I have fond memories of Dr. Seuss stories being read to me growing up. I seem to recall a dozen or more of those colorful books being scattered around the house — you could always find a Dr. Seuss book because …
Continue ReadingE-readers have been in the news quite a bit lately —new models are reaching the feature to price point ratio where sales have been skyrocketing, leaving even tablets in the dust in terms of adoption rates. The coming holiday gift-giving …
Continue ReadingE-readers have continued their march forward, with sales continuing to climb and adoption rates that exceed tablets –in fact, ownership of dedicated e-readers has doubled in the past seven months and it’s now estimated that 12 percent of US adults …
Continue ReadingI read a lot of books. A lot. I think my wife probably wishes sometimes that I’d take up cigarettes or drinking… it’d probably be a cheaper vice. My split is fairly even between fiction and non-fiction, but I also …
Continue ReadingIn the digital-versus-paper book debate, I definitely lean towards paper. Yes, I know that Kindles and eReaders and iPads are really cool, and you certainly can’t beat them for traveling with a bunch of books and not having to pay …
Continue ReadingE-Books are becoming pretty firmly entrenched around our house. We have iPads, iPods, computers, a Kobo e-reader and several Sony e-readers currently in circulation, but I’d heard good things about Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color and I wanted to give …
Continue ReadingThe Horizon Report is an annual publication of the trends and technological expectations for K-12 education. It is published by the New Media Consortium and is increasingly a leader in identifying where children’s learning and development should be, rather than …
Continue ReadingIt was nearly a year and a half ago that I had the opportunity to spend a few weeks with Sony’s Reader Pocket Edition and Reader Touch e-book readers. You can read the results here (relevant mostly if you’re interesting …
Continue ReadingThe idea of turning some of my children’s drawings and writing into book form has always been of interest to me. And with today’s myriad print-on-demand options, I knew I would eventually get around to it. So when Tikatok, a Barnes & Noble company that allows you to make books of your kids’ stories and […]
Continue ReadingIncreasingly, those who are interested in how mobile technology is being used to raise and educate our geeklets are telling us that if we just use these Android, iOS or other smart mobile tools in ways that simply mimic analogue …
Continue ReadingGh0strat is a real trojan horse virus that infects windows computers and is responsible for affecting some of the most sensitive computer networks in the world. G. L . Sheerin, a real computer network security expert, has just released his second fictional story in a series of e-books aimed at teaching kids about computer viruses. […]
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, I tested a trio of M-Edge accessories for a Sony Pocket Reader. M-Edge was preparing versions for the iPad at that time, as Apple’s tablet was just hitting store shelves. I’d decided to pass on iPad hysteria …
Continue ReadingYou’re going to be reading an awful lot about iPads and iPad accessories in the coming weeks, so I thought I’d cleanse the palate, so to speak, with a trio of accessories from M-Edge for one of those other e-Book …
Continue ReadingIt’s nearly six months since I first took the plunge and entered the world of e-Books and e-Book readers in a big way. As an avid reader and book collector (some would say hoarder), has the digital plunge been a …
Continue ReadingThere is a lot of talk these days about the Kindle and other e-book readers. Will they replace the traditional paper book? How will they revolutionize the way we do things? Some early adopters have bought one version or another, …
Continue ReadingWhile the Barnes & Noble Nook adds more fuel to the eBook reader war, I recently completed two weeks of putting Sony’s latest eBook readers, the Reader Touch Edition (PRS600) and the Reader Pocket Edition (PRS300) through their paces. The …
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