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Literacy today depends on understanding the multiple media that make up our high-tech reality and developing the skills to use them effectively - Tim Lauer

Over the last couple of years, the term “Cloud Computing” has been buzzing around in the techie world. Inevitably, it buzzes into the education world at some point. And yes, it’s starting to cause a bit of a stir. Today a principal from Co. Meath impressed me greatly when he suggested that another of his [...] - Tim Lauer

As eReader devices like Amazon’s Kindle increase in popularity, Adobe InDesign users are asking how to prepare their eBook documents for reading on the Kindle and selling on the Amazon.com Kindle Store. This paper describes how best to accomplish this task. Generally, InDesign users must first export an InDesign document into an EPUB file. Then they must convert it using open source software into the MOBI format to view on a Kindle reading device or to sell on the Amazon.com Kindle Store. - Tim Lauer

As eReader devices like Amazon’s Kindle increase in popularity, Adobe InDesign users are asking how to prepare their eBook documents for reading on the Kindle and selling on the Amazon.com Kindle Store. This paper describes how best to accomplish this task. Generally, InDesign users must first export an InDesign document into an EPUB file. Then they must convert it using open source software into the MOBI format to view on a Kindle reading device or to sell on the Amazon.com Kindle Store. - Tim Lauer

A literary critic responds to those that question her praise for graphic novels... - Tim Lauer

A look at book applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I have a few of these and like reading on the device. - Tim Lauer

Email just about anything to your posterous blog... - Tim Lauer

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FriendFeed seems to be working... nice blog post Bud... - Tim Lauer

FriendFeed - Nicholas James

parent handout from Cory - Tim Lauer

A short video highlighting the features of Diigo... - Tim Lauer

Foldables are 3-D paper constructions that allow learners to record and process new words and concepts in a hands-on and kinesthetic way... - Tim Lauer

Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmar... - Tim Lauer

Compfight is search tool for images stored on the photosharing site, Flickr. - Tim Lauer

"Even with our small school division of 40 schools, there are almost 80 school administrators that could be highly connected and learning from each other every day. Instead they gather a few times a year, spend most of the time catching up, complain a little and then address the more important issues, with a select few only to have time run out." - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

I'm taking a look too... Looking forward to playing with it in Nambu... when they turn that feature back on... - Tim Lauer

I've spend 10 minutes with it and see some huge potential. - John Pederson

Celebrated Nando's 12th birthday last night... - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

This is a great description of the credit crisis and how we got to the point we are at today... - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

"Her school is in Dillon, where the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, grew up. The school’s auditorium, now condemned, was the site of Bernanke’s high school graduation. Dillon is now so destitute that Bernanke’s middle-class childhood home was just auctioned off in a foreclosure sale. Unemployment is at 14.2 percent. Governor Sanford’s response to such hardship — his state over all has the nation’s third-highest unemployment rate — was not merely a threat to turn down federal funds but a trip to Washington to actively lobby against the stimulus bill. He accused the three Republican senators who voted for it of sabotaging “the future of our civilization.” In his mind the future of civilization has little to do with the future of students like Ty’Sheoma Bethea." - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

"Mr. Pozar explains, “You are capacitively coupling the fob to your head. With all the fluids in your head it ends up being a nice conductor. Not a great one, but it works.” Using your head can extend the key’s wireless range by a few car lengths." - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

Taking a look at this book. Just sent the first chapter to my Kindle... - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

This, and iPod Touch, a computer and a data projector and you have a pretty nice tool for teachers... - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

365 for today... - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

365 for today... - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

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"Peru is buying inexpensive computers for poor, rural schoolchildren, connecting them to new skills and information. Skeptics call the laptops a luxury when those kids don't have basics such as health care. ..." - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

6 classrooms have been raising them and will release them in the Reed College Canyon http://www.reed.edu/canyon/ - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

"you can now view Flickr videos on your mobile phone! Videos uploaded from today forward will be immediately viewable through our mobile site. As of today this particular feature is available to iPhone and iPod Touch users only, but we expect to rapidly expand the number of devices that we support." - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

"The Earth Browser Plug-in is now available on Mac OS X (Intel and PowerPC)!" - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

"The heartbreak of urban chicken husbandry" - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

"There is, however, one unusual and noteworthy aspect of the app called Amazon Remembers, which Amazon is calling “experimental.” The tool lets users take a photograph of any product they see in the real world. The photos are then uploaded to Amazon and turned over to the far-flung freelance workers in Amazon’s Mechanical Turk program, who will try to match them with products for sale on Amazon.com. The results will not be instantaneous (between 5 minutes and 24 hours, the company says), but the idea is to entice consumers to buy products from Amazon instead of its offline rivals." - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet

I might go to EduCon yet, if for nothing else than to talk with Tom Homman.. - Tim Lauer from Bookmarklet