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1) the ways they currently implement Twitter in their teaching and learning, 2) ideas for future development of Twitter-based assignments and pedagogical practices, and 3) issues concerning the integration of Twitter and other digital media into both traditional and non-traditional pedagogies. Collaborators should feel free to add material to these pages, to comment on existing material, and to share links to relevant external readings and resources. It may be helpful to tag your contributions with your Twitter handle. Collaborators are asked to please respect this space as a forum for open and respectful dialogue and networking. Let's fill up the pages below with great ideas!  Share the ways you currently implement Twitter in your teaching and learning: Students in my course New Information Technologies do an "Internet Censorship" project, focused on a specific country. I ask them to follow a journalist who tweets on that country as part of their research to understand the state of Internet freedom in the country they select. -- Lora Since shortly after Twitter was launched, I've experimented with various iterations of "The Twitter Essay," an assignment that has students considering the nature of the "essay" as a medium and how they might do that work within the space of 140 characters. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) In my fully online classes, I've started using Twitter to replace the discussion forum as the central location for student interaction. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) Show Tweets that have gotten people arrested and prompt discussion on whether it is fair that anyone be arrested for any Tweet in the US, who is likely to be arrested for their Tweets, what kinds of Tweets are likely to prompt arrest, etc. Students in my First Year Seminar course "The Irish Imagination: Yeats to Bono" developed a platform for digital annotation of Irish literature. Embedded in their platform was a twitter feed of relevant individuals/groups, m

1) the ways they currently implement Twitter in their teaching and learning, 2) ideas for future development of Twitter-based assignments and pedagogical practices, and 3) issues concerning the integration of Twitter and other digital media into both traditional and non-traditional pedagogies. Collaborators should feel free to add material to these pages, to comment on existing material, and to share links to relevant external readings and resources. It may be helpful to tag your contributions with your Twitter handle. Collaborators are asked to please respect this space as a forum for open and respectful dialogue and networking. Let's fill up the pages below with great ideas!  Share the ways you currently implement Twitter in your teaching and learning: Students in my course New Information Technologies do an "Internet Censorship" project, focused on a specific country. I ask them to follow a journalist who tweets on that country as part of their research to understand the state of Internet freedom in the country they select. -- Lora Since shortly after Twitter was launched, I've experimented with various iterations of "The Twitter Essay," an assignment that has students considering the nature of the "essay" as a medium and how they might do that work within the space of 140 characters. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) In my fully online classes, I've started using Twitter to replace the discussion forum as the central location for student interaction. -- Jesse (@Jessifer) Show Tweets that have gotten people arrested and prompt discussion on whether it is fair that anyone be arrested for any Tweet in the US, who is likely to be arrested for their Tweets, what kinds of Tweets are likely to prompt arrest, etc. Students in my First Year Seminar course "The Irish Imagination: Yeats to Bono" developed a platform for digital annotation of Irish literature. Embedded in their platform was a twitter feed of relevant individuals/groups, m

This is the difference between 'projects' and 'project-based learning' - Daily Genius

This is the difference between 'projects' and 'project-based learning' - Daily Genius

"Abstract Many people believe renewable energy sources to be capable of substituting fossil or nuclear energy. However there exist very few scientifically sound studies, which apply due diligence to substantiating this impression. In the present paper, the case of photovoltaic power sources in regions of moderate insolation is analysed critically by using the concept of Energy Return on Energy Invested (ERoEI, also called EROI). But the methodology for calculating the ERoEI differs greatly from author-to-author. The main differences between solar PV Systems are between the current ERoEI and what is called the extended ERoEI (ERoEI EXT). The current methodology recommended by the International Energy Agency is not strictly applicable for comparing photovoltaic (PV) power generation with other systems. The main reasons are due to the fact that on one hand, solar electricity is very material-intensive, labour-intensive and capital-intensive and on the other hand the solar radiation exhibits a rather low power density."

"This book YOUNG & CREATIVE - Digital Technologies Empowering Children in Everyday Life aims to catch different examples where children and youth have been active and creative by their own initiative, driven by intrinsic motivation, personal interests and peer relations. We want to show the opportunities of digital technologies for creative processes of children and young people. The access to digital technology and its growing convergence has allowed young people to experiment active roles as cultural producers. Participation becomes a keyword when "consumers take media into their own hands". Digital technologies offer the potential of different forms of participatory media culture, and finally creative practices. YOUNG and CREATIVE is a mix of research articles, interviews and case studies. The target audience of this book is students, professionals and researchers working in the field of education, communication, children and youth studies, new literacy studies and media and information literacy."

"Uno de los aspectos que más se valora de la lluvia de ideas o brainstorming es la capacidad de las personas de trabajar conjuntamente y en equipo para un bien común, para la resolución de un problema o un reto. A la hora de enfrentarse a una lluvia de ideas es muy importante mentalizar a tus alumnos que cualquier idea por el mero hecho de ser una idea es perfectamente válida y digna de ser tenida en cuenta. 5 Pautas para llevar a cabo una lluvia de ideas. A continuación voy a enseñarte 5 pautas o procesos que puedes llevar a cabo para la realización de una lluvia de ideas. 1. No Juzgar. Para que una lluvia de ideas sea efectiva y productiva es necesario que en ella se excluyan los prejuicios o juicios de valor. Si se quiere ser imaginativo, es imprescindible que des a tus alumnos rienda suelta a su imaginación. Por tanto, las ideas se exponen, pero ni se juzgan ni se critican. 2. Ser inusual. Lo bueno de no hacer juicios de valor es que permite liberar la mente y que esta fluya con total libertad. Por tanto, de lo que se trata es de liberar, de descontrolar la mente de tus alumnos para que empiecen a general ideas lo más inusuales y aparentemente imposibles de ejecutar. Una idea inusual y descabellada siempre será infinitamente mejor que ninguna idea. 3. Ser productivo. Otro de los requisitos fundamentales para que una lluvia de ideas genere el propósito propuesto es que debe basarse en la cantidad y no en la calidad. Hay que generar muchísimas ideas para que surjan unas pocas buenas ideas. Es por ello que, cuando lleves a cabo una lluvia de ideas con tus alumnos, debes exigir a dichos alumnos un número considerable de ideas, intentando que el número sea superior a veinte. 4. Practicar la escucha activa. Uno de los aspectos que más destacaría de la lluvia de ideas es la importancia que tus alumnos den a la escucha activa. Porque de una buena escucha activa es de donde pueden salir las ideas más brillantes. En muchas ocasiones la ge

"Uno de los aspectos que más se valora de la lluvia de ideas o brainstorming es la capacidad de las personas de trabajar conjuntamente y en equipo para un bien común, para la resolución de un problema o un reto. A la hora de enfrentarse a una lluvia de ideas es muy importante mentalizar a tus alumnos que cualquier idea por el mero hecho de ser una idea es perfectamente válida y digna de ser tenida en cuenta. 5 Pautas para llevar a cabo una lluvia de ideas. A continuación voy a enseñarte 5 pautas o procesos que puedes llevar a cabo para la realización de una lluvia de ideas. 1. No Juzgar. Para que una lluvia de ideas sea efectiva y productiva es necesario que en ella se excluyan los prejuicios o juicios de valor. Si se quiere ser imaginativo, es imprescindible que des a tus alumnos rienda suelta a su imaginación. Por tanto, las ideas se exponen, pero ni se juzgan ni se critican. 2. Ser inusual. Lo bueno de no hacer juicios de valor es que permite liberar la mente y que esta fluya con total libertad. Por tanto, de lo que se trata es de liberar, de descontrolar la mente de tus alumnos para que empiecen a general ideas lo más inusuales y aparentemente imposibles de ejecutar. Una idea inusual y descabellada siempre será infinitamente mejor que ninguna idea. 3. Ser productivo. Otro de los requisitos fundamentales para que una lluvia de ideas genere el propósito propuesto es que debe basarse en la cantidad y no en la calidad. Hay que generar muchísimas ideas para que surjan unas pocas buenas ideas. Es por ello que, cuando lleves a cabo una lluvia de ideas con tus alumnos, debes exigir a dichos alumnos un número considerable de ideas, intentando que el número sea superior a veinte. 4. Practicar la escucha activa. Uno de los aspectos que más destacaría de la lluvia de ideas es la importancia que tus alumnos den a la escucha activa. Porque de una buena escucha activa es de donde pueden salir las ideas más brillantes. En muchas ocasiones la ge

"As a learning strategy, inquiry-based learning is all about learners constructing their own understanding and knowledge through asking questions. Unlike traditional learning methods that focus primarily on drills, memorization and rote learning, inquiry-based learning is essentially student-centered. It starts with posing questions and directly involves students in challenging hands-on activities that drive students to ask more questions and explore different learning paths. In today's post, we have assembled a collection of some useful web tools and apps that support the ethos of inquiry-based learning. Using these tools will enable students to engage in a wide range of learning tasks that are all driven by a sense of inquiry and questioning."

"As a learning strategy, inquiry-based learning is all about learners constructing their own understanding and knowledge through asking questions. Unlike traditional learning methods that focus primarily on drills, memorization and rote learning, inquiry-based learning is essentially student-centered. It starts with posing questions and directly involves students in challenging hands-on activities that drive students to ask more questions and explore different learning paths. In today's post, we have assembled a collection of some useful web tools and apps that support the ethos of inquiry-based learning. Using these tools will enable students to engage in a wide range of learning tasks that are all driven by a sense of inquiry and questioning."

"Enamorar con la palabra con el Método TED. El artículo de hoy no hubiera sido posible sin la lectura del libro titulado El Método Ted Para Hablar En Público de Jeremey Donovan. Se trata de un libro que recopila de forma clara y amena la manera con la que debes enfrentarte a tu público, con la que debes enfrentarte a tus alumnos. Un público que cada día espera lo mejor de ti. Un público que se merece que les des lo mejor de ti. Esta entrada tiene la finalidad de darte a conocer algunas pautas para hablar con éxito en público y enamorar a tus alumnos mediante el poder de la palabra. ¿Preparado para aprender trucos increíbles sobre cómo hablar en público? ¿Dispuesto a conocer los secretos de las mejores charlas TED? Si es así, te invito a que me acompañes. Te aseguro que el artículo te va a encantar. Luces, cámara… ¡Acción! Método TED Imagen extraída de Shutterstock ¿Qué son las conferencias TED? A propósito de Método TED. Por si a día de hoy desconoces las charlas TED, te diré que TED son las siglas de las palabras Tecnología, Entretenimiento y Diseño. TED es una organización dedicada a difundir temas de interés mundial como la ciencia, la educación, el diseño, el arte, la tecnología… Se trata de un tipo de charla con un formato muy concreto y que a día de hoy cuenta más de 1.000 charlas y más de 400 millones de reproducciones. Para hacerte una idea de lo que es una charla TED aquí te dejo esta famosísima charla de la gran educadora Rita Pierson de la que hablé en un artículo que titulé Docentes que inspiran. El caso de Rita Pierson. Método TED para hablar en público. Cómo enamorar a tus alumnos con el poder de la palabra. ¿Cómo se enamora con la palabra? ¿Qué se necesita para captar la atención de tus alumnos? Jeremey Donovan ha realizado un estudio de las charlas TED con más visitas y ha llegado a la conclusión de que parten siempre de lo que él denomina la conexión emocional basada e

"Enamorar con la palabra con el Método TED. El artículo de hoy no hubiera sido posible sin la lectura del libro titulado El Método Ted Para Hablar En Público de Jeremey Donovan. Se trata de un libro que recopila de forma clara y amena la manera con la que debes enfrentarte a tu público, con la que debes enfrentarte a tus alumnos. Un público que cada día espera lo mejor de ti. Un público que se merece que les des lo mejor de ti. Esta entrada tiene la finalidad de darte a conocer algunas pautas para hablar con éxito en público y enamorar a tus alumnos mediante el poder de la palabra. ¿Preparado para aprender trucos increíbles sobre cómo hablar en público? ¿Dispuesto a conocer los secretos de las mejores charlas TED? Si es así, te invito a que me acompañes. Te aseguro que el artículo te va a encantar. Luces, cámara… ¡Acción! Método TED Imagen extraída de Shutterstock ¿Qué son las conferencias TED? A propósito de Método TED. Por si a día de hoy desconoces las charlas TED, te diré que TED son las siglas de las palabras Tecnología, Entretenimiento y Diseño. TED es una organización dedicada a difundir temas de interés mundial como la ciencia, la educación, el diseño, el arte, la tecnología… Se trata de un tipo de charla con un formato muy concreto y que a día de hoy cuenta más de 1.000 charlas y más de 400 millones de reproducciones. Para hacerte una idea de lo que es una charla TED aquí te dejo esta famosísima charla de la gran educadora Rita Pierson de la que hablé en un artículo que titulé Docentes que inspiran. El caso de Rita Pierson. Método TED para hablar en público. Cómo enamorar a tus alumnos con el poder de la palabra. ¿Cómo se enamora con la palabra? ¿Qué se necesita para captar la atención de tus alumnos? Jeremey Donovan ha realizado un estudio de las charlas TED con más visitas y ha llegado a la conclusión de que parten siempre de lo que él denomina la conexión emocional basada e

"Call it counterintuitive clickbait if you must, but Forbes' Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry made an intriguing argument when he granted the title of "Language of the Future" to French, of all tongues. "French isn't mostly spoken by French people and hasn't been for a long time now," he admits," but "the language is growing fast, and growing in the fastest-growing areas of the world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. The latest projection is that French will be spoken by 750 million people by 2050. One study "even suggests that by that time, French could be the most-spoken language in the world, ahead of English and even Mandarin." I don't know about you, but I can never believe in any wave of the future without a traceable past. But the French language has one, of course, and a long and storied one at that. You see it visualized in the information graphic above (also available in suitable-for-framing prints!) created by Minna Sundberg, author of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent. "When linguists talk about the historical relationship between languages, they use a tree metaphor," writes Mental Floss' Arika Okrent. "An ancient source (say, Indo-European) has various branches (e.g., Romance, Germanic), which themselves have branches (West Germanic, North Germanic), which feed into specific languages (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian)." Sundberg takes this tree metaphor to a delightfully lavish extreme, tracing, say, how Indo-European linguistic roots sprouted a variety of modern-day living languages including Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Italian - and, of course, our Language of the Future. The size of the branches and bunches of leaves represent the number of speakers of each language at different times: the likes of English and Spanish have sprouted into mighty vegetative clusters, while others, like, Swedish, Dutch, and Punjabi, assert a more local dominance over their own, separately grown regional branches. Will French's now-modest leaves one day cast a shadow over the w

"Call it counterintuitive clickbait if you must, but Forbes' Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry made an intriguing argument when he granted the title of "Language of the Future" to French, of all tongues. "French isn't mostly spoken by French people and hasn't been for a long time now," he admits," but "the language is growing fast, and growing in the fastest-growing areas of the world, particularly sub-Saharan Africa. The latest projection is that French will be spoken by 750 million people by 2050. One study "even suggests that by that time, French could be the most-spoken language in the world, ahead of English and even Mandarin." I don't know about you, but I can never believe in any wave of the future without a traceable past. But the French language has one, of course, and a long and storied one at that. You see it visualized in the information graphic above (also available in suitable-for-framing prints!) created by Minna Sundberg, author of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent. "When linguists talk about the historical relationship between languages, they use a tree metaphor," writes Mental Floss' Arika Okrent. "An ancient source (say, Indo-European) has various branches (e.g., Romance, Germanic), which themselves have branches (West Germanic, North Germanic), which feed into specific languages (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian)." Sundberg takes this tree metaphor to a delightfully lavish extreme, tracing, say, how Indo-European linguistic roots sprouted a variety of modern-day living languages including Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Italian - and, of course, our Language of the Future. The size of the branches and bunches of leaves represent the number of speakers of each language at different times: the likes of English and Spanish have sprouted into mighty vegetative clusters, while others, like, Swedish, Dutch, and Punjabi, assert a more local dominance over their own, separately grown regional branches. Will French's now-modest leaves one day cast a shadow over the w

"Burden of Poverty Lacking money or time can lead one to make poorer decisions, possibly because poverty imposes a cognitive load that saps attention and reduces effort. Mani et al. (p. 976; see the Perspective by Vohs) gathered evidence from shoppers in a New Jersey mall and from farmers in Tamil Nadu, India. They found that considering a projected financial decision, such as how to pay for a car repair, affects people's performance on unrelated spatial and reasoning tasks. Lower-income individuals performed poorly if the repairs were expensive but did fine if the cost was low, whereas higher-income individuals performed well in both conditions, as if the projected financial burden imposed no cognitive pressure. Similarly, the sugarcane farmers from Tamil Nadu performed these tasks better after harvest than before. Abstract The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis. First, we experimentally induced thoughts about finances and found that this reduces cognitive performance among poor but not in well-off participants. Second, we examined the cognitive function of farmers over the planting cycle. We found that the same farmer shows diminished cognitive performance before harvest, when poor, as compared with after harvest, when rich. This cannot be explained by differences in time available, nutrition, or work effort. Nor can it be explained with stress: Although farmers do show more stress before harvest, that does not account for diminished cognitive performance. Instead, it appears that poverty itself reduces cognitive capacity. We suggest that this is because poverty-related concerns consume mental resources, leaving less for other tasks. These data provide a previously unexamined perspective and help explain a spectrum of behaviors among the poor. We discuss some implications for poverty policy."

"Burden of Poverty Lacking money or time can lead one to make poorer decisions, possibly because poverty imposes a cognitive load that saps attention and reduces effort. Mani et al. (p. 976; see the Perspective by Vohs) gathered evidence from shoppers in a New Jersey mall and from farmers in Tamil Nadu, India. They found that considering a projected financial decision, such as how to pay for a car repair, affects people's performance on unrelated spatial and reasoning tasks. Lower-income individuals performed poorly if the repairs were expensive but did fine if the cost was low, whereas higher-income individuals performed well in both conditions, as if the projected financial burden imposed no cognitive pressure. Similarly, the sugarcane farmers from Tamil Nadu performed these tasks better after harvest than before. Abstract The poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis. First, we experimentally induced thoughts about finances and found that this reduces cognitive performance among poor but not in well-off participants. Second, we examined the cognitive function of farmers over the planting cycle. We found that the same farmer shows diminished cognitive performance before harvest, when poor, as compared with after harvest, when rich. This cannot be explained by differences in time available, nutrition, or work effort. Nor can it be explained with stress: Although farmers do show more stress before harvest, that does not account for diminished cognitive performance. Instead, it appears that poverty itself reduces cognitive capacity. We suggest that this is because poverty-related concerns consume mental resources, leaving less for other tasks. These data provide a previously unexamined perspective and help explain a spectrum of behaviors among the poor. We discuss some implications for poverty policy."

"A webinar can take many forms, such as a meeting, presentation, or workshop. The main difference between running a webinar and simply posting a video is the interactive component the former offers. Attendees typically view webinars in real time, and there is often the option for them to participate by asking and/or answering questions. This type of seminar offers an excellent opportunity to add a personal touch to your platform and engage your customers. For example, Neil Patel uses webinars frequently to reach out to visitors of his traffic growing website. Step #1: Create a Google Account Step #2: Create a New Event in YouTube Live Step #3: Customize Your Webinar Step #4: Embed Your Webinar in Your WordPress Website Step #5: Invite Attendees Step #6: Broadcast Your Webinar"

"What does that mean exactly? It means you play in a multiplayer world that has the possibility of being permanently destroyed, resulting in server-wide perma death. What's more, the reason it's destroyed would be the players' own fault. It's not that different from our own world in that way. "This ecosystem is your only lifeline in a race against time." It works like this: a new server is started, and players enter at the beginnings of civilization. There's a world-destroying cataclysm looming, like a drought or a flood or a meteor heading for the Earth, several real-time weeks away. In order to prevent that catastrophe from happening, you need to build a civilization and advance technology and resources to the point that the crisis can be averted. However you're not alone in this world. Besides the other players, you'll be sharing the world with a detailed wilderness simulation full of plants and animals. They simulate 24 hours a day, living out their lives with or without human interaction, growing, feeding and reproducing. Together they form an ecosystem rich with resources, resources that you must use to survive and develop a civilization."

Este post plantea un problema ya conocido en la educación: los estudiantes tienen necesidades individuales pero el sistema educativo institucional ofrece un solo camino para que todos aprendan sin considerar propuestas educativas innovativas como la de inteligencias múltiples. Ser inteligente no debe ser considerado solo un resultado del QI.

"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."

"To revert the current ecological overshoot and build a sustainable society, we have to collectively engage in changing our economic model. "Sufficiency: moving beyond the gospel of eco-efficiency" suggests introducing hard limitations to unsustainable trends-in particular to overconsumption-and putting emphasis on distributional justice. Seven chapters written by sustainability and economics experts plus a foreword by Janez Potočnik (Co-chair of the International Resource Panel and former European Commissioner for the Environment) shed light on different angles of sufficiency and formulate concrete recommendations to EU policy makers. The booklet ends with a discussion of several eco-social policies that can start the transition towards an "economics of enough". Many new ideas for an economic paradigm shift have been developed and discussed at the academic and grassroots levels in recent years. The aim of this booklet is to build on a rich body of knowledge and bring these ideas to the attention of engaged citizens and policy makers in order to advance the debate on how to implement sufficiency."

"To mark last month's World Teachers' Day (sponsored by UNESCO , the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), photographers from Reuters took pictures around the world of educators with their students in a telling exhibit of the very different circumstances under which children attend school. Here are 15 pictures taken by Reuters photographers, revealing the spectrum of "classrooms" - from those with literally no resources to those well-stocked and housed."

Web centrada en una variante de la Indagación que pone el foco en la argumentación. Estrategia que cada vez recibe más atención por su gran potencial en el aprendizaje. "The ADI Instructional Model ADI lab activities consist of the same 8 stages. Each stage is designed to give students an opportunity to participate in one or more science and engineering practices. The stages of ADI are the same for each investigation so students have an opportunity to use the same science and engineering practices, but different disciplinary core ideas and crosscutting concepts to figure out how thing work or why things happen. This instructional approach also gives students an opportunity to learn how to propose, support, evaluate, and revise ideas through discussion and in writing."

"Imagine you could use any kind of small head difference in a river or canal. The power those drops contain might surprise you. We created a technology that can make use of all these small waterfalls or rapids in a way that's safe for the environment. Gone are the days that communities had to choose between having power or fish to eat. Our robust and fish friendly vortex turbiness will generate energy 24/7 at an incredibly low cost of energy. That way you can have a project with high return on investment that improves the world just that little bit. Now, if you look at a river or canal, you'll notice that it's full of these small cascades, that's how nature builds rivers. We have created a distributed turbine system that can combines a large amount of turbines into one big virtual hydropower powerplant. These virtual hydropower plants can be as large as 10MW in power output. That's the power production of a small city! We can do this because our civil structures are designed to be easy to install, and the electronics and robust power take-offs are designed to keep working with minimal maintenance. The energy produced can be directly connected to your appliances or machinery, and at the same time connected to the national distribution grid, so you can inject the unused power to it, maximizing the revenue through a net billing connection."

"The book examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when all of us, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology. A framework for making decisions about your teaching is provided, while understanding that every subject is different, and every instructor has something unique and special to bring to their teaching.The book enables teachers and instructors to help students develop the knowledge and skills they will need in a digital age: not so much the IT skills, but the thinking and attitudes to learning that will bring them success. Book release date (final version): 1 April 2015."

"What is Tour Builder? Tour Builder is a new way to show people the places you've visited and the experiences you had along the way using Google Earth. It lets you pick the locations right on the map, add in photos, text, and video, and then share your creation. How is Tour Builder different from the existing "KML Tour" feature in Google Earth? Tour Builder is accessible from your web browser, makes it easy to add photos and videos to a sequence of locations on Earth, and then share links to these tours with your friends."

"eXeLearning is an easy to use authoring tool under GPL-2+ to create educational web contents. Installing eXeLearning on Ubuntu: sudo snap install exelearning eXeLearning generates interactive contents in HTML5 and other formats and it allows you to create websites including text, images, interactive activities, image galleries, evaluating rubrics, multimedia clips, games... All the educational materials can be exported in different formats: SCORM, IMS, ePub, responsive HTML website, XLIFF... eXeLearning is available for GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Go to https://exelearning.net/ for more download options."