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John Seely Brown on Technological Evolution: Your iPad is Like an Arthropod | Think Tank | Big Think
"Learning guru John Seely Brown finds an intriguing analogy between the disruptive technology of today and what evolutionary biologists have observed in the fossil record during a period over 500 million years ago. The Cambrian period was like evolution on steroids. After a period of long evolutionary stasis, a warming climate created marine habitats that gave birth to new complex life forms. Among the great evolutionary innovations of this period were animals with external skeletons, or arthropods. "
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Search the wikipedia and graph the results as a mindmap.
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How-To prepare for giving a quality course – gustmees
RT @knolinfos: I would like 2 share this with YOU & YOUR readers http://t.co/0YXgZ8i6 + getting YOUR + readers opinion about it, please.
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What Is the Hottest Temperature Anything Can Be?
RT @digitalnative: What Is the Hottest Temperature Anything Can Be? [Video] http://t.co/KFVoAUVg
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RT @tracieedward: A listing of #OSSTF and #ETFO strike vote results, links to #Bill115 petitions and more #onpoli http://t.co/Ke4ymi8J
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REVEALED: The 10 Countries With The Most Active Twitter Users - AllTwitter
"Since it first opened its doors to the general public back in July 2006, Twitter has expanded rapidly around the world, quickly establishing itself as the de facto micro-blogging network in almost every major country. In August we looked at a study that suggested, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the bulk of Twitter’s 500 million (and growing) registered membership was located in the USA, with some 141.8 million users." RT @tweetsmarter: The 10 Countries With The Most Active #Twitter Users: http://t.co/q5Z9dmAB
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Bitstrips for Schools: Stop Bullying Comic Challenge
Stop Bullying Comic Challenge http://t.co/NjadQNVq
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The Educator’s Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons | The Edublogger
"With this post, we hope to dispel a few myths and pull together a complete list of resources for teachers and students to use when blogging and working with content online." The Educator’s Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons | The Edublogger - http://t.co/fYvK181D
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Awesome Tips on how to Make Engaging Presentations
"Presentation making is an art that requires a little of creativity but alot of motivation. It is also a skill detrimental to the 21st century teaching. Many people find it hard to present in public places and sometimes even in front of their colleagues at work or at school. Well, I don't blame them for it takes sometime to build one's confidence and drive away stage fright."
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I Came, I Saw, I Learned...: PowerPoint: Create an Infographic
"If you need to create an Infographic, there are better programs than PowerPoint that you could use. Photoshop would be a good choice, or maybe Fireworks. That being said, PowerPoint is likely on your office computer right now. Additionally, PowerPoint is often underutilized as a design platform and is surprisingly agile."
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Why Social Media Makes Customer Service Better
"By the end of the year, 80% of companies plan to use social media for customer service. On the consumer side, 62% of customers have already used social media for customer service issues. Gartner predicts one billion users will be on social networks by the end of 2012."
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The Role of Content Curator in Workplace Learning | E-Learning Academy
"Content curation is often a role taken up voluntarily by an individual for altruistic or other reasons. The curator scours the web, including social media, for breaking news, discoveries and opinions. They gather the information and make it accessible, helping time poor people stay on top of what’s going on in their field of interest or expertise. It’s important the curator remains consistent in the quality and specificity of the content they gather and disseminate."
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Is a résumé relevant in the age of online courses and open source projects? | Ars Technica
"With GitHub, Stack Exchange, Coursera, Udacity, etc, do you really need a CV?"
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The Best Tools for Writers & Journalists
"The best apps, communities & tools for writers and journalists"
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Ozge Karaoglu's Blog - 4 Web Based Tools to Record Your Voice
"If you are looking for tools to record your or your students’ voice for free, here are my favourite web based voice recording tools."
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5 Biggest Lies About America's Public Schools -- Debunked | Alternet
"Here's the truth behind 5 of the most destructive myths about public education."
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Looking for Lesson Plan ideas? Try the new Claco!
"Claco (pronounced CLAY-Ko) is a new, simple, innovative way for teachers to search for, post, and share lesson plan ideas with each other. It is a free web tool that combines innovation with social media to give teachers a way to visually organize and comment on teaching practices, lesson concepts, and materials to give students around the world a better experience in the classrooms."
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Google Maps gets 45-degree images, as Apple Maps struggles | CNET UK
"How's this for timing? While Apple is embroiled in one of its biggest foul-ups to date over its mapping software, Google has rolled out a batch of updates to its own navigation aid."
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10 Amazing Google Earth and Maps Discoveries
"Today, it’s easy to be an explorer — all you need is a computer, access to satellite technology and a sense of adventure. Google makes it even simpler with Google Earth and Google Maps, letting you travel virtually to any place in the world with just a click of your mouse."
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Ultimate colour picker
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Run Google Maps Web App In Full-Screen With Original Icon On iPhone 5 / iOS 6 | Redmond Pie
"Although you can bookmark Google Maps on your iOS 6-running device’s home screen, but the experience is somewhat hampered since the web app opens up in Mobile Safari. We have come across a way on how to run the web app in full-screen mode along with the old iOS Google Maps icon for an even better, immersive Google Maps experience on iOS 6."
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10 Tips for Designing Presentations That Don’t Suck: Pt.1 | Design Shack
"In this post we’re going to address the epidemic of bad presentation design with ten super practical tips for designer better looking and more professional presentations. Along the way we’ll see a number of awesome slide designs from Note & Point along with some custom examples built by yours truly. Let’s get started!"
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Pimp Your New Twitter Profile Page with Free Header Images from TwitrCovers.com - noupe
"TwitrCovers.com: Headers In Different Flavors, Completely Free"
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Apple Maps reveals high-security spots, Google Maps adds the right detail | News | TechRadar
"iOS 6 doesn't cover up sensitive military installations"
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OTR Links 09/30/2012 « doug – off the record
Just blogged... OTR Links 09/30/2012 http://t.co/vbi9vEJ6
OTR Links 01/23/2018 – doug — off the record OTR Links 01/23/2018 https://t.co/nJKZXGIJCa tags: via:packrati.us Sergei Eisenstein - Google Search Sergei Eisenstein https://t.co/AO6acACKzD — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) January 23, 2018 tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us Ontario minimum wage hike having ‘trickle up’ effect on paycheques of higher earners | Financial Post Ontario minimum wage hike having 'trickle up' effect on paycheques of higher earnershttps://t.co/x28xegyu9UShared from my Google feed Ontario minimum wage hike having 'trickle up' effect on paycheques of higher earnershttps://t.co/x28xegyu9U Shared from my Google feed — Doug Peterson (@dougpet
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