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Essential Learning Functions of Technology - 0 views

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    A brief examination of the essential learning functions of digital tools. Each learning function is described, then specific tools that deliver that function are listed. The rapidly shifting technology landscape requires that tools be updated frequently. You can find the latest version of this Appendix on the authors' blog, and contribute your ideas.
J Black

The Three-E Strategy for Overcoming Resistance to Technological Change (EDUCAUSE Quarte... - 0 views

  • According to a 2007 Pew/Internet study,1 49 percent of Americans only occasionally use information and communication technology. Of the remaining 51 percent, only 8 percent are what Pew calls omnivores, “deep users of the participatory Web and mobile applications.”
  • Shaping user behavior is a “soft” problem that has more to do with psychological and social barriers to technology adoption. Academia has its own cultural mores, which often conflict with experimenting with new ways of doing things. Gardner Campbell put it nicely last year when he wrote, “For an academic to risk ‘failure’ is often synonymous with ‘looking stupid in front of someone’.”2 The safe option for most users is to avoid trying something as risky as new technology.
  • The first instinct is thus to graft technology onto preexisting modes of behavior.
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  • First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This “Three-E Strategy,” if applied properly, has been at the core of every successful technology adoption throughout history.
  • Technology must be easy and intuitive to use for the majority of the user audience—or they won’t use it.
  • Complexity, however, remains a potent obstacle to realizing the goal of making technology easy. Omnivores (the top 8 percent of users) revel in complexity. Consider for a moment how much time some people spend creating clothes for their avatars in Second Life or the intricacies of gameplay in World of Warcraft. This complexity gives the expert users a type of power, but is also a turnoff for the majority of potential users.
  • Web 2.0 and open source present another interesting solution to this problem. The user community quickly abandons those applications they consider too complicated.
  • any new technology must become essential to users
  • Finally, we have to show them how the enhanced communication made possible through technologies such as Web 2.0 will enhance their efficiency, productivity, and ability to teach and learn.
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    First, a technology must be evident to the user as potentially useful in making his or her life easier (or more enjoyable). Second, a technology must be easy to use to avoid rousing feelings of inadequacy. Third, the technology must become essential to the user in going about his or her business. This "Three-E Strategy," if applied properly, has been at the core of every successful technology adoption throughout history.
anonymous

Essential Findings You Must Know About Your E-commerce Website - 0 views

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    The recent report by Radware revealed that the leading E-commerce sites have higher page load time than the standard time. Read the essential findings of the report. http://www.cloudreviews.com/blog/ecommerce-page-load-findings
Sarah Hanawald

Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech » THIS is a 21st Century Skill - 0 views

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    Essentially, everyone is a commercial director and the product is yourself.
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    The title of this blog post is THIS is a 21st Century Skill. The author discusses the fact that the ability to make a comprehensible, on-message, and appealing video is becoming a literacy. Is this new? No, not the communication piece, but the medium is new as a universal. Essentially, everyone is a commercial director and the product is yourself.
Jeff Johnson

Writing, technology and Teens (Pew Internet & American Life Project) - 0 views

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    Teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. This disconnect matters because teens believe good writing is an essential skill for success and that more writing instruction at school would help them.
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tech vedic

Intuit Quicken for Mac users - 0 views

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    "Personal finance software. With easy interface, it lets users to track the entire financial structure successfully. Its speed depends upon the number of financial accounts you are tracking at a time. As all the aspects of this software are bright and colorful thus it makes it more pleasant to use and explore. http://rigviews.com/product-review/intuit-quicken-essentials-for-mac/" By-The Xpert Crew @ http://techvedic.com https://www.facebook.com/techvedicinc https://twitter.com/techvedicinc http://pinterest.com/techvedic1 http://techvedicinc.tumblr.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/110467075169904075419/
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5 simple tips to save computer repair bill? - 0 views

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    Computer repair is a common chapter, though not of the common interest. You could have experienced computer problems - hardware or software related. Sometimes, easy to fix with just a restart, while at other occasions seeking expert's hand might have become essential. Lucky in case, system was in-warranty, otherwise, computer repair charges might have given a jolt. Techvedic, your friendly online computer support vendor, narrates 5 simple tips to save or reduce computer repair bill.
Girja Tiwari

Details about Webhosting service - 0 views

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    Details about Webhosting service.For web hosting can also Nethosting be said and it is this we understand an accommodation of the web pages on a web server. This is always essential to sent, if you want to make pages on the Internet........Read Full Text
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HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST SPYWARE? - 0 views

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    Viruses, spyware and malware are some of the serious issues related to computer. Without your permission, if your Internet program is tracking and sending information back to a third party then your computer must be spyware infected. Let's uncover some essential tips to protect against spyware.
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Desktop land grab: Essential tips for multimonitor productivity - 0 views

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    Multimonitor setups are highly common nowadays as LCD prices are dropping. Thus, multimonitors can be used for heavily graphical work, intensive multitasking and serious gaming. This can enhance your work productivity a lot.
Patrick Kavanagh

What are the standards of an outstanding end of lease cleaning? - 0 views

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    There are an oodles of companies offering domestic cleaning in Perth with many essential benefits and standards to be followed, which makes you to minimize the stress of all the required cleaning chores at the end of your lease cleaning including all of the tasks like mopping, vacuuming, oven cleaning, and dusting meeting the standards of cleaning to assure making your rental property be spotless at the end of your lease cleaning.
Diana Rendina

Note to Principals: You Can't Keep Ignoring Social Spaces | CTQ - 3 views

  • social spaces tend to be spaces where our primary customers -- parents and students -- spend a heck of a lot of time.
  • 63 percent of the respondents to a recent Pew Research Center on Journalism and Media survey reported turning to Twitter and Facebook for news "outside the realm of friends and family"
  • a school and/or district hashtag.
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  • School personnel can post traditional communications -- calendar updates, school closing information, details on special programming or deadlines -- just as easily as classroom teachers can post pictures of cool classroom happenings or community organizations can post links to resources that parents and students might find useful.
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    Having a social media presence is essential for schools to maintain communication with their stakeholders.  A school hashtag is an excellent way to make it easy for everyone to share.
Rehab Rajab

Five Hallmarks of Good Homework - 0 views

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    Blog post by Cathy Vatterott:\n"Homework shouldn't be about rote learning. The best kind deepens student understanding and builds essential skills."
Henry Thiele

Ditch the Backpack: 100 Essential Web Tools for Virtual Students | eLearning Gurus - 0 views

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    Excellent list of resources
Dave Truss

Open Thinking & Digital Pedagogy » Letting Go - 0 views

  • we’ve reached the point in our (disparate) cultural adaptation to computing and communication technology that the younger technical generations are so empowered they are impatient and ready to jettison institutions most of the rest of us tend to think of as essential, central, even immortal. They are ready to dump our schools.
  • It is about honesty. It is about being truthful to our students about the flaws of our educational system. It is essential that we open a dialogue with our children to help them design their educational processes. Together we can do more than simply patch the existing system, and we need to do it soon.
  • The future is in good hands
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    There is a technology war coming. Actually it is already here but most of us haven't yet notice. It is a war not about technology but because of technology, a war over how we as a culture embrace technology. It is a war that threatens venerable institutions and, to a certain extent, threatens what many people think of as their very way of life.
Jeff Johnson

Free laptop-tracking software now available (eSchool News) - 0 views

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    Two Ph.D. students and their professors have developed an open-source system for tracking the location of a lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central tracking service--providing some competition for commercial software developers. One leading commercial developer, however, says the open-source version lacks a number of essential features and, therefore, is less effective in deterring laptop thefts and recovering laptops that do go missing.
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