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John Pearce

Double click on the next digital revolution, then brace yourself - 5 views

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    "Two recent innovations suggest the next few decades will be more disruptive than any other time in living memory. Right now, Bitcoin and 3D printing seem the province of geeks and hobbyists. But they're omens of revolutions to come."
John Pearce

The Challenges Of Bringing Education To Everyone On Earth | Edudemic - 2 views

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    "Education is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Although there has been great progress in recent decades in getting children into school, evidence shows that many children and youth leave school without having learned the basic skills needed for life and work. Check out this handy infographic from the World Bank that addresses what challenges we face in bringing education to everyone."
John Pearce

Say Hola! to the newest route around web censorship - 0 views

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    "The ongoing copyright arms race between content owners and internet users has taken a new turn. Israeli firm Hola! has recently launched a suite of products that are variously designed to bypass geoblocking and accelerate internet-access speeds."
John Pearce

We need to think very, very seriously about this - The Edge of Tomorrow - Standing on t... - 5 views

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    "This story is incredible, and admittedly, unfinished. There's much more we need to learn that hasn't been told yet, but what we do know c(sh)ould change things. Maybe even a whole lot of things. Recently, the OLPC organization took boxes of tablets, carefully and tightly taped up, and dropped them in two remote villages of Ethiopia. There were no instructions. No teachers. Nothing but a group of first grade-aged students for whom the tablets were intended. Students who couldn't read, couldn't identify the single form of a letter, had never before seen any kind of technology."
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Oppo A57 with 3GB RAM and 16MP front camera announced - Gadgets World - 0 views

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    Oppo is the largest smartphone maker in China surpassing Xiaomi and Huawei and recently company has launched Oppo A59s in China and today the launched another mid-range selfie focus smartphone Oppo A57 and is buid with all metal unibody design.
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htc Desire 650 a new budget smartphone Price, Specifications and Release date - Gadgets... - 0 views

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    Having recently emerged first indications, has HTC introduced the Desire 650, a new entry-level smartphone, trying mainly to a "upbeat" design apart from the competition and provides a hardware equipment in the lower middle class
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Samsung Galaxy J7 2017 spotted in benchmark with Android Nougat - Gadgets World - 0 views

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    Samsung recently launched Galaxy A 2017 with some new inovative designed and features like metal glass finished back pannel and IP68 certified forwater proof. now we have seen another Samsung phone model number Samsung SM-J727P has appear Geekbench testing site and it is expected as Galaxy J7 2017
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Lenovo K7 Note Price, Specifications, Features and Release Date - Gadgets World - 0 views

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    Lenovo has recently launched Lenovo K6 Note, K6, K6 Power at IFA 2016. Now rumours are coming about it's successor Lenovo K7 Note. According to report, Lenovo K7 Note which expected to launch Q1 2017 will priced approx. 1199 CNY (Approx. 11,999 in India) for 3GB RAM+32GB ROM and Approx. CNY 1499(Approx, Rs 14,999 in India) for 4GB+64GB ROM
John Pearce

How I Write a PBL Activity - Crazy Teaching - 5 views

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    Recently I have gotten a lot of feedback on my previous PBL posts, mainly asking me how I develop my PBL ideas.  So, I thought it might be a good idea to let everyone take a peek at the process I use to write my PBLs.  Just be warned that I haven't yet perfected the art of crafting a PBL yet, but hopefully some of this will help you in any PBL writing you may do.
John Pearce

How Tech Will Transform the Traditional Classroom - 1 views

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    As the post-PC era moves from interesting theory to cold, hard reality, one of the most pressing questions is: How can we use tablets, and especially the iPad, to help people learn? Most of the focus has been on ebooks replacing textbooks, a trend fueled by Apple's recent updates to iBooks. Specifically, the company released iBooks Author, a tool for creating immersive ebooks on the desktop. Plus, the new iPad is now the first tablet with a retina screen, making reading and watching multimedia on the device even more enjoyable. But technology is only as good as the system it's applied to. Much like a fresh coat of paint will not improve the fuel efficiency of a '69 Mustang, the application of technology to a broken system masks deeper problems with short-term gains.
John Pearce

Five ways to control your privacy on Google - 1 views

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    "LIKE it or not, your relationship with Google is becoming a lot more intimate. The company recently expanded its ability to combine data from its various services to create a highly detailed profile on you. Google says it's doing that to simplify its privacy policy and improve your experience on sites such as Gmail, Picasa, Google Plus and YouTube. But there's a business reason, too. Google gets a chance to use the data it collects to tailor ads that align more precisely with your interests, and those personalised ads are among the most lucrative for the company. Before getting too worked up, it's important to understand what's happening.
John Pearce

The Truths, Untruths, and Fuzzy Truths of Cloud Security - 2 views

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    I recently wrote two articles about the growth of cloud computing: The Perfect Storm for Cloud Computing, and Enough Already! Cloud Computing Is Here to Stay. Both articles were written with the intention of concreting the fact that businesses and IT professionals need to begin, now, to develop their cloud strategy. The articles, read by over 23,000 people at the time of this writing, opened a floodgate of comments about the security concerns of cloud computing. So now I am going to address the truths, the untruths, and the fuzzy truths of security in the cloud.
John Pearce

How I Published to the iTunes Bookstore | Exploring Digital Media in Education - 5 views

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    I have recently published a book in the iTunes store. (Read about it here or here.) Some people have expressed interest in knowing how exactly I was able to do this. Well the good news is that it's not very difficult. The bad news is that you have to get the formatting perfect or it will be rejected.
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    This is going to be really helpful for us, as we are working on an iBook project for teacher PD ... thanks for sharing this
John Pearce

Schools and Students Clash Over Use of Technology | MindShift - 3 views

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    When it comes to using technology in school, the tension between what students and parents want and what schools allow is becoming more apparent - and more divisive. Students want more control over how they use technology in school, but many classrooms are still making it difficult. That's according to the most recent Speak Up 2011 report, "Mapping a Personalized Learning Journey," which reflects the views of more than 416,000 K-12 students, parents, and educators nationwide surveyed on how technology can enhance the learning environment.
John Pearce

Humanising the classroom | Rob Sbaglia - 6 views

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    I was preparing a presentation for differentiating mathematics using technology recently, and ended up editing a TED talk by Salman Khan. What struck me was Khan's idea that technology can humanise the classroom - which, as Khan acknowledges, is in some ways counterintuitive. Indeed, when I talk to teachers about technology in the classroom, they have visions of a very inhuman scenario, where students have their eyes glued to the screens, interacting with noone. I'd argue that many things that currently happen in traditional classrooms are dehumanizing; however, we don't see them this way because that's how classrooms have always been. I'd also argue that technology can humanize these experiences. Here are four things I've invested time and effort into that have humanized the classroom.
John Pearce

A List of Interesting Mobile Learning Links | Upside Learning Blog - 3 views

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    Mobile learning is in the air, almost everyone realizes the potential, and some companies are now taking tentative first steps. While I haven't blogged in a while, I continue trawling through my RSS feeds, seeing more and more references to mobile learning, mlearning, performance support, 'just-in-time' and so many other terms that make sense in that context. Here are some interesting links I've come across recently, mostly about mobile learning and some about learning in general that I found interesting. Do note some of these link up to dated articles.
John Pearce

FOMOIG.jpg (972×5395) - 3 views

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    FOMO, you're not alone with your FOMO. There are other people out there just like you, and they've gone public with their problem. The iPhone and Android app TimeRazor, which finds and suggests fun activities in your area, recently pulled research from studies and articles by JWTIntelligence, comScore and The Wall Street Journal to produce the infographic below. It gives a good snapshot of how much time people spend online and whether it makes them feel like they're missing out on great experiences. Check it out for the full rundown.
John Pearce

Create your 'ownCloud' « Mark Pleasance - 1 views

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    Occasionally there is a piece software that comes along which astonishes me that I can download it for free. We have been recently investigating the ability for our users to sync their docs with a cloud service, primarily for backup. We have looked at Google Drive, DropBox and SkyDrive and there are many others. All have advantages / disadvantages however there is one thing that none of them seem to do - local storage. We simply can't have 1,500 users all trying to sync to the Internet and expect it to work across our 50 meg pipe.  We need it to be stored locally, on one of our servers. Sure we'll need tons of storage and won't have intercontinental redundancy and failover, but let's be honest we are not backing up nuclear launch codes here. One large RAID 5 storage should do the trick.
Roland Gesthuizen

Digital Roadtrip * Unique method for accessing student work on iPads? - 8 views

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    We all know that we can share via iTunes over USB to any Mac/PC with a recent version of iTunes. Well would you believe the same thing works without a cable and it doesn't have to be the Mac/PC that manages the devices. It means that any teacher can access all the students files on a device that has been "Saved to iTunes".
John Pearce

Google's zero-carbon quest - Fortune Tech - 1 views

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    Finding creative solutions to energy issues has become a major priority for Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page in recent years. For the obvious reasons -- a growing population, increasingly scarce resources, and climate change -- he believes that the corporate world needs to operate more sustainably, and he is determined to build the nation's first zero-carbon company. This means a business that ultimately is so energy efficient and uses so much clean power that it emits no greenhouse gas -- a very tall order indeed. Experts aren't sure whether it's even possible for a company to emit no carbon, but Google is trying to come as close to that goal as possible. "As we became a bigger user of energy, we wanted to make sure we were not just part of the problem, but part of the solution," says Urs Hölzle, Google's employee No. 8 and a senior vice president who oversees the company's green initiatives.
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