I am more confused now after your message. But you mentioned Kindle. Does this sentence makes sence? “You can send any "dodgy" file to your Kindle simply by using email — just attach the file and send it to your Kindle’s email address.”
Before purchasing the Kobo e reader I researched the difference between it and the Kindle and came to the conclusion that Kobo is more open as to the origin of reading documents.
Demanding NO KINGS is demanding adherence to the founding principle of America, yet Mike Johnson and others dare to call that hating America. These people have no conscience.
I've known that the local supermarket has done boxes of vegetables, past their best but still edible) for £2 but I've never seen them before. Now I know why - this is what we got today!
Much of online education now takes place inside systems that quietly shape what teaching becomes. Learning management systems, AI tutors, and conferencing tools are built on assumptions of efficiency, control, and standardisation. They streamline administration but often narrow the space for dialogue, autonomy, and imagination.
My latest post explores what it means to teach against the interface - to reclaim pedagogy from the logics of the platforms we use. It looks at how educators can design for human judgment, creativity, and co-creation even within constrained environments.
How can we resist the defaults of digital platforms without rejecting the technologies themselves? What does it look like to reimagine teaching as an act of critical and creative resistance?
Retro-futuristic classroom: teacher and students weaving glowing nodes across a grid while dashboards loom, signaling human collaboration reshaping rigid interfaces, 1970s science-magazine style, no text.
Exploring how educators can resist the default logics of digital platforms and design for dialogue, agency, and co-creation within constrained systems.
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in reply to Jacob Urlich 🌍 • •Happy to help, but this device is not an either or situation. I've downloaded books from Anna's archive and uploaded it to my ereader.
Maybe you're confusing with a Kindle which as far as I understand is restricted to Amazon purchases.
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in reply to Jacob Urlich 🌍 • •Oh then I have no idea.
Before purchasing the Kobo e reader I researched the difference between it and the Kindle and came to the conclusion that Kobo is more open as to the origin of reading documents.
But maybe I'm wrong. 🤷♂️