“Most e-readers were designed for leisure reading – think romance novels on the beach,” said co-author Charlotte Lee, a UW assistant professor of Human Centered Design and Engineering. “We found that reading is just a small part of what students are doing. And when we realize how dynamic and complicated a process this is, it kind of redefines what it means to design an e-reader.”
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Free and Open Source Educational Software - 14 views
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The most amazing collection. Cut a disk for your teachers
Learning Tools Directory : Over 3,000 tools listed - 20 views
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All the social media tools are listed here- lots of which I have not played with yet...
Angela Maiers Educational Services: Two Powerful Words: I NOTICE - 14 views
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excellent site for tools for educators
one word. so little time. - 16 views
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Sixty seconds to write a prompt based on one word. Afterwards you can view what others wrote using the same prompt.
Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 - 15 views
Zac Browser | Zone for Autistic Children - 16 views
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Great internet browser designed for autistic children.
Adults Fooled by Visual Illusion, But Not Kids | Wired Science | Wired.com - 8 views
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When visual context is misleading, adults literally see the world less accurately than they did as children,"
Practical Principals - 11 views
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Great podcast by two principals who discuss issues and trends in both the elementary and secondary schools as well as current technology trends.
Nik's Learning Technology Blog: 10 Teacher Development Task for Web 2.0 Tools - 17 views
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I created a number of tasks for teachers which I hope will help develop their ability to use technology and to evaluate and create materials using web based tools. I've decide now to share those tasks so anyone who wants to use them to train other teachers or to develop their own skills can take advantage of and make good use of them.
Amazon Cloud Drive: Learn More - 8 views
Gil Vicente - Qwiki - 5 views
Does digital text create a cognitive gap? - O'Reilly Radar - 6 views
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This is a summary on a study of the effects of e-textbooks on reading skills in college students.
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College students' use of Kindle DX points to e-reader's role in academia - University o... - 3 views
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The Kindle DX was more likely to replace students’ paper-based reading than their computer-based reading.
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With paper, three quarters of students marked up texts as they read. This included highlighting key passages, underlining, drawing pictures and writing notes in margins.
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This discusses the effect of e-readers on cognitive mapping and other reading techniques.
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