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"Choice Eliminator will eliminate options from a multiple-choice, list, or checkbox type of question. Choice Eliminator is designed for light use only, and may be unreliable when multiple people are taking the form at the same time. Use Dropdown type of questions instead of multiple choice for better reliability. Choice Eliminator will eliminate options from a multiple-choice, dropdown, or checkbox type of question. Great for signing up for time slots or having students choose topics without doubling up. Version 2 uses spreadsheet functions to keep the results up-to-date, besides being more reliable when using limits, this allows you to restore eliminated choices and set the order."

"... Como en cada historia de éxito (salvo en el caso de las irreemplazables tapas de empanadas), las críticas no tardaron en llegar. Los educadores, psicólogos y demás investigadores se empezaron a preguntar un montón de cosas, entre las cuales estaban: ¿Pero estas pruebas, miden realmente lo que el alumno sabe? ¿Y si quiero saber si el alumno aprendió a razonar, esto de qué me sirve? ¿A los varones les va mejor, peor o igual que a las mujeres en estas pruebas? ¿Y a personas de países y culturas diferentes? ¿Tiene sentido la vida? Para hacerla corta: a través de los años se empezaron a acumular una vasta y fructífera cantidad de investigaciones al respecto, y también surgieron enfoques de evaluación alternativos, como las pruebas más subjetivas (entre las cuales está "el oral" que tantos de nosotros detestamos). Pero entre tanto ida y vuelta, oh sorpresa!: a pesar de las críticas negativas, los docentes las seguían usando. Porque si había algo innegable, era que estas pruebas eran muy prácticas. ... Tal vez la mejor noticia de todas en este asunto sea que docentes de distintos lugares fueron encontrando maneras innovadoras de incorporar al formato multiple-choice a sus métodos de enseñanza para obtener como resultado más y mejor aprendizaje. La mayoría de ellas tiene que ver con hacer que los alumnos reflexionen acerca de la respuesta que dieron, la justifiquen y la revisen. Pero existen otras que incentivan al alumno a ponerse en el lugar del docente y apropiarse de su aprendizaje. Éste es el caso del método inventado por Paul Denny, un docente neozelandés que creó un sistema online (Peerwise) en el que los alumnos diseñan sus propias preguntas multiple-choice y discuten con otros si están bien o mal diseñadas y por qué. "

"The Fairphone is a modular handset designed with repairability and ethical sourcing of its materials as headline features. It sold 60,000 units. Amazingly, for what sounds like a nerd-phone, almost half of those buyers had never owned a smartphone before. Now the Fairphone 2 is launching, and with a totally-new, in-house design. The new phone is even easier to repair, and because it was wholly designed by the FairPhone team, its supply chain is even more responsible than ever. The Fairphone is thicker than the latest iPhone or Samsung flagship, but that's the point. Instead of packing everything into a tiny case and keeping it there with glue, the Fairphone is designed to be taken apart. The lightweight magnesium frame supports modules that can be easily replaced by the user. "We have designed it with an aim to last three to five years, looking at making it robust and modular-for repairability," says Fairphone's chief communications officer, Tessa Wernink. "Obviously how long it lasts depends quite heavily on the user, so what we as a company are doing is offering an ecosystem around the phone that supports long-lasting use, first-hand or second-hand." Inside the case (itself one of several options) you'll find the core unit, containing all the chips and radios; a replaceable battery pack; a display that can be snapped off and replaced without any tools (not even a screwdriver); a receiver unit, which contains the front camera, sensors; the headset connector and microphones; a speaker/vibrator unit; and a camera module. These modules are designed to balance manufacturing complexity with repairability. For instance, the display comes as a standalone unit, but less-vulnerable components are bundled into one module. The camera, which people are most likely to upgrade as better versions become available, is also housed in its own module. That way you don't need to toss out your whole phone just to get a better camera. "In fact, the motto from the maker mo

"MapMap is a free, open source software for projection mapping aimed at artists and small teams. Its intuitive interface facilitates learning and promotes artistic expression. This software is available on Windows, OSX, and Linux. MapMap gives users the ability to projection map on any surface of choice. Mapmap takes media sources and gives users the ability to manipulate the media into different positions and shapes. Media sources can come from any various accepted media formats. With an easy to understand interface, new users can get started in minutes. Projection mapping, also known as video mapping and spatial augmented reality, is a projection technology used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into a display surface for video projection. These objects may be complex industrial landscapes, such as buildings. By using specialized software, a two or three dimensional object is spatially mapped on the virtual program which mimics the real environment it is to be projected on. The software can interact with a projector to fit any desired image onto the surface of that object. This technique is used by artists and advertisers alike who can add extra dimensions, optical illusions, and notions of movement onto previously static objects. The video is commonly combined with, or triggered by, audio to create an audio-visual narrative."

"Last year I went to West Kalimantan in Borneo to see for myself the effects of the runaway growth of the palm oil industry. I came home firm in the belief that Iceland would not continue using palm oil until companies delivered on their zero deforestation commitments. This is because palm oil has had devastating consequences for local communities, who are being displaced, and on endangered species like the orangutan (our closest relative in the wild), which are being driven close to extinction. Palm oil has many benefits, chiefly that its yields are better than the alternatives. But it is grown almost exclusively in areas of tropical rainforest, which are the 'crown jewels' of our planet's biodiversity. With 146 football pitches of rainforest being lost every hour in Indonesia alone, the urgency of the crisis cannot be overstated. And global demand is set to double by 2050. At Iceland the 1,000 tonnes of palm oil we used annually pale into insignificance compared to many of our competitors. As such a tiny player we took the decision that the only way we could create meaningful change was to shout very loudly from outside the established palm oil industry. So we decided simply to stop using palm oil until the industry cleaned up its act. It was our own decision to give consumers a choice where previously there was none. We never called for a wider industry ban, and accept entirely that a wholesale boycott of palm oil is not the right long term solution. ..."

"Engage viewers by integrating quizzes, polls, and CTAs into videos Insert multiple choice quizzes, polls, and short answer questions into your videos with a ground-breaking new interface."