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How Tech for the Disabled Is Going Mainstream - BusinessWeek - 0 views

www.businessweek.com/...b4149058306662.htm Technology Innovation
shared by Uly Lalunio on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Uly Lalunio on 04 Oct 09
     
    "Apple is widely celebrated for making devices as easy to use as they are elegantly designed. What customers probably don't know is that some of these features aren't exactly new-they evolved from software Apple created to help disabled people use PCs. "
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It's Brand New, but Make It Sound Familiar - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...04proto.html prototype Technology emerging technology
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  • Aimee Corrigan on 04 Oct 09
     
    NY Times article on linking innovation to things people can understand.
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Virtual Realtiy For Construction Zones -- Computer Scientists Test Safety Of Constructi... - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...tiy_for_construction_zones.htm virtual_reality jobs construction real_world_use
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  • Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09
     
    Construction industry turning to AR to promote safely and learn what causes construction workers to fall.
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Top 10 augmented reality demos that will revolutionize video games « Games Al... - 0 views

gamesalfresco.com/...will-revolutionize-video-games augmented_reality toys games Human_Pacman GPS
shared by Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09
     
    I want to play AR Human Pacman!!! Who's in after class?
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Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion - 0 views

www.crunchgear.com/...-of-mattel-and-total-immersion augmented_reality toys avatar total_immersion Mattel
shared by Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Jennifer Hern on 04 Oct 09
     
    The latest AR toys from Mattel... Apparently the toy industry is trying to capitalize on the tech already.
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Education Gaming and Simulation Homepage - 3 views

www7.nationalacademies.org/...Gaming_Sims_Homepage.html National Research Council games simulations science education
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  • Chris Dede on 04 Oct 09
     
    Link to National Research Council workshop on games and simulations in science education, including all the commissioned papers.
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Bathroom Scale Goes Wi-Fi - 1 views

latimesblogs.latimes.com/...appiphilia Wi-Fi Technology Gadgets
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  • Uly Lalunio on 04 Oct 09
     
    "Here's maybe the best reason yet to make sure your Wi-Fi connection is secure from snoopers."
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Turn on your iPod and learn - MBAs Guide, Postgraduate - The Independent - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...ur-ipod-and-learn-1795521.html Emerging technologies podcasts t561 learning
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  • Uche Amaechi on 04 Oct 09
     
    Can podcasts replace professors?
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Augmented...everything videos - 1 views

www.augmentedearth.com/blog emerging technology augmented realities entertainment
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  • Xavier Rozas on 03 Oct 09
     
    What can I say, AR craziness!
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Augmented Earth...cool or really, really scary! Watch this video! - 1 views

www.cnn.com/video Augmented reality education video feed emerging technology
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  • Xavier Rozas on 03 Oct 09
     
    Orwell missed the mark with his vision of a society that is policed by a single panoptical entity (government). WE ARE BIG BROTHER! Regardless of use, taste or even civility, the masses are using their digital recorders to capture everything. These students have developed a very interesting aggrigator of live video cams that layers over Google Earth sat feeds....Check this out!
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'Visual Walkman' Offers Augmented Reality - 2 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090930102926.htm
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  • Niko Cunningham on 03 Oct 09
     
    Football fan? First down lines superimposed on our TV screens have been the most visible form of AR for years....
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The Education Solution - Forbes.com - 1 views

www.forbes.com/...gent-technology-education.html disruptive technology online education
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  • He has made a career out of buying and selling accredited schools and turning them around by positioning them to focus on specific niches.
    • Jennifer Jocz
      Jennifer Jocz on 03 Oct 09
       
      He's focusing on specific groups...the "nonconsumers"
  • nothing other than online education can meet the needs of billions of people hungry for an opportunity to learn and secure a passport out of poverty.
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Web 2.0 Web 3.0 concepts, news, services, and trends - 0 views

web2web3.blogspot.com/...rst-national-intranet-for.html glow education intranet web_2.0
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  • Vafa AK on 01 Oct 09
     
    A bit dated, but pretty cool still
  • Vafa AK on 01 Oct 09
     
    A bit dated, but pretty cool still
  • Jennifer Hern on 02 Oct 09
     
    Great post. The private school I left was struggling to find an Intranet platform that served many of the purposes mentioned in the article.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Google invites users to join Wave - 2 views

news.bbc.co.uk/...8280864.stm wiki-style editing tools open-source trial social
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  • Benjamin Berte on 30 Sep 09
     
    Google Wave, which combines email, instant messaging and wiki-style editing will go on public trial today. The search giant hopes the tool, described as "how e-mail would look if it were invented today", will transform how people communicate online.
  • Jennifer Hern on 02 Oct 09
     
    Agh! Not another way to communicate! I can't even remember my passwords to all these things! I can't even remember I have a Facebook account until someone "friends" me! What happened to isolation and Transcendentalism? Needing to read Walden in the woods alone right now...
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Make-up school work goes high-tech - Local - The Sun News - 0 views

www.thesunnews.com/...1095468.html K-8 learning Smartboard homework
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  • Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
     
    Students are using "Smart bracelets" to carry makeup work from school to home.
  • Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
     
    I'm trying to figure out how this is different or value added from just giving every kid a $10 flash thumbdrive.
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Parents still angry even after Palm Beach County makes concessions on testing for high-... - 0 views

www.palmbeachpost.com/...hernandez0930.html Facebook FCAT protest standardized testing Web 2.0 Florida
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  • But at Tuesday's meeting, parents were too angry to acknowledge that Hernandez had made his first major concession since they began organizing on Facebook
    • Nick Siewert
      Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
       
      Does this mean Facebook is so, like, yesterday?
  • Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
     
    Facebook as a tool for social protest. Just as soon as schools get their heads around student use of Facebook, here come the parents.
  • Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
     
    Facebook as a tool for social protest. Just as soon as schools get their heads around student use of Facebook, here come the parents.
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GPS helps teach Sartell-St. Stephen students important lessons | sctimes.com | St. Clou... - 0 views

www.sctimes.com/...029&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL gps middle school geocaching AR Minnesota
shared by Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09 - Cached
  • They hope the high-tech tools will engage technically savvy students.
    • Nick Siewert
      Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
       
      Not even sure this qualifies as high tech any more.
  • “When you get to go outside and learn and observe, it’s a lot better than just reading about it in a book,”
    • Nick Siewert
      Nick Siewert on 02 Oct 09
       
      From the mouths of babes...
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Education in Uruguay: Laptops for all | The Economist - 0 views

www.economist.com/...displaystory.cfm laptops technology education
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  • David Chen on 02 Oct 09
     
    A report from Uruguay about the success (and troubles) of the One Laptop Per Child program
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