PFT Vol 2 # 1 (53) CONTROL / SHIFT
CONTROL / SHIFT > From Content Consumer to Content Producer
From game design to textbooks on PDF to techno tasking?
Microsoft game design- web-based
Podcasting goes mainstrain via Mommycast
$100 Laptop Revealed!
It's all grist for the PFT mill
Kidpix
Ranting On- Multitasking Study- What is the question??
Short Takes:
Microsoft to sell game-design software: New tools will help students create and share video game; software giant hopes to spark more interest in computer programming. (eSchool News online)
2) Ads Coming to Texbooks (AP)
Considering alternate models of publishing textbooks?
Mommycast Podcast on CBS Early Show
Podcasting makes mainstream media- also their major sponsorship story
Kidpix with features for iPod and iLife
Good News: Calif. Schools adopt digital history program:
Digital materials replace the need for textbooks in Calif.History classes.
From eSchool News
Tantrum of the Week:
Study: Multitasking hinders learning? (eSchool News online)
Portable Media and Podcasting Conference
Mark and Kathy Presenting
http://www.portablemediaexpo.com/saturday2006.htm#K12
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