world-shaker:

If true, this would be awesome.

Apple’s education-focused media event scheduled is scheduled for this Thursday, and more details seem to be leaking out. Earlier this evening, the Wall Street Journal reported that McGraw-Hill had been working with Apple on this project since last June. Now, ArsTechnica claims that one of the key components of Thursday’s announcement is a new publishing tool for eBooks.

The current state of software tools continues to frustrate authors and publishers alike, with several authors telling Ars that they wish Apple or some other vendor would make a simple app that makes the process as easy as creating a song in GarageBand.

Our sources say Apple will announce such a tool on Thursday.

The students are back today! Welcome back!

highschoolkids:

Filling in little white box after little white box after big white box (Word Count: 500 = “UGH.”) can get really repetitive. It takes quite a bit of time and a whole lot of patience to complete college applications; especially when you realize that most of the schools you’re applying to don’t…

1. Checking email in longer, periodic intervals rather than hovering over the refresh button.
2. Learning to delegate tasks a little more often instead of doing everything myself.
3. Reduce unnecessary clutter; donate the clutter to Salvation Army/Goodwill.
4. Make all the technology I surround myself with start working for me; whether it’s keeping an updated to-do list or using my new computer to make Skype calls, I’m going to get the most out of all this gadgetry.