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Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today
Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking
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Edshelf: An Educational App Directory for Teachers
Edshelf aims to address problems that I’ve covered here on Hack Education before: there’s a ton of educational content online – websites, apps and the like. But the question remains: how do you find “what works” (and what works on a particular or across multiple platforms)? How do you find high quality resources for specific subjects or specific grades?
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I’ve been getting up and giving talks ever since I can remember. So these days, getting asked to give keynotes at amazing events like the recent Next Web in Amsterdam feels very natural and authentic. That conference organizers are willing to pay me for it, flying me around the world is like icing on the cake.
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As the editor of the journal Innovations, I'm asked with some regularity, "So, what is innovation anyhow? How would you..."? (eyebrows usually furrow here) "... define it?" Since I don't particularly enjoy debating definitions, I usually respond by saying: "That's a difficult question. But one thing is for sure: If you're not pissing someone off, it's probably not innovation."
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How to Calibrate Your Home Button | Snapguide
Sometimes when you press the home button on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch there can be a delay or even take a couple of tries before it responds. In this tutorial you will see how to fix this.
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Future U: The stubborn persistence of textbooks | Ars Technica
Textbooks are a thing of the past, says the common wisdom. Well, the common wisdom of the Technorati maybe. The problem with that thinking is that the number one publisher in the world is Pearson, a textbook publisher, who brought in $7.75 billion in 2009.
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Thai govt. signs $32.8 million deal to purchase Android tablets for education
The Next Web has reported that the Thailand government has inked a deal that would see them carry out the widest educational tablet deployment to date. They will be purchasing 400,000 Android 4.0 tablets from Shenzhen Scope at $81 a pop. They might even purchase another 530,000 tablets, bringing the total spend to $75.7 million.
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8 Great Free Web Resources Focused on Using the iPad in Education | Emerging Education Technology
ipad resources
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A Great Reason for Appreciating High School Teachers | Edutopia
I am very grateful for all teachers -- early childhood, elementary, middle, and college. But the world I know best is the work of high school teachers. If you add it up, the average high school teacher works about 70 hours per week and this is just the "business" side of the job. Just as importantly, our high school teachers provide a place of caring, safety, and hope for our teenage children in a world that often does not. Our courageous teachers shoulder the burdens of the emotional toll our students carry to school.
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Google Webmaster Tools Gets a Facelift - Search Engine Watch (#SEW)
Google Webmaster Tools has a slightly different look. The new look augments the new functionality Webmaster Tools added last month. The changes include a new look to the dashboard, redesigned menus and a style that more tightly integrates with other Google properties.
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Google+ Hangouts on Air Lets You Broadcast Live to the World
Google+ Hangouts, our favorite free video chatting service, is rolling out the ability to broadcast your Hangouts live and save them directly to YouTube with "Hangouts on Air."
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5 Geeky 'Tricks' That Make Me Like DuckDuckGo Even More
We’ve been following DuckDuckGo for a while now, but I personally only recently made the switch to the alternative search engine (after getting far too fed up with Google for my own health).
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Follow The Light, by Georgia Wonder
Follow the Light - new music
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Hands-on with five antivirus apps for the Mac | Ars Technica
Which antivirus software is the best for Mac users? It depends on your needs.
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