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Nik Peachey

Tools and alternatives for creating presentations - 7 views

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    Most computers come with some form of preloaded software that includes a package for creating presentations. There are however a range of alternatives and online apps available that have made an attempt to change, update or enhance the presentation format. As well as the standard tools I've included a range of alternatives here for you to explore.
Vicki Davis

Mobile Apps: Free Alternatives to Replace Jott's Functions - 0 views

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    Mobile Apps to replace Jott's functionality.
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    A reader named Liesl send in this great article from LifeHacker about the alternatives to Jott. Actually, after reading this, there really isn't an alternative to Jott without a lot of elbow grease. I may be coughing up the $3.95 a month. I just really use it. However, I'm going to email them. I NEED A FAMILY PLAN! I have my children using Jott on their cell phones but they use it very infrequently. I should be able to have some sort of family plan for our situation.
David Wetzel

5 Alternative Assessment Techniques in Science and Math | Teaching Science and Math - 24 views

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    Alternative assessments provide you opportunities to determine the true level of understanding your students have regarding science and math concepts. These tools improve the learning environment for your students, along with your assessment of their real understanding.
Vicki Davis

How to Set Up Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts (Properly) on iOS - 12 views

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    Caldav is what lifehacker recommends as an alternative to Google sync (which is going away January 31). I've been searching for an alternative to help our office manager figure out what to do. Lifehacker referenced this on their podcast from this week as still being currently the best way to replace Google calendar sync.
Vicki Davis

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Join the Flat Classroom Global Book Club! #flatclass - 1 views

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    It is finally here. Here are the details on our Flat Classroom global book club. (click the link for more) Every week for 10 weeks we will meet at an alternating time - 12 hours apart. (For the East Coast USA it is Sundays at 6 pm Eastern or Monday mornings at 6 am eastern)  Visit our Book club calendar to convert these times to your Time Zone. Subscribe to this calendar via Google calendar to keep up with events.This is Sunday evenings at 22:00GMT alternating with Monday mornings at 10:00GMT in our Blackboard Collaborate room https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2007066&password=M.065891D192F8072208BF5756999CE0 .   The book club is free and everyone is welcome. #flatclass Book Club Meeting Times Week and Date Time Topic of Conversation Week 1: Sunday March 11 22:00 GMT (6 pm EDT) Chapter 1 - Flattening Classrooms through Global Collaboration (p 1-17) Chapter 2 - Impact on Learning: Research in the Global Collaborative Classroom (p18-30) Week 2: Monday, March 19 10:00 GMT (6 am EDT) Chapter 3 - Step 1: Connection (p 31-61) Week 3: Sunday, March 25 22:00 GMT (6 pm EDT) Chapter 4 - Step 2: Communication (p 62-96) Week 4: Monday, April 2 10:00 GMT (6 am EDT) Chapter 5 - Step 3: Citizenship (p 97-125) Take a break. Week 5: Sunday, April 15 22:00 GMT (6 pm EDT) Chapter 6 - Step 4: Contribution and Collaboration (p 126-157) Week 6: Monday, April 23 10:00 GMT (6 am EDT) Chapter 7 - Step 5: Choice (p 158-196) Week 7: Sunday, April 29 22:00 GMT (6 pm EDT) Chapter 8 - Step 6: Creation (p197-214) Week 8: Monday, May 7 10:00 GMT (6 am EDT) Chapter 9 - Step 7: Celebration (p 215-234) Week 9: Sunday, May 13 22:00 GMT (6 pm EDT) Chapter 10 - Designing and Managing a Global Collaborative Project (p 235-267) Week 10: Monday, May 21 10:00 GMT (6 am EDT) Chapter 11 - Challenge-Based Professional Development (p 268-293) Chapter 12: Rock the World (p 293 - 304)  We're also inviting the educators featured in each chapter to be with us for the conversations about "th
Vicki Davis

The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy - and Their Open Source Alternativ... - 0 views

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    Proprietary v. open source with notes on why one over the other.
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    Cool, informational listing
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    Very nice article sharing about the open source alternatives to proprietary programs.
Jason Heiser

Find Open Source Alternatives to commercial software | Open Source Alternative - osalt.com - 0 views

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    This amazing website helps you find open source alternatives to just about any type of software.
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    Great place to go find free open source alternatives to software. As you cut your budget for next year look here to see what you should use instead!
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    Open source software with much of functionality of the paid versions
Vicki Davis

Looking for a Google Alerts Alternative? Try This - 10 views

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    Aurgghh! So Google alerts is dead too. I thought it was just misbehaving. It might have gone on spring break never to unbreak. Oh dear. Here are some alternatives from mashable.
Vicki Davis

Is The STEM Education Crisis A Myth? : NPR - 2 views

  • Some education experts and policymakers argue that if the U.S. does not boost the number of workers in those jobs, that America will lose its competitive edge as a global innovator. But others say that there is no STEM crisis at all, that this is actually a myth and that colleges should integrate STEM and the humanities into a broader education.
  • You have to remember that STEM makes up only about 7 percent of the jobs in the American economy. On the other hand, we know that anybody who majors in STEM often doesn't stay in STEM. For instance, by the time most STEM majors are 35 years old, they're in management. They leave. They no longer work on the bench in the lab. So we need to produce a lot more STEM workers than we actually use initially because we lose so many of them along the way because their careers are relatively successful.
  • That is, a technical education now allows you to do anything. And anything, for most workers, means having a job that's fairly focused as a STEM worker, but then moving on to management or into a regulatory roll or into a government job. So STEM has become the place where you go if you want to have a lot of alternatives 10 years down the road.
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    If you want to understand why STEM jobs are such a big deal, then this NPR interview really helps us understand why so many people are talking about STEM even though it makes up only 7% of the jobs. Read (and share) this NPR interview or download it for a listen as you travel. "That is, a technical education now allows you to do anything. And anything, for most workers, means having a job that's fairly focused as a STEM worker, but then moving on to management or into a regulatory roll or into a government job. So STEM has become the place where you go if you want to have a lot of alternatives 10 years down the road."
Dean Mantz

Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: WallWisher Replacement Players - 15 views

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    Here is a list of alternatives to Wall Wisher
Ric Murry

Flash Earth ...satellite and aerial imagery of the Earth in Flash - 0 views

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    Kinda of like an online Google Earth in case you can't get the real thing installed.
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    Okay, I've never done the "share" bit with a bookmark in Diigo. This is kind of a test, but it IS a neat site.
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    Simple, yet detailed alternative to Google Earth. Flash based.
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    Google Earth alternative.
Vicki Davis

GIMP - Windows installers - 0 views

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    If you want gimp for windows, this is the page to get it from. Gimp is a powerful open source alternative to PhotoShop.
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    Powerful open source alternative to photoshop.
Lisa M Lane

Three Promising Alternatives for Assessing College Students... [pdf] - 4 views

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    THREE PROMISING ALTERNATIVES FOR ASSESSING COLLEGE STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Trudy W. Banta, Merilee Griffin, Teresa L. Flateby, and Susan Kahn Foreword by Jillian Kinzie (Dec 2009) National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment 1) ePortfolios, 2) a system of rubrics for evaluating student writing and thinking across the curriculum, and, 3) online assessment communi- ties that facilitate facassessment practices. centers on the establishment of online assessment communities. These are basically groups of faculty who take time out to discuss how students can be Cited in: http://bit.ly/cyE2KH March 2010 overview by Lorenzo Associates
Nelly Cardinale

Alternatives to Ning with Alec and the world - Google Docs - 19 views

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    Google doc which has alternatives to Ning.
Dean Mantz

Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff - TechLearnin... - 9 views

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    List of alternatives to the Flip Camera.
Ruth Howard

Free Technology for Teachers: 20+ Educational Alternatives to YouTube - 0 views

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    30 YouTube alternatives...
Vicki Davis

Say Farewell To Google Reader | Fast Company - 7 views

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    This is horrible news to most bloggers I know as many of us use Google reader and the apps that go with it like Mr. Reader and Feedly to pull information out of the web. RSS is one of the most useful features of Web 2 and I'm really unhappy w/ Google. iGoogle was a mistake, this a travesty. Google needs to read outliers and the mavens who use tools. I'll be researching new rss tools. This is ridiculous. ""While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader," Urs Hölzle, SVP Technical Infrastructure wrote. "Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months.""
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