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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Roland Gesthuizen

Roland Gesthuizen

Will A Thunderbolt Hit The iPhone/iPad Before A Full Ascension Into The Cloud? - 0 views

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    "My hunch is that we will hear something from Apple late2011 about Thunderbolt use with iPads/iPhones .. now that the technology is out there on two of their most popular devices .. Thunderbolt seems to be a more viable and smart near-term solution for device sync rather than a full-on cloud sync."
Roland Gesthuizen

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles" | Video on TED.com - 4 views

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    "As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy."
Roland Gesthuizen

Is it Time for Bring Your Own Technology? - Expert Voices - 12 views

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    "It's time to get over the control paradigm we've all gotten used to and start thinking outside the box. What would it take to allow any device to connect safely and securely to our corporate networks?"
Roland Gesthuizen

Stolen Camera Finder - find your photos, find your camera - 5 views

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    Is your camera lost or missing? Has your camera been stolen? If so, stolencamerafinder can help you find out where it is now.  stolencamerafinder uses the serial number stored in your photo to search the web for photos taken with the same camera. 
Roland Gesthuizen

How To : Create QR Code Using Goo.gl - 7 views

  • A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.
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    Goo.gl URL shortener also allows you to create QR codes for your website links. Google uses QR  Code for its personal use in many applications.
Roland Gesthuizen

Citizen Scientists Making Incredible Discoveries - NASA Science - 3 views

  • "Not only are people better than computers at detecting the subtleties that differentiate galaxies, they can do things computers can't do, like spot things that just look interesting,"
  • And the Zooniverse team has proven that the Zooites' classifications are as good as those by professional astronomers. "Their contributions are extremely important," says Lintott. "They're helping us learn how galaxies form and evolve. And they take their work seriously." But that doesn't prevent them from bringing a sense of adventure and just sheer fun to the research.
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    nd now you can be the one to find it, thanks to Zooniverse, a unique citizen science website. Zooniverse volunteers, who call themselves "Zooites," are working on a project called Galaxy Zoo, classifying distant galaxies imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Roland Gesthuizen

Windows 7 tablets | Leader Slate 12 Windows 7 tablet | ExoPC - 0 views

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    "The biggest downside to Windows 7 on tablets is that Microsoft has failed to offer a specialised tablet user-interface. This is a huge oversight as Microsoft was first to push tablets over a decade ago but has completely failed to make an impact on the new generation tablet market pioneered by Apple and Google."
Roland Gesthuizen

RIP Flip Video Camera - 7 views

  • It looks like the Flip was simply an intermediary product. Much like the netbook, which has been largely usurped by lower-cost full laptops and tablets like the iPad, the Flip was simply a product that disrupted markets before moving aside for a true successor.
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    The popular Flip video camera is no more, with Cisco announcing Tuesday it "will exit aspects of its consumer businesses," which includes shutting down the Flip.
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    Interesting to consider that the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad2 with built in cameras might have also nudged the Flipvideo camera aside.
Roland Gesthuizen

Legal disclaimers: Spare us the e-mail yada-yada | The Economist - 0 views

  • Many disclaimers are, in effect, seeking to impose a contractual obligation unilaterally, and thus are probably unenforceable.
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    E-mail disclaimers are one of the minor nuisances of modern office life, along with fire drills, annual appraisals and colleagues who keep sneezing loudly. Just think of all the extra waste paper generated when messages containing such waffle are printed. They are assumed to be a wise precaution.
Roland Gesthuizen

Inkling for iPad on the iTunes App Store - 8 views

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    "Inkling is a platform for interactive textbooks, built from the ground up for iPad. It turns paper-based textbooks books into engaging, interactive learning experiences while staying compatible with the print book for classroom use."
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    Nice interactive app that schools with iPads should consider exploring as a replacement for traditional textbooks.
Roland Gesthuizen

Sorting algorithms as dances - 3 views

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    You may well have seen many simulations of sorting algorithms that aim to show in novel ways how the algorithm works or perhaps doesn't work quite as well as it should. However I guarantee that you have never seen anything quite in the same league as the videos made by Sapientia University - they are simply crazy but in the nicest possible way.
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    Program your own dance!
Roland Gesthuizen

Getting Started with Google Cloud Print - 8 views

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    "Google Cloud Print is built on the idea that printing can be more intuitive, accessible, and useful. Using Google Cloud Print you can make your printers available to you from any Google Cloud Print enabled web, desktop or mobile app. To get started printing using Google Cloud Print, connect a printer to your account. Google supports both cloud ready and classic printers: "
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    Printing via the cloud, fascinating idea I can hardly wait to tryout.
Roland Gesthuizen

Educational building blocks: how Minecraft is used in classrooms - 9 views

  • Class begins with the students away from the game, as Levin explains the goals for the day. Then they go to work, often in pre-built worlds created by Levin which feature specific tasks to accomplish or puzzles to solve. But they always need to work together.
  • Levin actually views these negative behaviors as a positive aspect of the lesson, and will often stop the game to address these concerns. He sees it as a way to help shape the way his students behave in an online environment, showing them the importance of acting in a responsible and considerate manner.
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    "With its open-ended nature and robust creation tools, Minecraft has been used to create some amazing things. And as one teacher learned, those very same elements that make the game so compelling also make it a great educational tool.
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    A fun game to try out, don't let the graphics distract or confuse you. This is easy to use, bigger and much more complicated than it first looks. Good learning potential.
Roland Gesthuizen

YouTube - A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning. - 0 views

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    "Watch "A Day Made of Glass" and take a look at Corning's vision for the future with specialty glass at the heart of it."
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    Nice glimpse into a future of touch screen technology.
Roland Gesthuizen

The nitty gritty… | Personalising Learning with the iPod Touch - 0 views

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    Theses questions were sent in by Croydon Community School in lieu of a visit they should have made to my school a couple of weeks ago, that I had to cancel due to illness. Hope this helps them out, along with anyone else interested.
Roland Gesthuizen

10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates - 1 views

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    Twitter updates are used to communicate everything from birthday wishes to political opinions. But there are some special, shining cases where the status update has been used to do some extraordinary things, from marriage proposals to breaking news, and much more. The following are 10 of the most extraordinary and creative uses of Twitter updates. These amazing updates have made the news, pushed the boundaries of what the status update can do, and have even fundamentally changed people's lives.
Roland Gesthuizen

Newsmap - 4 views

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    A visual representation of the latest news
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    Totally customisable - registering is free.
Roland Gesthuizen

Top 10 augmented reality travel apps | CNNGo.com - 7 views

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    "Now, with apps that cost from nothing to a few bucks, you can lay digital worlds over the top of the real world through your phone's camera view. Suddenly data on hotels, restaurants, shop offers, landmarks, social gaming, even menu translations, is at your fingertips."
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    Fascinating to think how mLearning can overlay with augmented reality when we consider educational connections with this technology.
Roland Gesthuizen

Edudemic » 43 Surprising Ways To Use Video Cameras In The Classroom - 6 views

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    "From the new iPhone 4 to the Flip HD cameras, it's never been easier for teachers to have a classroom full of video cameras. In fact, your principal won't even mind since all of these high-tech video cameras won't cost the school a penny. There are likely hundreds of ways to use a video camera in the classroom. Tom Barrett has come up with dozens of creative ways to use video cameras in the classroom, and we've embedded his presentation below."
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    Some great uses of an iPhone or Flipcam video.
Roland Gesthuizen

File:Enwp screencast4.theora.ogv - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 8 views

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    Screencast video that explains how to create a PDF or ODT book from a collection of Wikipedia articles.
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    Very handy utility and nice illustration how to use this tool.
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