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ArtRage Beta Shows Windows 7 Multitouch Capabilities at PDC
I sure wish I could have seen this in person. The fine folks at ArtRage were showing off a beta version of their upcoming release. ArtRage is a graphic artist software package that uses Tablet PC functionality to enable realistic creation of water colors, Read More...
Posted 20 November 09 02:12 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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IE9 and I were in the news yesterday
Just a surreal feeling. When I came into the office yesterday, there was mail from a coleague who said I should take a look at the article on CNN , talking about IE9. When I got there, I saw this: And although Microsoft certainly hasn't committed to it Read More...
Posted 20 November 09 10:47 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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University of Michigan Press to Go Digital
The University of Michigan Press, a scholarly, peer-reviewed publication, announced this week that it was planning to move to digital publication. "We believe this helps the university to use leading communication technologies to greatly improve the dissemination Read More...
Posted 25 March 09 03:33 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Think COBOL is Rare? Try Chorti.
UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has released the Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger , which is intended to raise awareness about language endangerment and the need to safeguard the world’s linguistic diversity Read More...
Posted 24 February 09 04:12 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Can You "Teach" Web Design?
This is an interesting approach: Let’s face it. Technology moves fast; academia doesn’t. So how do we teach web design and development—a subject that is constantly changing? How do we prepare our students for the real-world and for real-world expectations? Read More...
Posted 02 February 09 08:26 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
MIT Releases Biz School Case Studies to the Public
MIT pioneered the gifting of teaching resources years ago, making much of their undergraduate materials available online for the general public. More recently, MIT's Sloan School of Management has released a great deal of case study material. In effect, Read More...
Posted 27 January 09 02:00 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Video Games as Teaching Tools? Get a (Second) Life!
I randomly came across a very good article about learning and games, " Public Pedagogy through Video Games ," written by James Paul Gee and Elizabeth Hayes. In it, Gee and Hayes argue that today's large, complex, and multifaceted video games use myriad Read More...
Posted 21 January 09 12:26 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
I'm a PC -- No, I'm a Tablet PC
Those whacky, pen-weilding educators over at WIPTE put together a YouTube video in which they proclaim their affinity for my favorite form factor. Me? I'm a Tablet PC and I build Windows! Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNe-zO-shu4 Read More...
Posted 20 November 08 10:42 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
Windows 7 Developer Blog
Ooh, another blog! But wait, this one's different. The Windows 7 Blog for Developers . Sounds so, well developer-oriented. And about Windows 7. "Uh, Duh," you may very well say. This one's got at least one member of the ISV Evangelism team in Windows Read More...
Posted 25 October 08 09:43 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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And The Winner Is: "Windows 7"
Well, the name is official , and it's been announced that it will be shown at PDC and WinHEC. At least according to Mike Nash, and he should know. From Mike's PressPass page : As corporate vice president for Windows Product Management, Mike Nash heads Read More...
Posted 13 October 08 03:33 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Anyone Going to PDC?
With PDC just a few weeks away, I figure I would toss this out there and see if anyone responds. I'll be at PDC the the afternoon of the 27th, and then all day on the 28th, 29th, and 30th. I'll mostly be spending time in the Windows pavillion and proctoring Read More...
Posted 10 October 08 09:03 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Engineering Windows 7 (E7) Blog Is Alive and Well and Living in Cyberspace
The Engineering Windows 7 blog, or E7 for short, is hosted by the two senior engineering managers for the Windows 7 product, Jon DeVaan and Steven Sinofsky . Jon and Steven, along with members of the engineering team will post, comment, and participate Read More...
Posted 11 September 08 10:39 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
Duke U Press Goes Online
The e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection includes online access to at least 100 news scholarly books published by Duke Universty Press in the humanities and social sciences in a calendar year. With the purchase of the current year's titles in the e-Duke Read More...
Posted 11 September 08 09:33 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Facebook Is Going Back to School
This article is from PC World : A small start-up company called Inigral is trying to bring back some student-centric functionality to Facebook with one of the first enterprise applications for the social network. The new application is called Schools Read More...
Posted 22 August 08 08:05 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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Tablet PC in K-12 Education Book Released
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) just released a new volume, Tablet PCs in K-12 Education . Here's the description from their site : Despite the many advantages of computer-aided instruction, standard notebook computers are Read More...
Posted 06 August 08 05:03 by Eliot | 0 Comments   
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