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Reviewing the “Wort for iPad” App

I’ve just written my first App Review on the iTunes Store Luxembourg. —– “innovative Fingernavigation” sieht anders aus… Es war zu erwarten, dass die “grösste” Luxemburger Tageszeitung “mit der Zeit gehen” würde und als App für das iPad kommen musste! Das Resultat ist aber mehr als enttäuschend! Von innovativer Fingernavigation, wie man es vom iPad […]

29 July 2010 at 14:21 - Comments
Bob Reuter at 14:31 on 29 July 2010
There are other iPad eMagazine or eNewspaper apps that really make a beautiful use of the underlying multi-touch technology!
Bob Reuter at 14:32 on 29 July 2010
http://www.zinio.com/ipad/ I put a link to zinio.com even though their iPad app has been reviewed by Olly Farshi as…

Bike Trip August 2010

Day 1 – Monday, 23 August 2010 Track 1: Dudelange – Bettembourg (6,7 km) Train: Bettembourg – Luxembourg Track 2 : Luxembourg – Diekirch (36 km) Sleeping at: Camping « Op der Sauer » – Chalet pour 6 personnes Address: Route de Gilsdorf L-9234 Diekirch URL: http://www.campsauer.lu   Day 2 – Tuesday, 24 August 2010 Journey: Diekirch – Echternach […]

26 July 2010 at 12:44 - Comments

Dawkins on “social-constructionism vs. science”

I just have to quote this passage below, because I’ve been trying so many times to refer to it, when discussing socio-constructivism vs. neo-positivism, but had been unable to find it… So, this time, I will know where to find it… on my blog 🙂 Social-constructionist ‘intellectuals,’ and perhaps even the ‘radical ism-ists’ culture warriors […]

7 July 2010 at 14:51 - Comments

Doug Woods on “Good Teachers Don’t Need Technology”

Doug Woods (ICT in Schools) has blogged about why he thinks that it’s inappropriate the say that “good teachers don’t need technology” and he goes into some details here: http://doug-woods.blogspot.com/2010/06/good-teachers-dont-need-technology.html I’ve tried to post a comment on his blog, but so far it didn’t appear there, so I’d like to use my blog to publish my […]

3 June 2010 at 14:21 - Comments

Technology-Enhanced Literacy Instruction

I’ve just finished exploring the “technology-enhanced literacy instruction” literature and creating a prezi presentation file about it, that I will share will our educational sciences bachelor students (4th year: “Younger”). I’m heavily relying on the TPACK Model (Mishra & Koehler, 2006) to structure this presentation. I have also introduced the SAMR Model (Puentedura, 2009) to […]

18 May 2010 at 05:06 - Comments
Bob Reuter at 18:37 on 18 May 2010
the prezi presentation file can be found here: http://simple.lu/prezi/tech-literacy-instruction.html N.B. It's still somewhat *work-in-progress* and it…
Bob Reuter at 18:46 on 18 May 2010
N.B. I don't think that neuroscientific findings are the ultimate holy findings, just as much as I don't think that…

PayPal: an Online Service or an Old Technology Company?

Finally, after sending in a fax (so old technology), my standard paypal account got re-activated… I’m still baffled by their unresponsiveness to my repeated efforts to resolve this issue via their ONLINE resolution centre… Strange for an online payment service that offline means of communication are the only ones to really work… 0

18 May 2010 at 04:55 - Comments

“Steep Learning Curve” or how human intuition has failed us again…

This morning, while checking tech news about all-things-mac, I’ve found a short news article about the rumored Tablet or Slate that Apple, Inc. is supposed to introduce end of January 2010. So far, nothing new… 🙂 However, Mac Essentials was reporting that Cult of Mac got a stunning piece of information from a supposedly Apple […]

7 January 2010 at 11:21 - Comments
Max at 18:51 on 9 January 2010
Ech mengen den Probleem as dann ganz einfaach daat et vielleicht besser misst aklert sin, well wei der et jo…

Kindle for iPhone: Now also in Luxembourg

I’ve just read the big news! Kindle for iPhone has been release for 60 countries, including Luxembourg… the app is free, you can buy the eBook online, using your normal browser or the iPhone Safari and then your purchases get automatically downloaded to your iPhone… I just bought “The Brain That Changes Itself” by Norman […]

15 December 2009 at 18:11 - Comments
Kristina at 18:16 on 15 December 2009
Two minds... I had installed the app yesterday b/c I thought I would buy a certain book, but found out…
Bob Reuter at 18:50 on 15 December 2009
I'll keep you all posted about my impressions... :-)

12 eLearning Predictions for 2009 : eLearning Technology

12 eLearning Predictions for 2009 : eLearning Technology via elearningtech.blogspot.com Tony Karrer has listed on his blog, what he calls his 12 eLearning Predictions for 2009… I think establishing such a list is truly a heroic act in itself, because even if you get one prediction wrong, people will point it out to you… 🙂 […]

9 December 2009 at 17:11 - Comments
Bob Reuter at 17:12 on 9 December 2009
See his evaluation of his predictions here: http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-predictions-how-did-i-do.html

Online Writing Tool: Spellchecker for Luxembourgish

Thanks to Michèle Klecker I’ve just discovered an interesting Online Writing Tool, that allows you to check the spelling of text written in Luxembourgish. Even though the authors of this tool claim that it’s not meant to be a learning tool, I do think that it is a tool for learning, learning to write, learning to […]

1 December 2009 at 13:12 - Comments
Michel Weimerskirch at 14:01 on 1 December 2009
Thank you for your interest in Spellchecker.lu. Spell checkers should (generally speaking) not be used as a *standalone* tool for…
Bob Reuter at 14:44 on 1 December 2009
Michel, I do think that NO TOOL WHATSOEVER should be used as a standalone tool for learning anything... :-) Thank…