by Cameron Nichol | Aug 23, 2021 | Best Bang for the Buck
Pearson, the largest publisher of college textbooks in the US, has announced Pearson Plus, a new subscription service for digital textbooks. The Pearson Plus app, available in both mobile and desktop form, will be available on US college campuses this fall and is...
by Cameron Nichol | Feb 18, 2021 | Best Bang for the Buck, Ed Tech use, Working from home
Facebook has a long history of dodgy privacy policies and can shut down any group at a whim. In Australia they blocked all news media (18/2/21) including non government political satirical pages (the kind who make fun of FB) like The Betoota Advocate and The Chaser....
by Cameron Nichol | May 20, 2020 | Best Bang for the Buck
Working from home laptop set up Working a few days from home is becoming more common but we don’t all have (or want) studies and specialised desks to work from. A lot of us just work off the most convenient table. Unfortunately working for long periods on your...
by Cameron Nichol | May 15, 2015 | Best Bang for the Buck, Ed Tech use, Open Ed Resources
First the DPLA is a free fantastic resource and they are wonderful people. “The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.” Not content with just...
by Cameron Nichol | May 1, 2015 | Best Bang for the Buck, Copyright, Ed Tech use
I often recommend Flkr as a location for free Creative Commons images. Unfortunately, just because the person uploading the image has listed it as Creative Commons always doesn’t mean that it is. Sometimes they are re-posting an image they have found elsewhere....
by Cameron Nichol | Mar 23, 2015 | Best Bang for the Buck
Patrick Norton and Shannon Morris formerly of Tekzilla (Rev3 cancelled the show), have rebooted their show on their own. It’s now called TekThing http://www.tekthing.com/ There is a short overview of 3 top alternatives to LastPass at the 6 minute...
