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Making the Most of Google Docs: Tips & Lesson Ideas | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher
Since attending the Google Teacher Academy in April, I have been trying to learn as much as possible about each Google application. The result? I am realizing how little I actually knew about these tools and how tragically I was underutilizing them! Take Google Docs, for example. I have been using Google Docs for a couple of years, yet I had no idea how much I could actually do with docs personally or with my students.
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This is the official website of KeePass, the free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager.
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iOS for .NET Devs | iJoshSmith
My book is finally done! iOS Programming for .NET Developers has been a labor of love. I wrote this book to help .NET devs leverage their existing skills to understand iOS programming. When I first moved to the iOS world no book like it existed, but I sure wish it had.
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Dell’s Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, ‘Blows Away’ Expectations | PCWorld Business Center
Dell’s Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, ‘Blows Away’ Expectations
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The C Programming Language – Part 0 – OnCoding
If Programming Languages were cars, C would be a rough and tumble sports car crossed with a jeep. Not for everybody, but damned good to have when you want one
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Yammer, the enterprise social network and one of Microsoft’s most recent acquisitions, allows you to collaborate, communicate and share your thoughts within your network, be it a school or business.
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Vjeux » Image Layout Algorithm – Google Plus
Google Plus has a really nice image gallery. They somehow managed to display all the photos without cropping, without reordering and without any holes. We are going to see how they did it in this blog post.
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Excellent Printing Apps for your iPad
iPad ‘s ecosystem is built in such a secure and strong way that it makes it hard for developers to enrich it with apps particularly productivity ones. This is something Android-enhanced tablets do not have for Android makes it open softare and any developer can come up with their own apps to add to Google Play. I personally love both iPad and Android tablets and have considerations for each one of them.
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Flipped Video Lessons for Continuous Assessment | StudyEgg
Learning is simple with a great guide.
Watch short video clips and
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Lynda.com Tackles Blended Learning — Campus Technology
At the Campus Technology 2012 conference taking place this week in Boston, Laurie Burruss, professor at Pasadena City College and education consultant for lynda.com, will offer up tips for faculty members looking to move their teaching “beyond the classroom walls.”
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Can We Fix Computer Science Education in America? | Techland | TIME.com
Can We Fix Computer Science Education in America?
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Finally, there’s a reason (sorry many actually!) to stick to a single browser on iPad – Google Chrome.
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Bloggers and Journalists: not as dissimilar as you may think | anna spargo-ryan
If you don’t know The Punch, it’s essentially an opinion based website comprised of a series of “serious” blogs. Today they are running a story about Blogging and Journalism, and why the two ne’er shall meet. Because journalism is Proper Writing and blogging is Poetry About Dog Poop.
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25 Ways To Create Contagious Content (Infographic) | Business 2 Community
Content is the foundation for blogs and websites. It is what makes your readers and viewers come back for more.
The range and type of content that is available on a social web is extensive and includes multimedia such as videos, images and infographics and of course plain old simple text.
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Kids Safety: 6 Things Parents Should Know About Tumblr
Popular with teens and tweens, Tumblr is a microblogging site that provides a platform for blogging that is super simple and user-friendly. An important kids safety question: does your teen have a Tumbleblog? If so, there are 6 important things about the site you should know.
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Secrets of Blog Posts that Get Tons of Comments — The Book Designer
When you’re a new blogger, you dream of the time when readers will visit your blog and leave a comment. Isn’t that true?
You want the sign that someone has noticed, the social engagement, the “social proof” that your blog is worth stopping for.
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With easy-to-use interface and seamless integration,
EverClip lets you clip anything to Evernote effortlessly.
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The content of this blog is generated by whatever strikes my fancy at any given point. It might be computers, weather, political, or something else in nature. I experiment and comment a lot on things so don't take anything here too seriously; I might change my mind a day later but what you read is my thought and opinion at the time I wrote it! My formal education includes a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Toronto. Ontario Ministry of Education and Training qualifications are in Data Processing, Computer Science, Accounting, and Mathematics. My personal website is at: http://www.dougpeterson.ca Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dougpete I'm bookmarking things at: http://www.delicious.com/dougpete
