tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91584312026-02-14T03:52:59.992-05:00Teaching and Learning Economics with Technologymusings on economic education, economic analysis and economic policySteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-59748952795057648682019-08-18T14:51:00.001-05:002019-08-18T14:52:17.302-05:00Changing locations for my bloggingI have started blogging at https://econdatascience.com. Check it out.Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-77429346553419464312015-11-13T12:20:00.000-05:002015-11-13T12:20:40.252-05:00Best Tablets with Stylus, Evernote and PDF MaxBusiness News daily has a nice summary called the Best Tablets with Stylus.
I use the pens of my Lenova X220 Tablet PC (windows), Samsung Galaxy Note 4 phone (Android, Verizon) (or phablet) and my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition tablet (Android) daily.
I was checking out the review Best Tablets with Stylus because the X220 is getting old, but is still quite serviceable andSteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-64606621303427236882015-02-17T10:44:00.001-05:002015-02-17T10:55:23.157-05:00Oppose Net Neutrality Putting on my economist hat! (and declaring I am not an economist on anyone's payroll except the University of Akron)
Economic Reality versus Wishful Thinking again!
Please learn about Net Neutrality and write the FCC to oppose it. (Comment here http://www.fcc.gov/comments on proposal 14-26)
Too many people on all sides of the political and social spectrum seem to favor it. The Internet is Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-91918154241964652992013-02-25T09:42:00.000-05:002013-02-25T13:29:05.261-05:00What if your wages were sequestered?<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-12853955845025347722013-02-12T23:33:00.001-05:002013-02-12T23:33:23.882-05:00Economic Writing Contest2013 Creative Writing Contest http://www.clevelandfed.org/Learning_Center/For_Teachers/contests_for_students/writing/2013/index.cfm
Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-88192687917912426582013-02-11T20:49:00.001-05:002013-02-11T20:49:34.363-05:00Tips for leaders of online programs Tips for college leaders to make online programs work http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/02/11/tips-college-leaders-make-online-programs-work
Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-59995178955557771522011-12-05T16:24:00.001-05:002011-12-05T16:31:03.853-05:00Design may be coming full circle
Tablet PC Review reports that the Samsung Galaxy Note includes a pen. A pen for taking digital ink notes. This is a great step in the right direction. I love the flexibility of the tablet (iPad, Zoom, etc), but without a pen I would not consider them. Add the power to run compatible software to my Tablet PC and the perfect traveling machine is born. Online learningSteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-85310148267421833712011-11-30T10:43:00.001-05:002011-11-30T11:00:36.865-05:00Campus Technology misses the Tablet PC
Are you kidding me?
Campus Technology has a product focus on interactive whiteboards as a collaborative tool. It also has a long list of alternative technologies, but they miss the ultimate collaborative tool. Each of the technologies are involved in trying to get the written and drawn image on a white board projected or saved and transmitted electronically to students in the Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-60179572208029583222011-11-22T13:12:00.004-05:002011-11-22T13:19:43.078-05:00New Tablet PCI picked up my new Tablet PC today. This Lenova X220 replaces my HP2107p. So far the form factor win goes to the HP2107p. I am starting to set up the Lonova X220 and ergonomically I really dislike it. Why would you design a Tablet that is awkward to hold. I do like the touch screen, but little else on first impression.The dock is ridiculous. Compared to the thin dock of the HP2710 the Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-67302932672740496652011-11-06T03:31:00.001-05:002011-11-06T04:34:01.371-05:00Are You Using a Tablet (PC) at Work?TabletPCReview.com is conducting an online survey of Tablets in the business space. Take the survey here: Are You Using a Tablet at Work?I was thrilled to see that the concentration was not only on what the consumer world now calls "tablets," i.e., ipad, zoom, etc, but included the Tablet PC. One of my responses was: "The Tablet PC is a full computing environment and adds the luxury of a Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-61016104785511689712011-11-04T14:18:00.004-05:002011-11-04T14:22:59.985-05:00The recession hasn't ended from a jobs prespective.A Graph from Calculating Risk shows the relationship of this recession to all post-depression / post-WWII recessions. What ever the administration is trying and has tried is clearly not working. Of that there can be little debate.Click on the chart to see a larger version.Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-61444786865575051622011-11-04T13:46:00.004-05:002011-11-04T14:15:54.709-05:00Unemployment. The cost grows.Current unemployment measured by U-3 falls to 9.0 percent, and total unemployment measured by U-6 is at 16.2 percent for October 2011. (see Table A-15, Bureau of Labor Statistics).The Blog Calculating Risk often produces the best graphics of what is happening. In the article which you can find at the link you will see two graphs. The first shows Unemployment by Duration. As everyone can see, Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-70817756789495528962011-09-10T17:23:00.000-05:002011-09-10T17:23:40.313-05:00What The New Patent Reform Act Means For Innovation | Fast CompanyIs this a game changer in new job innovation? Clearly the pace of patent approval and innovation will be affected.What The New Patent Reform Act Means For Innovation | Fast CompanySteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-18911238253104322052011-09-03T22:50:00.001-05:002011-09-03T22:51:50.657-05:00The Great Recession and Government Failure | Hoover InstitutionGary Becker, 1992 Nobel Prize inning economist and a personal hero of mine, weighs in on the
The Great Recession and Government Failure.
Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-58507584249539899272011-09-03T10:48:00.002-05:002011-09-03T11:10:54.135-05:00Whoop - Everything Mobile
Whoop - Everything Mobile
Creating Mobile Apps seems to be just this easy. I haven't contacted them to find out how much they want for their product, but the first glance at their web pages is very impressive.
They promise a Whoop App Agent installer by texting 'whoop' to 53000, but all efforts to get that failed. I was trying to see what apps were available and in particular see the new Red Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-46925425004023941652011-06-19T18:26:00.005-05:002011-06-19T18:35:08.976-05:00Our latest article on program assessment is out in the latest issue of Journal of Economic Education 42 (2). Assessment of the Undergraduate Economics Major: A National Survey (co-authored with Drs. Nelson and Stratton) "reveals that nearly two-thirds of the departments have a formal assessment plan. There is substantial agreement on the most important student-learning outcomes, which are Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-1319214667717643522011-04-01T00:45:00.001-05:002011-04-01T00:48:45.413-05:00iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher EducationiPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. - The Chronicle of Higher EducationBest paragraph damning with faint praise:For some professors, an older, less-hyped model of tablet computer offers far more advantages. That device is the tablet PC. It's clunkier than the iPad—and so uncool that it runs Windows—but it allows instructors and students to write precisely because itSteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-24926136392577940492011-03-23T10:55:00.002-05:002011-03-23T11:02:00.193-05:00New Tablet: Is the Revised Galaxy Tab 10.1 an iPad 2 Killer? More importantly is that "digital ink" I see?New Tablet: Is the Revised Galaxy Tab 10.1 an iPad 2 Killer? [GALLERY]This one got my attention. In image 6 of 9 of the original story is an on screen image of "PenMemo" with pen ink control and an illustration of a drawing having been made on the screen. While I don't see evidence of a stylus in the article, the ability to write on the screen is the right direction.(image grabbed from linked Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-24875919019705576002011-02-24T09:53:00.000-05:002011-02-24T09:53:57.448-05:00Motorola's Xoom Is iPad's First Real Rival - WSJ.comMotorola's Xoom Is iPad's First Real Rival - WSJ.comIs this the one for you? Or do you prefer the iPad. And what about full funcion Tablet PCs. How do they rate with you?Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-40734154396723561322010-10-16T04:35:00.000-05:002010-10-16T04:35:50.818-05:00Does government spending create jobs?Very thoughtful and sadly for the road we are on, this is dead on. Russ Roberts on Does government spending create jobs?Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-21420451627950281642010-10-16T04:15:00.000-05:002010-10-16T04:15:20.182-05:00Russ Roberst shares a few thoughts on the iPadI haven't posted for a while. Part of this is I have been so busy and part is i hadn't found something that compels me to share while being so busy. Russ Roberts just made me consider wanting an iPad. How did he do that? Have a read. A few thoughts on the iPadSteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-85654946734756789122010-06-05T15:01:00.004-05:002010-06-05T15:11:44.835-05:00WIPTE 2010 VersionThe 2010 Workshop on the Impact of Pen-Based Technology on Education (WIPTE) will be held on October 25th and 26th, 2010 at Virginia Tech. The organizing committee invites submissions of full papers, posters and short presentation abstracts by June 15th. The committee also invites entries to the 2010 WIPTE Video Contest with a deadline of September 15th. The video contest carries a $3,000 first Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-30871238281802770292010-05-18T15:55:00.001-05:002010-05-18T15:55:57.699-05:00Computing and Writing Sent to you by campnmug via Google Reader: Draw out your ideas and maybe you could launch the next Twitter via GottaBeMobile by Sumocat on 5/18/10 Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and more recently Square, lays out three keys to success at The 99 Percent. Top of his list? "1) Draw: get your idea out of your head and share it". Great advice, and it ties into somethingSteve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-60968135963318297702010-01-10T20:18:00.000-05:002010-01-10T20:18:15.063-05:00HP tm2 Capacitive Multi-Touch Tablet Looks Smart (Touch) | GottaBeMobile.comHP tm2 Capacitive Multi-Touch Tablet Looks Smart (Touch) | GottaBeMobile.comAn update to the tx series of consumer based tablets, the only one Best Buy sells. I hope for better than the TX series.Where is the serious student Tablet PC?Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9158431.post-45930030698226799592010-01-10T09:52:00.000-05:002010-01-10T09:52:25.245-05:00CES 2010: I Love School loves pen input | GottaBeMobile.comCES 2010: I Love School loves pen input | GottaBeMobile.comAs a professor I love any digital device inking on walls...Steve Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15251030636925168479noreply@blogger.com0