OTR Backup 10/04/2011

• Ubuntu One : Downloads : Windows : More Info

  It’s easy to start using Ubuntu One. Just download and install Ubuntu One for Windows. Next, set up an Ubuntu One Free account and you’ll get 5 GB of free storage so you can store and sync your files, photos, videos and music. Once you’re done, you can access your files on your desktop, on the web or on your mobile, wherever you are!

  tags: ubuntu downloads windows info cloud storage

• Teach With Video » Programming With Scratch – Learning 2.011 Takeaways Part 3

  Jane suggested that we structure the programming as challenge-based learning projects, where the students design and build a game to build connections between Maths and Music/Art/Science. Something which will influence the way players think about Maths and Music/Art/Science. The app Soundrop is a great example of the type of projects the students should attempt.

  tags: teach video programming scratch learning part

• Edmodo - Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom - LiveBinder

  Edmodo - Extending Learning Beyond the Classroom

  tags: Edmodo LiveBinders web2.0 elemchat midleved edchat classroom livebinder

• Pronunciator - Learn to Speak 60 Languages - 100% Free

  60 languages. 3 million lessons. 100% free. The world's largest language-learning service.

  tags: languages vocabulary foreignlanguage audio language resources education esl

• YSI: Project Kit - BP Educational Service (BPES)

  Pupils take on the role of Young Science Investigators, exploring science in the world around them. The following flexible resources are provided for each of three topics - Electricity, Forces and Materials:

  tags: science BP primary

• Cool Infographics - Blog - The Internet of Things | iGeneration - 21st Century Education | Scoop.it

  iGeneration - 21st Century Education
  “Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the challenges of digital learning and the iGeneration”

  tags: Scoop.it iGeneration cool infographics blog internet things education

• Speaker Deck - Share Presentations without the Mess

  Speaker Deck is the best way to share presentations online. Simply upload your slides as a PDF, and we’ll turn them into a beautiful online experience. View them on SpeakerDeck.com, or share them on any website with an embed code.

  tags: presentation slideshare presentations sharing pdf slides web speaker

• Goodbye letter from Borders employee(s) (?) spills secrets of bookselling trade – Boing Boing

  Goodbye letter from Borders employee(s) (?) spills secrets of bookselling trade

  tags: letter borders employee secrets trade

• I Education Apps Review - I Education Apps Review

  A Community Effort to Grade "Educational Apps"

  tags: apps education iPad iPod iphone itouch podcasting iPod_touch

• 10 Ways to Use QR Codes in Your Classroom | Technology Teacher

  There are many, many ways you can creatively use QR codes in your classroom. Once you understand how they work and the types of information they can provide, you will be unstoppable! Also, you should know that mobile phone cameras with QR code readers can scan QR codes projected on a screen as well as printed QR codes. However, many of the applications of QR codes work really well when used with print media.

  tags: QRCode qr classroom codes tools QRcodes edtech education

• Learning with 'e's: Blogging about

  However, as a growing number of academics, many highly respected by their peers, migrate away from the closed journal system and refuse to dance any longer to the old tune, greater numbers will be publishing not only in open access journals, but also on blogs. I have written about this previously, but need to re-emphasise the true value of blogging. Here are four reasons why the academic community should revise its collective opinion about blogging

  tags: learning blogging

• The Fischbowl: Not Just the Facts, Ma'am

  My sixth grade daughter came home with a social studies homework assignment this weekend: Research 10 Facts About Your Country (in her case, the Bermuda Islands).

  tags: skype Homework

• 2020 Teacher Model | Digital Delights - Digital Learning | Scoop.it

  Digital Delights - Digital Learning
  “Contemporary Digital Tribes”

  tags: Scoop.it Teacher model learning

• The 4 Biggest Things Impacting Education Technology - Edudemic

  POP QUIZ: What do you think are the most important features of educational technology right now?
  
  At an Adobe MAX talk by Michael Gough, Vice President of Product Experience for Adobe, he detailed what he thinks are the 4 biggest things impacting education technology.

  tags: biggest things education technology

• safety - Rich Kiker on Diigo

  RIch Kiker's library of internet safety resources

  tags: safety diigo online internet

• Recording both sides of your Skype call at a consistent volume Record Skype Video Calls and Edit for Free with Vodburner

  VodBurner records what you say and hear through Skype. In order to get the best sounding recordings, you need to make sure that your underlying Skype call sounds as good as it can be.
  To ensure that you record your Skype calls at a consistent volume on both sides of the call (your side, and the other side), follow these steps:

  tags: skype recording record vodburner

• 7 Things You Should Know About Privacy in Web 2.0 Learning Environments - Powered by Google Docs

  Reminders about using Web 2.0 in education

  tags: things know privacy web learning environments powered google google docs docs

• ESRI Canada - Lessons for Web GIS

  Web GIS brings geographic information to everyone. Students can now explore maps and other geographic data both in and out of the classroom. All that is needed is an internet connection. Click on one of the links below to access a Web GIS lesson.

  tags: esri canada lessons web gis

• ArcGIS Online

  Maps and Apps for Everyone
  Easy online discovery, access, visualization, and dissemination of geospatial information.

  tags: maps online web2.0 esri

• educational-origami - home

  Educational Origami is a blog and a wiki, about 21st Century Teaching and Learning.
  This wiki is not just about the integration of technology into the classroom, though this is certainly a critical area, it is about shifting our educational paradigm.

  tags: web2.0 resources wikis tools teaching blog technology wiki

• JiT2U: Web 2.0

  Welcome to Just in Time Training To You (JiT2U) : Web 2.0 Tools. This mobile module is meant to gently introduce the concepts and potentials of Web 2.0 tools for educators and learners.
  
  JiT2U is designed by Prof Dr Mohamed Amin Embi and Dr Afendi Hamat from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. We appreciate any suggestions and feedback from users on how to improve and deliver a better training experience for the benefits of teaching and learning.

  tags: web2.0 training reference

• The Laboratory School at the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study | OISE, U of T

  As ecologist and scholar David Orr emphasizes, our ability to restore planet Earth rests primarily on the decisions we make about education. The kind of education which has given us the "skills, aptitudes, and attitudes necessary to industrialize the earth" is no longer practical given the vulnerable state of our natural world.

  tags: OISE laboratory school eric institute child study

• MrSampsonHalton's Channel - YouTube

  Mathematics learning channel from Mr. Sampson in Halton DSB

  tags: channel youtube mathematics math

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