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

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Technology Innovation

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"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. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"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. "</div>

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It's Brand New, but Make It Sound Familiar - 0 views

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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

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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

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augmented_reality toys games Human_Pacman GPS

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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

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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

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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

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Wi-Fi Technology Gadgets

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"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

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Emerging technologies podcasts t561 learning

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Can podcasts replace professors?

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Augmented...everything videos - 1 views

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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

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Augmented reality education video feed emerging technology

shared by Xavier Rozas on 03 Oct 09 - Cached

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!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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!</div>

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New Computer Graphics Systems Give Reality a Convincing Makeover: Scientific American - 0 views

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'Visual Walkman' Offers Augmented Reality - 2 views

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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

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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.
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  He's focusing on specific groups...the "nonconsumers"
  
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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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The Future of Education: Lessons Learned from Video Games and Museum Exhibits - 0 views

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Web 2.0 Web 3.0 concepts, news, services, and trends - 0 views

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glow education intranet web_2.0

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A bit dated, but pretty cool still

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Vafa AK on 01 Oct 09

A bit dated, but pretty cool still

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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

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wiki-style editing tools open-source trial social

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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.

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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...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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...</div>

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Make-up school work goes high-tech - Local - The Sun News - 0 views

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K-8 learning Smartboard homework

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Students are using "Smart bracelets" to carry makeup work from school to home.

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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

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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
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  Does this mean Facebook is so, like, yesterday?
  
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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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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

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gps middle school geocaching AR Minnesota

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They hope the high-tech tools will engage technically savvy students.
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  Not even sure this qualifies as high tech any more.
  
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“When you get to go outside and learn and observe, it’s a lot better than just reading about it in a book,”
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  From the mouths of babes...
  
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Education in Uruguay: Laptops for all | The Economist - 0 views

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A report from Uruguay about the success (and troubles) of the One Laptop Per Child program

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

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Virtual Realtiy For Construction Zones -- Computer Scientists Test Safety Of Constructi... - 0 views

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Avatar toys go augmented-reality, courtesy of Mattel and Total Immersion - 0 views

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Bathroom Scale Goes Wi-Fi - 1 views

Turn on your iPod and learn - MBAs Guide, Postgraduate - The Independent - 0 views

Augmented...everything videos - 1 views

Augmented Earth...cool or really, really scary! Watch this video! - 1 views

New Computer Graphics Systems Give Reality a Convincing Makeover: Scientific American - 0 views

'Visual Walkman' Offers Augmented Reality - 2 views

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