January 2012
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Research update. (education and technology)
peterjung: So, after doing some research, my thesis is taking a somewhat different direction. Instead of focusing directly on digital literacy, I’m looking at best practices for incorporating digital literacy and educational technology into curricula. This includes using technology to augment a curriculum, or teaching digital literacy alongside other content, emphasizing increasing students...
Jan 31st
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Filter the Web with DansGuardian in Ubuntu 11.10
blackcathacker: To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to install DansGuardian and Squid. sudo apt-get install dansguardian squid Next, run the commands below to open DansGuardian’s config file. sudo gedit /etc/dansguardian/dansguardian.conf Then find the highlighted line shown below and delete it. Or just comment it...
Jan 29th
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Jan 29th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Jan 24th
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Should Coding Classes be Compulsory? →
Jan 24th
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web20classroom: 14 Steps To Meaningful Student Blogging: http://t.co/3NyQ67c0
Jan 23rd
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Your Classroom can tolerate evernote →
Jan 23rd
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And students are shown to perform better using... →
peterjung: “But today another data point emerged, demonstrating that the iPad can be a valuable asset in education. In a partnership with Apple, textbook publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt performed a pilot study using an iPad text for Algebra 1 courses, and found that 20 percent more students (78 percent compared to 59 percent) scored ‘Proficient’ or ‘Advanced’ in subject comprehension when...
Jan 22nd
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Intimate teens sharing passwords? →
Anything to it?
Jan 19th
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New Font for Readers with Dyslexia
Based on my recent research, this is a newly available, open source font intended for some readers with dyslexia: http://www.dafont.com/open-dyslexic.font . I’m eager for data or feedback regarding how it does against the 2 proprietary options.
Jan 19th
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QR What? →
Jan 18th
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Mahara / ePortfolios: Case Studies →
Long on conclusion, short on evidence. This doesn’t negate this page’s powerful ideas for putting Mahara to work for teaching and learning.
Jan 18th
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NYC To Open 1st High School Dedicated To Software →
Jan 17th
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Most Commonly Used Passwords
anticapitalist: 10,000 Most Common Passwords List [71KB via FileSonic] 10,000 Most Common Passwords with Frequency [115KB via FileSonic] Protect yourself.
Jan 16th
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