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Allison Kipta

The Tower and The Cloud | EDUCAUSE - 0 views

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    The emergence of the networked information economy is unleashing two powerful forces. On one hand, easy access to high-speed networks is empowering individuals. People can now discover and consume information resources and services globally from their homes. Further, new social computing approaches are inviting people to share in the creation and edification of information on the Internet. Empowerment of the individual-or consumerization-is reducing the individual's reliance on traditional brick-and-mortar institutions in favor of new and emerging virtual ones. Second, ubiquitous access to high-speed networks along with network standards, open standards and content, and techniques for virtualizing hardware, software, and services is making it possible to leverage scale economies in unprecedented ways. What appears to be emerging is industrial-scale computing-a standardized infrastructure for delivering computing power, network bandwidth, data storage and protection, and services. Consumerization and industrialization beg the question "Is this the end of the middle?"; that is, what will be the role of "enterprise" IT in the future? Indeed, the bigger question is what will become of all of our intermediating institutions? This volume examines the impact of IT on higher education and on the IT organization in higher education.
M. Miller

FireFTP SUPPORT PAGE- The Free FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox - 3 views

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  • General Usage
  • FTP is a way for you to take files from your computer and upload them to another computer, usually a web server. Or, it is also a way of downloading files from another computer to yours.
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  • toolbar button
  • click Tools->Web Developer->FireFTP
  • accounts menu, select "Create an account..."
  • a "symlink". You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symlink.
  • ename a file/make a directory/make symlinks/delete files?
  • right-click on the file lists. A context menu will appear showing the available functions you have, along with related keyboard shortcut
  • save the account information
  • "Connect" button to make the connection to your site
  • copy the URL (HTTP or FTP) and put it in the clipboard
  • find that the local files are on your left and the remote files are on your right
  • click
  • to upload a file to the server
  • you can hide it or show it by pressing Log in the main toolbar or in Options
  • FireFTP will navigate to the directory or download the file that the symlink points to
  • FireFTP gives you the option to Resume from where you left off.
  • server you wish to connect
  • unzip a Zip archive (.zip, .jar, or .xpi)
  • right click on my image file, go to Open With->Add Programs
  • For your local files, sometimes you want to be able to open a file with a different program than the default one
  • give my program a name in the Name textbox, in this case, Photoshop
  • Sometimes you need to transfer files from one website to another
  • specify how to talk to an FTP server
  • click "Browse" and find the Photoshop executable file
  • optionally I can add Arguments
  • in the top-right pane that my program is now associated with that extension. In a similar manner, if I want a pro
  • connect to both servers at the same time and just tell them to pass the files to each other, without having the files go through your computer.
  • you can create categories like "Work", "Patches", etc. to divide and conquer your list of accounts.
  • To view the server you are transferring to you can always open another FireFTP (in another tab) - this way you can look at both servers at the same time.
  • you have to configure an account for the server you are transferring to ahead of time
  • configure the "Initial Remote Directory" under the Connection tab of the account's settings
  • IPv6 is if you are connecting to a server on the IPv6 network protocol or you yourself are using IPv6
  • here you can work on your file, save it, and FireFTP will automatically upload your file when it detects you've modified the file
  • For remote files, selecting Open With will download the file and put you into Remote Edit mode
  • An example of an IPv4 address is 64.233.167.99 more commonly known as google.com
  • an advanced operation
  • An IPv4 number is like a computer's unique phone number
  • check out your own 'phone number' here.
  • For Mac users:
  • a specific directory for either local, remote or both file systems
  • the risks involved in the FXP operation please read the Wikipedia article.
  • when you browse the directory you aren't allowed to go into the Application's hidden contents
  • Both servers involved with the transfer have to have FXP enabled in order for the operation to work.
  • Right-click on an Application and do "Show Package Contents"
  • ou can read more details about IPv6 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipv6
  • /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari
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    FTP stands for File Tranfer Protocol. It is the sister of the more commonly used HTTP. Both protocols deal with transfering data across the internet. FTP is a way for you to take files from your computer and upload them to another computer, usually a web server. Or, it is also a way of downloading files from another computer to yours. "Support Search this page: Installation General Usage Account Manager Properties Options Tools Troubleshooting Miscellaneous Questions Walkthrough for Beginners by Floss Manuals A Walkthrough for Beginners by Prisca Schmarsow "
Duane Sharrock

2 | When The Internet Is Your Brain: - 8 views

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    In H+: The Digital Series, a post-apocalyptic techno-thriller that debuts today from producer Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X2, House), a consumer device that allows people to stay connected 24-hours a day directly results in the demise of one-third of the Earth's population. That's a scary vision for any epoch, but perhaps especially one currently salivating at the prospect of new iThings. The culprit in H+, which is shorthand for a real-world movement called transhumanism, is a wonder chip that we implant in our brains, thereby eliminating the need to hunch over physical electronics forever. But the price paid for this technological leap is a steep--when a global virus strikes the implants, the system failure is fatal.
J Black

Ping - At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool. - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • The explosion of all types of video content on YouTube and other sites is quickly transforming online video from a medium strictly for entertainment and news into one that is also a reference tool. As a result, video search, on YouTube and across other sites, is rapidly morphing into a new entry point into the Web, one that could rival mainstream search for many types of queries.
  • And now YouTube, conceived as a video hosting and sharing site, has become a bona fide search tool. Searches on it in the United States recently edged out those on Yahoo, which had long been the No. 2 search engine, behind Google. (Google, incidentally, owns YouTube.) In November, Americans conducted nearly 2.8 billion searches on YouTube, about 200 million more than on Yahoo, according to comScore.
  • “Is YouTube the next Google?”
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    The explosion of all types of video content on YouTube and other sites is quickly transforming online video from a medium strictly for entertainment and news into one that is also a reference tool. As a result, video search, on YouTube and across other sites, is rapidly morphing into a new entry point into the Web, one that could rival mainstream search for many types of queries.
Rudy Garns

Of persons, robots, aliens and humans - 0 views

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    "It is common parlance to equate the words 'person' with 'human'. That is perhaps because of all the creatures we know, we humans are those with the most obvious claim to personhood. But, what actually is a 'person'? We know that a person is a moral entity - someone, rather than something, but that just requires us to define a 'moral entity', so begs the question. This is a very vital question these days, as it relates to such issues as human embryo research, euthanasia, human genetic engineering and cloning, among others." (Human Enhancement and Biopolitics)
Allison Kipta

The Facebook "video message" spammer worm is making rounds again - 0 views

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    If you received a Facebook message similar to these: ---------- Hey funny. Between You and a Friend Today at Time/Date Is that you making love?!: Long link to video download web site here ... ---------- or ---------- Hi my friend. Between You and a Friend Today at Time/Date Who and when made this video of you?!!!: Long link to video download web site here ... ---------- DELETE it. Do NOT click the link. If you clicked the link, do NOT download the file! If you downloaded, do NOT click/run the file! If your Facebook profile is suddenly sending spam-like messages to all your friends (similar to those above), please read the instructions for removing the Koobface worm. If the worm is a variant of Koobface.A, there may be instructions and antivirus data files (update, dat file, signature, etc.) or a remover application specific to the variant. Don't panic. There is no good reason to format a hard drive to get rid of a virus. Most antivirus software can do a good job of cleaning up. As this thing relies on an internet connection to propagate, please unplug your network cable. Follow the removal instructions for your operating system, and scan your computer with updated antivirus software. I think any one of the popular antivirus applications (and some spyware progams) will take care of it as long as what you're using has the latest virus definitions/signatures/dat file/updates, etc. W32.Koobface.A http://www.symantec.com/norton/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-080315-0217-99 Free stuff here that may help: Browser Security Tests: http://www.pcflank.com AVG Anti-Virus Free: http://free.grisoft.com Ad-Aware Spyware Remover: http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php Spybot Search & Destroy http://www.safer-networking.org/en/
Professional Learning Board

WorldWide Telescope - 0 views

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    Beautiful site and looks like the software is super easy to use to virtually look at anything in space. Big wow factor. Only drawback is that it takes some hefty computing power to run the software. For example, while the minimum RAM is 1 GB, they recommend 2 GB AND while 1 GB minimum hard drive is okay, they suggest 10GB. Now for most people, only the RAM will be the issue. However, it is so cool, I'd love to run out and get a PC with the power to run this application.
Fred Delventhal

TYPEDRAWiNG | created by storyabout.net - 0 views

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    This is my new project : A New Type Board . I named this software "typedrawing". I feel a great interest in application or software to communicate and represent one's mind and thougth through internet. Board(bbs) is very easy and useful thing for communicating. and board is evolving day by day such as blog. but why we have to type words in the same way such as typing from left to right. that is typical and easy to recognize but not interesting, sometimes boring. This is one of the easy and exquisite way of showing one's word. You can say anything with your letters by drawing them. Feel free to represent your types and words to say. It's just a easy and funny thing. I'm looking for your beautiful typedrawing and take a look around other's work.
David Wetzel

Tips and Tricks for Finding Science and Math Images on the Web - 12 views

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    Like everything else on the Internet, trying to find images is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Without the right tools for finding science and math images on the web it is often an impossible, or at least mind-numbing, task. What is needed are search engines which make the job easier. This is where the tips and tricks provided below help this seemingly impossible task by using the top search Web 2.0 search engines and tools available today. These are valuable resources for both you and your students when trying to find just the right image for lesson or project involving digital media.
Sue Hellman

Geo Tracking - Geovisite, counter geolocation by ip! - 0 views

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    Geo-localization is a tracking and mapping procedure which allows an internet users' geographic location to be identified when he accesses your blog , forum or internet site. This is achieved using his IP address (an address which is allocated daily by the internet access provider) An internet users' geographic location can be established using this process and is 97% reliable for tracing his country, 75% reliable for tracing his town or region. GEOVISITE offers dynamic and efficient tools !
Jeff Johnson

O'Reilly Network -- What Is a Wiki (and How to Use One for Your Projects) - 0 views

  • A wiki is a website where users can add, remove, and edit every page using a web browser. It's so terrifically easy for people to jump in and revise pages that wikis are becoming known as the tool of choice for large, multiple-participant projects. In this Article: Wikis Work for Big Projects Choosing a Wiki Advantages to Using a Wiki Disadvantages to Using a Wiki Using a Wiki Somewhere, in a dimly lit classroom, a library bench, or in a home study, some lucky so-and-so is writing an essay from beginning to end with no notes. This splendid individual is able to craft entire sections without forgetting by the end what the section was intended to include at the beginning, and can weave a carefully paced argument with thoughts and references collected over a period of months, all perfectly recollected. Neither of your authors is this person. Instead, we need help, and that help comes in the shape of a wiki. A wiki is a website where every page can be edited in a web browser, by whomever happens to be reading it. It's so terrifically easy for people to jump in and revise pages that wikis are becoming known as the tool of choice for large, multiple-participant projects. This tutorial is about how to effectively use a wiki to keep notes and share ideas amongst a group of people, and how to organize that wiki to avoid lost thoughts and encourage serendipity.
Jeff Johnson

iShowU - 0 views

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    Need to show something to someone? iShowU is your answer! iShowU is designed to record anything on your screen, instantly - both audio, and video! If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a movie is worth a million. Imagine the time you'll save writing Grandma an email about how to magnify her dock when you can just shoot a movie in seconds.
Allison Kipta

VirtualBox - 0 views

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    VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). See "About VirtualBox" for an introduction.
Jerry Swiatek

Teachers | FreshBrain - 1 views

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    FreshBrain is a great resource for use in your classrooms. It is progressive, allows for teams of students to work together, and is completely flexible in terms of what you have them do. And best of all it is both FREE and safe!
Jeff Johnson

educational-origami - home - 0 views

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    Educational Origami is a blog , and a wiki, about the integration of ICT into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. Its about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. Marc Prensky coined the now popular and famous phrase "Digital natives and digital immigrants" in his two papers by the same name. Ian Jukes talks about Digital Children. The world is not as simple as saying teachers are digital immigrants and students digital natives. In fact people fit into both camps. We know that experience, like using a computer, will change the structure of our brain, This is a concept called Neuroplasticity. We also know that, the more intense the experience, the more profound the change. Our students, who often have a greater exposure to technology, are likely to be more neurologically adapted, but adults can as easily be "Digital Natives".
Allison Kipta

Adobe - Acrobat.com File Organizer - 0 views

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    Your file organizer is the hub of all your Acrobat.com activities - the place where you store and share files, create PDFs, launch your online office applications, and keep everything together - all through an elegant user interface that is remarkably easy to use. And because everything is online, you can access it from anywhere, anytime. Built on the Adobe® Flash® Platform, Acrobat.com operates inside a web browser. There's no installation required, so getting started is easy - and free.
Allison Kipta

Stu's Quiz Boxes! - 15 views

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    "Stu's Quiz Boxes (for Windows) might remind people of the TV gameshow, Jeopardy!, but it's not that, it's much better than that. You can use it to make an exciting, interactive and educational computer-based gameshow available to everybody. It can be used in so many different situations - in schools and colleges, at conferences and parties. But the main use is expected to be in classrooms, that's why Quiz Boxes is all about POINTS, not DOLLARS. There is no link to gambling like there is with that other game."
Allison Kipta

The Manual Works Prompter 5.4 Download - Freeware Files.com - Audio & Video Category - 13 views

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    Do you ever need to read a script of any sort, for any reason? Would you find it easier if the script scrolled ´before your very eyes´ just like a professional ´teleprompter´ or ´autocue´ device? Then The Manual Works Prompter is for YOU! The Manual Works Prompter is a simple HTML Application (HTA file), and you can check and modify its content using any text editor including Notepad. Like a Web page, it needs no installation whatever and you can run it immediately from ANY media, including diskette and memory stick. The Manual Works Prompter loads, edits, and saves scripts as simple text files (TXT files). All you need to do is remember to save or move them to the SAME directory as the Prompter HTA file (the so-called Prompter directory). For the adventurous, or those experienced in HTML, you can include several HTML tags which the Prompter will honour when the script is displayed! Full details are in the supplied documentation.
Professional Learning Board

Social Bookmarking in Education - 15 views

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    Many educators just use the favorites menu on their computer either at work or home. But what about when we're at home and need to get to a site we saved at school? This is where social bookmarking comes in! Bookmarking favorite links on the internet is something that can make life easier for us as educators - it means that it's easy to find a really neat site later when looking for it. Putting SOCIAL in Bookmarking The social part of social bookmarking works like this: you can share your links that you've saved through a service like Diigo with anyone else who uses Diigo. You can also use Diigo to see the interesting links that your friends and other people bookmark - this can be extremely useful for a team of teachers who like to share teaching resources. You can even search Diigo to find the many bookmarks that others have saved - it helps sort out the good sites, which is hard to do on most search engines. If a lot of other teachers have saved a link, you know it's at least popular. This article also addresses "What is tagging?" and "How do I use tags?"
Lisa Johnson, Ph.D.

ZaidLearn: Is PowerPoint Evil? (Part 3) - 0 views

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    Ok, so I like this link because it emphasizes one often ignored point about "powerpoint" and similar softwares ... they're PRESENTATION tools, not online tools per se. I am rather surprised to find that many faculty are still loading publisher or home-grown Face-2-Face slide presentations into online courses and calling it engaging content... no, clipart is NOT engaging!
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    This ZaidLearn article is a good primer for anyone preparing a F2F presentation that is not intended for Web distribution... opinion alert! Seems we should respect these as two different mediums!
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