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Mick S

Technology News: Wireless: Wireless Connectivity Becoming BMOC - 0 views

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    This site shows how wireless connectivity is popping up in colleges around the world.
Hayes G.

Chime.in Social Network Looks Like Twitter, Digg, Facebook - All at Once | News & Opini... - 0 views

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    "Meet Chime.in, which launched in beta form at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday. Chime.in, which is reminiscent of Twitter, Digg, and Facebook, among others, is the latest brainchild of Bill Gross, who founded the UberMedia properties, including UberTwitter."
Susan D

Soon, self-animated avatars to help people communicate better - 0 views

  • Virtual communication allowed by modern technology usually lacks the body gestures so common in face-to-face interactions.
Hayes G.

Workshop shows advantages of social media in job hunting | Superior Telegram | Superior... - 0 views

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    "Workshop shows advantages of social media in job hunting"
Vicki Davis

Students 'Mix It Up' to promote tolerance | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadver... - 0 views

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    Such programs are fascinating ways to help promote getting along and working with others. "National Mix It Up Lunch Day, now in its 10th year, is coordinated by the Southern Poverty Law Center's Teaching Tolerance program. It served as the catalyst Tuesday for millions of students, including some locally, to cross social boundaries and foster respect for one another."
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    Now when a school has a good idea, they can post it on the Internet. The battle against cyberbullying is one example of how this is happening.
Ivey Carden

Medical scan results are just an app away | | The Bulletin - 0 views

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    This doctor is using his iphone to see his patients. He pulls up the scans and shows them to his patient.
Sam V

Gale World History In Context - Document - 1 views

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      Hey! Check out this document. I thought it was a good example of virtual communication affecting education.
  • this pioneering pair have used technology.
  • may have revolutionised the African classroom.
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  • resource-sharing project in a way that places their students in a classroom of the future.
  • a pilot broadband wireless schools network project being conducted in the Pretoria area.
  • This meeting sparked the birth of what is thought to be the firstvirtual classroom in Africa.
  • Beyers and another technology enthusiast, Richard Gerber, from the Department of Communications, came up with the concept about five years ago when they met at a conference in Morocco.
  • "It has been good for revising what we've been learning because it's with another teacher.
  • "I use the technology to focus on the content of the lesson, while subtly sneaking in information technology elements."
  • "This project is proving that it is possible to interconnect many schools simultaneously," said Beyers.
Michelle L

Gale World History In Context - Document - 0 views

  • thereby producing more jobs
  • and globalization more generally.
Stephanie A

New Device that are happening now - 0 views

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    They are starting to put in lightradios all over the world to help mobiles more thing like, internet, cell phone,computers, even house phone mobile. What do you think about this? And how would it be for us now and in the future ?
Suzie Nestico

Facebook Users Hit "Dislike" Button for Timeline [STUDY] - 3 views

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    We were just discussing this in our FCP class today. What do you think of the new FaceBook timeline? Some students felt it was a privacy concern and that it gives people the ability to "stalk" others easily. What do you think? This is a great current events topic for Topic 8, subtopic B in Social Networking/PLE's.
Ralph C

NCDD Community News Blog » Government 2.0: Redefining Civic Engagement and Di... - 0 views

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    if they dont have high speed internet they cant see and responded to what the goverment is doing! "Technology's ability to meet the needs of both citizens and government is obvious. However, with varying degrees of citizen capacity and resources, which technologies are best suited? Will citizens without high-speed access to the internet ultimately have less ability to engage with government or partake in its services? How do we address the access and knowledge divide?"
matthew hilliard

Telcos finalize plans for better wireless connectivity - Corporate News - liv... - 0 views

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    "RCL will roll out up to 3,000 base stations in 25 cities by the end of the year; the Tata-run VSNL is in the process of erecting 1,300 wireless broadband towers for retail consumers in five cities;"
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