Technology Trends for August 2012

Ryann K. Ellis

Among the latest technology headlines for August 2012: Gartner Contends Nexus of Forces Will Build Platform of Future, Biosensors to Monitor U.S. Student Attentiveness, Analyst Releases New Report Comparing Live Chat Providers, Microsoft Readies Launch of Outlook.com. More »

Review: Thinking, Fast and Slow

Paul Signorelli

Trainer-teacher-learners familiar with Daniel Ariely’s Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions and Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking will be well-primed to appreciate and savor Nobel Prize-winning aut... More »

Tech Tool: Augmented Reality

Craig Weiss

If youve watched television in the past year, youve likely seen the commercial of a tourist couple holding up their Smartphone on a crowded street. In that moment, they see the street animated on their screen and receive tweets from people in the area with a recomme... More »

Managing RSS Feeds

Elizabeth Beckham

Subscribing to RSS feeds is a time saving method to stay current with the latest happenings in the world and your areas of interest. Although it can be really great to have all of this information in one place, it could become a time consumer if one is not cauti... More »

Tablets and Touch-Free Technology

Craig Weiss

Are we on the cusp of something wonderful? Many in the e-learning market are still waiting on the promise of mobile learning to deliver. Smart phones claimed that the answer was in the palm of our hands, and everyone was buying. It was the savior to mobile learn... More »