Tips by Tony

Yesterday, Apple introduced two products aimed at the Education market: iBooks Author and iBooks 2, an updated version of iBooks that allows for interactive textbooks. Much has been written (already) about iBooks Author, but there seems to be some confusion about what it is and what it’s for.

It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup – too many other things going on, and really, Twitter has almost made these posts unnecessary or redundant. But, as Twitter doesn’t afford the same opportunities for commentary, I’ll still do an occasional roundup. This one has some great articles, old and new, about student use of Wikipedia, allowing full Internet access during exams, and why we’re (generally) teaching math incorrectly.

Summer is upon us (for most, anyway), but that doesn’t mean good articles about educational technology stop flowing. Here are just a few from this week:

LibreOffice is a free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. Here are a few reasons to add LibreOffice to your arsenal.

To coincide with the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, The History Channel has released The Civil War Today – an app exclusively for the iPad. The app presents a newspaper-like layout with tons of interactivity hiding just beneath the surface, including thousands of original document scans, photographs, maps, diary entries, quotes, [...]