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Word (not microsoft) help in Docs
I spend huge quantities of time writing stuff in Google docs and I must admit I learned something new and helpful about docs I should have known this evening (yes my wife did bring this to my attention). There must … Continue reading
Opportunity to learn about and track hurricanes
Current interest in hurricane Irene offers a great opportunity to learn about hurricanes, remote sensing, a many educational topics.
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Google Plus as part of Apps for Schools?
THE Journal claims that Google is evaluating adding Google + to the Google apps for schools package. Seems like a good use of Circles to control sharing. Will the software then be modified in some ways so that the potential … Continue reading
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Does “Muse” signal a course reversal
For a while now, the trend in generating content online has been away from software on a computer owned by an author and toward online content creation sites. For example, you do not need to own software to blog. You … Continue reading
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Flickr is Dead or Dying
Blogger and photographer Thomas Hawk posted recently contended that Google + would soon provide the opportunity for Google to overtake Flickr as the digital photography destination of choice. Hawk provides two contrasting galleries of his own pictures in support of his … Continue reading
Proficiency Based Learning
Old guys can become cynical. Like, when they encounter some great new idea and it seems pretty much the same thing they encountered thirty years ago. Proficiency based learning – sounds very much like mastery learning from the late 1960s-1970s. … Continue reading
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