Education

Apple executives will put the spotlight on the iPad’s educational value at its planned San Jose event on Tuesday, according to a new Bloomberg Businessweek report. The report cites “a person with knowledge of the planning” of the event as the source, but doesn’t go into further detail about how specifically they’ll be promoting it Continue Reading →

Anyone who buys Microsoft Office 2010 now will be able to upgrade for free to Office 2013 when it comes out, the software giant announced on Friday. The offer, which is not available to those who bought Office 2010 before 19 October, gives Home and Student, Home and Business and Professional customers the option of Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121022_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Several weeks ago, Microsoft unveiled Office 365. No longer is Office a suite of programs you buy and have forever. Instead, it is a subscription-based model that gives you the programs you know and love, like Word, Excel and Outlook, along with SkyDrive storage and Skype credits. Continue Reading →

In the wake of the second Presidential debate, the media has focused, rightfully, on Governor Romney’s comments about a “binder full of women.” To be clear, he said, “And — and so we — we took a concerted effort to go out and find women who had backgrounds that could be qualified to become members Continue Reading →

On Friday morning, Microsoft announced Office 365 University. Due in the first quarter of calendar 2013, the product offering is the Office 365 suite, tweaked for students, and priced so that anyone heading into school can afford it. The product will cost $79.99 for a four-year, two computer license. That works out to, as Microsoft Continue Reading →

As the jostling and jockeying for position in the tablet market gets ever more frenzied, Amazon is hoping for a slice of the education market. Yesterday it unveiled Whispercast, a service that allows organizations such as businesses and schools to manage numerous Kindles from one online location. The benefits are two-way, says Jay Marine, VP Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121018_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Back in January, Apple unveiled iPad textbooks, which they said would revolutionize classrooms and be what students of the future would use to learn. Fast forward nine months, and Apple’s dream hasn’t taken off. On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled Whispercast, which lets organizations like schools easily deploy Kindle Continue Reading →

On a freezing, cloudless day last January in New York, Apple presented to the world its vision for the future of education. It was a clear-eyed argument for bringing tablets into classrooms, a blueprint for fusing cutting-edge technology with advanced learning techniques. But the future doesn’t get built on no-bid contracts. And slowly, steadily—especially after Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, Amazon unveiled its new Whispercast for Kindle service, which provides businesses and other organizations like schools a way to easily deploy Kindle content to members, students and employees across not only Amazon hardware, but also Kindle apps for iOS and Android devices. Right now, it allows administrators to buy Kindle books and documents Continue Reading →

I was proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Digital Leadership Awards on Thursday at the Media Technology Summit 2012. The Digital Leadership Awards™ are bestowed by the Digital Leadership Academy to honor senior executives, artists, educators, public servants and government officials who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the conception, creation and execution of Continue Reading →