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Integrity – Mac OSX app – free website link checker
“If you’ve maintained a website for any length of time, you’ll know that links very quickly become broken, because we move, delete or change our own pages, and other people that we link to do the same.
A broken link on your site is a dead end for your visitors and will also be bad news for your search engine optimisation (SEO).”
tags: mac webdesign
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Share a moment with your favorite star | Egraphs
“What if you could share a moment with your favorite star?”
tags: share moment favorite star
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Watch free documentary films online | Chockadoc.com
“Chock-a-block full of great documentaries!”
tags: documentaries documentary education multimedia listening chockadoc
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Science Niblets
The Science Behind Everyday Topics
tags: science blog
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New Infographic: A day on the Internet – Stephen’s Lighthouse
“Infographic: A day on the Internet”
tags: infographic internet stephen lighthouse
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20 Places That Are Currently Shaping Your Future
“There’s more to technology than whatever the folks from Cupertino announce. Smaller dock connectors and a bigger screen are not game-changing pieces of technology that will affect your life in 20 years.”
tags: places future
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Five Technology Skills Every Student Should Learn| The Committed Sardine
“Let’s have a look at what ESchool News recommends for the best technology skills for students to learn. From essential online literacy to exploring new technologies for learning, this is useful digital prowess for not only students, but practically everyone who works and learns online in the digital age.”
tags: technology skills student
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What Does It Mean to Be Literate?| The Committed Sardine
“The definition of what it means to be literate has certainly changed in the Information Age. We’re no longer talking about the basic ability to read, comprehend, and absorb information read in text form. We’re talking about literacy of technology, information, social media, and more. This article on the Education Smartblog by Nicholas Provenzano shows us just how much the term has been redefined.”
tags: literate literacy
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Create a Responsive Site In Minutes With Striking.ly
“Striking.ly, which is like About.me on steroids, can be used to create a portfolio, a landing page, an online resume, a pitch deck, and more.”
tags: site minutes
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Why We Should All Learn a Little Code: Answer and Infographic – The Industry
“And what’s the benefit of learning a language? Or at least having some understanding of one? Breaking down barriers of communication and understanding. Whether they be physical or mental.”
tags: little code answer infographic industry
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SeymourSimon.com – Blog – 5 Top Internet Safety Rules For Kids1
“We noticed recently that some kids are leaving comments with both their first and last name – not a good idea if you are under 13 years old (don’t worry, we changed them for you before we made them live). So, we thought we would take a moment this morning this morning to remind students about five important “Internet Rules of the Road.” You should follow these rules if you are writing a comment, uploading a photo, or uploading a video anywhere on the Internet, not just on this website.”
tags: com blog internet internet safety safety rules kids
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Five Ways to Develop a Partnership with Your Principal | Edutopia
“Rarely will a new principal leave things at a school just as they are. Sometimes those changes do need to happen, but the teacher perspective might be the principal is coming in and trying to fix things that aren’t broken. Instead of saying, “Throw the bum out!” I have some suggestions to help teachers get off on the right foot with a new principal. (As a principal new to a campus and recently experiencing this.)”
tags: ways partnership principal edutopia
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Seesmic – The Perfect Way To Use Twitter & Facebook On The Droid [Android]
“If you’re an Android user and you love Twitter and Facebook, you really should try using Seesmic as your go-to client for both. Seesmic for Android is a very comprehensive application, which allows you to do some really advanced organisation of your Twitter and Facebook accounts, leaving you free to just enjoy the fun stuff and ignore the rest.”
tags: seesmic perfect way facebook droid android
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The Twitter-Informed Parent: Finding Ideas, Advice and Support Online | Amplify
“For parents who are actively involved with their children’s schools—or for those who want to be—the neighborhood kaffeeklatsch is no longer the place to get connected. These days they’re heading to Twitter, where they can trade ideas, stories, and best practices with a global community of parents.”
tags: parent finding ideas advice support online
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If you were on Twitter | Dangerously Irrelevant
“Dear educator, if you were on Twitter yesterday, you might have found:”
tags: twitter
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Microsoft Launches YouthSpark to Empower 300 Million Kids Through Technology
“Microsoft said Thursday that it will invest about $500 million over three years to fund YouthSpark, a program designed to give 300 million kids around the world opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise have.”
tags: microsoft launches million kids technology
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Teacher Training Needed to Meet Technology Needs in Classrooms – US News and World Report
“China tops the United States in technology integration in schools.”
tags: teacher training needed meet technology needs classrooms news world report
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Bing surges, takes a bite out of Google – Neowin
“It’s a good time to be Bing; Microsoft’s search engine is rapidly expanding its marketshare, becoming the search engine of choice for new platforms, and has even more potential for growth, thanks to its prominent place in many of Microsoft’s upcoming products. And get this: it just bit a chunk out of Google’s marketshare.”
tags: bing takes bite google
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To Quora of Not to Quora (Infographic) | MyBeak Social Media
“Quora, the question and answer platform, is growing rapidly in terms of site visits (812, 245 unique visits), funding ($61 million), and valuation (about $400 million). The questions are crowdsourced and have the added credibility associated with answers that can be upvoted and downvoted.”
tags: quora infographic social social media media
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Google app Marketplace | Startup reviews,Tech news,tech events,tech tips
“Google has just announced the launch of its App Marketplace for Cloud based apps.”
tags: google app marketplace startup reviews tech tech news news events tech tips tips
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How To Use Google Chrome For Hacking? | Learn How To Hack – Ethical Hacking and security tips
“Their are lots and lots of google chrome extension that can be used for hacking, however i have complied a list of my favorite ones, which i use frequently in order to test different types of web applications for security vulnerabilities.”
tags: how to google google chrome chrome hacking hack ethical security tips
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Sysadmin Mistakes « projectz
“When it comes to IT, simple mistakes can cost you big time. Whether that is immediately or not depends on a number of factors, and sometimes, when something has gone incredibly wrong, you won’t even realize that the root cause was a snap decision or simple oversight you made months ago. If you parse this list, you might just avoid a costly mistake sometime in the future; or, you may see something that makes you realize you weren’t the only one who had that happen.”
tags: sysadmin mistakes
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Toronto students angry with artless textbooks | CTV Toronto News
“Hundreds of students at the city’s most high-profile art college are crying foul after some of them were forced to buy an art history textbook that didn’t contain any pictures.”
tags: toronto students textbooks news