Interesting Items – November 30, 2008

• Great Google iPhone Apps Not Made by Google

– This is a great list of iPhone apps available to work with all your Google stuff. Very useful!

Interesting Items – November 29, 2008

• iPhone apps » Mobile Translator

– This is really one of the best translator apps I have seen. It is free and uses the Google translator service in an IM format to instantly translate. Works great!! I highly recommend it!

• Three Reasons Why Netbooks Just Aren’t Good Enough

– There has been a lot of talk about using Netbooks more in education. This article gives three reasons why they wouldn’t be useful. I happen to think those may not apply to education, at least certainly not to younger kids… they are perfect for them.

Processing Speed… they just need one browser at this poing.

Keyboard size… I find younger kids do better with a smaller keyboard.

Screen size… they are just happy to have their own computer. 🙂

I still think netbooks will be useful in education.

• Linux, here we come!

– Wow… linux on the iPhone… I don’t know how big this could actually get, but it is really cool!!

• EngLits: Crime and Punishment

– Good example of a program that uses both audio and visual queues to teach learners. A bit pricey at $5.99, but I’m glad to see people adding in audio components to book readers!

• Iconic Notes

– This app looks like it has potential for organizing your notes for school on it… Free for the first 10 days!

• Calc 16C

– Another free scientific program for the iPhone!

• Easy Access to Online Storage Services

– This is a great new program that allows you to mount network drives of your stuff saved online. Works with Google Docs, Picasa Web Album, Windows Life Skydrive and Amazon S3. This would be a great addition for Netbooks!

• YouTube – Louis CK "Everything's amazing, nobody's happy"

– Oh, this is just an awesome clip!! It really goes to show how far we have come with technology!! There really is some AMAZING things out there!

Shoot… look at me… sometimes I get grumpy because I want to blog and it takes too long… lately I just write my comments on what I have been reading and BAM… automatically posted each day… that is AWESOME!

Interesting Items – November 28, 2008

• OpenStreetMap Is Creating A Free, Editable World Map

– Wikipedia for maps? This is just another example of how great collaboration can create something amazing! Only possible today with technology!

• NOVINT

– Big Sale today on the Novint Falcon. If you have been thinking about getting a Novint Haptic Device, you can’t do much better than this… you get a falcon, the pistol grip, and 4 games (including a mod) all for $149.99… Great Black Friday Deal!

Interesting Items – November 27, 2008

• IBM: Talking Web Will be Commonplace in 5 Years

– As we think about innovation and the future of human computer interaction this is an important idea… great read!

• Free Software We're Most Thankful For [Thanksgiving]

– This is a note of gratitude for good free software… but it is also a great list of some of the best free software out there! Notably missing for me… Jing!! I’m thankful for Jing!

• Cheapest iPhone and iPod Touch Dictionary Apps [IPhone]

– Good analysis of dictionary apps… mobile devices are becoming portals for information more and more every day!

• The Ebook Market: Some Rough Math

– Some great stats about ebooks and how much they have grown in recent years (takes into account eReading applications on the iPhone). This is really an important arena for those in higher education. I believe it is only a matter of time before students start demanding electronic books. They’re cheaper, they’re searchable, they’re mobile, and they’re even getting annotatable (is that a word… it will be one day)! Keep an eye on this one!

Interesting Items – November 26, 2008

• Attention Must Be Paid :: Inside Higher Ed :: Higher Education's Source for News, Views and Jobs

– This goes along well with the discussion from Steve Hargadon about the information overload that we, and our students are experiencing in this new Web 2.0 world… great satire, great read! 🙂

• Amazon Kindle 2 Slated For “Early Q1?

– The new Kindle coming out next year. 2nd Gen’s are always better… we really need to do a pilot of these on campus and see how we can use these more!!!

• New ELI 7 Things… Brief Explores Flip Camcorders

– The latest ELI 7 things you need to know… always good!!

Interesting Items – November 25, 2008

• 12/2/08 Webinar – Creating effective communications with OneNote & Outlook

– This looks good!

Interesting Items – November 23, 2008

• Find an Instructor at TeachStreet [Learning]

– This is another great example of using the power of the social web. Great for those that just love to learn!

Interesting Items – November 22, 2008

• Get to Google Docs from Gmail

– I didn’t realize you could drag and instantly share docs with this too… That is awesome!

Interesting Items – November 21, 2008

• College Stops Giving Students New Email Accounts: Start Of New Trend?

– This is big news! A lot of Universities are looking toward outsourcing email, but instead Boston College just decided they already had enough and to just offer forwarding services… sweet!! Great idea!! Way to think outside the box Boston College!

• Comic for November 21, 2008

– It’s sad that I can relate to this comic… 🙂

• The OneNote 2007 Toolkit for Teachers webinar now posted for your viewing pleasure

– This could be useful for teachers!! If I have time I would love to watch this!

• SearchWiki: make search your own

– This is really another great example of Google pushing the limits. Right now there isn’t too much sharing built into this new feature, but I imagine it won’t be long before you can share an annotated pages of results with a class to teach them about good searching… or a topics… or…

Interesting Items – November 20, 2008

• SkyDrive Will Upgrade to 25GB of Online Storage [Online Storage]

– Wow! Now if they just had Active Directory hooks we could make this our backup scheme!

• Get Foxmarks Beta for Internet Explorer

– One of my all time favorite apps… if only it worked with chrome!!

• Comic for November 20, 2008

– Oh, this is good!

• Where To Find Ebooks

– Ah… I love when the things show up in my reader that I have been thinking about! I have been wondering where to find some good books for a while… and a list appears for me!

• TouchTerm Puts a Terminal Client on Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Download]

– This would help me do more remotely. I can wait to update all my blogs to the latest WordPress while I am on a bus. 🙂