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Infographic: Write It Down | Course Hero
To bring your laptop or not to bring your laptop: that is the question. In today’s classrooms, students are presented with a variety of ways to take notes ranging from the old school pen and paper to laptops and tablets. This week, we take a look at various note-taking methods to try and suss out the best techniques for recording–and retaining–important information. Check it out.
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Giant solar flare captivates in HD | Cutting Edge - CNET News
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captures high-definition images and video of a dramatic solar flare not aimed at Earth.
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How to Lockdown Your Facebook Account For Maximum Privacy and Security | facecrooks.com
Recent studies show that privacy concerns are very much on the minds of Facebook users. Part of being a responsible member of any online community is educating yourself and your loved ones on how to properly configure the privacy and security settings offered by the platform. The fact that Facebook has 800 million members, and some are out to hack, scam and victimize others makes the issue even more pressing.
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107 Favorite iPad Apps for K-8 « Ask a Tech Teacher
Tablet computing and mobile devices promise to have a dramatic impact on education. A growing number of schools across the world are jumping on the digital bus and embracing iPads (less often, other tablet products) as the latest tool to teach literature in multimedia, history through games and simulations, and math with step-by-step animation of problems.
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Kinders Using Skitch to Develop Descriptive Words | Exploring Digital Media in Education
My students have been loving Skitch so much that they have been trying to find ways to use it all the time. This past week we used it when we were working on developing descriptive words. Using descriptive words is something we have been discussing as a way to make our stories more interesting.
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Does Internet Explorer Deserve A Second Chance?
Internet Explorer hasn’t had the best reputation over the past few years, and for good reason. IE basically had a browser monopoly, and when competitors like Firefox grew in popularity, hatred for IE grew with it. No standards support, ample bugs, security holes; the list goes on and on.
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Which Social Network Should You Use -- and When? [INFOGRAPHIC]
The business consultant network Zintro recently pulled research from more than a dozen sources including Mashable, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google and Quantcast to put together this nifty infographic, which will help you develop your social strategy. Check it out below for the full report.
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FLAMING RETORT: All this new Mac malware – whose fault is it? | Naked Security
Security is the responsibility of all of us: technologists, coders, mobile phone users, writers, video watchers, bloggers, Wikipedia readers, bank clerks, bicycle couriers, politicians, policemen and gardeners.
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Interactive images for education
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As an educator, I have made it my priority to collaborate, communicate and share ideas with other educators, both within and outside my district.
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Schoology is the ultimate way to manage lessons, engage students, share content, and connect with other educators.
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Shanker Blog » Becoming A 21st Century Learner
Think about something you have always wanted to learn or accomplish but never did, such as a speaking a foreign language or learning how to play an instrument. Now think about what stopped you. There’s probably a variety of factors but chances are those factors have little to do with technology.
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iMore’s authoritative guide to the very best, absolutely free apps and games for iPhone and iPod touch
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'Tumblr' Poised to Overtake 'Blog' on Google Searches
Tumblr is on the cusp of doing something quite incredible. Google searches mentioning the service are poised to surpass searches for ‘blog’ by the end of the year, showing that the New York-based company has truly established itself as the Web’s most popular blogging platform.
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Google Earth helps son locate mother after 25 years | 9to5Google | Beyond Good and Evil
A 30-year-old man used Google Earth to literally move mountains and find his long-lost family after nearly three decades of separation.
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It’s a Small World After All: The Top Global Web Trends | Social Media Today
Social media is a global phenomenon indeed. Certainly Facebook, Twitter, Google+, in their own way, each make the world a much smaller place. The distance between any two people is shrinking as the number of network connections continues to proliferate
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What if Schools Weren't Schools Anymore? - Education - GOOD
Everybody has big ideas about how to fix education in the United States, but it seems like the reform conversation eventually comes back to one thing: How can we make schools better so we can churn out a more highly educated workforce that will ensure our global economic dominance continues?
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De-Mystifying Khan Academy: Screen Capture for Educators | Online Universities
Whiteboard screencasting is all the rage for creating educational videos like those featured in the Khan Academy. Here’s a quick look at how Salman Khan does it and some free (and not-so-free) tools that you can use to create your own educational videos to benefit you and your students.
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A Syllabus Tip: Embed Big Questions | Faculty Focus
Much has been written about the course syllabus. It’s an important tool for classroom management, for setting the tone, for outlining expectations, and for meeting department and university requirements. It’s an essential document in a higher education course, but do your students read it?
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Ubuntu in The Wild: Huffington Post
Okay, it sounds glib when you word it that way but as Marie, who sent this spot our way says: ‘There really aren’t enough of these types of images in the media’.
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Google Drive Launching Next Week - Details Inside
Sometimes we get lucky, and today is one of those days. I got a draft release from a partner of Google’s upcoming Google Drive service and it gives away a wealth of information about how Google plans to take on the incumbent Dropbox. The short story? 5 GB of storage, and it launches next week, likely on Tuesday at http://drive.google.com
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