Tag: Amazon

Some reflective thoughts about social reading…

Posted by | Published on March 6, 2016

We read to know we are not alone.   SOURCE I have recently purchased a new Kindle e-reader. You can click on that last link and […] 

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Where do you get your books?

Posted by | Published on November 8, 2015

I haven’t analysed how much money I spend proportionally on hardcover, paperback, audio or ebooks each year but know it is not as predicted several […] 

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Eggs & baskets, Kobo & Calibre

Posted by | Published on June 1, 2014

It always concerned me that Amazon had such a monopoly on ebooks. However, my customer satisfaction since purchasing my first kindle in 2009, compared with the obvious inferiority […] 

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10 questions for your child’s teacher  →

Posted in Education, Featured, Professional development

I have never had a parent ask me any of the questions listed below, except, perhaps, the one about ‘happiness’ in a number of guises. I wish someone would. How would […] 

Where Good Ideas Come From  →

Posted in Popular culture, Uncategorized

I keenly await the new Steven Johnson book, Where Good Ideas Come From, released next month. Until then, here’s his most recent TED talk.  

Leading and Blogging #IWBNET09 Presentation  →

Posted in Professional development, Web 2.0

Apologies for the font problem. Slideshare didn’t like that one obviously.  

Local communities & democracy  →

Posted in Education, Government

How do students learn about democracy? Engaging with the people and processes, ideas and the realities of democratic systems, in an authentic manner, has to be at least as important […] 

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