Interview with Steve Vosloo:

• http://m4lit.wordpress.com/ – m4lit project website
• http://vosloo.net/ – Steve’s personal blog
• http://twitter.com/stevevosloo – Steve on twitter

News:

• Zoodles browser

Picks of the week:

• Matt: Google Moderator
• Chris: Microsoft Mouse Mischief

• HP buys Palm
• HP cancels slate
• Target getting Amazon Kindle
• Best Buy gets Nook
• MS Says no Courier
• Docs.com not live for Matt and Chris
• Skype introducing muliperson video chat
• Google Editions e-books launch this summer
• Ning update
• RFID check student attendance in Arizona
• Most teens don’t have data plans
• Teen phone use infographic
• U.S. students suffering from internet addiction

Pick of the week:

Matt: Photo Bucket mobile image upload

• New features in Google docs
• Facebook Teams Up with Microsoft on Docs.com
• More Than Half of Mobile Internet Time Is Spent on Social Networks [STATS]
• MIT Media Lab’s Surround Vision brings virtual reality to a tablet (video)

Show Notes:

1. Gartner: Most Kids Will Use PCs With Touchscreens by 2015
2. 2-Year-Old Finds iPad Easy to Use [VIDEO]
3. Ipad for all students at college
4. HP Slate

Pick’s of the week:

1. Chris Raasch – Mockingbird Wireframing tool - http://gomockingbird.com/ and Wolfram Alpha Search Tool, native into ebooks – http://www.wolfram.com/news/elements.html
2. Matt Stenson – Adobe Ideas
3. Chris Johnson – Grockit

1. Moodle Mobile vs. Blackboard Mobile Learn: Web App vs. Native
2. Fisher Price Launches iPhone Apps For 2-Year-Olds
3. Games as model for grading

Picks:

1. http://glogster.com
2. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx

1. Skype for educators, http://www.skypeforeducators .com could potentially let classrooms connect with experts on topics.
2. Automatic photo compositing based on a sketch - http://mashable.com/2009/10/05/photosketch/
3. New Microsoft multi-touch mice - http://mashable.com/2009/10/06/microsofts-multitouch-mice/
4. Just posted a new article on the Microsoft Courier: A Kindle, Ipod Touch and Netbook all in one - http://www.edtechpodcast.com/2009/09/25/microsoft-courier-a-kindle-ipod-touch-and-netbook-all-in-one/
5. Google Wave what does it mean for EDU? - http://mfeldstein.com/does-google-wave-mean-the-end-of-the-lms/
6. @dawblack Notehall - http://notehall.com Great use of technology or dangerous trend?

Picks of the week

1. Matt – Smart Interactive Airliner - http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/AirLiner/
2. Chris - Picasa 3.5 Picasa 3.5

RSS - iTunes

Interview with Jeff O’Hara – (2:44)

Amazon Kindle – http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/06/live-from-amazons-kindle-event-in-nyc/ – (29:00)

Open textbooks – http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/ – (38:40)

Self Publishing Textbooks – https://www.createspace.com/ – (42:45)

Picks of the Week

Jeff’s Pick – 2 picks -1. Joikuspot – turns your 3G Nokia or Samsung phone into a WIFI hot-spot, 2. The iPod Touch which i use with Joikuspot – (46:30)

Matt’s Pick – http://Ustream.com – (51:00)

Chris – Windows Live Photo Gallery – (59:00)

1. Encarta is dead – http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3715/microsofts-encarta-rendered-obsolete-by-wikipedia-will-shut-down (3:50)
2. Google Knowl – http://knol.google.com/ (8:40)
3. Textbooks going away as well? – http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3719/college-bookstores-move-to-put-electronic-textbooks-on-their-shelves (10:20)
4. Duke Hosts first twitter film festival – http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3716/twitter-film-festival-goes-live-at-duke-u (14:50)
5. Smartboard Debate (21:37)

Picks of the Week

1. Matt’s Pick of the Week – http://academicearth.org/ (38:05) – Read Article Here
2. Chris’ Pick of the Week – http://Cramberry.net (41:50)