School Library Journal columnist Jeff Hastings test drives the new Web- and subscription-based ebook collection StarWalk Kids.
Ebook Toolkit: Rosen Interactive Ebooks
By on October 3, 2012 Leave a Comment
Screenshot from Rosen Interactive Ebooks. Rosen Digital has introduced a free, interactive ebook platform that customers can populate, à la carte, with unlimited, simultaneous access licensed, nonfiction titles for $34.95 each or $209.70 for a set of six.Sixty titles are currently available and an additional 60 will be released in January 2013. The ebooks feature […]
SLJ Reviews | Multimedia Storytelling Platform Meograph
By on September 13, 2012 Leave a Comment
New storytelling application Meograph helps users create uniquely dynamic, interactive projects, incorporating Google Maps and Google Earth to generate a story time line, which can be enhanced with images, video, text, audio, and links for more information. SLJ columnist Jeff Hastings walks us through the platform in his video review.
Make-your-own-ebooks platform: Aerbook Maker
By on August 19, 2012 Leave a Comment
SLJ columnist Jeff Hastings test drives Aerbook Maker, a new platform for creating your very own tablet-ready graphical ebooks.
Ebook toolkit: Storia
By on July 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
You might want to check out Storia, says SLJ columnist Jeff Hastings. Scholastic’s slick and promising ereader platform is in soft launch, and they’re preparing to go big with it this fall.
Ebook toolkit: SLJ Reviews Mackin VIA
By on June 12, 2012 Leave a Comment
Having just reviewed Follett’s suite of ebook-related products last month, it’s been interesting to compare how Mackin is serving up digital content they offer the pre-K–12 market, including the more than 37,000 unlimited, simultaneous access ebooks in its rapidly growing catalog. It’s especially interesting since lots of that content is available from both vendors. And, […]
Ebook toolkit: Mackin VIA
By on June 4, 2012 2 Comments
SLJ’s Jeff Hastings test drives the integrated ebook/database platform Mackin VIA.
Ebook toolkit: SLJ Reviews Follett’s Ereader Suite
By on May 14, 2012 4 Comments
Jeff Hastings considers building a Follett ebook collection now that the company has released apps that let patrons read from among their 132,000 K–12 titles, online or off, on iPads and Android 3.0+ tablets.
SLJ Reviews: The IPEVO Point 2 View USB Document Camera
By on April 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Not every educator needs an expensive, feature-packed document camera. Those wanting just the basics can do it on the cheap with the IPEVO Point 2 View USB model.
SLJ Reviews Casio’s Short-Throw, Lampless Projector
By on March 12, 2012 1 Comment
As anyone who works with digital projectors knows, replacing those metal-halide projection lamps can get way pricey. So Jeff Hastings tried out the alternative, Casio’s lampless model, the XJ-ST155.
