TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics » Xbox http://www.teleread.com News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Amazon Reportedly Producing a “Kindle TV” Set-Top Box http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-reportedly-producing-a-kindle-tv-set-top-box/ http://www.teleread.com/kindle/amazon-reportedly-producing-a-kindle-tv-set-top-box/#comments Sun, 05 May 2013 14:00:25 +0000 Aggregated Content http://www.teleread.com/?p=84426 By Jeff Kleist Amazon has been making its own devices for quite a while now. From e-readers to tablets to a rumored smartphone, the company has been pretty successful in establishing its own Apple-style ecosystem. So it makes perfect sense that Amazon wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity to take charge of the one device [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/education/exploring-technology-overload-with-students-part-2/feed/ 3 Paid vs. Free Entertainment: A Case Study http://www.teleread.com/library/pay-vs-free-entertainment-a-case-study/ http://www.teleread.com/library/pay-vs-free-entertainment-a-case-study/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:28:33 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=79359 Techdirt has a great write-up about a British children’s author, Terry Deary, who is on a misguided campaign against libraries. Deary believes libraries are giving away entertainment for free; he also believes they are severely damaging the book publishing industry. Techdirt’s Tim Cushing argues that, notwithstanding some of the fallacies the author is operating under, [...]

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]]> http://www.teleread.com/library/pay-vs-free-entertainment-a-case-study/feed/ 2 Exploring Technology Overload with Students http://www.teleread.com/education/tech-literacy-part-1-exploring-technology-with-grade-2-students/ http://www.teleread.com/education/tech-literacy-part-1-exploring-technology-with-grade-2-students/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:28:14 +0000 Joanna Cabot http://www.teleread.com/?p=78251 As my school’s technology coordinator, part of my job is to explore the different ways our students use technology, and how that’s working for us. Are there tools we are under-utilizing? Tools we are over-utilizing? Are there concerns parents have over how their kids are interacting with technology on a daily basis? I learned recently, [...]

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