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4 Online Infographics Generators| The Committed Sardine
Let’s face it, the infographics industry is exploding and now we’re seeing some new tools to help us easily create or generate simple infographics. Currently, infographics agencies charge between $2k and $5k to research, design and promote a fantastic infographic.
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NBC-Microsoft Split Over MSNBC.com JV, Which Becomes NBCNews.com
NBC News has announced that it has parted ways with Microsoft on the duo’s joint MSNBC.com news site, which now becomes wholly owned by the broadcaster and has been renamed NBCNews.com accordingly.
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How computers can hurt schools – Class Struggle – The Washington Post
Those who hope 21st century technological wonders will save our schools should read a recent lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. It tells the story of Melvin Marshall, a 7th-rader at Barber Focus School in Highland Park.
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English Raven: Taking your course online? Beware the belittling ‘information dump’!
The rush to capitalise on online learning has been with us for a long time now, but across a number of contexts I am involved in currently it would be fair to say the surge has increased significantly. Educational providers and companies appear to be in an almighty rush to get courses online, capitalise on reaching a wider audience of students, and reduce the costly or inconvenient processes associated with F2F learning.
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Using spam emails in your classroom | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional
Looking for a new way of teaching persuasive writing? Then take a look at using spam emails – it’s what English teacher Alan Gillespie did.
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Inadequate state revenues, coupled with the rising costs of higher education, have again led to tuition jumps across Kentucky and much of the nation. State and university leaders in Kentucky are exploring various strategies to address this now fairly recurring budget shortfall.
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It’s Not Called E-Cheap—It’s Called E-Learning | trainingmag.com
I helped create E-Learning 1.0 and am here to tell you it has been a complete and miserable failure. This is a bold statement, I realize, so let me explain. At the time, it was edgy and innovative, this idea of using online resources to provide training to vast numbers of people spread out globally. The objective of E-Learning 1.0 was to replace classroom training that required travel with a more cost-effective worldwide deployable methodology. The promise was better learning retention.
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Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, A (3rd Edition) Free Download – DownArchive
The Most Complete, Easy-to-Follow Guide to Ubuntu Linux
Updated JumpStarts help you set up Samba, Apache, Mail, FTP, NIS, OpenSSH, DNS, and other complex servers in minutes -
5 Reasons Why Most Bloggers Quit Blogging Within 6 Months
In fact out of every 100 newbie bloggers, around 90 hang up their boots even before enjoying a trivial amount of success.
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Graphic Designers are the modern day artist, they play an essential role in various ways. From digital design to print, Graphic Designers do it all and as an added plus, they occupied more than 279,200 jobs in the U.S. in 2010.
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What’s Your Daily Social Media Routine? | Social Media Today
When you have joined the social media movement, the real work (and fun) starts. I am always astonished that people ask me how much time they should spend on social media. We all know this is an impossible question to answer since everyone has a different number of accounts and a different modus operandi. However, I think we should put the time usage in function of the goal we are trying to achieve using social media.
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Flipagram Makes Instagram Slideshows Effortless
This is where Flipagram ($0.99) comes in. It does one thing and does it well: effortless slideshows from your Instagram photos.
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