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Shelly Terrell

Vol. 1, No. 4 (03/26/2012) | SCF Tech Notes - 0 views

  • This time I wanted to take the time to share in more detail the great opportunities that Google Docs presents in the classroom.   From sharing documents electronically between students and teachers to editing papers on-line and peer review, Google Docs opens up new doors to integrating technology to improve education.   Below are a series of quick tutorial videos on a couple topics that I thought would be of help when working with Google Docs.
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    This time I wanted to take the time to share in more detail the great opportunities that Google Docs presents in the classroom.   From sharing documents electronically between students and teachers to editing papers on-line and peer review, Google Docs opens up new doors to integrating technology to improve education.   Below are a series of quick tutorial videos on a couple topics that I thought would be of help when working with Google Docs.
tech vedic

E-Commerce Security Tips - 0 views

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    With every innovation of e-commerce, consumers are exposed to new security risks. Talking about U.S. e-commerce sales, it is expected to grow about 12 percent in 2013. Thus, making transactions safe online is a quite difficult job now. In this tutorial, we are introducing five fundamental security tips which you should keep in mind for embracing this dynamic industry.
tech vedic

How to get a full-screen Gmail compose window every time? - 0 views

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    On clicking Gmail's "Compose" button, a window appears in the right corner of the screen. Well, this window has new options now. In the top-right corner of that "Compose" window, you will find three icons: Minimize, Full-screen and Close. By clicking the one in middle, window gets enlarged.
johnpiter

Talking New Technology & The Church at i4j LIVE - 0 views

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    Hey everyone, I'm excited to announce that I will be participating in an online show: Innovate for Jesus Live. The live broadcast will be held this Tuesday, September 2, (11 PDT/ 2 EDT) on http://www.i4j.org/2014/new-technology-and-the-church-live-september-2/. Along with Jason Caston of iChurch Methods and Rich Birch of UnSeminary and Liquid Church and I4J host Justin Blaney, [...]
anonymous

July 30 - Teaching and Learning Weekly is out | Education Futures | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    An online newspaper that collects together the week's news relating to teaching and learning - particularly for those interested in finding resources and inspirational stories about education. Read and subscribe free at:  http://paper.li/f-1328546324
anonymous

Sept 17 - Teaching and Learning Weekly | Education Futures | Scoop.it - 0 views

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    An online newspaper that collects together the week's news relating to teaching and learning - particularly for those interested in finding resources and inspirational stories about education. Read and subscribe free at: http://paper.li/f-1328546324
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.
Sharon Elin

Esther Wojcicki: Revolution Needed for Teaching Literacy in a Digital Age - 12 views

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    "Despite sluggish gains in reading, our nation has not seriously integrated digital tools and new teaching practices into all classrooms. Schools of education are still failing to teach student teachers how to integrate digital media in the classroom... We recommend the following for policymakers, business leaders and practitioners to consider help make schools more effective."
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    This website is the best news site, all the information is here and always on the update. We accept criticism and suggestions. Happy along with you here. I really love you guys. :-) www.killdo.de.gg
Natalie Lafferty

BBC News - Using computers to teach children with no teachers - 16 views

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    Update on Prof Sugata Mitra's work on giving children and computers and how they learn without teachers.
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    This website is the best news site, all the information is here and always on the update. We accept criticism and suggestions. Happy along with you here. I really love you guys. :-) www.killdo.de.gg
Clay Leben

Art Through Time: A Global View - 10 views

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    Art history and appreciation 13-part course with video. Part of the Annenberg Media series. New. Free streaming.
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    This website is the best news site, all the information is here and always on the update. We accept criticism and suggestions. Happy along with you here. I really love you guys. :-) www.killdo.de.gg
David Wetzel

Why Use an iPod Touch in Science and Math Classrooms? - 0 views

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    The iPod Touch brings a new dimension to teaching and learning in the science or math classroom - Mobile Learning! No longer are students required to only learn within the confines of their classroom when using this digital tool.
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    This website is the best news site, all the information is here and always on the update. We accept criticism and suggestions. Happy along with you here. I really love you guys. :-) www.killdo.de.gg
Paul Beaufait

Cuil - Search Plugins - Google Chrome - 5 views

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    "[T]he upstart search engine Cuil has announced that it won't keep any personally identifiable information at all, a privacy feature that distinguishes it from Google" (Rosen, 2010, Expiration Dates, ¶2). Rosen, Jeffrey. (2010). The Web Means the End of Forgetting. The New York Times, July 21, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2010, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?pagewanted=all
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    This website is the best news site, all the information is here and always on the update. We accept criticism and suggestions. Happy along with you here. I really love you guys. :-) www.killdo.de.gg
J Black

Amazon Kindle for iPhone & iPod Touch « THE FIRE WIRE - 0 views

  • Even if you could never justify spending $360 on a Kindle, you can still partake in the mobile eBook revolution. Amazon Kindle for iPhone & iPod Touch (Free) is a new app that lets you buy and download Kindle books and read them on the go — without buying the Kindle 2. In addition to having access to more than 240,000 books, the app lets you adjust text size, add bookmarks, and get free samples. If you already have a Kindle, the app’s Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your bookmarks across your Kindle and your iPhone.
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    Even if you could never justify spending $360 on a Kindle, you can still partake in the mobile eBook revolution. Amazon Kindle for iPhone & iPod Touch (Free) is a new app that lets you buy and download Kindle books and read them on the go - without buying the Kindle 2. In addition to having access to more than 240,000 books, the app lets you adjust text size, add bookmarks, and get free samples. If you already have a Kindle, the app's Whispersync technology saves and synchronizes your bookmarks across your Kindle and your iPhone.
Ulrich Schrader

Table of Contents: New Media Technologies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning ... - 0 views

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    Collection of articles arround new media technologies. Lots of stuff to read.
J Black

The Economics of Giving It Away - WSJ.com - 0 views

  • In other cases, the same digital economics have spurred entirely new business models, such as "Freemium," a free version supported by a paid premium version. This model uses free as a form of marketing to put the product in the hands of the maximum number of people, converting just a small fraction to paying customers. It's an inversion of the old free sample promotion: Rather than giving away one brownie to sell 99 others, you give away 99 virtual penguins to sell one virtual igloo. (Confused? Ask a child: This is the business model for the phenomenally successful Club Penguin.)
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    In other cases, the same digital economics have spurred entirely new business models, such as "Freemium," a free version supported by a paid premium version. This model uses free as a form of marketing to put the product in the hands of the maximum number of people, converting just a small fraction to paying customers. It's an inversion of the old free sample promotion: Rather than giving away one brownie to sell 99 others, you give away 99 virtual penguins to sell one virtual igloo. (Confused? Ask a child: This is the business model for the phenomenally successful Club Penguin.)
Dave Truss

A Brave New World Wide Web « Fusion Finds - 0 views

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    "The YouTube video below won't be viewable at school, but is worth watching at home." How wrong is it that an educational video won't make it through the filter... is Youtube 'bad' or value free?
Clay Leben

Microsoft Research: Games for Learning Institute - 0 views

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    New university research funded by Microsoft.
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    Games for Learning Institute funds new research at universities.
Bruce Vigneault

New ban imposed on regulating global warming gases - Yahoo! News - 0 views

  • The White House has repeatedly said that the Clean Air Act should not be used to regulate carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, even though an April 2007 Supreme Court decision determined that the EPA could do so under the law. But that hasn't stopped environmentalists from trying
    • Bruce Vigneault
       
      Yet another example that this administration doesn't think that our constitution applies to them!
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