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101 Gadgets That Changed The World - Top 101 Gadgets of All Time - Popular Mechanics
The alarm clock. The personal computer. The smartphone. The radio. You know the greatest gadgets of all time (and you’ve probably owned most of them), but which has changed the world more than any other? To make our list of 101, a gadget had to be something you could hold in your hands, mechanical or electronic, and a mass-produced personal item.
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On MediaBistro’s GalleyCat, Jason Boog reports that data from the March Association of American Publishers net sales revenue report shows that e-book sales revenue has for the first time ever exceeded that of hardcover books in the first quarter of 2012.
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A Deeper Look Inside Apple’s Secrecy And Its Sustainability | TechCrunch
WWDC this past week confirmed that Apple is as strong as ever. The company’s steady stream of new products and announcements are a good indication that it’s business as usual. But when will Apple face its first real post-Steve Jobs test? It’s hard to say but not anytime soon.
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Shift to the Future: What Kids Say About Blogging
One of my professional goals is to regularly visit classrooms and capture learning stories. I love talking to students and teachers who are engaging with technology in meaningful ways. One such story I captured a few months ago involved blogging in a grade 3 classroom. Jens, the teacher for this class, contacted me via email to describe the journey he’s been on with his kids:
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Dropbox Will Soon Be Done With Public Folders, But Existing Users Get To Keep Them | TechCrunch
Dropbox can be a nifty service to have in your digital arsenal, but a new change to the service may make sharing files a little less straightforward. According to an email sent to developers who use the Dropbox API, the cloud storage company will no longer be creating Public folders for new users starting on July 31.
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Twitter in Education – Barriers and possible solutions? « syded
After a wry commentary on the ‘10 Stages of Twitter‘ many educators have commented on the barriers that exist to twitter use. As a proposed channel of communication for iPad use in school, it is important to investigate these barriers and address them for staff.
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Google on Saturday unveiled a cultural map of Brazils' Surui indigenous people, a digital tool that will help the Amazonian tribe share their vast knowledge of the forest and fight illegal logging.
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This App Brings Burst Shot Photos To A Wide Range Of Android Devices | Redmond Pie
Things have changed quite spectacularly since, and now, the performance of the camera is a deal make-or-breaker to the majority of smartphone purchasers. As Instagram has demonstrated, we spend an incredible amount of time taking images on our smartphones, and whilst the quality isn’t at the level of the standalone professional snappers, the advancements have been such that many see no reason to purchase a separate entity for their photo-taking needs.
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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 15 Great Google tutorials for Teachers
Practical tips and tutorials about using web2.0 tools and mobile apps in education .The best free web, adnroid, smartphone,iPhone, and samsung applications to help you better enhance your mobile learning.
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lodeStar Learning Web Journal - Climbing Bloom’s Taxonomy in Online Learning
In support of online learning, we often write about climbing Bloom’s taxonomy with the help of learning objects created from templates. Bloom’s taxonomy refers to the work of Dr. Benjamin Bloom who wrote his Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in 1956.
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A Closer Look at Teen Online Video Consumption
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Journalism education cannot teach its way to the future | Poynter.
The media industry missed the inflection point when things started to change more than 20 years ago. Media companies have been disrupted by innovation created by others, by new organizations and technology companies.
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Linux Today - Canonical announces Ubuntu apps showdown
Linux developers will soon have a chance to compete for prizes of laptops and smartphones, thanks to Canonical's announcement today of the Ubuntu App Showdown contest.
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What Does Ubuntu Look Like on a Retina Display? Like This.
It’s the highest resolution notebook display ever produced, cramming in more than 5 million pixels (the average HD TV has around 2 million); sporting an resolution of 2880 x 1800; and boasting some 220 pixels per inch.
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Chrome vs. Firefox for Ubuntu | Unixmen
According to the independent web analytics firm, StatCounter Chrome has excelled as the world most popular browser with the highest browser usage share for the month of May 2012. But does that apply to Linux platform too? Is Chrome the best browser for Linux? The post compares the widely popular Mozilla Firefox browser version 4 with relatively new Google’s Chrome version 16, distinctly for Ubuntu!
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Why Apple Ditched Transit Directions in iOS 6
Over the week since Apple announced its own maps solution for the iPhone and iPad, a lot of attention has been given to the fact that, at least for now, it won’t include public transit directions. There have been a lot of complaints and commentary, but I don’t think that the reasons have been addressed clearly, so I talked to some smart people in the mapping industry and came up with a few answers.
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Data is an amazing thing, and as you know, we’re making more of it than ever before. The idea of ‘big data’ has gone from buzzword to reality, as cloud solutions to handling massive quantities of information have become more than the norm, they are now the lifeblood of the Internet.
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Top 11 Educational Video Websites for Teachers
The use of multimedia in the classroom is a great way of getting students engaged. One of the biggest challenges we all face today is how to hold students attention for a longer time. It seems like multitasking has taken every bit of attention from our students. No wonder, the visual stimulus they are exposed to is huge : Tv, video gaming, social networking, texting, emailing,are but the emerging tip of the iceber and unless we seriously address this phenomenon it will definetly grow out of control.
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