Category Archives: PostADay

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Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 4 Finding your niche

Dear Diary, This research stuff is harder than I thought! I’m not sure if I’ve found a niche, or just become more confused. The first thing I did was go to Amazon.com and check on the Kindle store for my … Continue reading

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Cheaper iPad 2 and Kindle Fire sales

If you are following my diary of learning to publish for Kindle, then you know that there are other places to epublish besides at Amazon.com. If you have also been following the tech news, you are aware that Kindle Fire … Continue reading

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Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 3 Brainstorming for topics

Dear Diary, Bet you thought I gave up on learning to publish on Kindle, and went away. Well, I’m still here. I just had to earn some money, and didn’t have time to write. (grin) It took a while, but … Continue reading

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Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 2 Choosing your references

Dear Diary, Yesterday, I started using an epublication that talked about publishing to the Kindle in 4 hours. Yeah, right? But I got started on something that might work, and here I am, back for another day. It’s pretty clear … Continue reading

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Kindle Publishing: A Diary–Day 1 Getting started

Dear Diary, So the other day I came across a self-published book in the Kindle Store titled The 4-Hour Publisher: Write a Series for Kindle by Suzanna Stinnett. And I’m going to try to follow this book step by step. … Continue reading

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Lisa Adams: Vicissitudes of Circumstance

A few months ago, Los Angeles artist Lisa Adams asked if I would mind reviewing her latest book. Titled Lisa Adams: Vicissitudes of Circumstance, and co-authored by the writers of the introductory essays (James Scarborough and Ezrha Jean Black), the book … Continue reading

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Finally!! ERIC Identifies Peer-Reviewed References

For years, I’ve been warning undergraduate and graduate students to be careful when referencing articles from ERIC–Education Resources Information Center, maintained since the 1960s through the nation’s Department of Education. One of the problems with using items from ERIC for … Continue reading

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The Future of Higher Education

Originally posted on A little bit of this, a little bit of that:
The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed the directors of Georgia Tech‘s Center for 21st Century Universities. The interview touches upon several key points regarding the challenges and…

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Just sharing…

Horoscopes in the newspaper are great fun if you don’t take them seriously–at least, not too seriously. My horoscope today was simply uplifting, and I thought I’d share it, as it can apply to anyone at any time. You could … Continue reading

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How Mobile Devices in Education Teach Critical Thinking Skills

Originally posted on the Evolving Classroom:
A friend, who is a former educator, emailed a link to a letter published in the San Jose Mercury News from a teacher expressing an opinion about using digital devices in the classroom. This…

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