Showing posts with label new. Show all posts
Showing posts with label new. Show all posts
Monday, March 9, 2015
New Features Kno iPad Textbooks
The Kno app for iPad is currently only available on the US app store but it is indicative of the growing move and awareness in the need for alternative textbook publishing options. We can only hope that this move is emulated around the world.
Kno 3D Molecules from Kno on Vimeo.
smart links from Kno on Vimeo.
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After scrapping plans to produce an unusual oversized dual-screen educational tablet device, Kno Inc., an educational startup focused on reinventing the textbook. It has shifted its focus to creating educational software for the iPad. The company has released Kno app for iPad with a retail site offering more than 70,000 digital textbooks for sale at up to 50% off print list price, as well as course management, note-taking and social media functionality.
Kno has released a couple of great new features in their latest updates; Kno 3D, Journal, QuizMe and Smart Links. The following videos explain Kno 3D and Smart Links
Kno 3D Molecules from Kno on Vimeo.
smart links from Kno on Vimeo.
Kno has deals to offer digital versions of print textbooks from a wide range of textbook publishers.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textbooks/id424280183?mt=8
Sunday, March 1, 2015
New look!
The new design is easier to read, easier to navigate, and easier to potty train. It also facilitates sharing on social media (see the icons below each post on the blog).
Have comments on the new design? Click the COMMENTS link below this post on the blog, OK? I want to hear from you!
Saturday, February 28, 2015
How we learn new terms
Good news for adult students of A&P!
You were probably thinking that you are too old to be learning so many new terms in such a short period of time. Maybe the brain of a child is good at doing this, you might tell yourself, but Im past the point where this is easy.
Scientists in Finland have been working on how the brain processes the learning of new terms in the left temporal and frontal lobes of the brain. And their results show that it is actually easier for adults with an established vocabulary to add lists of new terms (and their meanings). And learning the meanings (definitions) of the terms appears to be easier than learning the names themselves!
This news further confirms my suspicion that the hurdle is not so much the list of terms themselves as it is ones confidence in their ability to learn them. In other words, its all about having a winning attitude. In fact, thats one of my key points in the brief Survival Guide For Anatomy And Physiology: Tips, Techniques And Shortcuts
Ive recommended to you before.Want to know more about the recent findings?
Familiar And Newly Learned Words Are Processed By The Same Neural Networks In The Brain.Want some tips on learning the terms needed for your A&P course?
Academy of Finland (2009, August 30).
ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 30, 2009
[News release summarizing the study and its importance.]
Learning Terminology
tips and links from The A&P Student blog
New Terms and Learning Terminology
tips and links from the Lion Den website
Survival Guide For Anatomy And Physiology: Tips, Techniques And Shortcuts
my handy little manual with all kinds of learning strategies
Mosbys Anatomy & Physiology Study and Review Cards
a new collection of study cards for A&P from my friend Dan Matusiak
Terminology for A&P and International Terminology for Anatomy & Physiology
my YouTube videos helping you get starting with learning terms in A&P
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