Have you ever had your phone lost or stolen? Well, what do you do after you are finished panicking? You start to think about everything that you lost — what someone could do with the data you have on your …
Facebook and Others Caught Sending User Data to Advertisers
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on what could be a major scandal brewing for Facebook, MySpace and other social networks: despite assurances to the contrary, the sites have apparently been sending personal and identifiable information about users to their …
Goofram – Google and Wolfram Alpha Side by Side
Goofram is a mash-up of Google Search and Wolfram Alpha search. Enter your search term(s) into Goofram and it will display relevant results drawn from Google and Wolfram Alpha.
Teachers describe new technology tools in schools
The school day isn’t limited to the “school day” any more, thanks to new tools that are helping students learn 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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Amazon Kindle Fails First College Test
“If Amazon hoped for honest feedback when it started testing the Kindle DX on college campuses last fall, writes Amy Martinez, it certainly got its wish. Students pulled no punches telling Amazon what they thought of its $489 e-reader.
http://mobile.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/05/25/1713242…
Google TV Has Arrived [Video]
Google officially unveiled Google TV at its Google I/O conference today. We’ve heard lots of rumblings about Google TV over the last few months, but today the product was demonstrated before a live audience. Google is teaming up with Intel, …
Wave Hello to Google Wave – 10 Uses of Google Wave in the Classroom
Initially released only to developers, and invited users, Google Wave has just been released to the general public. Google Wave is an online software application product from Google. It is described as “a new web application for real-time communication and …
Canada’s Smartest Cities 2010
Is your city one of Canada’s smartest, a place that has what it takes to help you get ahead? Or is it falling behind? Check out how Canada’s major cities stack up, and whether they’re improving or slipping down the …
Towards a DECclic III à la Moodle!
In order to expand the community of practice that has developed in recent years, DECclic (a Quebecer Course Management System) has decided to turn to Moodle, a free digital learning environment which already benefits from a large community of development.…
100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media In the Classroom
Educators interested in using social media to enrich learning will enjoy these 100 ideas for using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Skype in the classroom from Online Universities. The post includes real examples of educators using social media …
Audio and Video Podcasting for Education Made Easy
Audio and video podcasts are revolutionary tools for educators. Many educators are intimidated by the daunting task of creating and broadcasting their own podcast because on the surface it seems to require a fair amount of ITC knowledge. Fortunately many …
CloudCourse: An Enterprise Application in the Cloud
Google releases a new internal learning platform, CloudCourse under an open source license. CloudCourse allows anyone to create and track learning activities. CloudCourse also offers calendaring, waitlist management and approval features. CloudCourse is fully integrated with Google Calendar.
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/05/cloudcourse-enterprise-applicationin.html…
Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers
Poster size guide for teachers, allowing them to compare the functionality and pedagogical advantages of some standard Moodle tools, adding a column to indicate how tricky the tool
is to set up.
http://www.cats-pyjamas.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/MoodleToolGuideforTeachers_May2010_JS.pdf…
Read the Words – Hear Your Text Spoken
Read the Words converts your text (word, pdf, html, websites, and more) into spoken words. Users of Read the Words can select from fifteen different voices and three languages in which to hear their text spoken. The conversion of text …
iSendr: Send Files Directly To Another Computer Over The Web
So you’ve got a file, and you want to get it to your friend quickly. You could head over to iSendr, and in a few quick clicks give your friend a direct link for downloading the file directly from your …