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Augmented Reality for Learning
Augmented reality (AR) is a term for a live direct or indirect view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are augmented by virtual computer-generated imagery. Here you will find a list of interesting resources for using Augmented Reality for …
Top 20 Sites to Improve Your Twitter Experience
We’ve compiled a list of the top 20 third-party websites for making your Twitter experience more useful and easier to manage.
PBS TeacherLine Moves to Moodle for Course Management
Online professional development program PBS TeacherLine has made the conversion to the popular open source learning management system (LMS) Moodle. The organization said it made the move in order to make its program easier for schools to customize in offering …
Moodle Do’s and Don’ts Comic
This is a comic style tips sheet for Moodle. love the design and layout (maybe it’s time for an updated comic version?). It was originally uploaded to Moodle.org in 2006 and created in part by Steve Noonkesser.
GradeGuru’s Top Ten Student Tools for 2010
After monitoring digital trends in student technology and tools for some time, GradeGuru, a McGraw-Hill Education startup has worked out which tools are the most useful for students.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gradegurus-top-ten-student-tools-2010/…
3 Smart Tips to Keep Your PC Secure When Downloading Files Online
For the unsuspecting soul who thinks a file downloaded for free is awesome, here is an an opportunity to learn about the digital trapdoors, ways to avoid them and how to verify if it is the real deal before installing …
The Web Means the End of Forgetting
Legal scholars, technologists and cyberthinkers are wrestling with the first great existential crisis of the digital age: the impossibility of erasing your posted past, starving over, moving on.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/magazine/25privacy-t2.html?_r=4…
India Develops World’s Cheapest Tablet (US$ 35)
In another attempt to bring a usable computer to the masses at an extremely affordable price point, India has developed a touchscreen computing device which will cost only $35. According to a press release by India’s Press Information Bureau, the …
5 More Websites To Share Videos Privately With Friends & Family
The choice of the right private video sharing website will ultimately boil down to the file size allowed and the ease of sharing with the right kind of privacy features. So try out the five below and let us in …
Facebook Hits 500 Million Active Users
Facebook has just announced that they now have 500 million active users, a substantial percentage of the world, and far more total users than the US has citizens. Using the most recent world population estimates, 7.4% of all people in …
Teens suffering from Hourglass Syndrome
The polling firm Angus Reid says about 60 per cent of teenagers suffer what they call “hourglass syndrome,” which is feelings of stress because their computers are too slow. Hourglass syndrome was coined because it illustrates the frustrations of people …
New Zealand to ban software patents
The New Zealand government is supporting a Patents Bill which will ban the patenting of software in New Zealand. To clarify, embedded software may be OK, but it appears that patent applications related to pure software will not succeed.
http://thenextweb.com/au/2010/07/17/new-zealand-to-ban-software-patents/…
5 Real Examples of Using Twitter for Education
One of the best reasons to set up a Twitter account is because you have a real reason to share timely information with a real audience. However many innovative educators want more than ideas. They want concrete people, ideas, examples, …
Build Your Personal Learning Network (PLN)
As a educator, probably one of the tougher challenges you face isn’t just keeping up with the technology, but rather understanding how to leverage it in your teaching and learning situation. In this article you’ll learn how to build your …