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How a satellite called Syncom changed the world - latimes.com - 2 views

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"Hughes engineer Harold Rosen's team overcame technical and political hurdles to send the Syncom communications satellite into orbit 50 years ago."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Hughes engineer Harold Rosen's team overcame technical and political hurdles to send the Syncom communications satellite into orbit 50 years ago."</div>

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Top 12 Signs You're Dealing With Trolls | LinkedIn - 3 views

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"Dealing with trolls is one of the costs of participating in social media. These are the folks who combine a strong opinion with a lack of knowledge. A handful of inflammatory and negative comments can neutralize dozens of positive ones. Here are the top twelve signs that you're dealing with someone who lives under a bridge."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Dealing with trolls is one of the costs of participating in social media. These are the folks who combine a strong opinion with a lack of knowledge. A handful of inflammatory and negative comments can neutralize dozens of positive ones. Here are the top twelve signs that you're dealing with someone who lives under a bridge."</div>

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Protect yourself from trolls | ACMA - 1 views

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"Being trolled? Here are five tips to protect yourself: "

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http://sitwithme.org/ - 1 views

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"Sometimes you have to sit to take a stand. We sit to inspire women in computing and IT. We sit to recognize the value of women's technical contributions. We sit to embrace women's important perspectives and increase their participation. Imagine designing technology that is as broad and creative as the people it serves."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sometimes you have to sit to take a stand. We sit to inspire women in computing and IT. We sit to recognize the value of women's technical contributions. We sit to embrace women's important perspectives and increase their participation. Imagine designing technology that is as broad and creative as the people it serves."</div>

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Correct Horse Battery Staple | Generate Secure Memorable Passwords - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 04 Jul 13

"Secure password generator to help keep you safer online"

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Knowmad Society - 0 views

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Knowmads: nomadic knowledge workers who work with anybody, anytime, anywhere. Free download.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Knowmads: nomadic knowledge workers who work with anybody, anytime, anywhere. Free download.</div>

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Do you know what a TeachMeet is? ‹ Graccon Learning Solutions - 5 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Jul 13

"TeachMeets are an exciting model of professional development making waves in the Melbourne teaching community. A TeachMeet is an informal meeting for teachers to share and discuss their classroom practise. Another term to describe these meets is an unconference. Presenters speak for either seven or two minutes on a topic of choice that is related to classroom practice. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"TeachMeets are an exciting model of professional development making waves in the Melbourne teaching community. A TeachMeet is an informal meeting for teachers to share and discuss their classroom practise. Another term to describe these meets is an unconference. Presenters speak for either seven or two minutes on a topic of choice that is related to classroom practice. "</div>

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Spaceship Alphabet « Time for Hugs! - 2 views

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Spacecraft Alphabet, just the thing for learning our #SciFi ABC's. A great spread of different generations and countries.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Spacecraft Alphabet, just the thing for learning our #SciFi ABC's. A great spread of different generations and countries.</div>

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Rough Science for iPad 2 Wi-Fi, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad (3rd generation), iPad Wi-Fi + ... - 1 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 22 Jun 13

"Presented by well known science educator, Sean M Elliott, Rough Science is a digital learning environment that explores three exciting Australian Curriculum Year 5 & 6 science topics: Layers of the Earth; Solid, Liquid & Gas; and Adaptation & Evolution. Each unit is comprised of a short video and a creative challenge. The App is accompanied by a free Rough Science Teacher Handbook, available from the iTunes store. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Presented by well known science educator, Sean M Elliott, Rough Science is a digital learning environment that explores three exciting Australian Curriculum Year 5 & 6 science topics: Layers of the Earth; Solid, Liquid & Gas; and Adaptation & Evolution. Each unit is comprised of a short video and a creative challenge. The App is accompanied by a free Rough Science Teacher Handbook, available from the iTunes store. "</div>

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No classrooms and lots of technology: a Danish school's approach - The Globe and Mail - 1 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 20 Jun 13

"The first thing that stands out upon arrival at Hellerup School, where 640 students between the ages of 6 and 16 study on the former site of the Tuborg brewery in Denmark, is the absence of a fence separating the school from the street. Inside, there is no office to greet visitors. Instead, small shoes litter the floor and children of all ages sprawl on couches doing homework, play foosball or run about the open space that substitutes for classrooms. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The first thing that stands out upon arrival at Hellerup School, where 640 students between the ages of 6 and 16 study on the former site of the Tuborg brewery in Denmark, is the absence of a fence separating the school from the street. Inside, there is no office to greet visitors. Instead, small shoes litter the floor and children of all ages sprawl on couches doing homework, play foosball or run about the open space that substitutes for classrooms. "</div>

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What to do when your cell phone or tablet is stolen | Digital Trends - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 19 Jun 13

"We trust much of our lives to our mobile devices, whether smartphones or tablets or a traditional notebook computers. But what do you do if one of these devices is lost or stolen?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"We trust much of our lives to our mobile devices, whether smartphones or tablets or a traditional notebook computers. But what do you do if one of these devices is lost or stolen?"</div>

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Review of the FC5025 5.25″ Floppy to USB Adapter « ASCII by Jason Scott - 0 views

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"If you used home computers at various times from the 1970s through to the 1990s, you have a problem. The problem may be irrelevant, or not a huge problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. The problem is that the vast majority of home computers used 5.25″ floppy disks.. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"If you used home computers at various times from the 1970s through to the 1990s, you have a problem. The problem may be irrelevant, or not a huge problem, but it's a problem nonetheless. The problem is that the vast majority of home computers used 5.25″ floppy disks.. "</div>

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What Makes an Experience Seem Innovative? - 1 views

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The recipe for making an experience seem innovative requires just the right combination of ingredients. Start with a deeply frustrating experience. Then look into the gaps between the activities. Finally, build out the systems to make sure you can deliver on the promise. When complete, you’ll have something that could change how your industry thinks about delighting customers and users.
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Truly innovative designs anticipate users’ needs and add value in unexpected ways.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 16 Jun 13

"If we want to produce innovative products and services, there are lessons to learn from what Apple did."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"If we want to produce innovative products and services, there are lessons to learn from what Apple did."</div>

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Google Launches Balloons to Bring the Internet to Remote Regions - 1 views

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"Google is launching huge balloons to bring the Internet to remote and difficult terrain - think mountain ranges, archipelagos and jungles - beginning with New Zealand."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Google is launching huge balloons to bring the Internet to remote and difficult terrain - think mountain ranges, archipelagos and jungles - beginning with New Zealand."</div>

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The future of robotics: in a transhuman world, the disabled will be the ones without pr... - 1 views

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"Bertolt Meyer's amazing bionic hand controlled by an iPhone app is a glimpse of the advances being made in prosthetics. But in years to come, will everyone want one?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Bertolt Meyer's amazing bionic hand controlled by an iPhone app is a glimpse of the advances being made in prosthetics. But in years to come, will everyone want one?"</div>

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STEMbite: Mirrors and Reflection - YouTube - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Jun 13

"Andrew Vanden Heuvel has a little too much fun looking at mirrors with his Google Glass."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Andrew Vanden Heuvel has a little too much fun looking at mirrors with his Google Glass."</div>

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Should I turn my computer off during a lightning storm? › Ask an Expert (ABC ... - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Jun 13

"Should I turn my desktop computer off during a lightning storm? I've heard stories about lightning striking a house and ruining thousands of dollars of computer equipment. These people had all the anti-surge stuff and it didn't help. They even had the computer off; the on switch was still sending mains power to it from a wall. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Should I turn my desktop computer off during a lightning storm? I've heard stories about lightning striking a house and ruining thousands of dollars of computer equipment. These people had all the anti-surge stuff and it didn't help. They even had the computer off; the on switch was still sending mains power to it from a wall. "</div>

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How will schools look in 10 years? | News.com.au - 10 views

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danger is if you just allow students to learn what they want to learn, they will miss out on a lot
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There is lots of hype about how much technology will change the learning environment, but schools are resilient – we still recognise them from when we are at school. They still have rows of desks, a whiteboard and a teacher
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We need to all consider the place of technology in the schools of the future and look at the moral debate
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3D digibooks will take over, but libraries will still exist though to keep old books although few new ones will be purchased
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Roland Gesthuizen on 09 Jun 13

"HOW will the way kids learn change over the next 10 years as new technology takes over in schools? Futurist expert Neil Selwyn from the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives his predictions. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"HOW will the way kids learn change over the next 10 years as new technology takes over in schools? Futurist expert Neil Selwyn from the Faculty of Education, Monash University, gives his predictions. "</div>

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generatedata.com - 4 views

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"Ever needed custom formatted sample / test data, like, bad? Well, that's the idea of this script. It's a free, open source tool written in JavaScript, PHP and MySQL that lets you quickly generate large volumes of custom data in a variety of formats for use in testing software, populating databases, and... so on and so forth."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Ever needed custom formatted sample / test data, like, bad? Well, that's the idea of this script. It's a free, open source tool written in JavaScript, PHP and MySQL that lets you quickly generate large volumes of custom data in a variety of formats for use in testing software, populating databases, and... so on and so forth."</div>

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Mini-Unconference (with images, tweets) · rgesthuizen · Storify - 0 views

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"I helped to organise a mini-unconference for a university class. It was to be something that would give other teachers a broad idea how these events work and how interactive devices can help."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"I helped to organise a mini-unconference for a university class. It was to be something that would give other teachers a broad idea how these events work and how interactive devices can help."</div>

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