All You Can Eat at eduFire

Today I got an email from the “Colonel” introducing the new eduFire “All You Can Eat Learn Menu” at the amazing price of $29!

Jon told me already quite a while ago about it and now I am really interested to see the effects the SuperPass will have on paid lessons.

So let me give you a brief overview and my thoughts about this offer.

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Smartphones and E-Learning

David Waldorf for TIME

David Waldorf for TIME

Today is a historic day in many ways. There is the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, the 25th anniversary of Tetris and the launch of the Palm Pre Smartphone in the USA.

I am thinking for quite a while now about the potentials that Smartphones have for education. So in honour of the Pre (I can’t wait until they launch it in Europe) lets talk about Smartphones a bit.

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The E-Teachers Academy

Today it is up to me to announce a new project of mine. On the 1st of June 2009 a couple of colleagues and I will open the E-Teachers Academy.

The Academy is a direct result of my experience in the past year teaching online and the talks I had with different CEOs, colleagues and students from around the globe. The main goal of the Academy will be to empower teachers for education 2.0.

So let me explain the idea.

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Myngle Parrot shows some Muscles

Myngle got some muscles today.

Myngle got some muscles today.

Today Myngle made three big announcements.

1) They launched the new Myngle Pro Service.
2) They implemented a new schedule.
2) They joined forces with the Instituto Cervantes.

Seems as if the Myngle Parrot shows its new shiny biceps to its competitors.

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