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Juicy Geography: Google Earth lessons
"Teaching ideas, guides, downloadable files and links to other resources can all be found at Juicy Geography's Google Earth blog. This page is regularly updated, and features original lesson plans and resources, suitable for KS3, KS4 and K12, that have all been thoroughly tested in the classroom. The lessons include: "
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One-bit Internet: The iPad is/isn't a content creation device | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
"So it goes for the eternal debate over whether the iPad is a "content consumption" or "content creation" device -- a debate given fresh impetus by the new round of starting to sound a bit credible rumors of a 7.85" iPad. The theory goes is that the 10" iPad will be for content creation and the 7.85" one for content consumption, like there's some sort of absolute line in the sand you cross at 9" screen size."
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Doodle comes to the iPad « Blog
"Mobile scheduling has become very popular, and we’ve certainly noticed this trend. Because of that, we’re happy to announce that we’ve updated the iPhone app, and it’s also now optimized for the iPad. This new app is able to deliver almost all of Doodle’s features on these mobile devices."
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40 Open Education Resources You Should Know About | Edudemic
"One of the best things the Internet blessed us with (besides Maru the box-loving cat) involves increased educational opportunities for children and adults alike. Although some progress still needs to be made when it comes to accessibility opening lessons up to special needs learners, there are plenty of resources for engaging a wide variety of absorption styles."
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YouTube Digital Citizenship Curriculum - YouTube
"An exciting initiative for students and teachers to develop digital literacy skills on YouTube and across the wider web in a few short lessons. To take part, go to http://www.google.com/edu/ytcurric or http://www.youtube.com/teachers"
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Presenter Resources - Google Apps for Education California Summit
"Presenter Resources" from the Google Apps for Education California Summit
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"Welcome to the Search Stories Video Creator. Just type in your searches and select the kind of results that best communicate your story. Then, share your story with the world."
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"Every Tuesday, HootSuite University hosts an online conversation about social media marketing. Search #HSUchat on Twitter and join us next week at 2pm EST/11am PST."
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"Welcome to the course webpage for the Summer 2012 term of CSC108H, an Introduction to Computer Programming, on the St George campus. This course teaches the basics of programming in Python, which is an industrial-strength programming language used at companies like Google and Industrial Light and Magic."
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Top 10 Clever Uses for Dropbox
"Dropbox is an awesome service. You can back your files up to the cloud, sync them between computers, and share them with your friends. That's not all it can do, though. Here are our top 10 favorite clever uses for our favorite file syncing program."
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Windows Surface RT Tablets To Be Lighter and Thinner Than the iPad
"Microsoft's new Surface tablets were announced with a whole bunch of hype, but the specs pf the things have been practically non-existent. Now, some details have come out about the Surface RT tablets, revealing that they'll not only be thinner and lighter than the iPad, but also play HD video for 13 consecutive hours."
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Comodo IceDragon 14.0 released as a secure alternative to Firefox - PC & Tech Authority
"One of the fundamental aspects of open-source software is that it’s open for all to use or modify as they see fit. Comodo has taken this approach to release its take on two open-source browsers – namely Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox – with the release of Comodo Dragon and Comodo IceDragon respectively."
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Pinterest announces debut of Android and iPad apps — Tech News and Analysis
"Pinterest added iPad and Android apps to its lineup Tuesday, bringing the popular platform to more users and expanding existing channels for accessing the service. The company is also rolling out a new version of its iPhone app, and explained the changes in a blog post on its site."
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20 Powerful Infographic Graphics and Design Kits
"Infograpics have become so popular these days and as a result more and more high quality infographic graphics and entire design kits are made available to help designers. Infographics can be used very effectively to present complex data in a nice visual and powerful way. It is done using hand-picked design elements that relate to the data they represent e.g. demographic data can be effectively illustrated using small carefully colored human icons as overlay on a simplified map."
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Best Back to School Deals for Teachers | TeachHUB
"As if we're all not stressed enough about going back to school, now we have to worry about spending money on clothes, classroom decorations, school supplies and all the other must-haves that accompany a new school year. To save you some anxiety and make the most of your time and money, we've found the best back-to-school deals for teachers:"
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8 Excellent Free Timeline Creation Tools for Teachers
"Creating timelines is another important digital skill to be added to the the 33 digital skills we have compiled before. Students should be able to easily create their own learning timelines and share them with each other.This can have a huge positive impact on their overall learning process. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has sifted through some of the best free timeline making tools and come up with the list below."
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8 Great Free Technology Posters to Hang in your Classroom
"So you want to start your next school year with a great new look for your classroom ?.A look that will be technology enhanced ? Well, we have suggestions for you: Technology posters . Posters are a great way to catch students attention and stimulate their learning drive . When used on the classroom wall for everyone to look at whenever they are at your class, then you can have better chances that students will grasp what those posters communicate to them."
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Microsoft updates SkyDrive, adds new features and apps – Tech Products & Geek News | Geek.com
"Microsoft spent years treating SkyDrive like the black sheep of the family. It was hidden in the corner, no connection to anything else, and no notable features to speak of. SkyDrive finally got some attention recently, and it’s going to be built into Windows 8. But now we’re really getting the goods as Redmond is rolling out a new version of SkyDrive with a ton of improvements."
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"Microsoft angered advertisers when it confirmed that it would enable do-not-track mode in its upcoming Internet Explorer 10 browser -- the IE version that will be designed for use with Windows 8."
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"The story of Robert Litt is both simple and interesting; Robert is a sixth-grade teacher "faced" with problems common for low-financed/specials schools, that lack proper/normal school-specific equipment, vital for children seeking to mainly learn basics about computers (resizing pictures, modifying simplistic websites, creating spreadsheets, etc)."
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Hipstamatic and W Magazine launch the WMag FreePak » Life In LoFi: iPhoneography
"Hipstamatic and W Magazine announce the launch of a new, limited edition FreePak. The new WMag FreePak is the first-ever magazine-inspired lens, film and virtual camera case created by Hipstamatic and extends the app’s reach into more traditional forms of publication."
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Swedish firm's Apple hoax shows gullibility of online readers - latimes.com
"Stockholm production company Day4 fooled portions of the tech world last week into believing that Apple Inc. was working on an odd-shaped screw -- an effort to show how quickly people are to believe anything they find online."
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Outlook.com hits 10 million users in just two weeks, gives webmail a kickstart -- Engadget
"E-mail isn't typically known for generating the kind of rabid adoption that you see with, say, smartphones. Microsoft, then, may have some room to brag when Outlook.com produces similar numbers. "
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