OTR Backup 02/08/2012

• Futurecade - online games from the Science Museum | The Whiteboard Blog

  The Science Museum has launched a suite of online games designed to raise questions about the future of medicine, robotics and technology. Their ‘Futurecade‘ features four titles exploring topics such as geo-engineering and synthetic biology.

  tags: online online games games science museum whiteboard blog

• Home - Digital Citizenship - Junior School - LibGuides at Toorak College

  At Toorak College, we want our students to become highly skilled Digital Citizens.
  
  

  tags: digital citizenship citizenship junior school libguides college

• The Best Education Apps at FETC -- THE Journal

  Mobile learning was a cornerstone of the FETC conference in Orlando last month, and the buzz culminated with the conference's closing session: An App Shootout where ed-tech pros Gail Lovely, Hall Davidson, and Jenna Linskens shared some of their favorite apps for Apple devices.
  

  tags: education apps journal

• It’s better at home: One contributor to why ICT integration in schools sucks « The Weblog of (a) David Jones

  It’s better at home: One contributor to why ICT integration in schools sucks

  tags: contributor ict integration schools sucks weblog david jones

• Viewing mobile learning from a pedagogical perspective | Kearney | Research in Learning Technology

  Viewing mobile learning from a pedagogical perspective

  tags: viewing mobile mobile learning learning perspective research technology

• Learning with 'e's: Five tools for global educators

  Five tools for global educators

  tags: tools learning

• Warning: WD-40 will not fix your Home button, may damage your iPhone or iPad | iMore

  Do not — repeat — do NOT put WD-40 or any such substance in your iPhone or iPad — it won’t permenantly fix your Home button and may, in fact, damage it far worse. The idea that repeatedly squirting WD-40 into your iPhone or iPad Home button could fix responsiveness began floating around the internet last month and has gotten some attention — that needs to be stopped immediately. 

  tags: warning will fix button damage iphone ipad

• Which countries have the most Twitter users per capita? | Trends in the Living Networks

  Recently web monitoring firm Semiocast published a list of the top 20 countries in number of Twitter accounts.

  tags: countries users trends living networks

• Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Personal Learning Networks for Educators: 10 Tips

  All educators (and learners) can benefit from extending their own personal learning network online – beyond the walls of their schools, the boundaries of their districts, and the limits of their experience.

  tags: PLN education technology

• EdTech Toolbox: Web 2 Tools by Task

  Web 2 Tools by Task

  tags: web2.0 tools resources toolbox edtech education web 2.0 web

• Science360 - The Knowledge Network

  Science360 Knowledge Network immerses visitors in the latest wonders of science, engineering, technology and math. We gather the latest science videos provided by scientists, colleges and universities, science and engineering centers, the National Science Foundation and more. Each video is embeddable to put on your own personal websites, blogs and social networking pages. Science360 engages the general public, science junkies and students alike in the cutting-edge discoveries and big science stories of the day.

  tags: science Science360 STEM education biology technology NSF learning

• SID Kit for Schools - Safer Internet Day

  Welcome, and thank you for joining us to celebrate Safer Internet Day (SID) 2012, taking place on Tuesday 7 February 2012 with the theme ‘Connecting generations’ and the slogan ‘Discover the digital world together… safely!’. 

  tags: INTERNET SAFETY

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