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Ashley Tan

Republic Polytechnic to offer 3 new diplomas - Channel NewsAsia - 0 views

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    From MOE news digest: Republic Poly offers 3 -year diploma in mobile software development (Ng Jng Yng, Today, 4/11, p26)Diploma in Mobile Software Development is among the new courses to be rolled out by RP next year (Ong Jue Qi, ZB, 4/11, p14) Republic Polytechnic to offer 3 new diplomas (CNA Online, 4/11) Reports noted that Republic Polytechnic (RP) was looking to tap into the fast-growing mobile application market by offering a new diploma from next year. The three-year Diploma in Mobile Software would enable students to learn about the design and development of mobile applications used in smartphones. Reports highlighted that the students would be taught marketing strategies to sell the applications they had developed. The course would take in 40 students. Reports added that RP hoped to increase its academic intake in the next academic year. RP would be launching two other new diplomas, the Diploma in Consumer Behaviour and Research and the Diploma in Sports Coaching. RP would also be giving out 200 scholarships for the first time in the next academic year and each scholarship was worth $2,500 per academic year. ZB carried comments from P/RP that with more new courses and the new scholarships, RP was confident that it would attract outstanding Singaporean students to study at the polytechnic. CNA Online noted that RP said the new diplomas targeted students with an interest in the growing sports, marketing and mobile industries.
Kartini Ishak

Facebook Unveils a Radically Redesigned News Feed - 0 views

  • The new news feed features three major components: Bigger Images Multiple Feeds Mobile Consistency
  • Users can subscribe to different types of feeds, including feeds from all friends, close friends, music, photos, games and those who a user "follows."
  • a chronological view is now available.
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    Facebook new redesigned News Feed. Read on. 
Kartini Ishak

Inside Facebook - Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers - 0 views

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    Inside Facebook is the leading source of news and analysis on Facebook's global growth, corporate developments, and product innovations. Inside Facebook provides daily news and analysis for developers, marketers, and investors. Inside Facebook is an independent news service of Inside Network, the industry's leading research and news organization dedicated to providing original market research, critical analysis, data services and news on the Facebook platform, social gaming, and mobile applications ecosystems.
yeuann

How to Stick with It When You're Learning Something New On Your Own - 1 views

  • Find What You Actually Want to Learn About First things first, you need to figure out what you're actually interested in.
  • Figure Out How You Learn Best Full sizeWe all learn a little differently, and while we're fans of learning by doing, you can't always do that with everything.
  • Learn By Doing Whenever Possible Full sizeIn most cases you're going to learn best by doing. That means practicing programming by actually making a program or learning a new language by speaking it. If you're having trouble getting over the learning hump and sticking with it, you might simply need to provide better context for the process.
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  • Find a Community to Learn With Full sizeIt's no secret that many of us tend to learn a little better when we're surrounded by other people who are just as interested in the subject at hand. If you're struggling to stick with a learning program because of the inherent isolation of learning on your own, Stark recommends finding a community of like-minded people:
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    In this brave new world of open courses and self-learning, we need to learn how to learn on our own - and one way is to learn to find other like-minded learners to learn together with.
Kartini Ishak

Half of UK companies risk "corporate suicide" by banning Facebook and Twitter - Marketi... - 1 views

  • Facebook is such a popular application that is so widely used for personal and business uses, it makes no business sense to ban it. If companies do not address this they could be at the mercy of corporate suicide
  • Social networking is like food and drink to Generation Y workers, they are so used to communicating in a more open and collaborative way. Therefore, forward looking companies should be aiming to encourage social media activity amongst their employees rather than stifling it
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      I couldn't agree more with this final statement stating that social networking is vital to Gen Y workers. We communicate more openly and collaboratively through this medium. And it should be encouraged rather than being stopped.
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    Thanks Kartini! I strongly agree too. To add on to your point, I think for the Gen-Yers, social media tools also facilitate on-going collaboration by engaging the emotive power of relational bonds to help bring everyone onto the same page. I remember reading this in my Media Theories module: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda-setting_theory... hope you find it relevant! "Agenda-setting theory is the theory that the news media have a large influence on audiences by their choice of what stories to consider newsworthy and how much prominence and space to give them. Agenda-setting theory's main postulate is salience transfer. Salience transfer is the ability of the news media to transfer issues of importance from their news media agendas to public agendas. Through their day-by-day selection and display of the news, editors and news directors focus our attention and influence our perceptions of what are the most important issues of the day. This ability to influence the salience of topics on the public agenda has come to be called the agenda setting role of the news media."
bernard tan

Twitter Music - 0 views

  • The app, to be called Twitter Music, could be released on iOS by the end of this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. Twitter Music suggests artists and songs to listen to based on a variety of signals, and is personalized based on which accounts a user follows on Twitter. Songs are streamed to the app via SoundCloud. Twitter Music, which is set to arrive in the wake of key competitor Facebook overhauling the music section of its News Feed, shows Twitter taking new steps into becoming a full-fledged media company. The app acknowledges the key role music has played in drawing new users to the service -- particularly younger, mainstream users. Pop stars have some of Twitter's most popular accounts, with followings in the tens of millions. The TwitterMusic account has 2.3 million followers -- not a bad perch from which to launch an eponymous app
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    Twitter Music will be coming very soon in April
bernard tan

Adobe unveils new publishing tools aimed at mobile and tablet devices - 0 views

  • Adobe unveils new publishing tools aimed at mobile and tablet devices
  • Digital Publishing Suite, which can be used by publishers to create, preview, publish and distribute digital content for mobile devices
  • The publishing industry is reinventing itself and a new era of editorial and advertising innovation is upon us as publishers target new mobile hardware platforms," David Wadhwani, senior vice president and general manager for Creative and Interactive Solutions at Adobe says in a release today.
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  • enable magazine publishers... to deliver groundbreaking experiences across tablets, smartphones and other devices
  • The technology enables publishers to create digital publications featuring interactive content, such as videos, which can then be distributed across different tablet and smartphone platforms and adapted for other devices in the mobile market
  • The suite, which was unveiled at the Adobe MAX conference today, is expected to be publicly available in the second quarter of 2011
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    I see the future of interactive textbooks...
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    for sneak preview of the Adobe Digital Publishing Platform >> http://www.youtube.com/user/AdobeDigitalPub#p/u/1/sokJfTv6BCU
yeuann

Flipboard for iPad - 0 views

  • Named Apple's iPad App of the Year and one of TIME's top 50 innovations of 2010, Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos, videos, and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr, and Instagram. See your social media in a magazine layout that is easy to scan and fun to read.
  • Share articles and photos, comment on posts, and like or favorite anything. Customize your Flipboard with sections created from your favorite news, people, blogs, and topics.
  • Reviews:- "Flipboard is a fantastic iPad app that makes everything you read on the Web better than it is by itself. I can't recommend it highly enough." Macworld- "Flipboard offers iPad users an entirely original alternative to browsing the Web for news; its magazine-style layouts and breathtaking use of photos and white space show the way forward for digital media." PCMag.com- "Flipping for Flipboard: The brilliant iPad app that has changed the way I read the news." SLATE- "Flipboard begins to imagine an entirely new way of accessing the social Web." New York Times- "Stop. Put down this computer, go pick up your iPad and come back here. Now go get this app: Flipboard. Why? It's pretty awesome." Wired.com- "I am thoroughly impressed from our first run with Flipboard. It is simply gorgeous and a pleasure to browse." Mashable - "Flipboard turns Facebook updates, tweets into digital magazine" USA Today
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    What if I could link my e-portfolio to Flipboard? And even view others' e-portfolios for a given topic on my Flipboard - all automagically arranged to look like a glossy magazine? How would that inspire our teachers to update their e-portfolios accordingly?
bernard tan

Adobe is killing Creative Suite; here's why - 0 views

  • Not only is the creative services software shop closing down the Creative Suite version numbers and branding; it’s getting rid of the entire paradigm of old-school, cereal-box* software.
  • No more waiting for your design software’s features to catch up with what the web guys have been doing for six months
  • new purchasing paradigm for the entire creative industry. Every ad agency, every magazine, every indie design firm and print shop — they will all be transitioning from bought-and-owned software at $200 or $700 or $2,000 a pop to the Creative Cloud subscription model, which can cost as little as $20 per mont
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  • As for existing and even older versions of Creative Suite software, Morris said, “We’re not doing any [new] feature development
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    For MDs, Video Team and users of adobe products. We may face another licensing issues with their monthly subscriptions plan, so be prepared to hop onto the cloud, which means new workflow for us as well. Adobe announced that they will not release any more box sets and will not be supporting new features for existing versions. Seems like everyone on board Adobe platforms will be forced to get Adobe CC subscriptions next round. Be prepared to hope on the Cloud. you can get a trial version on their website to play around.. http://www.adobe.com/sea/products/creativecloud.html
Niko chen

The new Camtasia Studio 8, the Flipped Classroom and Mobile Learning [Review] | The m-L... - 3 views

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    The new Camtasia Studio 8 allows quizzes and hotspots to be added in the video. Camtasia interactive videos can also be played on iPhone with TechSmith's Smart Player.
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    A good alternative to replace Captivate production on e-lecture.
Ashley Tan

Should I wait for a new Nexus smartphone? | Mobile - CNET News - 0 views

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    Some factors to consider when deciding which Android OS and features to support in our next phase of app creation?
Kartini Ishak

Facebook tweaks News Feed algorithm to give more weight to relevance, user connections - 1 views

  • Story Bumping: Stories you haven’t seen yet because they were “below the fold,” on News Feed are eligible to be bumped up further in News Feed the next time you check Facebook. Last Actor: Facebook will take into account the last 50 engagements of a user, giving more weight to people and pages the user has recently interacted with.
Ashley Tan

Nuts and Bolts: Social Media for Learning by Jane Bozarth : Learning Solutions Magazine - 1 views

  • In the industry right now – as we see in the Social Media for Learning report research data – there is considerable use of social media tools in instruction delivery efforts. But there’s less evidence that people are using the tools to support social learning. Often, people use social media tools as another means of delivering content. For example: Publishing the training department newsletter on a blog uto-scheduling tweets about class assignments from a Twitter account that does not otherwise engage with the learners or ask them to engage with each other Hosting a software application development course, in tutorial format, on a wiki By contrast, using social media to support and extend social learning invites learners to contribute, engage, and participate with one another online. For instance, when: Setting up a wiki for those in a new-hire induction program to work together to edit a FAQs page for use by the next group coming to the program Having managers-in-training use a microblogging tool for a leadership book-club discussion Helping to support and participating in a community of the organization’s customer service reps, to give them a place to share war stories and strategies for dealing with challenges           So just using the online tools to deliver content doesn’t support “social learning;” that happens when you use the tools to invite interaction from and between the learners. It’s about social, not media, and it’s about shared learning, not just pushing content.
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    New social media tools now enable social learning to happen on a much larger scale. But this doesn't mean that social learning is something we suddenly need to "do," as if it hadn't existed before or that we need to attempt to "implement." Rather, those involved in eLearning should work to ensure our designs home in on and support areas where social learning is already naturally occurring in the learner's workflow and leverage new tools where that makes sense. (Workflow questions: Where and when are workers asking for help from one another? Where do they need performance support?)
Kartini Ishak

Facebook's Redesign Hopes to Keep Users Engaged - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Looking forward to what's new and instore for the new Facebook redesign. 
yeuann

After testing a new grid menu on its homepage, Google experiments with no navigation ba... - 0 views

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    Possible new navigation re-design for Google's UI
Sally Loan

4 Essential Steps to Teach a New Concept/Technique - 1 views

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    A nice blog entry on steps to teach a new concept/technique. And for those interested in photography, there is some nice tips too.
bernard tan

Google preparing to roll out paid subscription channels on YouTube - TechSpot - 0 views

  • Google is preparing to roll out a paid subscription service for some of the specialist video channels on YouTube.
  • The subscription service is expected to be rolled out soon, meaning it could be launched as early as this week.
  • As professionally produced videos that were once only available on network television become more common on the Internet, YouTube is looking at ways to leverage the medium and expand their revenue stream using the subscription-based model. In the past 18 months, YouTube has reportedly spent more than $200 million on advances to dozens of start-up channels.
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  • Earlier this year it was also suggested that YouTube could be working on pay-per-view and à la carte options for video channels.
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    Paid subscription for youtube channel services to roll out soon, as soon as this week. It could be bad or good news. More people will surely hope onboard YouTube when there is more money and folks living off YouTube will finally get to earn some money. Contents may now come with price tag to be able to view. for Niko and Video Team
Kartini Ishak

20 Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter In The Classroom - 0 views

  • BACKCHANNEL DISCUSSION TOOL High school students can sometimes be quite introverted and shy in the classroom, but outspoken online. Additionally, some high school classes move through discussions quickly, and not all students find the opportunity to speak up in class. Both of these issues are addressed as high school classes encourage a Twitter backchannel discussion, in which quiet, shy, and unable-to-get-a-word-in-edgewise students are able to speak up in class without actually speaking up in class, sharing their comments, insights, and even relevant links through Twitter as the discussion goes on. Educators have found that Twitter backchannel discussions provide for more interaction not just in the classroom, but beyond, as students often enjoy further carrying on the conversation even after class time is over.
  • BACKCHANNEL DISCUSSION TOOL High school students can sometimes be quite introverted and shy in the classroom, but outspoken online. Additionally, some high school classes move through discussions quickly, and not all students find the opportunity to speak up in class. Both of these issues are addressed as high school classes encourage a Twitter backchannel discussion, in which quiet, shy, and unable-to-get-a-word-in-edgewise students are able to speak up in class without actually speaking up in class, sharing their comments, insights, and even relevant links through Twitter as the discussion goes on. Educators have found that Twitter backchannel discussions provide for more interaction not just in the classroom, but beyond, as students often enjoy further carrying on the conversation even after class time is over.
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Twitter makes the education world smaller, connecting principals, teachers, and other education professionals across the U.S. and even around the globe. Principal Sheninger at New Milford High School in New Jersey started using Twitter to keep in touch with parents, but found its real value in reaching out to other educators and collaborating with them. He is able to use the tool to find new ideas, new resources, and ideas for professional development
yeuann

IASC: The Hedgehog Review - Volume 14, No. 1 (Spring 2012) - Why Google Isn't... - 0 views

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    A very interesting journal essay that points out how info overload is not a new problem, but one that has existed ever since the first books. The writer examines how people in the previous centuries used the then-new technology of printing to help them handle the "plague of books" that was overwhelming their libraries. He then reminds us, that at the core of it all, it is not the technology itself that enables and empowers learning, but an ecology of human-tech interaction that helps us learn more effectively in today's Toffler-esque world. A fascinating read indeed. A more readable PDF version: http://www.iasc-culture.org/THR/archives/Spring2012/Wellmon_lo.pdf
Ashley Tan

A new way of doing things on campus | Official Google Blog - 1 views

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    "seven of the eight Ivy League universities and 72 of this year's top 100 U.S. Universities (as determined by 2013 U.S. News and World Report's ranking) have gone Google"
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