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The spread of a seemingly playful alternative to traditional diplomas, inspired by Boy Scout achievement patches and video-game power-ups, suggests that the standard certification system no longer works in today's fast-changing job market. Educational upstarts across the Web are adopting systems of "badges" to certify skills and abilities.

We comes near to you with a vision to offer excellent training and outsourcing services for the Design & Draughting of Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Structural, BMS and Fire fighting systems. Today, the world of architecture is becoming more and more powerful and successively huge demands for efficient workers in this field.

Dieting and staying in shape is a really tough task as it requires a lot of workout and of course, a strong will power to stick to the weight loss goals. However, there are many apps that may help to ease the path of weight loss. Some of them are given here.

Color is one of the most powerful tools in typographic communication. Not only can it provide contrast, emphasis and hierarchy, but color can also evoke a mood. From a branding perspective, color can reinforce an identity, imparting a feeling of familiarity.

Conical launched it's second Ubuntu based smartphone. Company launched first Ubuntu mobile in February this year. This dual sim smartphone features a 5 inch HD display. It will be powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. It will come in 8 GB and 16 GB storage variant. It will come with a Megapixel rear camera and a 5 Megapixel front camera. It will be priced about Rs. 12,000.

Enabling Collaboration. Bringing the power of Google to Microsoft Office.

Google Docs can be used as a powerful peer editing tool.

In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.

How To Sketchcast Screen recording tools: * Cam Studio (free) * Krut Recorder (free) * ACA Screen Recorder ($30) * Camtasia Studio (full-featured and very powerful, but $300) * And many, many others. Drawing Tools. For drawing tools, you can pretty much use anything. I really enjoy using Artrage. It's only $25 and there's even a very capable free version. You can even use good ol' MS Paint or the free Paint.net.

Consumers and knowledge workers now have the power of a relational database, combined with a user interface that is easier than a spreadsheet. Sharing blists online is simple.

A free media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways

Technology needs to trickle up, she said, not down. We need to give the most powerful tools to the most vulnerable populations because they are the ones who need it. "Young learners, non-readers," she continued, "need high-speed access, they need animation and graphics and sound. And that's the truth." According to Lovely, and education technology consultant and speaker at the FETC 2009 conference in Orlando, FL in January, it was the recognition of those needs that led her to develop a "top 10 list" of go-to technology tools to help inspire young students and empower under-funded teachers. "The important thing to remember here," she said, "is that this isn't about simply providing you with 10 links. It's much more important to ask, 'What are you going to do with these things? How are you going to use these tools?' That's why we're here," she said. "So I can show you not only what's out there but also how other educators are using these resources to teach their students right now."

A kid-safe search engine powered by Google custom search. It uses a combination of Googles safe search mode and their own database of restricted elements. It also has a site removal request form if something does get past the filters

Visual Literacy, power of images in the classroom

VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast linear operations over video. It has batch-processing capabilities for processing large numbers of files and can be extended with third-party video filters. VirtualDub is mainly geared toward processing AVI files, although it can read (not write) MPEG-1 and also handle sets of BMP images.

For those that don't work with an LMS, Engrade looks like a fine tool for educators.  It integrates some interesting power tools. Discussions, wikis, quizzes, messaging.  This might be an LMS substitute for those teachers looking for a free blended tech solution.  Worth investigating!

"Soshiku is a simple but powerful tool that manages your high school or college assignments. Soshiku keeps track of when your assignments are due and can even notify you via email or SMS. And it's totally free."

'Listary provides a much better and united file browsing experience for Windows users. Browse through vast number of files, folders and list entries on the fly using a powerful find as you type search tool that blends seamlessly with Windows. Switch to the folder you need in any application instantly. Open recently used and favorite files, folders and submenus speedily. Use intuitive search strings and swift keyboard strokes to zero in on items in Windows Explorer, Desktop, File Open/Save Dialog box, and numerous other components and third-party applications. '