Amazon lets publishers and writers disable Kindle 2’s read-aloud featurePublishers and authors now have the power to silence the Kindle 2 e-book reader.Amazon.com Inc. reversed course Friday on the device’s controversial text-to-speech feature, which reads digital books aloud in a robotic voice. The company gave rights holders the ability to disable the feature for individual [...]
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Yesterday I attended a web site management webinar hosted by SLA at the Minnesota Department of Education. The presenter was David Lee King (www.davidleeking.com), Digital Branch & Services Manager, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.Topics and discussion included what makes a web site 2.0, how to include social components (blogs, wikis, twitter, podcasting, rss feeds, [...]
There is a call for papers for the LTEA (Learning Through Enquiry Alliance) 2009 Conference. It will be held at the University of Reading, UK, 14-15 July 2009. Deadline for submissions is 20 March. Themes are: ‘High-impact experiences’ and ‘academic challenge’ in the first year; Differentiated Learning – stretching the most able, supporting the less [...]
Secretary Duncan highlighted provisions of the Department of Education’s proposed FY 2010 budget overview that would dramatically expand student financial aid while making it simpler, more reliable and more efficient. “We need to invest in our economic future and enable our kids to compete in today’s global environment. America’s students and workers need a higher [...]
CILIP in ScotlandOne day conference aims to show how libraries play a key role in supporting formal and informal learning (Source: CILIP – Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) More: continued here
I notice that Tuesday’s ACRL blog post was discussing the desirability of librarians working with academics on facilitating information literacy. One of the prompts was that a couple of non-library academics in the USA (Rochelle Rodrigo and Susan Miller-Cochran) have published a book, The Wadsworth Guide to Research. I wondered what “Wadsworth” meant, but it [...]
Did you know that when students were asked to associate one word with the way they feel when assigned a research project the responses included angst, tired, dread, fear, anxious, annoyed, stressed, disgusted, intrigued, excited, confused, and overwhelmed? That’s according to a new report titled “What Today’s College Students Say about Conducting Research in the [...]
“I am a product of your work,” Michelle Obama told employees at ED during the first of her planned visits to federal agencies. She honored a group of long-serving ED staff and praised the new Secretary, saying “…you couldn’t be luckier than to have as your leader… Arne Duncan.” More: continued here
The U.S. Department of Education posted on-line state-by-state estimates of new education revenues included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan vowed to release a significant share of the $100 billion in funding in time to avert teacher layoffs. More: continued here