by Treden Wagoner | Apr 11, 2012 | News
The Chronicle reports that the number of college students who say they own tablets has more than tripled since a survey taken last year, according to new poll results released in...
by Treden Wagoner | Jan 27, 2012 | News
Wired Magazine’s Gadget Lab Blog reports the results of a study by textbook publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that Algebra 1 students who used the iPad version of their textbook scored 20% higher on comprehension than their classmates using paper...
by Treden Wagoner | Jan 26, 2012 | News
“The iPad is like an endless piece of paper..” Artist David Hockney is exhibiting his latest works—all created on an iPad. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/jan/13/david-hockney-life-in-art David Hockney: A Bigger Picture a the Royal Academy of Arts...
by Treden Wagoner | Jan 26, 2012 | News
The new iBooks app now includes textbooks and a host of new features including: • More visuals and multi-media (diagrams, photos, video, audio) • Highlight text with a swipe of the finger (no longer a double-tap then drag to select) • Highlights and notes are added to...
by Treden Wagoner | Dec 12, 2011 | News
In his Chronicle of High Education article, Mark Sample discusses using the web site Storify to consolidate his students’ backchannel discussions of his courses. This continues to be an interesting way to harness students’ interest in social media–to work...
