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HOW TO: Back Up Your Social Media Presence Before the Ball Drops - 1 views

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As we shamble forward into the next decade, it might be prudent to take pause and take stock of the years behind us. Translation: Back up your stuff. .. We have a ton of information, photos and memories scattered around the web that we would be loathe to lose .. it still might be wise to put some of that stuff in an iron box for safe keeping."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">As we shamble forward into the next decade, it might be prudent to take pause and take stock of the years behind us. Translation: Back up your stuff. .. We have a ton of information, photos and memories scattered around the web that we would be loathe to lose .. it still might be wise to put some of that stuff in an iron box for safe keeping."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 28 Dec 10

Some good advice about how to backup various online web tools.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Some good advice about how to backup various online web tools.</div>

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Minds-On Toys - Kits - 6 views

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toy digital computer DIY kit fun boolean binary logic

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But perhaps the rarest thing about Digi-Comp is the combination of hands-on and minds-on fun it affords. It definitely still has things to teach*, like Boolean logic and problem-solving... and it's rewarding to build and use. That's why Minds-On Toys decided to reintroduce it in an affordable kit format, with a thorough and professional revamp of the original documentation.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">But perhaps the rarest thing about Digi-Comp is the combination of hands-on and minds-on fun it affords. It definitely still has things to teach*, like Boolean logic and problem-solving... and it's rewarding to build and use. That's why Minds-On Toys decided to reintroduce it in an affordable kit format, with a thorough and professional revamp of the original documentation.</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Dec 10

Just ordered myself one of these for christmas, an elastic-band powered computer that comes as a DIY kit. I can hardly wait to turn up.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Just ordered myself one of these for christmas, an elastic-band powered computer that comes as a DIY kit. I can hardly wait to turn up.</div>

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BBC comedians have fun with tech talk - 4 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 25 Dec 10

"Comedians Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett elevated the play on words to a sublime level with this skit, reminiscent the famous "Fork Handles" bit. A befuddled shopper turns to his grocer for help with his Blackberry and Apple."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Comedians Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett elevated the play on words to a sublime level with this skit, reminiscent the famous "Fork Handles" bit. A befuddled shopper turns to his grocer for help with his Blackberry and Apple."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 25 Dec 10

Just the thing to laugh at over the school break. :-)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Just the thing to laugh at over the school break. :-)</div>

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"Traditional Greeting" - Threadless.com - Best t-shirts in the world - 5 views

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StarTrek traditional culture geek clothing

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Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Dec 10

Great handy t-shirt for Star Trek fans and geeks.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Great handy t-shirt for Star Trek fans and geeks.</div>

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Shuttered: are the camera's days numbered? - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Dec 10

"Research group Gartner says many vendors have been left battling for survival as the compact digital camera market reaches maturation point in most developed countries .. Driving its downfall is the rise of the mighty smartphone with its inbuilt megapixel camera, hogging space in our pockets and snatching market share."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Research group Gartner says many vendors have been left battling for survival as the compact digital camera market reaches maturation point in most developed countries .. Driving its downfall is the rise of the mighty smartphone with its inbuilt megapixel camera, hogging space in our pockets and snatching market share."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Dec 10

Interesting shift from compact digital cameras to iPhones and digital SLR cameras.

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The $2 Interactive Whiteboard | Action-Reaction - 8 views

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teaching learning learningspaces IWB interactive blog collaboration eLearning

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Roland Gesthuizen on 16 Dec 10

Teachers should be spending their precious lesson planning time designing lessons to engage kids mentally and push them to higher levels, not creating flashy Powerpoints .. Instead of thinking about how to get your students to interact with a $2,000 electronic whiteboard, think about how you can get your students to interact with each other using a $2 whiteboard.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Teachers should be spending their precious lesson planning time designing lessons to engage kids mentally and push them to higher levels, not creating flashy Powerpoints .. Instead of thinking about how to get your students to interact with a $2,000 electronic whiteboard, think about how you can get your students to interact with each other using a $2 whiteboard.</div>

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Google goes to space, by balloon - tech - 14 December 2010 - New Scientist - 0 views

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Google Nexus space balloon video NewScientist geek

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Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Dec 10

"Sending small cameras to ultra-high altitudes with weather balloons is a do-it-yourself craze these days and today's activities have more of a "let's see what happens" feel than any rigorous product testing. The team, made up of Google engineers and students from the University of California, Santa Cruz, is mainly curious to see how well the phone's sensors cope with a freezing cold near-vacuum."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sending small cameras to ultra-high altitudes with weather balloons is a do-it-yourself craze these days and today's activities have more of a "let's see what happens" feel than any rigorous product testing. The team, made up of Google engineers and students from the University of California, Santa Cruz, is mainly curious to see how well the phone's sensors cope with a freezing cold near-vacuum."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 14 Dec 10

Google Nexus now joins the list of iPHones and digital cameras that have been raised into near earth orbit by students. All that remains is to slingshot one into space with a big rubber band .. or for one to land in my back yard :-)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Google Nexus now joins the list of iPHones and digital cameras that have been raised into near earth orbit by students. All that remains is to slingshot one into space with a big rubber band .. or for one to land in my back yard :-)</div>

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Berners-Lee: Facebook 'threatens' web future * The Register - 6 views

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Facebook future web eLearning censorship freedom W3C

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He also warns against Phorm-style snooping and governments that restrict free speech on the web.
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bemoans the proliferation of net-connected apps on the Apple iPhone and other smartphones
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"continued grassroots innovation may be the best check and balance against any one company or government that tries to undermine universality."
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He briefly warns of cable giants who may prevent the free flow of content across the net.
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The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things that we cannot ourselves imagine.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 24 Nov 10

Tim Berners-Lee has dubbed Facebook a threat to the universality of the world wide web. Next month marks the twentieth anniversary of the first webpage - served up by Berners-Lee at the CERN particle physics lab in Geneva - and in the December issue of Scientific American, he celebrates the uniquely democratic nature of his creation, before warning against the forces that could eventually bring it down. "Several threats to the Web's universality have arisen recently,"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tim Berners-Lee has dubbed Facebook a threat to the universality of the world wide web. Next month marks the twentieth anniversary of the first webpage - served up by Berners-Lee at the CERN particle physics lab in Geneva - and in the December issue of Scientific American, he celebrates the uniquely democratic nature of his creation, before warning against the forces that could eventually bring it down. "Several threats to the Web's universality have arisen recently,"</div>

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the story of cool » Archive » One Laptop Per Child is cool - 1 views

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OLPC NicholasNegroponte laptop netbook education cool

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"OLPC is cool for a number of reasons. First, it's real innovation, the project was born before anyone was actively occupied with the themes OLPC works with. Second, it recognises that education is key to create equality around the world. And third, OLPC started out with a dream, a vision so strong that it inspired and motivated others to change their way of thinking too."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"OLPC is cool for a number of reasons. First, it's real innovation, the project was born before anyone was actively occupied with the themes OLPC works with. Second, it recognises that education is key to create equality around the world. And third, OLPC started out with a dream, a vision so strong that it inspired and motivated others to change their way of thinking too."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 22 Nov 10

Amongst the great things at the start of our millenium, this website also counts that the OLPC is cool. :-)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Amongst the great things at the start of our millenium, this website also counts that the OLPC is cool. :-)</div>

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With Open Source Bug Bounties, 12-Year Olds Can Win Too - 0 views

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ostatic news student money FLOSS opensource software bug

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Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Nov 10

Commercial companies focused on open source and open source communities at large can benefit from lots of efficiencies that arise from paying the public to debug software. In the latest example of the fact that "the public" in this context means absolutely anyone, 12-year old tech whiz Alex Miller, who hails from San Jose, right in the middle of Silicon Valley, has just received a $3,000 check from Mozilla for finding a major bug in the Firefox browser.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Commercial companies focused on open source and open source communities at large can benefit from lots of efficiencies that arise from paying the public to debug software. In the latest example of the fact that "the public" in this context means absolutely anyone, 12-year old tech whiz Alex Miller, who hails from San Jose, right in the middle of Silicon Valley, has just received a $3,000 check from Mozilla for finding a major bug in the Firefox browser.</div>

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Stephen's Phone Blog: Dot to dot - 2 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Nov 10

"This was a bit of a surprise. Climbing ;everyone does it) up the roof of the Oslo Opera House on Norway the cladding is this interesting pattern but some of you will know exactly what the pattern is cos you punched and programmed those paper tapes in the very early days of computing. Me too' "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"This was a bit of a surprise. Climbing ;everyone does it) up the roof of the Oslo Opera House on Norway the cladding is this interesting pattern but some of you will know exactly what the pattern is cos you punched and programmed those paper tapes in the very early days of computing. Me too' "</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Nov 10

Fascinating to see this image recorded on the roof of the Oslo Opera house. I have some punched cards at school (amongst a collection of really odd IT museum pieces) and it made me wonder what others might have?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fascinating to see this image recorded on the roof of the Oslo Opera house. I have some punched cards at school (amongst a collection of really odd IT museum pieces) and it made me wonder what others might have?</div>

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Nike Turns London Into a Game Board to Get People Running | Fast Company - 3 views

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game London Nike exercise fitness computer

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Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Nov 10

Nike has turned the city of London into a game board for a two-week competition called the GRID which the shoe manufacturer hopes will ultimately encourage young people who already jog for exercise to start identifying themselves as "runners."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Nike has turned the city of London into a game board for a two-week competition called the GRID which the shoe manufacturer hopes will ultimately encourage young people who already jog for exercise to start identifying themselves as "runners."</div>

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Save paper & ink printing only what you want « PrintWhatYouLike.com - 2 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Nov 10

"Save Money. Save the Environment. Tired of printing web pages only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free online editor that lets you format any web page for printing in seconds!"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Save Money. Save the Environment. Tired of printing web pages only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free online editor that lets you format any web page for printing in seconds!"</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Nov 10

I use a firefox addon called Aardvark and can vouch for the advantage of being able to trim your webpages on the fly, especially when removing advertising and other junk before preparing a page for students, keeping it child friendly.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I use a firefox addon called Aardvark and can vouch for the advantage of being able to trim your webpages on the fly, especially when removing advertising and other junk before preparing a page for students, keeping it child friendly.</div>

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National Public Toilet Map - 2 views

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The National Public Toilet Map (the Toilet Map) shows the location of more than 14,000 public and private public toilet facilities across Australia. Details of toilet facilities can also be found along major travel routes and for shorter journeys as well. Useful information is provided about each toilet, such as location, opening hours, availability of baby change rooms, accessibility for people with disabilities and the details of other nearby toilets.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The National Public Toilet Map (the Toilet Map) shows the location of more than 14,000 public and private public toilet facilities across Australia. Details of toilet facilities can also be found along major travel routes and for shorter journeys as well. Useful information is provided about each toilet, such as location, opening hours, availability of baby change rooms, accessibility for people with disabilities and the details of other nearby toilets.</div>

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QR Codes in Education: A Burgeoning Narrative | JAMES MICHIE - 7 views

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QRCode code communication onmyradar

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"Since I published a short audioBoo (click the link or scan the QR Code on the right) offering my thoughts on how QR Codes could be used for learning, there has been a significant buzz about QR Codes on Twitter and in the blogosphere. A narrative is developing as ideas, experiences and best practices are shared and discussed."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Since I published a short audioBoo (click the link or scan the QR Code on the right) offering my thoughts on how QR Codes could be used for learning, there has been a significant buzz about QR Codes on Twitter and in the blogosphere. A narrative is developing as ideas, experiences and best practices are shared and discussed."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 31 Oct 10

QRCodes have been around for a while now, I keep wanting to try this out with my students. A fascinating idea.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">QRCodes have been around for a while now, I keep wanting to try this out with my students. A fascinating idea.</div>

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Why Bare URLs are a problem « Lucacept - intercepting the Web - 4 views

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hyperlink URL citation bibliography styleguide research reference blog video

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Despite staff constantly reinforcing the message with students that they need to construct proper bibliographies, I still see plenty of kids creating them with just the bare url and no other detail about the site they sourced their information from. I think Wikipedia have provided me with some terminology and explanations I can use with the students that will help them understand the importance of a citation using full details.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Despite staff constantly reinforcing the message with students that they need to construct proper bibliographies, I still see plenty of kids creating them with just the bare url and no other detail about the site they sourced their information from. I think Wikipedia have provided me with some terminology and explanations I can use with the students that will help them understand the importance of a citation using full details. </div>

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Photos: Microsoft-Apple collaboration, the 10 greatest moments | TechRepublic Photo Gal... - 1 views

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TechRepublic collaboration Apple Microsoft gallery photographs competition business marketing

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Roland Gesthuizen on 30 Oct 10

"Microsoft versus Apple has long been the marquee rivalry of the technology industry, but the two companies also have a long history as frenemies. Here are their 10 greatest collaborations."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Microsoft versus Apple has long been the marquee rivalry of the technology industry, but the two companies also have a long history as frenemies. Here are their 10 greatest collaborations."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 30 Oct 10

It is easy to forget when groups do manage to work well together. This is an interesting gallery spanning the past 15 years.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It is easy to forget when groups do manage to work well together. This is an interesting gallery spanning the past 15 years.</div>

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Names You Need To Know In 2011: The iPad School - Parmy Olson - Tea & Tech - Forbes - 4 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Oct 10

"Fraser Speirs is a busy man. Having convinced Cedars School of Excellence in Greenock, Scotland to buy more than 100 iPads and distribute them to all its students (age 5-17) earlier this year for class and homework, the private school's head of IT is traveling around the United States to talk about his school's experience with the Apple tablet."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Fraser Speirs is a busy man. Having convinced Cedars School of Excellence in Greenock, Scotland to buy more than 100 iPads and distribute them to all its students (age 5-17) earlier this year for class and homework, the private school's head of IT is traveling around the United States to talk about his school's experience with the Apple tablet."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 29 Oct 10

1:1 school with a tablet computer, it is happening already now.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">1:1 school with a tablet computer, it is happening already now.</div>

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http://www.portfolio.com/images/site/editorial/Flash/google/google.swf - 2 views

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Google tutorial flash technology portfolio

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A cool Flash based website that shows how Google works and its development over the past decade.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A cool Flash based website that shows how Google works and its development over the past decade.</div>

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High school joins iPod gen - The West Australian - 6 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 27 Oct 10

Every Year 8 student at Warwick Senior High School has been given an iPod to use during class and school hours to research, access school-created information and download relevant applications. Assignments and homework can also be completed online. A huge array of applications has been made available to download, enabling students to create practice tests, learn about percentages and translate voice recordings.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Every Year 8 student at Warwick Senior High School has been given an iPod to use during class and school hours to research, access school-created information and download relevant applications. Assignments and homework can also be completed online. A huge array of applications has been made available to download, enabling students to create practice tests, learn about percentages and translate voice recordings.</div>

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