Second Life To Drop Educational Discount – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education via kwout
It will be interesting to see just how this will impact those institutions who are currently second life.
I first learned about the Apple PEEL, which converts an iPod to a fully functional iPhone that sends text messages and makes phone calls for free, through Tony Sagami of Uncommon Wisdom. Sagami encourages a sell or profit taking on Apple stocks because the Apple PEEL is selling “like hotcakes” in China, will soon be available in the US and could potentially have an significant impact on Apples iPhone sales. The device sells for just under $80 dollars and does require the jailbreaking of the iPod but that is not an big issue for those who are motivated to save hundreds of dollars and have the freedom of not dealing with AT&T for a data plan
According to Bloomberg, Engaget, CNET and several other reputable sources it looks like this could be a genuine option to committing to a multi year contract and excessive dataplan rates. We should see Apple response to this device very soon and time will tell if this will play out as it did for Psystar the clone maker that Apple was able to sue into submission.
RIM is heralding their BlackBerry PlayBook as a true competitor to the iPad. Time will tell. While the device is slightly smaller than the iPad it does pack significantly more power and flexibility with a dual core processor and 1 GB of RAM and output connectivity options. The device appears to have great potential but isn’t due to early 2011–by this time Apple will more than likely have an upgrade to the iPad so it is unlikely that this will be an iPad killer.
RIM Official Blackberry PlayBook site…
Engadget Review…
BlackBerry PlayBook: Beware of the demo-ware tablet…
This is more of a marking guide than it is a rubric but the author does touch on key issues that need to be addressed. With a proliferation of blogs being used for reflective writing, discussion and journaling at ACU and other campus the discussion over how to grade/mark blog posts and blogs in general is very relevant.
Zotero is moving closer to being the ultimate bibliographic tool. Zotero Everywhere will offer stand alone desktop versions for Mac, Windows, and Linux and integration into a much wider variety of web browsers.
The Zotero press release provides a detailed explanation how how this new Zotero will work but doesn’t address the question of when this will happen.
