A free and open Icon collection. Over 5000 Unique Icons. Free for anyone to use on you computer, website or any other project. The library is not a theme. Its a centralized source for icons to cover all your needs. The goal is to cover all common apps, operating systems, mimetypes, devices, and country flags.
A living document being edited right now by dozens of educators. That document (embedded below) contains dozens of tips on how to use the iPad in the classroom. From the Brushes app to learning how to play music, there's a lot of surprising and useful tips.
Looking to learn a new language this summer? Then give this list a good look. The folks at Universitiesandcolleges.org have created "The Master List of Free Language Learning Resources," which pulls together materials found across a range of different media. Here, you'll find podcasts, open courses, iphone apps, and more. And the list notably includes our ever-popular collection of Free Foreign Language Lesson Podcasts, which will teach you about 40 different languages. Just download the podcasts to your computer or mp3 player and you'll be learning new languages on the go, at no cost.
To support our work in Literacy I have created a simple set of images and video in the SMART Table Media application. This a basic lightbox app that is often demonstrated on multi-touch products.
Project Rome is available now as a free preview, and Adobe seeks feedback from users before launching the app commercially. It is currently available only in English in the United States. Pricing for the shipping version has not yet been determined. However, when it is released, Project Rome will be offered as a paid subscription service.
Marit Slotsnæs skrev tidligere en art. som var kritisk til sosiale medier, som facebook og twitter. Hun fikk mange svar, og er omtalt i den nye boka om sosiale medier skrevet av bloggeren Ida Jackson. Her svarer hun klokt og interessant.
I watch it when I need it and in ways that I need it. And that makes a huge difference.”
“About five years ago my students stopped taking notes,” Rankin said. “I asked, ‘Why are you not taking notes?’ And they said, ‘Why would we take notes on that?…. I can go to Wikipedia or go to Google, and I can get all the information I need.”
Then, using polling software that Abilene coded for the iPhone, students can answer the questions anonymously by sending responses electronically with their iPhones. The software can also quickly quiz students to gauge whether they’re understanding the lesson.
It’s a lot more interactive for those who aren’t as willing to jump up and throw out their answer in class. Instead, you push a button on the iPhone
Rankin declined to disclose exact figures for money invested in the iPhone program, but he said the initiative only takes up about 1 percent of the university’s annual budget. To offset costs, the university discontinued in-dorm computer labs, since the vast majority of students already own notebooks.
For us, it isn’t primarily about the device,” Rankin said. “This is a question of, how do we live and learn in the 21st century now that we have these sorts of connections?…. I think this is the next platform for education