OTR Backup 01/12/2012

• Resources for iPads

  Lowton's List of Tips and Tricks for the iPad

  tags: resources ipads

• Flash of an iPad gets man past border security - The Globe and Mail

  A Canadian man who left his passport at home discovered an unusual way to get through U.S. Customs – with the help of his iPad.
  
  Interesting to read the comments at the end of the article.

  tags: flash ipad gets man border security

• Educational Technology Guy: Great Physics Resources for Students and Teachers

  I teach Physics and AP Physics B and have found some great resources over the years to use in class and to share with students as support materials. Here's a list of some of them.

  tags: physics resources lessons science

• Delicious.com - [Tech: Best of 2011]

  The best of technology in 2011.

  tags: delicious technology best_of

• Integrating Technology: Lesson Ideas « nancyrubin

  Lesson ideas for using social media in the classroom

  tags: edtech social media lessons

• How to Check Wireless Signal Strength and Optimize WiFi Networks in Mac OS X Lion

  Wi-Fi Diagnostics is an incredibly useful utility to troubleshoot and optimize any wireless network and the signal strength of computers that are connecting to it. This utility comes bundled in Mac OS X Lion and works with all wireless routers and not only the Apple branded ones, meaning you can improve the performance of just about any wifi network by using it and making some adjustments along the way.

  tags: wireless

• 6 email mistakes you should never make | Articles

  We all could use a friend to show us how we can improve our business writing skills. You've probably sent thousands of emails without anyone saying anything about your writing style, but that silence doesn't mean you write perfect emails. In fact, you could be making mistakes that diminish your credibility and waste your time.

  tags: email mistakes articles

• 32 Creative Facebook Timeline Profile Cover Designs - Most Viral Media - Most Viral Media

  Some ideas for your Facebook timeline

  tags: facebook timeline profile cover designs viral media

• Zite - Blog: Zite Under the Hood

  If you’re already a Zite user, you’ve experienced the delivery of personalized content that is updated every time you open the app. To make that transparent and easy for you, takes a lot of effort. The Zite team brings together decades of software development in artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language technologies, and more than six years of product development, to blend and tune the experience for you. In short, Zite works by:

  tags: blog hood zite news reading articles

• Windsor Ontario Traffic Webcams | windsoriteDOTca - windsor ontario arts, music, hyperlocal news blog

  All the Windsor Ontario traffic cameras in one spot.

  tags: windsor traffic cameras

• Browzar

  Your small, disposable privacy browser.

  tags: browser privacy security tools anonymous software freeware web

• PassCreator : Create a password

  Generate secure passwords according to your specifications

  tags: password

• The Idiom Connection

  100 Most Frequently Used English Idioms

  tags: idiom connection

• Organize anything, together. | Trello

  Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.

  tags: collaboration management project tools tasks trello todo tool

• The Best Ways for Educators to Clean Up Facebook Timeline | Tech the Plunge

  If you’re an educator who has decided to activate Facebook’s new Timeline feature then there are a few things you can do to help you maintain your professionalism.

  tags: ways educators facebook timeline tech

• Apps in Education: Go Back in Time with 12 World History Apps

  History is one of those subjects where it is easy to get your students engaged once they have connected with the narrative. Here are a couple of Apps that will help your students jump right into the era that you are studying.

  tags: history apps ipad

• Apps in Education: 10 iPad Apps for Web Curation

  Curation vs. Aggregation? Curation is such a necessity these days. The overwhelming wave of information we are exposed to is drowning us in facts and opinion. Not only do we need to be curating the information that we are consuming but we need to be insisting that our students have the skills and necessary tools in which to curate their own world. I have listed a number of capable curation apps that can help to do just that.

  tags: apps ipad curation web tlchat mlearning edtech education

• BBC News - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme

  The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England's schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary has announced.
  
  It will be replaced by an "open source" curriculum in computer science and programming designed with the help of universities and industry.

  tags: ICT computer science

• Teach children how to write computer programs | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

  Teach children how to write computer programs
  British schools should impart skills that will help pupils create the next Google, Twitter and Facebook

  tags: teach children how to computer programs comment free guardian

• Thanks Microsoft! Play ‘Cut The Rope’ in Chrome, Firefox

  Microsoft and game developers zeptolab and Pixel Lab unveiled a browser-based version of the cult (and cute) mobile game ‘Cut The Rope’ during this weeks CES event in Las Vegas.

  tags: thanks microsoft play rope chrome firefox

• 'Critical' Windows Media flaws put millions at risk | ZDNet

  Pay special attention to MS12-004, a “critical” bulletin that provides fixes for two serious flaws in the way Windows Media handles certain media files.

  tags: windows media millions zdnet

• A School House With No Walls |

  A school house with no interior walls?!?! Yep, you read it right!

  tags: school house walls

• All students need a mobile device « Ideas « Iowa Future

  Mobile devices are a natural fit for post-factory model schooling, offering additional learning time and boosting student interest. Technologies that support anytime, anyplace learning have such obvious value that all educators and students should have such a device, says Chris Dede, professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

  tags: students mobile device ideas iowa future

• 30 search quality highlights (with codenames!): December - Inside Search

  Today we’re continuing our monthly series with details about many of the improvements we make to search. For the month of December, you’ll find a list of 30 search improvements, 9 of which we’ve blogged about previously. In addition, to have a little fun we’re including a sampling of codenames along with the list.

  tags: google seo

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