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Duane Sharrock

West African Teen Invents Gadgets From Scrap Metal, Visits MIT and Harvard - ABC News - 0 views

  • He's the most prolific inventor in his West African village of Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • "The exceptional thing about Kelvin is he's a very poor kid with very little infrastructure. He's been able to harvest that talent with virtually nothing," said Laura Sampath, manager of MIT's International Development Initiative. "He takes apart and then learns by what he's seeing and can rebuild it, often better than what he's seen in the first place."
  • Sengeh and his team had 70 applications from 300 students, trying to solve some of Sierra Leone's most challenging issues.
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  • Doe, along with two other students from Sierra Leone's Albert Academy, came together to build a prototype station. Sengeh says Doe's application stood out because of his speed in implementing his idea.
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    "Doe is the youngest of five children and says he's been inventing gadgets since the age of four. He gathers scrap metal and other materials to create electronic solutions for his town. His inventions have caught the eye of university professors and scientists at academic institutions in the U.S., including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard."
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    "Doe is the youngest of five children and says he's been inventing gadgets since the age of four. He gathers scrap metal and other materials to create electronic solutions for his town. His inventions have caught the eye of university professors and scientists at academic institutions in the U.S., including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard."
Ginger Lewman

Fix8 - Bring the Virtual World to Reality - 1 views

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    Fix8 is a unique interactive communication application that allows people to customize their on-screen virtual appearance in real-time using avatar technology and creative accessories. Fix8 integrates human expression analysis and rendering capabilities, avatar/facial sculpting and animation technology, voice manipulation, and one click 3D facemaker design capabilities in one package. Fix8 can create live streaming enhanced video to integrate into IM or other broadcast (such as TV) experiences, or record still images and fully-rendered vide
Neil O'Sullivan

Outcomes from the BYOD pilot at Wairakei School / BYOD trial / Mobile technologies / Te... - 0 views

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    enabling e-learning Udl and more
Cindy Sheets

Technology and Education | Box of Tricks - 3 views

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    multitude of resources and tools for educational technology
Ginger Lewman

Google Code University - Google Code - 1 views

  • This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes. The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas: AJAX Programming Algorithms Distributed Systems Web Security Languages In the Tools 101 section, you will find a set of introductions to some common tools used in Computer Science such as version control systems and databases. The CS Curriculum Search will help you find teaching materials that have been published to the web by faculty from CS departments around the world. You can refine your search to display just lectures, assignments or reference materials for a set of courses.
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    "This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes. The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas: * AJAX Programming * Algorithms * Distributed Systems * Web Security * Languages In the Tools 101 section, you will find a set of introductions to some common tools used in Computer Science such as version control systems and databases. The CS Curriculum Search will help you find teaching materials that have been published to the web by faculty from CS departments around the world. You can refine your search to display just lectures, assignments or reference materials for a set of courses."
Lainie Levin

Cogito - Home - 0 views

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    A site for gifted kids with a passion for technology. Come one, come all!
Ginger Lewman

Free Technology for Teachers: Presentation Storytelling 101 - 1 views

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    This is a terrific way for presenters to learn how to tell stories.
Neil O'Sullivan

Professional Development - Joe Bedingfield - 0 views

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    "FLIPPED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT "
Neil O'Sullivan

Education Technology Specialists Group News | LinkedIn - 0 views

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    An article with lots of references to free education courses from MIT and Academic Earth
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