Tablet PC, Mac style: a review of the Axiotron ModBook: “

The Axiotron ModBook is the only Mac-based tablet on the market, and it is finally shipping after a year’s worth of delays. Ars takes a look at how it performs, both as a tablet and as a Mac.

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(Via Ars Technica.)

I have a real hard time with this. The premise is that keyboards will be replaced with a more natural way of interacting with the computer. While I understand that for a large portion of the Boomer and golden generations, the keyboard is seen as a slow inconvenient interface. Most kids that have grown up [...]

Apple posted its Second Version of Open Directory Administration Guide.: “

There were some bugs in the first version of the ‘Mac OS X Server Open Directory Administration For Version 10.5 Leopard’ ‘
Check out the new version.’
Open Directory Administration‘
http://images.apple.com/server/macosx/docs/Open_Directory_Admin_v10.5.pdf

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(Via AFP548.)

Combined with the new Alex voice in Leopard, I think this app could prove very useful to any special ed department.
Convert Any Text to an iTunes-Compatible Audiobook [Audiobooks]: “
Web site Mac OS X Hints details how to create an iTunes audiobook (i.e., an M4B audio file) from any text in just a couple of clicks. [...]

Get 91% Off Microsoft Office Ultimate [Deals]: “
A Microsoft student promotion that slashes 91% off a copy of Office Ultimate applies to anyone with a .edu email address—and most universities offer .edu addresses to their alumni for free. Microsoft Office Ultimate, which retails for $680, is available to students for only $60 until [...]

Comic Life is a big hit in my K-8 schools, this looks like a winner as well.
Macworld | Comic Life Magiq debuts:
“The original Comic Life took your photos and let you put them into panels that looked like comic books, complete with captions, dialog bubbles and other effects. Comic Life Magiq builds on that functionality [...]

This is pretty cool, thanks to TUAW for linking to my WGM tutorial series. If you came here from a source other than TUAW you really should check them out. Really the premiere Apple blog if you ask me!
Thanks TUAW!

Twitter breaks down barriers in the classroom:
“As an experiment, Parry made Twitter a class assignment and got his students to engage in microblogging as homework. He observed how Twitter became the link that connected conversations inside and out of class. ‘Because the students had the shared classroom experience, when something came up outside of class [...]

Quick Tip of the Week: Sharing Screens: “Thanks to Mac OS X Leopard, its even easier to collaborate with others on your network. Not only does Leopard facilitate the sharing of files, it also lets you start interactive screen sharing sessions. Screen sharing offers a great solution for training a co-worker or running a Keynote [...]

Iowa school district handing out MacBooks to grades 5-12:
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The Central City school district in Central City, Iowa will be distributing MacBooks to eight grades in the fall, complete with Mobile Learning Labs for the young’uns.
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(Via Infinite Loop.)