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I will analyze three common strands of current thought about education and the Internet. First is the idea that the instant availability of information online makes the memorization of facts unnecessary or less necessary. Second is the celebration of the virtues of collaborative learning as superior to outmoded individual learning. And third is the insistence that lengthy, complex books, which constitute a single, static, one-way conversation with an individual, are inferior to knowledge co-constructed by members of a group

How much CO2 is created by a banana? A wedding? A flight to New York? We teamed up with GE to turn 'tons of carbon' into an interactive visual landscape. Enter a CO2 value. Hit the 'random' button for serendipity. Or just click through objects like stepping stones. (There are nearly 200 objects so it may take a second to load) Designed by David McCandless

Twitter could not possibly be further away from the concept of a computer game or a three dimensional visually rich virtual world. Suddenly instead of learning to fly and exchanging our money for Linden bucks (the currency of Linden Labs' Second Life) we were exchanging grammatically correct sentences for status updates of less than 140 characters! Who could have seen it coming? Perhaps Gartner, who also predicted that "90 Per Cent of Corporate Virtual World Projects Fail Within 18 Months".

"I'm talking about using the iPad as a control surface to actually control your computer desktop, write on your computer desktop, and project all of that in front of the classroom just as a regular interactive whiteboard does. The only difference: no interactive whiteboard is needed, and you can do this wirelessly using the first generation iPad as well as the second, and that's correct, without tethering your iPad to the projector or the computer with wires."

I'm definitely going to try this! I'm hoping it works better than a slate.

I use TeamViewer and I can controlo form my Ipad my Mac or my PC With my connect Mac/PC I can use several programs and Show my Ipad in e-blackboard

I recently came across the incredible Guitar Improvisation video below. It's an amazing piece of music that was completely created using GarageBand on the iPad. In fact, there have been quite a few popular music videos recently that feature artists creating music using iOS apps. In a second video below, the band Atomic Tom use their iPhones to perform on a New York City subway. A third video features a teenage girl creating music using GarageBand on the iPad.

"Well, in the second six months of using the iPad - leading up to the release of the iPad 2 earlier this year - I discovered a third use for the iPad. And, this one thing has unlocked a lot more value in using the iPad as a business tool."

In one of his most candid interviews ever, Microsoft founder Bill Gates (the world's second-richest man) revealed personal details never heard before, along with a little tidbit that he was probably supposed to keep secret

The couple were formally wed on Friday in a civil service and said "I do" for a second time on Saturday in front of 800 royal and celebrity guests in a lavish ceremony rounded off by fireworks and a ball for 200 friends.A wedding brunch followed yesterday in the private gardens of the tiny principality's royal palace, prepared by French chef and creator of the main wedding feast.

This is a good stopwatch, countdown, and other timer tools site. Simple to use and great for tests or simply counting down the seconds to home time! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

A great site for teachers/learner of English as a second language to find resources. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

"http://tinyurl.com/newbie-happy-hour"

I had to learn Quebecois french recently so here are my 5 steps to learn Quebecois french or any language for that matter.

OneRiot crawls the links people share on Twitter, Digg and other social sharing services, then indexes the content on those pages in seconds. most socially-relevant content from across the realtime web.

Lisa Dabbs (M.Ed.) leads the second week of New Teacher Boot Camp.  This week's lesson focuses on VoiceThread, a program to help create interactive slideshows and more. 

A superb flash resource based on television's Countdown. Play the 30 seconds numbers or letters games or even pit yourself against the conundrum. Great for basic skills.

A useful countdown timer which you can set from 10 second up to 6 hours. Great for tests and getting your class tidy on time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Classroom+Management+&+Rewards