OTR Backup 03/30/2012

• What Happens in an Internet Minute?

  Do you know what happens in one minute on the Internet? In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are viewed and 3,000 uploaded on Flickr. At least 6 million Facebook pages are viewed around the world. And more than 61,000 hours of music are played on Pandora while more than 1.3 million video clips are watched on YouTube.  

  tags: happens internet minute

• Free Picture Image Based Survey Questionnaire Tool | SurveyLegend

  Create a picture based survey

  tags: survey poll surveys image technology tools enquête

• Tinkatolli™ | home

  Tinkatolli is the Epic World of Tinkering
  where EVERYTHING you do helps you level up - even stuff you do in REAL LIFE!

  tags: website social kids kid

• Tip 110 - Auto Generate QR Codes in Google Spreadsheet!

  Enter some text or a URL in a spreadsheet and a QR code will be automatically created - all with the help of a little formula that you’ll learn about in this tip of the week.

  tags: qrcodes qr codes google spreadsheet qr resources qrcode spreadsheets

• Android Apps | Appolicious ™ App Directory

  Huge directory of applications for the Android platform

  tags: android apps mobile google software app list application

• fractions idea bank

  Ideas for teaching all about fractions.

  tags: fractions math ideas activities mathematics interactive Grade 3 M405

• Sparkol® - What's your story?

  Sparkol is Free.  Use now in your web browser.

  tags: story sparkol presentation

• The 6 best iPad presentation apps | TabTimes

  The 6 best iPad presentation apps

  tags: ipad presentation apps

• Google Around the World – Google in Education

  Google around the world in education

  tags: google world education

• Computer Science in schools is changing, with the help of business and industry - Microsoft UK Schools blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

  As children are surrounded by technology more than ever, the way computers are taught will need to change. This was reflected in a recent government announcement by Michael Gove around reforming and updating the computer science curriculum.
  
  

  tags: computer computer science science schools changing help business industry microsoft blog site msdn blogs

• Researcher publishes specs for real Linux-powered Star Trek tricorder

  The Star Trek tricorder has become a reality, thanks to the hobby project of a cognitive science researcher. Dr. Peter Jansen has developed a handheld mobile computing device that has a number of sophisticated embedded sensors. The device is modeled after the distinctive design of the 24th-century tricorder.
  
  

  tags: researcher specs star trek

• Microsoft Free Teacher Guides A Great Resource for Educators

  Microsoft, The multinational corporation that develops, licenses and suports computer materials and software, has a great section for teachers and students. Microsft has created Teacher Guides where it provides free teaching tips and step by step guides for popular teacher tasks. These guides are supposed to help teachers and educators learn and explore better ways to inspire students and integrate technology in class.
  

  tags: microsoft guides

• 25 Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom, By Degree Of Difficulty | Edudemic

  The April issue of the Edudemic Magazine is officially ready to go and just awaiting the final stamp of approval by Apple. We’re expecting a launch date of Monday April 2nd, just fyi. In that issue, which is jam-packed once again with edtech goodness, we have a ‘Twitter Spectrum For Educators.’
  
  

  tags: twitter classroom howto education socialmedia

• A List of Great Educational Infographics

  I see there is a lot of interaction with the infographics I post here and that proves that you like the visually appealing posts. I do too and I think most of the people like to learn visually. Your students would love to have visual aids integrated into their classroom . It will drive off some of the boredom that looms around and would  give life to group work activities. I have been covering several infographics  in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. All of these infographics are educational and can be used in classrooms.
  

  tags: infographics infographic education

• Facebook and Twitter should be used in schools as learning tools, says new report - Education News - News - WalesOnline

  A report into digital learning released today will also recommend that teachers and learners should not be prevented from using social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter in schools.

  tags: facebook twitter schools education

• Seattle schools to offer digital animation, game courses - GeekWire

  Budding digital animators and game programmers will soon have another option for learning those skills — through Seattle Public Schools’ new Skills Center.
  

  tags: seattle schools offer animation game courses

• Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters) | Open Culture

  Art in the Era of the Internet (and Why Open Education Matters)

  tags: art internet education matters culture

• Educational Games That Make You Sweat | MindShift

  If kids are sweaty when they’re done playing the educational game Monkey Jump, the game creators will be happy.

  tags: educational games games sweat

• 5 Awesome iPad Apps for Students with Special Needs | TeachHUB

  Technology tools, like iPads are particularly useful in meeting the diverse needs of our students with special needs.  Technology makes what was once inaccessible for many of the students accessible. Since iPads are relatively easy to use and don't have a significant demand on fine motor schools, they are becoming increasing popular for instruction of our students with special needs. 

  tags: Apps speced

• Cacoo Gives You a Virtual Whiteboard for Google+ Hangouts | Tech in Asia

  We’ve written about Japanese startups Cacoo a few times before. You may recall that they operate a collaborative web service that can be used to create diagrams, charts, and mind maps with others. Just now I received a mail from them saying that Cacoo now can work in Google Hangouts.

  tags: gives whiteboard google tech asia

• 62% Of Adults Worldwide Now Use Social Media (But Email Is Still More Popular) [STUDY] - AllTwitter

  More than six in ten (62 percent) online citizens around the world use the internet for social networking, reveals a new study from independent market research company Ipsos.

  tags: adults social social media media email study

• Google Now Accepting Student Applications For Its 2012 Summer of Code

  Google has officially opened registration for this year’s Summer of Code. Started in 2005, the program offers paid internships for students who want to code open-source projects.

  tags: google student applications summer code

• Evernote for Android adds speech-to-text and custom widgets in latest update -- Engadget

  If you've been putting Evernote through its paces on your Android device, a new update adds a few more bells and whistles. First, the outfit has integrated speech-to-text transcription to go alongside its existing audio notes feature. Don't worry, the original audio is also attached to each note and the new tool can be disabled for sound-only reminders. This feature only works with Android 4.0 tech and "certain other devices" though.

  tags: evernote android adds custom widgets update engadget

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