13 Jan, 2009
Interesting Items – January 13, 2009
Posted by: Jeff VanDrimmelen In: Shared Google Reader Items
- Dell: Dell Mini 9 Available for $99 with a Two-Year AT&T Contract
- YouTube – LinkedIn in Plain English
- Your first day with a new Mac: the get-started guide for Windows users | News | TechRadar UK
- Pay Attention
- HearPlanet is a Free Talking Tour Guide for Your iPhone [Featured IPhone Download]
- International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)
– A $99 laptop is really an amazing thing. I know this isn’t something we would use in the classroom, but it just make me think again about how cool that would be!
– Great video to explain how to use Linked In professionally.
This is also a good way to work on projects across schools!
– With the amount of Mac users growing rapidly on campus (at least our’s) this is a good page to bookmark! I have had to answer these questions dozens of times. I’m just going to point folks to this page in the future! 
– Since most of today’s students can appropriately be labeled as “Digital Learners”, why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices?
This presentation was created in an effort to motivate teachers to more effectively use technology in their teaching.
– “iPhone/iPod touch only: Free application HearPlanet plays audio tracks of Wikipedia articles based on points of interest surrounding your current location, turning your iPhone or iPod touch into an audio tour guide.”
Oh that is just cool! You could set up a tour for a history class! Or a tour for your campus!
– International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) has just published its latest issue and has a lot of good stuff about mobile learning and higher education!