Group items tagged

An article about the power of Dapper, and app to scrape data from Web pages and repurpose or publish the data.

Overview of data collection techniques for research.

Rich Chart Live transforms your data into enjoyable and captivating communication. All you need is a web browser, no software to download, nothing to install. Import your data from a spreadsheet, export your chart as Flash or PowerPoint or embed it in you

The 15-minute film (embedded below) is a pretty good general overview of the semantic web. That is, turning all of the data on the web into structured data so as to define relationships between it and derive meaning.

MUO has featured such an array of SMS-integrating services that you can basically deduce that a messaging plan for your mobile phone may render a data plan

Infographics can be a great way to quickly reference information. Instead of pouring over figures and long reports to decipher data, an infographic can

Google Spreadsheets has a new feature for cell validation. It will check data within a cell to see if it matches certain criteria, such as email or URL.

Olympic data to use with project based learning or authentic learning opportunities.

This paper explores how a group of undergraduate students in one of the university in South of Malaysian use their mobile phones to perform informal learning activities related to the content of their courses outside the classroom. The paper also addresses the usefulness of informal learning activities to support students' learning. The study adopts an exploratory case study design and uses two methods of data collection including questionnaires and interviews. Main findings suggest that students performed informal learning activities mostly from office, home, interacting mainly with classmates. It also shows that students were in control of their informal learning activities without tutor or SMEs' input. However, it was found that students used only a limited number of applications but these were considered useful to their learning. The paper contributes to a discussion of the implications of training and instructional support to help students to take more advantage of mobile phone applications to support informal learning. The conclusion is discussed about the further research in this domain.

This study explores seventh graders' use of inscriptions in a teacher-designed project-based science unit. To investigate students' learning practices during the 8-month water quality unit, we collected multiple sources of data (e.g., classroom video reco

Use Dapper to scrape Web pages to repurpose or republish. Create an RSS feed from any dynamic or static Web page.

The MathTrax Graphing Calculator is a tool that provides alternative access to mathematical data. In addition to drawing graphs of equations, MathTrax provides alternative, accessible descriptions of graphs using text and sound.

A gallery of table formats in CSS.