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Google Earth Fractals | Google Earth Blog
"We've all seen how beautiful our world can be, largely due to being able to view any location through the lens of Google Earth. Paul Bourke has a website dedicated to find fractal designs in various places, one of which is Google Earth. He's collected 25 locations so far, and the imagery is amazing."
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Book Lovers: If You're Not Already On Goodreads, Here's Why You Should Be
"In Goodreads you're encouraged to add books into custom shelves (a.k.a. lists), such as "Currently Reading," "Read," and "To Read." That way, anybody you have connected to can see what you're reading or intend to read - and vice versa. Goodreads also has all the other common features of a social network: discussions, ratings, reviews, messaging."
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Open Culture Now Has 375 Free eBooks Available For Download [Updates]
"OpenCulture, an online website committed to curating free media, has recently compiled a collection of 375 free eBooks — in formats that can be read on Apple’s iBooks and Kindle apps for the iPad/iPhone, the Kindle and Nook readers, and on your PC. Open Culture also collects audio books, free online courses, free movies, and free language lessons."
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Google Brings Back Power Searching Class – Sign Up Now For Free [Updates]
"Power Searching is a free program from Google designed to teach users how to use its advanced features to become better at finding things on the Internet. This is especially useful for people who need to search for things for school projects and the like. In these situations, not just any results will do, and advanced tactics are required."
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Apple Shutting Down Ping on September 30th
"Apple is shuttering failed social music network Ping on September 30th"
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Announcing the New Symbaloo iPad Web App | Symbaloo EDU
"Today Apple made big news with their confirmation of the new iPhone 5 but over here at Symbaloo we have some big news of our own. Our new Symbaloo iPad web app is now ready for your browsing pleasure."
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Why Web Apps Will Crush Native Apps
"Over five years ago (on January 9th, 2007, for those of us who are counting), Steve Jobs released the original iPhone. At the time, the only apps on the iPhone were the ones that came pre-installed (think stocks, calculator and YouTube). There were so few apps, they didn’t even fill up the home screen! Apple didn’t provide the ability to create or install any add-on apps. Instead, developers were urged to create web apps that users would access through the built-in Safari web browser."
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12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social Media | Teachers Tech
"We’ve pinpointed 12 social media mistakes that students should avoid at all costs, because after all, it’s never as simple as “be responsible.” And it’s never as finite as “don’t friend your teacher on Facebook.” Social media circumstances are nuanced and vary by situation, school and user."
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"Video lessons have become the newest trend in education. From Khan Academy to iTunes University, more and more teachers are capturing instruction on video to “flip the classroom.” Screencasting apps are cropping up right and left, allowing anyone to author their own digital content and become video instructors. Moreover, they are expanding the opportunities to reach more students and meet more needs, and, when turned over to the students themselves, encourage deeper metacognition and problem solving."
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From brand new laptop to infected by pressing 'on' - Yahoo! News
"A customer in Shenzhen, China, took a brand new laptop out of its box and booted it up for the first time. But as the screen lit up, the computer began taking on a life of its own. The machine, triggered by a virus hidden in its hard drive, began searching across the Internet for another computer."
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Five new features in Ubuntu 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' Beta 1 | PCWorld Business Center
"Late last week, however, the free and open source Linux distribution made its debut in beta form on the way to its final release, which is expected in October."
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Linux Today - How to Use Linux to Rejuvinate Old Computers
"If you have never played around with Linux, you will see a whole new world of technology, simply by using Linux. In a matter of about one hour, you can have Ubuntu on any old system! You can even test it out with a live CD mode before you install anything to the hard drive. For Linux newbies, Ubuntu is all the rage."
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5 Best Data Recovery Tools For Linux
"Data is a precious asset for anyone whether it is any organization’s data or someone’s personal data. Sometimes happens that your data is accidentally deleted due to any reasons like hard disk crashes, or due to presence of malware. But now, you need to get worried because there are many open source tools are available that can help you to recover your data if you are working on a Linux OS."
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5 Strategies for Blogging Like a Pro
"Blogging has always been a very good platform to communicate your passion and interests. Unfortunately, that’s not enough to build a solid following and make money from blogging. As you build a good, solid reputation online, it’s also important to build a stable identity that will have readers wanting more. Here are some strategies that can get you to the leading edge of blog development, enabling you to attain both longevity and credibility over time."
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4 Must-Have Tools for Social Media Marketers | Jeffbullas's Blog
"The world of Internet and social media marketing is cut-throat and you need to have the right tools, platforms and skills to be noticed and stand out from the crowd."
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5 Free Map Creation Tools for Teachers to Try
"The ability to create and customize maps has become an important digital skill not only for students taking geography courses but also for everyone else engaged in any kind of learning. Students can use maps for a variety of purposes such as locating places, recording trips, making virtual trips, discovering information about other places and cultures, and even for sharing information about certain localities."
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"Google has taken what its officials call an “experimental first step” into online education, releasing open-source software called Course Builder in hopes that universities will use it to deliver free online courses."
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How One Classroom Actually Used iPads To Go Paperless (Part 1: Research) | Edudemic
"Last year, with a fearless group of 10th graders in Katrina Kennett’s English class at Plymouth South High School, we attempted to transform the traditional research process to a completely paperless one using a fresh new cart of iPads. "
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The Different Uses of E-learning and M-learning
"E-learning and m-learning have become extremely important buzz words of the education technology revolution; each characterising a whole raft of ideas and resources for the tech-savvy teacher. "
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"The new Firefox for iPad is going to be called Firefox Junior"
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"Fully designed and built to work on the iPad, the firefly App makes accessing and reading digital files from your Kurzweil 3000 Universal Library simple and easy!"
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