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Grade Book for Android!

08.19.2010 · Posted in android, educational technology

We (Android for Academics) just released a grade book program. I’m pretty excited about this. It’s been in the works all summer, and I’m very happy that we could get it out for the start of the fall semester. That’s really all due to  Jon Nalewajek - he did all of the coding on this ...

I’m an Android Developer!

04.28.2010 · Posted in android, educational technology, google phone

I wrote my first app for the Android platform, and I’m pretty excited about it. It’s called Grade Rubric. It’s a simple tool for professors who grade papers and assignments using a grading rubric. You can read more about it here. Search for the app on the Android Market under “Grade Rubric”. ...

Introducing Android For Academics!

04.14.2010 · Posted in android, educational technology, google phone

It should come as no surprise to you guys that I love the Android OS. It should also come as no surprise that I think the Android OS has enormous potential benefits/applications for academics. I am now proud to introduce Android for Academics. The purpose of the site is two-fold. First, I’m working with an excellent ...

Speech to Text in android update

04.04.2010 · Posted in android, educational technology

I’m writing this blog post by talking into my phone. That’s because android phones recently updated with new firmware. The keyboard on the new firmware includes a speech to text option, and it is awesome. There are so many ways that this speech to text function would make an academics life easier. For example i already ...

Windows and Apple Declare War on Google

03.02.2010 · Posted in android, educational technology, google phone

Within a week of each other, Windows and Apple declared legal war on Google in two separate arenas. Windows Earlier last week the European commission started an anti-trust probe. There were suspicions that Microsoft was behind some of the complaints. Last Friday, Microsoft acknowledged that they were. (Aside: If Google is guilty of anti-trust violation, then they ...