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Joseph Alvarado

Accessible Books and Periodicals for Readers with Print Disabilities - Bookshare - Acce... - 6 views

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shared by Joseph Alvarado on 10 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Joseph Alvarado on 10 Sep 10
     
    Any student who has a reading disability will find this extremely helpful.
Allison Kipta

Webinaria - Create presentations and demos - 11 views

www.webinaria.com

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shared by Allison Kipta on 13 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Allison Kipta on 13 Dec 09
     
    "Next to an in-person meeting, there is no better way to communicate a sales demo or business presentation than with video. From marketing or sales presentations to training videos for software applications, Webinaria can help bring your content to life. Businesses that are able to capture and record live interactions with web-based content are able to more effectively train and educate employees and customers. Webinaria aims to provide a more animated and theatrical presentation of business communications."
Duane Sharrock

Medical devices powered by the ear itself - MIT News Office - 1 views

www.mit.edu/...biological-battery-1107.html

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shared by Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Health Sciences and Technology (HST) demonstrate for the first time that this battery could power implantable electronic devices without impairing hearing.
  • The devices could monitor biological activity in the ears of people with hearing or balance impairments, or responses to therapies. Eventually, they might even deliver therapies themselves
  • “In the past, people have thought that the space where the high potential is located is inaccessible for implantable devices, because potentially it’s very dangerous if you encroach on it,” Stankovic says. “We have known for 60 years that this battery exists and that it’s really important for normal hearing, but nobody has attempted to use this battery to power useful electronics.”
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  • The ear converts a mechanical force — the vibration of the eardrum — into an electrochemical signal that can be processed by the brain; the biological battery is the source of that signal’s current. Located in the part of the ear called the cochlea, the battery chamber is divided by a membrane, some of whose cells are specialized to pump ions. An imbalance of potassium and sodium ions on opposite sides of the membrane, together with the particular arrangement of the pumps, creates an electrical voltage.
  • Low-power chips, however, are precisely the area of expertise of Anantha Chandrakasan’s group at MTL
  • The frequency of the signal was thus itself an indication of the electrochemical properties of the inner ear.
  • in cochlear implants, diagnostics and implantable hearing aids. “The fact that you can generate the power for a low voltage from the cochlea itself raises the possibility of using that as a power source to drive a cochlear implant,” Megerian says. “Imagine if we were able to measure that voltage in various disease states. There would potentially be a diagnostic algorithm for aberrations in that electrical output.”
  • “I’m not ready to say that the present iteration of this technology is ready,” Megerian cautions. But he adds that, “If we could tap into the natural power source of the cochlea, it could potentially be a driver behind the amplification technology of the future.”
  • Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12
     
    "For the first time, researchers power an implantable electronic device using an electrical potential - a natural battery - deep in the inner ear."
  • Duane Sharrock on 09 Nov 12
     
    "All of D-Lab's classes assess the needs of people in less-privileged communities around the world, examining innovations in technology, education or communications that might address those needs. The classes then seek ways to spread word of these solutions - and in some cases, to spur the creation of organizations to help disseminate them. Specific projects have focused on improved wheelchairs and prosthetics; water and sanitation systems; and recycling waste to produce useful products, including charcoal fuel made from agricultural waste."
Professional Learning Board

HELP NEEDED?! Group Moderators - 24 views

started by Professional Learning Board on 18 Jun 09 no follow-up yet
Professional Learning Board

FREE Online Course (5 clock hours!) for TEACHERS - 10 views

Please help us let teachers know about this great opportunity: http://Facebook.com/TeacherCEUs Thank you!

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started by Professional Learning Board on 22 Mar 11 no follow-up yet
Lisa Winebrenner

Keyboard shortcuts for Google documents - Google Docs Help - 7 views

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shared by Lisa Winebrenner on 24 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Lisa Winebrenner on 24 Jun 12
     
    A list of keyboard shortcuts for Google documents. If you're looking for keyboard shortcuts for comments and discussions in Google documents, you can visit the comments and discussions guide.  If you use a Mac, you can use the shortcuts below by replacing Ctrl with Command key (or 'Apple' key), and Alt with the option key.
jodi tompkins

join.me - Free Screen Sharing - 8 views

join.me

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shared by jodi tompkins on 17 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • jodi tompkins on 17 Sep 10
     
    Easy and simple way to share your screen with others.
  • jodi tompkins on 17 Sep 10
     
    Great way to help instruct students or fellow teachers on how to use a program or just to quickly and easily share information with others.
Kay Oddone

Twitter In Schools - 12 views

www.smh.com.au/...al-animals-20101028-175my.html

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shared by Kay Oddone on 01 Nov 10 - Cached
  • Kay Oddone on 01 Nov 10
     
    Social media in schools - a sometimes pedagogy that empowers and connects...
  • Kay Oddone on 01 Nov 10
     
    Fascinating discussion starter...
Ako Z°om

some apps for edu - 0 views

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shared by Ako Z°om on 16 Jan 09 - Cached
  • The simulator includes an efficient dynamic pricing scheme that can be evaluated in considering multimedia distribution scenarios.
  • With InkSeine, you can circle a handwritten phrase within your notes to create a query.
  • Web code that displays a user interface to enable users to search, assimilate, and compare maps rapidly from an extensive corpus.
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  • MapCruncher lets users quickly convert existing maps into an online format that’s as fast and easy to use as Virtual Earth.
  • Classroom Learning Partner Instructor Authoring Tool
  • . Physics Illustrator for Tablet PC uses shape recognition to help you create and define bodies and forces
  • Community BarThe Community Bar is an Internet Explorer plug-in that adds context-dependent content to the Web-browsing experience. As a user browses the Web, he or she can exchange notes from other people who visited the same page
  • With the ConferenceXP 4.0 Reflector Service, you can enable a ConferenceXP client in a unicast-only network to receive multicast transmissions over unicast.
  • Functional Reactive AnimationFran is a Haskell library (or "embedded language") for interactive animations with 2D and 3D graphics and sound.
  • Ako Z°om on 16 Jan 09
     
    yeah i love the labs where creativity is still there, just before the "belived market" 187 softs ... but the searchtool is awfullt buggy ...
Elizabeth Koh

Sqworl: A Lightbox for Shared Links - ReadWriteWeb - 1 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...sqworl_lightbox_links.php

url shorteners micro-blogging links aggregator web2.0

shared by Elizabeth Koh on 27 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Using Sqworl to shorten links does two things: first, it helps you organize a series of links under one short URL, and second, it provides a series of site thumbnails - a lightbox of sorts - so recipients can see what they're getting before they click
  • Even if you don't want to share the links with anyone else, Sqworl is worth trying. With some ingenuity, you could make your personal link management or social bookmarking more visual. Using the combination of Sqworl's collections and thumbnails, you may soon be scanning for links based on visual clues - much like the icons on your desktop.
Professional Learning Board

CSS Type Set Generator - 0 views

www.csstypeset.com/index.htm

css generator tool web

shared by Professional Learning Board on 01 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Professional Learning Board on 01 Apr 08
     
    This way too easy tool is a must for anyone looking for help with any web dev work!
Heather Sullivan

Top News - Free text reader to help print-disabled students - 0 views

www.eschoolnews.com/...top-news

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shared by Heather Sullivan on 09 Apr 08 - Cached
  • a partnership that will give print-disabled students a free text reader to access electronic books from the Bookshare.org library.
  • those who receive special-education services and who are unable to read standard print materials owing to physical limitations.
  • At the start of the 2008-09 school year, qualified students will be able to use Don Johnston’s Read:OutLoud Bookshare.org Edition text reader to access more than 36,000 books, magazines, and newspapers in the Bookshare.org library free of charge.
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  • The Bookshare.org Edition text reader offers text-to-speech capability, embedded reading comprehension strategies, and instructional supports that align with state educational standards. The software includes audio feedback, electronic highlighting, and note-taking features that allow students to capture their ideas, as well as a bibliographer that logs and organizes sources in a structured, step-by-step process.
Kerry J

Information on the edna 2.0 workshops touring Australia in 2007. - 0 views

www.edna.edu.au/...workshops

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shared by Kerry J on 03 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Kerry J on 03 Feb 09
     
    The 2009 edna Workshop Australian tour has the dates dialed in. The tag is ednaconf.
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