48 iPad Apps That Teachers Love by Staff Writers Apple’s iPad and other tablet computers have certainly been garnering ardent support from the edtech community. Gadget geek teachers love the thousands of apps available to give their courses a multimedia edge, and students love how so many reach out to different learning styles. For the connected classroom, the following stand out as either great supplements to various lessons or essential,...

In Conjunction with (downtown) omaha lit fest Lit Undressed Presents: WOMEN IN DISGUISE October 24 & 25, 2012, 8pm House of Loom, 1012 S. 10th St. $10, 21+ facebook.com/litundressed omahalitfest.com The focus of this year’s (downtown) omaha lit fest (October 19-20) is Women Writers. Authors will participate in panels, readings and discussions by authors, who, according to VIDA Women in the Literary Arts “Count 2011” are underrepresented as...

(Ojai, CA – June 8, 2012) Author Ray Bradbury loved books and libraries. He divined his inspiration for the futuristic “Fahrenheit 451” while wandering through the stacks of books in the UCLA library. To honor his memory, the public is welcomed to a series of Bradbury events on Saturday June 23 to celebrate his illustrious writings, career and life. The events are hosted by Ojai Writers Workshops, which is offering numerous...

The beautiful new issue of Bare Hands is now online! It features stunning work from Malta, Ireland, Pittsburgh, New York, British Columbia and the UK. Read it here – http://barehandsissueeight.tumblr.com/ We are going to start making podcasts for the journal and I would love for all of you to be involved! Simply email us an mp3 file by June 30th. It doesn’t have to be you reading it (poets can by shy) as long as it’s a nice...

Emmy Award-winning comedy author Gene Perret will discuss how anyone following his formula can complete a book (Ventura, CA – June 5, 2012)  We’ve heard for years that laughter is the best medicine.  A study at Stanford Medical School confirmed that, indeed, laugher is good medicine. Blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tension subside after a good laugh. Certainly then, the audience will leave Gene Perret’s presentation at...

On the same page, Ashe County’s Literary festival, announces 2012 authors and dates   Libby Bagby, Tim Gautreaux, Georgann Eubanks, Gyleen Fitzgerald, Vicki Lane, D.G. Martin, A.J. Mayhew, Jim Minick, and Lee Smith will share their own writing journeys, as well as the journeys of characters in their recent works. In its fifth year, On the Same Page welcomes back Lee Smith, author of a dozen novels and several collections of short stories, as...