App Makes Citations a Snap
An enterprising group of college students have crafted an app that allows users to simplify the often tedious work of creating citations for printed books. Crafted by seven University of Waterloo students, Quick Cite, allows the user to snap a picture of the book’s bar code and have a formatted citation instantly emailed to them. Quick Cite is available on the iOS and Android platforms for $0.99. According to Hack College, which broke the story, the 7cubed team skipped class and challenged themselves to create seven apps in seven days. Quick Cite took about eight hours to write and is...
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iPod Touch in the Classroom– Miguel Guhlin, Around the Corner The iPhone 3Gs– Daryll Johnson, edbuzz New Thoughts on Getting Started in E-learning– Clive Shepard, Clive on Learning NECC 2009– Michael Horn, Disrupting Class Documenting the Digital Generation– Henry Jenkins, Confessions High-tech cheating? Students see it differently– Julie Evans, e-School News Cell phones used to deliver course content– Dennis Carter, e-School...
Read MoreThe iPhone 3GS
After over a year of debating and eventually coming to the conclusion that I really wanted an iPhone, I finally found myself in line at my local Apple store the morning the new iPhone 3GS was released. After a two hour wait due to a mix-up with my reservation paperwork, I was the proud new owner of the latest and greatest incarnation of the iPhone. As with any toy, I started exploring the features. The ability to seamlessly watch Youtube videos was very cool. The GPS feature, again cool. Over the past two weeks, my attention has once again been drawn to the potential role for an iPhone or...
Read MoreiPod Touch, iPhone Mandatory for Students
Yet another institution is touting the education-changing potential of yet another device. This time the college is University of Missouri’s Journalism School, which now plans to require that students purchase either Apple’s iPod Touch or its iPhone. As one of the 10 required technologies for the 21st century educator, it’s no surprise to hear this. Check out the article and post your comments here. We will have more to say on this topic in the coming...
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