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The great New York Times columnist Tom Friedman wrote in a recent piece that if he were a cub reporter today, he’d want to be “covering the epicenter of national security — but that would be the Education Department.”
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It seems like it was a stealth release. There was no big fanfare or announcement about the release of Google Earth 6 that cross my desk. But, I just happened to stumble onto the news and, of course, grabbed it immediately to kick the tires. I’ve always been fascinated by maps and geography and Google Earth just brings so much to the table for me.
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From discovering shipwrecks in the ocean to zooming into 3D cities around the world, you can explore an expansive library of tours, videos, and imagery that have been created by Google Earth and supporting partners.
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New! Google Earth 6
Navigate the streets like never before. Experience the new integrated Street View and explore 3D trees all over the world -
This graphic, created for Socialcast, looks at how educators are encouraging students to engage in social media, and how the education and social media sectors are being integrated to create a whole new way of learning.
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Ubuntu One for Windows – a quick run down of the first beta
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Twitter is Changing Education. But Not School Desks
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70 Top Social Media Infographics
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What your email address says about your computer skills – humour
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Best iPad Photo Editing/Painting Applications
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I have decided to add my two cents. Here are 5 reasons I value Twitter as a personal learning tool:
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want to share with you my work in progress files of my new tool, still in beta stage. The goal is to be able to spread full phrases, instead of single words. It’s more complicated and I still need time to adjust the variables and the find the better way to get nice results, but you can take a look at my current tryouts.
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Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
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The infographics demonstrate the diversity of the communities interested in cloud computing. All three are intended to appeal to people with little or no knowledge about the topic.
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Information graphics, visual representations of data known as infographics, keep the web going these days. Web users, with their diminishing attention spans, are inexorably drawn to these shiny, brightly coloured messages with small, relevant, clearly-displayed nuggets of information. They’re straight to the point, usually factually interesting and often give you a wake-up call as to what those statistics really mean.
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Play brain games, free puzzle games and create your own game!
Free online puzzle games and brain games to make you smarter. Visit NewsRoom -
Explore ancient Egypt at the British Museum
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