Is anyone else seeing the irony?

IN School District Agrees To House Gitmo Detainees

“We really had no other choice,” said superintendent Marvin Braxton about the decision, made at a board meeting last night after a hotly debated 6-3 vote.  “The building was empty and the Homeland Security money will help us make it to the end of the year.”

Read Alexander Russo’s post.

Book Publishers Fight the Inevitable

From the New York Times:

Last week, a host of book publishers, led by Simon & Schuster, said they will delay publication of e-reader versions of many books because they were afraid the electronic copies were cannibalizing sales of more expensive hardcover editions …

Publishers are understandably worried about their changing business model, as they face new pressures from authors as well as readers. But do they really believe that they will boost their bottom lines by making it harder for these devoted readers to buy books?

The consumer understands that digital means immediate and infinite, and the limits imposed by paper no longer exist. As Amazon’s chief executive, Jeffrey Bezos, noted in a recent interview with The New York Times, “For every 100 copies of a physical book we sell, where we have the Kindle edition, we will sell 48 copies of the Kindle edition. It won’t be too long before we’re selling more electronic books than we are physical books.”

Yet some publishers are trying to do everything they can to look the other way and pretend the new products and delivery pathways haven’t changed old business models.

Read the entire article.

Recently found … 12/16/2009

  • “MyReputation is the Web’s first online reputation management solution and enables you to review everything that’s available about you online, on both the open Internet and the ‘Invisible Web’. If there is unwanted content about you on the Internet, our expert team will work tirelessly to remove that information.”

    tags: digital footprint, teens, social networking

  • The American Revolution Center will establish the first national museum to commemorate the entire story of the American Revolution and its enduring legacy. The museum will display its distinguished collection of objects, artifacts, and manuscripts from the American Revolution era and will offer programming, lectures, symposia, and interactive learning for teachers, students, and the general public.

    tags: history, museum, socialstudies, resources, digitalstorytelling, tools

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Recently found … 12/14/2009

  • THE Journal: “A look at the top technology tools and trends to keep an eye on in the coming year. With technology evolving at the speed of light, and everyone looking to benefit from the latest, greatest hardware and software, keeping up can be challenging for educators, administrators, and school districts themselves. To help, THE Journal spoke with a handful of technology experts and came up with a short list of top tech trends you’ll want to watch in the new year.”

    tags: technology, educational reform, trends

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Recently found … 12/13/2009

  • Curious about what you can do with us? Twalkin makes it simple to:
    * Have a private chat with your closest friends
    * Make a big announcement while your team or fans listen
    * Hold a conference call with a select few speakers
    To get started, all you need is a phone (landline, mobile, Skype, etc) and a free account with Twitter.”

    tags: twitter, conference call, phone

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Recently found … 12/11/2009

  • “This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.”

    tags: history, museum, socialstudies, resources, presentation, writing, tools, digitalstorytelling

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Recently found … 12/09/2009

  • “Use pictures to search the web. A picture is worth a thousand words.No need to type your search anymore. Just take a picture. Find out what businesses are nearby.Just point your phone at a store. This is just the beginning – it’s not quite perfect yet.Works well for some things, but not for all. Your pictures, your control. Turn on ‘visual search history’ to view or share your pictures at any time. Turn it off to discard them once the search is done. “

    tags: google, search, mobile, android, visualization

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Recently found … 12/05/2009

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