Salman Kahn and his Kahn Academy receives Five Learning Efficiency Stars for using a Tablet PC to instruct millions on YouTube about how to solve math and science problems. He sets an amazing pace for teachers everywhere. He creates each lesson,… Full Details

An Apple iPad commercial graced the Oscars last night. The ad did a good job of highlighting the various features of the iPad though I’m not quite sure it was or is as effective as the first round of iPhone ads. Engadget has a few more tidbits… Full Details

I want to thank each of you for checking back for updates about Tablet PC Education. The extended delay, I think, is over. During that time, I’ve outlined more steps, lists, charts, tables, and figures for software developers to automate aLEAP. And,… Full Details

Let’s face it, I’ve been in a blogging rut for a few years. After entering the doctoral program, my attention shifted to getting the terminal degree. I asked someone else to write for UMPC Buzz, and that person just shifted traffic to their blog. It… Full Details

Developers of Buzzr.com have opened up a website to capture memes available on Google buzz. If you are reading this you are experiencing buzrr.com version 0.3, the first web app (as far as we know) to catch Google Buzz memes in a central place…. Full Details

We are witnessing a new trend today, the Google hate fad has arrived. And it is in full force. Here are some samples of today’s posts: Steve Rubel: I am thinking about “checking out” of Buzz Garrett Griffin: Starting to hate Google… Full Details

Google buzz is not yet a week old yet the service has garnered an inordinate amount of attention from early adopters and tech enthusiasts. Some of the anecdotes have been positive while some of the described experiences have been negative. Robert… Full Details

Numerous content management systems (CMS) choices exist. I’ve been testing Pligg 1.03 for the past few months, using the CMS as the front end to this website. According to the Pligg site, “Pligg is an open source CMS (Content Management System) that… Full Details

OK. I admit it. I love trying out new social networking sites. In the early 90s, I was a Prodigy chat addict. I kept numerous conversations going at once. It kept my mind occupied. For over a year, FriendFeed was a nice place to hangout. However,… Full Details

Does your baby read? With your Tablet PC? Robert C. Titzer, Ph.D., (from Indiana University) says his baby children read as do other babies who use his system of instruction. I haven’t taken time to check out his research. (Yes, I know that some… Full Details

What’s it like to edit, let’s say a slideshow, using the forthcoming Apple iPad? Is it easy? Here’s a short video that gives an idea of what it’s like: Looks like it’s nicely done. Related posts:Apple’s… Full Details

The organizing committee for the 2010 Workshop on the Impact of Pen-Based Technology on Education (WIPTE) invites submissions of full papers, posters and short presentation abstracts. Submissions should describe experiences using Tablet PCs or… Full Details

Nina Merrill, a student intern, posted on the Bon Appetit Management Blog a description of how she developed the Carbon Foodprint Game, hopefully, for young people. What a great idea and easy resource for use in classrooms, including high school… Full Details

Melanie D.G. Kaplan recently interviewed Anthony Bailey, vice president of Emerging Technology for ESPN. He oversees ESPN’s Emerging Technology that team develops broadcast-related technologies. The team developed the Virtual Playbook and Snap… Full Details

Project FROG improves student performance with new hi-tech buildings. Studies have shown that the educational environment can enable students to perform up to two grades better. Mark Miller, founder of Project FROG is constructing buildings that… Full Details

Scientists have developed a digital image-processing algorithm that allows for the capture of full-color images at night by a car moving at speed, Eric Warrant has compared these specialisations in different species of beetle, and also in bees and… Full Details

Real-time search has been the talk of search engine mechanics for a better part of a year now. So in the sluggishly fast paced world of Apple tablet rumors how do the big two search engines compare? Searching for the generic term… Full Details

Robert Scoble nails it with his analysis of what Steve Jobs has probably learned from the failed NEC LitePad Tablet PC–which, in my estimation was one of the best Tablet PCs to date. The LitePad was the second Tablet PC I purchased at the time… Full Details

This annual award will be presented to an outstanding young educator (under the age of 35) who demonstrates vision, innovation, action, and transformation using technology to improve teaching and learning. The work of the selected educator will… Full Details

The 31st annual International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference is scheduled for June 27 – 30, 2010, in Denver. Check out important dates for this premire support of Tablet and other mobile PCs and devices in schools. Important… Full Details

WIPTE, the Workshop on Impact of Pen-Based Technology on Education, has issued a 2010 call for videos of the use of Tablet PCs in schools, homeschooling, and other education venues. Tablets are used in a wide range of subjects, including nursing,… Full Details

The Google Teacher Academy for Administrators has issued a call for applications from K-12 administrators for a FREE professional development program to increase use of innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day event…. Full Details

The Center on Education Policy issued a call for letters of interest from potential candidates for their new President and Chief Executive Officer. The Center is a private nonprofit organization that advocates for improved public schools. Staff try… Full Details

I know these are difficult words to ask for some, but it’s time to be asked: “What if the Apple tablet doesn’t live up to its hype?” What if Amazon CTO Werner is correct and sane judgment has been… Full Details

WIPTE, the Workshop on the Impact of Pen-based Technology on Education, announced that Carol Carruthers from Seneca College in Canada won its video contest. Carruthers’ video highlights students learning with Tablet PCs and interactive education… Full Details

Interneurons in the spinal cord play a key role in generating the complex patterns of muscle activity that enable us to walk. These interneurons, together with motor neurons, form a neural network known as the central pattern generator (GPG). The… Full Details

Welcome to the world of “cloud labor,” a form of cloud and crowd sourcing. A virtual workforce will undertake any task in the cloudlike world of cyberspace for the best possible price. For example, Unilever dropped its ad agency of 15 years and… Full Details

M. Okobo (2009) reports that right-handers have a preference (74%) for sitting to the right of the cinema screen when they are motivated to watch a film. For students who were put off by the film, none showed a preference for the right-hand seats,… Full Details

I decided not to include the word top but could not think of a better name than “rumor links.” Some of my favorite links include snooping domain registration information in order to conclude the iSlate name is the correct designation of a… Full Details

Dr. Neil Roodyn of nsquaredsolutions offers in an interview reasons why he just released an ebook titled “Developing for Microsoft Surface: Crafting Exceptional Experiences.” Surface is a new technology used, among other places, on TV news… Full Details