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R.I.P. Jan Berenstain

Author of the popular “Berenstain Bears” books.
Some of my favorite books growing up, don’t worry, her kids are continuing the series.

iBooks “Author”

Create your own interactive books without a publisher.

APPLE EDUCATION EVENT 2012 iBooks2: A two part software update1. TextbooksWhat they did for books, they’re now doing for textbooks. Fully intractable, cheaper, and take up way less space in your backpack. Of course this is released right as I finish college :P2. AuthorWe now have the ability to create our own fully intractable books with this new App! How crazy awesome fantastic is that!  iTunes UAn App that helps educators fully customize their class experience. Organize schedules, books, notes, citing, libraries, additional info…basically everything you need to get through a course. All in one clean and simple place…genius. All updates available from the Mac App StoreCheckout Gizmodo’s full run down on the keynote [here]

APPLE EDUCATION EVENT 2012

iBooks2: A two part software update
1. Textbooks
What they did for books, they’re now doing for textbooks. Fully intractable, cheaper, and take up way less space in your backpack. Of course this is released right as I finish college :P
2. Author
We now have the ability to create our own fully intractable books with this new App! How crazy awesome fantastic is that! 

iTunes U
An App that helps educators fully customize their class experience. Organize schedules, books, notes, citing, libraries, additional info…basically everything you need to get through a course. All in one clean and simple place…genius.

All updates available from the Mac App Store
Checkout Gizmodo’s full run down on the keynote [here]

So This Happened Today: POTTERMORE By chance and good luck, I found a Quill, picked up the username “QuestLight77” and have found myself stumbling into the online world of Harry Potter! I’m very stoked to finally have the ability to purchase eBook copies (trying to cutback on the number of physical items in my possession) and it’ll be interesting to find out what JK means by “readers shape the world of HP”.   

So This Happened Today: POTTERMORE

By chance and good luck, I found a Quill, picked up the username “QuestLight77” and have found myself stumbling into the online world of Harry Potter! 
I’m very stoked to finally have the ability to purchase eBook copies (trying to cutback on the number of physical items in my possession) and it’ll be interesting to find out what JK means by “readers shape the world of HP”.