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Pogoplug for sharing your files

Jerry Johnson — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:40:35 +0000

Want to share files? Need more than the 2 Gb limit in Dropbox or Box.net? Pogoplug allows you to share the files of a USB drive over the Internet. See Pogoplug at http://www.pogoplug.com/home-en.html

Hitch – Device for transferring files

Jerry Johnson — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:47:58 +0000

Hitch is a device that allows you to quickly transfer files from one device (such as an iPod) to another device (such as another iPod) without using a computer. This device would be helpful in a classroom where each student had an iPod or iPad and the teacher wanted to transfer files from his or her device to the the students’ iPods or iPads.

The Pulse Smart Pen from LiveScribe

Jerry Johnson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:06:28 +0000

The Pulse SmartPen created by Livescribe may be *the* thing for students to consider, especially if they take a lot of notes or if they can’t write very fast (or at least can’t keep up with the teacher). I recently purchased one and will give students turns in using it during a course. With this pen, files which contain the corresponding audio can be uploaded and viewed by others at the Community site.

Some interesting scenarios in the form of videos, including the ability of the SmartPen to translate words to other languages can be seen on this page called Sneekpeek.

Storing files on DVDs – Beware

Jerry Johnson — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:41:02 +0000

I have assumed that DVDs would last a long time but this article by David Pogue points out the problem. It sounds like gold DVDs are the way to go (for the time being).