Jeffrey Zeldman: XHTML WTF (2)
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Jeffrey Zeldman: XHTML WTF. Reading the comments, it’s scary how many people are totally ill-informed about HTML5 and XHTML5.
Bangalore Airport its traffic problem a boon to startups (1)
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The new Bangalore international airport surely looks swanky and new age however the Airport has got mixed reviews from passengers.. The biggest issue being the time it take to travel from the Airport to Bangalore City. Bangalore is currently being dogged with problems with air pollution, poor infrastructure and a big traffic jams and the airport has made it worse. When I traveled for the first time to the Airport It was a short flight ...
Scholarships and Grants for Teachers (1)
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There are hundreds of scholarships and grants available specifically for students pursuing continuing education or a degree in education. These scholarships and grants are available for all skill levels and fields of study. This article contains a list of just a few of the resources available to current and future teachers. Teach Grant Program – The Teach Grant Program awards a grant worth up to $4,000 to any student seeking to teach in a “low-income” ...
Can Augmented Reality Make Real Games, Expressive Media? Inspiration from Georgia Tech (1)
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I’ve been blogging effectively every day for nearly five years, so it’s hard to avoid novelty - that’s kind of what we publish. The question is, is it the novelty that’s important, or do you see these as little steps toward something greater that hasn’t happened yet? I tend to favor the latter. Here’s the question: can augmented reality - using computer vision tools to mix computer graphics with stuff in the real world - ...
FACT CHECK: The Right-Wing Smear Campaign Against Kevin Jennings (2)
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The right wing has a new target: Kevin Jennings, whom President Obama appointed Assistant Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education for the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools (OSDFS). Jennings has had a distinguished career as a teacher, author, and founder of Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), an organization that works to make schools safe for all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. It is primarily Jennings’ work with ...
Search Like an Expert: New Google Search Lessons Unveiled at NECC 2009 (4)
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Released at NECC 2009 are a new series of education friendly lessons . Looking for something? First stop might be the Google search box. Becoming a skillful searcher is an essential skill for teachers and students in our media rich environments. The search box provides abundant amounts of information quickly at our fingertips. So, how do you use the Google search box to get just the right amount of information, analyze it for authenticity, and ...
Paul Hawken's Commencement Address: Required reading (2)
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Valerie Casey reminded me to reread Paul Hawken's commencement address given at the University of Portland on May 3rd. It is impossible to pick the best sections here; the speech builds upon itself in the most beautiful way, and seems blasphemous to pick out any one or two paragraphs to paste right here. Get inspired. Read the speech now.(more...)
52 Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get Families Closer to Nature (1)
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It’s summer vacation, and one thing parents often hear from children used to being stimulated by school all year is, “I’m bored!”. Personally, I am never bored, so I have little compassion when I hear my daughter issue this utterance, but I have found a new book that I think will help her overcome the doldrums. Let’s Go Outside!: Outdoor Activities and Projects to Get You and Your Kids Closer to Nature is a great ...
HTML Tags For Academic Printing? (5)
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meketrefi writes "It's been quite a while since I got interested in the idea of using html (instead of .doc. or .odf) as a standard for saving documents — including the more official ones like academic papers. The problem is using HTML to create pages with a stable size that would deal with bibliographical references, page breaks, different printers, etc. Does anyone think it is possible to develop a decent tag like 'div,' but called ...
Google heads to grade school: New resources for K-12 teachers and students (15)
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We use the Internet all the time: at home, at work (especially at Google!), on the move, and, increasingly, at school. We believe that the Internet and cloud-based tools are a key part of a 21st century classroom, helping students learn and teachers teach in collaborative and innovative ways. Students use Google Docs to work on group projects; classrooms use Google Sites to show off their work; and teachers use Forms in Google Docs for ...
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Goog's latest foray into K-12 education with Google Apps while attending the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in Washington D.C.
10 More Linux Resources for Kids (9)
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Yesterday, I wrote about Linux distributions designed with kids’ needs in mind and some of the software for children that runs on Linux. Today I thought I’d share some of the other resources I came across while researching a likely candidate to install on my nephew’s and niece’s new PC. Switching Your Kids to Linux by Scott K. This is a great primer for parents getting ready to give their kids a Linux system. The ...
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vanlandw said:
f/ enfeugo's bacon covered children lol
5 Free Internet Games for Kids That’ll make them Love Math (20)
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For most of us, math is a red rag and kids are no different. Packed into a game however, Math can be fun and easy. And once motivation kicks in, ambition will follow and your kids may easily master even difficult exercises. Here are five cool free Internet games for kids that will get your own kid interested and motivated in Mathematics. 1. Attractors Let’s start unsuspiciously. This doesn’t even seem like a math game. ...
Linux for Children (13)
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I recently took possession of a pair of older PCs – the natural consequence of nagging one’s older relatives to get something a little more “post-Columbian” – and of course my first instinct is to refurbish one as a Linux PC for my nephew and niece, ages 7 and 5. My nephew, especially, is computer-obsessed, and I figure that giving him a complete child-friendly, education-focused PC might encourage some more productive “play” than he gets ...
盖茨获费曼Messenger讲座版权，计划免费公开 (8)
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诺贝尔物理奖得主理查德·费曼(Richard Phillips Feynman)是比尔盖茨最尊敬的物理学家之一，在1980年代两人曾有过几次电话交谈。 比尔盖茨收藏了很多了与费曼相关的物品，最新的藏品是以未透露数目的价格从BBC收购了费曼Messenger讲座的版权。费曼在1964年为康奈尔大学的Messenger课程作了一系列讲座，由BBC录制，BBC一直持有视频版权直至被盖茨收购。这位微软创始人表示他唯一的计划是让视频在线免费公开。但目前盖茨还没有宣布如何处理讲座视频。费曼深入浅出的讲授物理学知识的能力为人所称道，授课也极受学生欢迎，《费曼物理学讲义》是他最著名的作品，感兴趣的人可以在国内的优酷网观看Messenger讲座的完整视频（应该未得到授权）。
Journalism Grads: 30 Things You Should Do This Summer (9)
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You could spend this summer working on your killer tan... or you could use the downtime to get heads up on the thousands of other grads competing for journalism jobs. Use this checklist to improve your journalism skills and set yourself apart from the pack:1. Start a blog and post at least twice a week2. If you already have a blog, write a post that gets retweeted 20 times3. Shoot 100 amazing photos and post ...
FAFSA To Get Dramatically Shorter, Less Painful [FAFSA] (8)
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The Department of Education has announced that the FAFSA, considered (by me) to suck worse than any form ever, is getting shorter and less painful. Most importantly for those of you who have procrastination-prone parents that just don't enjoy filling out forms (me, again), the FAFSA will allow students applying for financial aid in the spring semester of 2010 to "seamlessly retrieve their relevant tax information from the IRS for easy completion." In addition to ...
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Clark Baumgartner said:
For example, the question, "At any time... did your high school or school district homeless liaison determine that you were an unaccompanied youth who was homeless?" will instead be, "Are you homeless?"
Not from the Onion: Teacher Rubber Rooms (14)
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Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do.Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they ...
最年轻市长所发表论文涉嫌抄袭 (13)
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1980年出生的周森锋当选为湖北宜城市市长，引起了全国人民的关注，也引起了无数人的好奇。官方的信息称“周森锋，男，汉族，1980年7月出生，河南禹州人，2000年11月加入中国共产党，清华大学管理科学与工程专业毕业，硕士研究生学历。2004年7月参加工作，历任襄樊市建委副主任、规划局副书记、副局长和宜城市副市长、副书记、代理市长。2009年6月21日，湖北宜城市四届人大四次会议以无记名投票的方式，选举产生了新一任市长。以全票当选市长的周森锋年仅29岁，系湖北省目前年龄最小的市长。周的妻子霍焰是湖北省襄樊市人大常委会内务司法工作委员会副主任（副县级）。” 不同凡响的从政背景促使网民对其展开了人肉搜索，很快便有人注意到，周市长硕士在读期间发表论文涉嫌抄袭，2004年发表于《商业研究》的《基于价值链的房地产企业核心竞争力分析》一文与其他人2002年发表于《经济体制改革》的《论房地产企业核心竞争力》的文章内容相似度超过50%。"
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Laura I. Gómez is an online media executive and former college language instructor. You can follow her on latinageek.com and on Twitter @lauraigomez. Given the globalized online world we live in, learning a new language has never been easier — nor as interactive, interesting, and social! From Twitter to blogs to social networks, there are numerous ways you can start your social language learning and keep it up while making new friends. The landscape of ...Shared by Anand Sharma (132) b3cak (10) bobleckridge (10) Coson (13) Daniela (1) hubert (11) Justine Lam (4) Kurt Holes (17) Le prof. (65) mandylj333 (3) and 12 more »Comment View comments
