "Why the Brain Prefers Paper" that addressed the differences in comprehension between reading from paper and reading from screens."

"VideoNotes is a neat new tool for taking notes while watching videos. VideoNotes allows you to load any YouTube video on the left side of your screen and on the right side of the screen VideoNotes gives you a notepad to type on. VideoNotes integrates with your Google Drive account. By integrating with Google Drive VideoNotes allows you to share your notes and collaborate on your notes just as you can do with a Google Document. "

Supervise devices: · Organize supervised devices into custom groups · Automatically apply common configurations to supervised devices · Quickly reapply a configuration to a supervised device and remove the previous user's data · Import apps into Apple Configurator and sync them to supervised devices · Define and apply common or sequential names to all devices · Restrict supervised devices from syncing with other computers Assign devices: · Add users and groups manually or auto populate via Open Directory or Active Directory · Check out a device to a user and restore the user's settings and data on that device · Check in a device from a user and and back up the data for later use, possibly on a different device · Apply custom text, wallpaper, or the user's picture to a device's Lock screen · Import and export documents between your Mac and Apple Configurator · Sync documents between assigned devices and Apple Configurator

"E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages"

"Screencasting is the process of capturing the screen interactions on your computer - usually along with an audio narrative. "

"Asked by Cooper Hewitt to come up with a visitor technology that emphasized play and spoke to the specificities of a design museum, the concept for the Pen originated from Local Projects working with Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Pen was pitched as a way to invite visitors to learn about design by designing themselves. Beyond working as a tool for drawing, it would encourage visitors to engage with the works on view in the museum, rather than looking at them through the small screen of the more traditional approach of a 'museum App'."