This is a fantastic World Cup calendar, one of the best examples of digital design I’ve seen.
http://www.marca.com/deporte/futbol/mundial/sudafrica-2010/calendario-english.html…
Choosing the right social and collaboration platform
This presentation analyzes 10 criteria for considering such a platform, presents a tour of 3 very different platforms, and finally compares them against the 10 criteria.
http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2010/05/choosing-the-right-social-and-collaboration-platform.html…
Moodle Correction Perfection
A short version of a presentation done by Nicholas Walker (Teacher, Cégep Ahuntsic) at the Rascals 2010 Colloquium in St-Sauveur. The main thrust of that talk was to argue that Moodle can do a better job providing corrective feedback on …
Teaching in a socially networked classroom
Since social networking is such a huge part of our students’ lives, we should be incorporating it into the classroom. Both students and teachers can benefit from using such tools. Collaboration and communication can be made easier by using these …
Can academic integrity exist in the Google Age?
Technology can make it easy to coast, cheat, and otherwise circumvent the educational process. The National Society of Collegiate Scholars would like students to embrace integrity instead.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/can-academic-integrity-exist-in-the-google-age/3990…
How To Set Up Email Filters In Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo
Setting up email filters or organising your emails into folders is an efficient way to manage your emails. You might want to setup an email filter to automatically sort your emails into folders for better management.For example, you may want …
CaricatureMaker: Create Funny Caricatures Faces Online
Lots of tools let you convert photos into caricatures. However, CaricatureMaker is a little different than these automated tools since it lets you create a caricature faces completely from scratch by choosing specific styles for various features.
http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/caricaturemaker-caricature-faces…
The 1000 most-visited sites on the web
Courtesy of Google, the 1,000 most-visited sites on the web (excluding Google). The most-visited site, Facebook, has more pageviews then at least the next 99 sites combined.
10 Free Audio Programs to Use for E-Learning
A list of interesting (and free) resources to help you to add audio to your online courses.
http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/10-free-audio-programs-to-use-for-e-learning/…
10 More Websites To Show You The Hottest Twitter Topics Now
Twitter is huge! With millions of users sharing their opinions, links to articles that are of interest to them, and tidbits and facts about the areas they live, there is no limit to how that information can be used. This …
Remotely Erase Data From Your Stolen Phone using Lookout
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.
http://presspubs.com/articles/2010/05/20/st_croix_valley_press/news/doc4bf47f1332c42142845753.txt…
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…