Major tech companies partner to build educational ‘Platform for Good’ — from edudemic by Jeff Dunn
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On 09/14/2012,
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On 08/16/2012,
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Students will flock to online study halls this school year [Study] — from mashable.com by Kate Freeman
Excerpt:
Everything from text books to chatting with a teacher can be done online, so why not move school study halls to the web? A recent survey predicts that 2012-2013 school year will see the rise of online study halls by students who want to enhance their education with digital content and more online collaboration.
This is according to two surveys conducted by Chegg, an online academic hub for students. The site’s registered users have grown 45% since January 2012.
“There is a student-driven revolution taking place in higher education,” said Chegg President and CEO Dan Rosensweig. “We’re seeing students take back their education, empower themselves and look outside their schools for technology, tools and resources to help them succeed.”
A visual guide to health care innovation — from fastcoexist.com by Morgan Clendaniel
There are tons of startups looking to change how we get and stay healthy–from minimizing emergency room visits to getting your medical records on your phone. A handy and fun website, Healthy Dose of Imagination, will take you on a tour of some of the best.
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- Meet the 15-year-old who is changing how we test for cancer — from — from fastcoexist.com by
By day, Jack Andraka appears to be a normal high school student. But after school, he goes to the lab at Johns Hopkins, where he’s developing a test for pancreatic cancer that is worlds better than what’s currently available. You may have read about him before, now see him talk about his breakthrough.
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On 07/17/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
Moodle to drop native mobile apps, move to HTML5 — from CampusTechnology.com by David Nagel
Excerpt:
Moodle HQ is ending development of native My Moodle mobile apps for iOS and Android, according to a blog entry posted by Moodle founding developer Martin Dougiamas last night.
“After much thought Moodle HQ is changing how we support mobile development for Moodle,” Dougiamas wrote. “Our current approach of native apps per platform was costing a lot while not moving very fast and not serving our community.”
On 06/28/2012,
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50 important links for Common Core educators — from onlinecolleges.net
From DSC:
I wish I could pour through these resources to clarify my views on the Common Core…but I can’t at this time.
On 06/22/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
Excerpts from Developing a student iPad leadership in your school — from EdApps.ca by danielespejo
- Lesson 1: Digital Citizenship (http://bit.ly/Id70kl)
- Lesson 2: Saving iPad Files Through iTunes (http://bit.ly/IH59m6)
- Lesson 3: Transferring Photos Between iPads (http://bit.ly/IfXTCH)
- Lesson 4: Connecting The iPad To The SmartBoard/Projector (http://bit.ly/Kk8XsR)
On 06/20/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
10 Second Screen Apps to Watch in 2012 — from digitalvideospace.blogspot.com
Excerpt:
The last time we published an app summary was just before the CES show this year in early January and then again leading up to our 2nd Screen Summit in LA in mid-Febraury. While the nascent 2nd screen app market segment has been exploding with new apps for shows, network channels, movies, major events, and sports all over the place, 3rd party apps have been quietly improving themselves and trying to find their way into more consumer living rooms. As we prepare for another Second Screen Summit on June 27th in NYC, we should pause and review the progress those 3rd party apps have been making.
On 05/17/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
Addendum — and on the flip side:
- HTML5 runs up to thousands of times slower on mobile devices report — from thenextweb.com
- HTML5 is a newspaper’s best friend – even if it has a mobile app — from paidcontent.org by Kevin Fitchard
On 05/07/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
50 QR code resources for the classroom — from zdnet.com by Charlie Osborne
Excerpt:
As mobile learning and technology is more readily integrated within classroom settings, QR codes can be used as an interesting method to capture a student’s attention and make lesson material more interactive.
Quick response codes, also known as ‘QR’ codes, are simple, scannable images that are a form of barcode. By scanning a QR code image through a mobile device, information can be accessed including text, links, bookmarks and email addresses.
In the classroom, QR codes can be used in a variety of ways — from conducting treasure hunts to creating modern CVs. Below is a number of articles, tutorials and lesson plans designed to help educators.
On 04/13/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
Wikipedia goes to college — from Fast Company by Neal Ungerleider
Wikipedia wants academics to write content, and students to fact-check articles for academic credit. Wikimedia’s ambitious university project also has another goal: To crack previously resistant foreign-language markets.
On 04/04/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
On 03/29/2012,
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Amazon Web Services now hosting massive genetic database: the 1,000 Genomes Project — from The Verge by Adi Robertson
Excerpt:
Amazon Web Services has just announced that it will be providing space for hosting and analyzing data collected by the 1,000 Genomes Project, an international effort to collect and catalog a vast amount of genetic information from anonymous donors worldwide. Amazon will be footing the bill to host the roughly 200 terabytes of information, but will charge researchers to use its cloud computers if they want to analyze specific sets of data. The company certainly stands to make money on the deal, but its computing tools may also allow greater access to groups with limited computing resources of their own.
On 03/22/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
Seagate reaches 1 terabit per square inch milestone in hard drive storage with new technology demonstration — Seagate.com
Excerpt:
CUPERTINO, Calif. – March 19, 2012 – Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) has become the first hard drive maker to achieve the milestone storage density of 1 terabit (1 trillion bits) per square inch, producing a demonstration of the technology that promises to double the storage capacity of today’s hard drives upon its introduction later this decade and give rise to 3.5-inch hard drives with an extraordinary capacity of up to 60 terabytes over the 10 years that follow. The bits within a square inch of disk space, at the new milestone, far outnumber stars in the Milky Way, which astronomers put between 200 billion and 400 billion.
On 03/06/2012,
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by Daniel Christian
Isaiah 25:1 — from Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
[Praise to the LORD] LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.