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DAV-pocket Lab - WebDAV access to Google Docs - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Apr 12 - No Cached

DAV-pocket Lab is a small project developping WebDAV Server on Google App Engine.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Apr 12

DAV-pocket is now being used by many Google Docs users with applications which support WebDAV. The most popular application is Pages for iPad - word processing app on Apple's iPad. Here's a step-by-step guide to integrate your Pages for iPad with Google Docs.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">DAV-pocket is now being used by many Google Docs users with applications which support WebDAV. The most popular application is Pages for iPad - word processing app on Apple's iPad. Here's a step-by-step guide to integrate your Pages for iPad with Google Docs.</div>

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Mars Curiosity Landing: A Cheat Sheet | Riding with Robots on the High Frontier - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Jul 12 - No Cached

Curiosity is the biggest rover ever sent to Mars, and carries the most advanced suite of instruments, in order to discover the story of the planet’s habitability.
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Total time from top of atmosphere to full stop on the ground: about seven minutes
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Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Jul 12

"After a spectacular launch and a long cruise through the black reaches of space, the Mars Science Laboratory-better known as the Curiosity rover-is set for the most dangerous part of its mission: the landing in Gale Crater. ... Use this page as a quick guide to the event."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"After a spectacular launch and a long cruise through the black reaches of space, the Mars Science Laboratory-better known as the Curiosity rover-is set for the most dangerous part of its mission: the landing in Gale Crater. ... Use this page as a quick guide to the event."</div>

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Mars Curiosity Landing: A Cheat Sheet | Riding with Robots on the High Frontier - 1 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Jul 12 - No Cached

Total time from top of atmosphere to full stop on the ground: about seven minutes
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Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Jul 12

"After a spectacular launch and a long cruise through the black reaches of space, the Mars Science Laboratory-better known as the Curiosity rover-is set for the most dangerous part of its mission: the landing in Gale Crater. Curiosity is the biggest rover ever sent to Mars, and carries the most advanced suite of instruments, in order to discover the story of the planet's habitability. Use this page as a quick guide to the event."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"After a spectacular launch and a long cruise through the black reaches of space, the Mars Science Laboratory-better known as the Curiosity rover-is set for the most dangerous part of its mission: the landing in Gale Crater. Curiosity is the biggest rover ever sent to Mars, and carries the most advanced suite of instruments, in order to discover the story of the planet's habitability. Use this page as a quick guide to the event."</div>

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Thousands of Australians still facing web blackout - 1 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Jul 12 - No Cached

The ACMA, together with other Australian government agencies, has developed a site (dns-ok.gov.au) for users to check if they are infected. People whose computers are still infected come July 9 will lose their ability to go online, and they will have to call their service providers for help deleting the malware and reconnecting to the internet.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Jul 12

"Despite repeated alerts, thousands of Australians may still lose their internet service come early next week unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Despite repeated alerts, thousands of Australians may still lose their internet service come early next week unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago." </div>

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High Scalability - High Scalability - Grace Hopper to Programmers: Mind Your ... - 2 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Jul 12 - No Cached

Here's a short, witty, and wise video of her famous nanosecond demonstration. An amazing lady, great innovator, an engaging speaker, and an inspiring teacher.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Jul 12

Computing pioneer Grace Hopper, inventor of the compiler, searched for a concrete way to create an intuitive understanding of just how fast is a nanosecond, a billionth of a second, which was the speed of their new computer circuits.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Computing pioneer Grace Hopper, inventor of the compiler, searched for a concrete way to create an intuitive understanding of just how fast is a nanosecond, a billionth of a second, which was the speed of their new computer circuits.</div>

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Facebook Makes You Two Friends Closer to Everyone [STUDY] - 2 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 15 Dec 11 - No Cached

Facebook’s study shows that even on an online social network that is supposed to cross the boundaries of geography and age, people tend to befriend others their own age, as well as people in the same country.
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if you limit the analysis to a single country, the “four degrees of separation” theory shrinks even further, with most pairs of people being only separated by 3 degrees.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 15 Dec 11

A theory stemming from an experiment by social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s claims every living person is connected to any other through only six friends. According to a recent study, Facebook reduces the six degrees of separation to only four, meaning the world's largest social network makes the world even smaller (figuratively).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A theory stemming from an experiment by social psychologist Stanley Milgram in the 1960s claims every living person is connected to any other through only six friends. According to a recent study, Facebook reduces the six degrees of separation to only four, meaning the world's largest social network makes the world even smaller (figuratively). </div>

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BBC News - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme - 5 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Jan 12 - No Cached

"Instead of children bored out of their minds being taught how to use Word or Excel by bored teachers, we could have 11-year-olds able to write simple 2D computer animations," he said.
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"Children are being forced to learn how to use applications, rather than to make them. They are becoming slaves to the user interface and are totally bored by it,"
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Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Jan 12

The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England's schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary has announced. It will be replaced by an "open source" curriculum in computer science and programming designed with the help of universities and industry.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England's schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary has announced. It will be replaced by an "open source" curriculum in computer science and programming designed with the help of universities and industry.</div>

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George Siemens Gets Connected - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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shared by Aaron Davis on 14 Jan 14 - No Cached

Learning is not just about the content of a lesson. It is about belonging to a community.
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"If you're always moving away from something, you'll be lost," Mr. Siemens remembers a priest telling him. "Always be moving toward something."
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"For me, we can't even talk like that," Mr. Cormier tells me. "It's messy, and it's always going to be messy, and those sort of clean lines are not even something we should strive for."
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"If you care about it," he tells me, "you should make it something that can outlast you, that people can make their own."
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'Knowledge is ambiguous, you have to be able to understand that what the teacher tells you is a guidepost, a framework for you to develop your thinking,'
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Aaron Davis on 14 Jan 14

An interesting piece on George Siemens and Connectivism. Good background to MOOC's and how the original concept is different from that offered by companies such as Coursera and edX.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">An interesting piece on George Siemens and Connectivism. Good background to MOOC's and how the original concept is different from that offered by companies such as Coursera and edX.</div>

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Welcome to the Virtual Crash Course in Design Thinking - 1 views

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shared by John Pearce on 18 Jul 13 - No Cached

Welcome to the d.school’s Virtual Crash Course resource page! We know not everyone can make a trip the d.school to experience how we teach design thinking. So, we created this online version of one of our most frequently sought after learning tools. Using the video, handouts, and facilitation tips below, we will take you step by step through the process of hosting or participating in a 90 minute design challenge.
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John Pearce on 18 Jul 13

"Welcome to the d.school's Virtual Crash Course resource page! We know not everyone can make a trip the d.school to experience how we teach design thinking. So, we created this online version of one of our most frequently sought after learning tools. Using the video, handouts, and facilitation tips below, we will take you step by step through the process of hosting or participating in a 90 minute design challenge."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Welcome to the d.school's Virtual Crash Course resource page! We know not everyone can make a trip the d.school to experience how we teach design thinking. So, we created this online version of one of our most frequently sought after learning tools. Using the video, handouts, and facilitation tips below, we will take you step by step through the process of hosting or participating in a 90 minute design challenge."</div>

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