[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110719_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Amazon recently announced that it would begin offering e-textbook rentals for the Kindle. Students can rent the e-textbooks from 30 to 360 days and save up to 80% on specific titles. The e-textbooks can be viewed on the Kindle and any device that lets you download the Continue Reading →
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Star-Studded Event to Include Live Performances by Miley Cyrus, Reba, Meat Loaf, LIBERA and Kevin Costner & Modern West; as well as a Who’s Who from the Movies, Television and Sports and Entertainment Worlds What: The Starkey Hearing Foundation, dedicated to changing the social consciousness of hearing and hearing issues through education and research while Continue Reading →
October 2-4, 2011 in San Jose, CA WITI (Women in Technology International), the leading global organization for professional, tech-savvy women, announces the Annual WITI Women Powering Technology Summit, which will take place October 2-4th, 2011, in the heart of the Silicon Valley, at the Doubletree by Hilton® Hotel in San Jose, California. The WITI Summit Continue Reading →
Winners to be announced on September 26th at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center Larry King to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award New York, N.Y. – July 18, 2011 – Nominations for the 32nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards were announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Continue Reading →
Internet Security Awareness Training (ISAT) Firm KnowBe4 Strives to Educate Users About Cybercrime Tactics Through Case Studies, Articles, White Papers and More CLEARWATER, Fla., July 18, 2011 – Informed users can be a powerful defense against cybercrime, which is why Internet Security Awareness Training (ISAT) firm KnowBe4 created and maintains an online library of cybercrime Continue Reading →
Miami International Film Festival, Produced and Presented by Miami Dade College, Announces Call for Entries for 2012 Edition The premier showcase for Ibero-American cinema in the U.S. will award more than $55,000 USD in cash and symbolic prizes in major categories Miami, Florida – July 15, 2011 – Organizers of the Miami International Film Festival Continue Reading →
As many of you who subscribe to my Shift Age Newsletter know, I co-authored a book with Jeff Cobb on transforming education. Shift Ed: A Call to Action for Transforming K-12 Education was published in April by Corwin Press. Now, three months later, I am happy to report that the response from the education community Continue Reading →
According to the Center for Copyright Information fact sheet: “In 2011 the Center for Copyright Information will be formally opened. This newly formed Center will help educate consumers about content theft on the Internet. It will help them to understand the difference between lawful and unlawful online downloading and file sharing. How does it work? Continue Reading →
Reprinted from http://www.copyrightinformation.org/alerts: The Center for Copyright Information is a new information center dedicated to educating the public about copyright and helping to implement an unprecedented and constructive effort to stop online content theft. Parents and other ISP subscribers will benefit from a new state of the art system of alerts — similar to fraud Continue Reading →
South Korea plans on digitizing educational materials for its entire primary school curriculum by 2015. Tablet PCs will be used instead of textbooks, with the government spending $2.4 billion on completing the mandate. Samsung is expected to manufacture the tablets. Continue Reading →