The book itself is an attempt at collaborative, digital publishing, with early drafts made public for comment and suggestions, using ‘a new digital tool, called CommentPress, that allowed readers to open a comment box for any paragraph of the text …
Young Readers Devouring E-Books
This is a generation of kids that have learned to communicate, search and purchase on very small devices, like mobile phones, said James McQuivey, Forrester Research media analyst.
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The Essential Guide To Digital Photography
You may think that picking up a digital camera, turning it on, and taking the photo is all that you need to know about digital photography. Think again, as there is a whole heap more to learn that you might …
Sciyo: Read and Publish Scientific Journals and Books Online
Sciyo is an interesting portal that brings together scientists and science students from all over the world. The platform offers tons of books and articles related to science and also allows you to publish yours without any hassle. Over 200 …
7 Great Completely Free eBooks on Social Media You Have to Read
Love social networking? Want to learn more? Don’t you just wish you could go to all the great seminars around the world? Listen to all the great minds in social media. Here’s a selection of completely free ebooks which come …
3 Informational E-Books for Teachers and Educators
With all the great resources, websites, articles and other helpful information for educators, it may sometimes be hard to keep track of all these items. What better a way to integrate technology into the classroom than to start by doing …
Free eBook – 20 WEBTOOLS Applied to Teaching
Ana Maria Menezes has just published a 53 page free ebook titled 20 WEBTOOLS Applied to Teaching. In addition to some well-known services like Animoto, Ana Maria has included some lesser-known tools that could be particulary useful for ESL/ELL instruction.…
Tools for the 21st Century Teacher – Great eBook
Michael Zimmer, who writes The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness, has published a great 17 page ebook titled Tools for the 21st Century Teacher. In the ebook Michael outlines a variety of web-based tools that can be used in almost …
Amazon Vs. Apple Be Damned: Publishers Pine For A Universal E-Book Format
Giants and upstarts of publishing gathered at the annual BookExpo America last week agreed e-books will transform the business but believe the big change will come when there is a standard format across which all e-books can be published and …
Are e-books good for studying?
Three universities (Princeton, Arizona State University, and Northwest Missouri State) pilot two e-readers (Kindle DX, Sony Reader), to see how well students could use them for studying. The results were at best mixed, and at worst negative. There were problems …
Getting Started with Ubuntu (Free eBook)
For the right people and schools, a Ubuntu build of the Linux operating system can be a good cost-saving alternative to Mac and Windows operating systems. What holds some people back from trying Ubuntu is a lack of understanding of …
The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book!
Terry Freedman has released a free ebook on Web 2.0 projects. The book of a compilation of interesting classroom activities using Web 2.0 technologies submitted by several dozen contributors. It’s pretty light and breezy, but the information is well-structured (using …
Highlighting E-Readers
Making e-book readers more like books actually impairs their usefulness, according to a study. “Because it was difficult to take notes on the Kindle, because PDF documents could not be annotated or highlighted at all, and because it was hard …
Buying an E-Book reader? Here’s What You Need to Know
Want to purchase an e-reader? There’s a lot of hype to cut through.