Friday, September 30, 2011

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/30/2011 (a.m.)

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/28/2011 (a.m.)

  • Top 10 Sites for Video Editing

    tags: editing video

  • ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education

    You know how Apple stuff just works? It’s totally true. But you’ll still need to spend a surprising amount of time explaining how the iPod works. Even intuitive stuff needs to be taught. The idea that all students are net-savvy millennials is a pernicious myth. It’s disabling for students and for faculty, who often feel overwhelmed by their students’ ability to give zombies a cupcake on Facebook, and decide they don’t have anything to contribute. (Not y’all. I know that Prof. Hacker’s readers try to raise their students to the light. But less technically confident professors?

    tags: ipod technology digital_natives myth

  • How to Collect Student Files with Dropbox | K-5 Computer Lab

    Dropbox is a free online file storage service that students can use to upload assignments and other digital files to the teacher's Dropbox account. Students do not need an email account or a Dropbox account. Teachers can use the basic free Dropbox account to collect and store up to 2GB of data.

    tags: dropbox education tech_tips

  • The Teacher's Guide To Using YouTube In The Classroom - Edudemic

    YouTube is rolling out some big new ways to engage with the education community. Continuing with our look at how YouTube can aid teachers and students, it’s probably a good idea to actually outline exactly how the video service can help in the classroom.

    tags: youtube education tech_tips

  • Scratch Curriculum Guide Draft | ScratchEd

    This Scratch curriculum guide provides an introduction to creative computing with Scratch, using a design-based learning approach.

    tags: curriculum isd tools

  • iPads and the Embarrassment Factor

    "News that all the graduate students in my Future of Media seminar would receive iPads for the semester generated a flurry of excitement. Some students replied with exclamation points in their email messages. Some stopped and asked when the iPads would be available. Others passed on word to classmates and seemed to enjoy the envious responses. Then something odd happened: The students, all in their mid- to late 20s, became self-conscious about carrying iPads. They refused to use them in public. They felt elitist. In their eyes, the iPad represented snobbery, a technological tool that no one needed and whose utility was far from apparent. Used to a graduate student frugality, they didn’t want to be seen as profligate. I was surprised about the students’ embarrassment."

    tags: ipad sociology culture

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/25/2011 (p.m.)

  • 9 Great Freeware Programs that Should be on Every PC

    One of the most common questions we get here at Gizmo’s Freeware is “What freeware programs do I really need?” So here are our suggestions for the free programs you should consider installing on your Windows PC. And to make things easy for you we have not only listed the programs you need but provided full download and installation instructions, all contained in a free, downloadable, 44 page PDF report. This report is provided free as a service to our readers and contains no advertising. No registration is required or any data collected. It is what it is: a genuine freebie with no strings attached.

    tags: freeware

  • A Moment of Science | Science Videos, Science Podcast and Radio Program - Indiana Public Media

    "What is a "funny bone"? What do bicycles, footballs, and space shuttles have in common? These are but a few of the intriguing questions explored by the "A Moment of Science" radio program. Based at Indiana University, Bloomington and broadcast by WFIU, these short vignettes "remove some of the mystery from science, but not the wonder." Visitors can start by looking at the "Recent Audio Podcasts" to listen to programs like "How Sound Travels Under Water" and "Using Oxygen To Search For Alien Planets". Moving on, visitors can click on the "Archive" tab to view past episodes of the program dating back to January 7, 2003. Also, visitors can view the "Most Popular" episodes and podcasts, and then sign up to stay connected with the program via social media." from the Internet Scout Report

    tags: science education

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Saturday, September 24, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/25/2011 (a.m.)

  • New Zealand Storm Petrel Back From The Dead | Stuff.co.nz

    DNA confirms it: the New Zealand storm petrel is officially back from the dead. The tiny, enigmatic seabird was considered extinct for more than 150 years, meaning its comeback eclipses that of other "extinct" birds such as the takahe and Chatham Islands taiko. It was rediscovered by birdwatchers Ian Saville and Brent Stephenson, near the Mercury Islands in the Hauraki Gulf.

    tags: science biology

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Friday, September 23, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/24/2011 (a.m.)

  • A Treasury of World's Fair Art & Architecture

    This digital collection represents a sampling of artifacts from the rich and varied World's Fair Collection at the Architecture Library, University of Maryland (UM). Although limited in size, this collection is unique for its broad coverage of many fairs and expositions. We invite you to explore the collection by searching for specific images, exploring virtual exhibits, and reading informative essays.

    tags: art architecture

  • Visions of a Future Where Phones Replace Wallets - NYTimes.com

    Plenty of companies would love to get their hands on our wallets. But Google wants to go one step further: it wants to be our wallets. Its new phone software, called Google Wallet, is intended to replace the credit cards in our actual wallets. It does sound pretty spectacular, doesn’t it? No fishing plastic cards out of wallets, no paper slips, no signatures. Everything is handled securely, instantly, conveniently, with one tap of your phone at the register. Europeans and Asians already routinely pay for things that way. Why can’t we have that in America?

    tags: cell_phone google

  • Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America

    ERS promotes the well-being of rural America through research and analysis to better understand the economic, demographic, environmental, and social forces affecting rural regions and communities. In collaboration with other USDA agencies, ERS research helps provide rural residents and community and business leaders with the knowledge and skills to help their communities thrive in the global economy.

    tags: geography community

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/23/2011 (a.m.)

  • Rebelling Against Blackboard with Posterous and TinyChat

    "The perverse and ironic issue with Blackboard is despite being a learning management system it rarely encourages learning. I’m not the first to express skepticisms about learning management systems: David Parry wrote a piece for ProfHacker suggesting WordPress is a better learning management system than Blackboard, and Lisa M Lane wrote an article in First Monday detailing how course management systems influence online pedagogy, so these issues have been and continue to be discussed in higher education."

    tags: lms blackboard blogs chat

  • Startup to Offer Hybrid College Experience to Veterans

    "Most colleges are underprepared for the wave of veterans returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the largest influx since after the Vietnam War. The same is true of many employers. It’s not that the colleges and companies aren’t looking for veterans, says Gunnar Counselman, the founder and chief executive of Fidelis College. But they often do a poor job of understanding how to attract veterans and help them acclimate to civilian life once they return, he says. Fidelis, a San Francisco-based startup, seeks to help military members graduate from college. The company’s students will take lower-division courses at an affiliated online college while on active duty and then transfer to a traditional university. When they graduate, Fidelis will place them with employers it knows are looking to hire veterans."

    tags: online_learning veterans higher_education

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/21/2011 (a.m.)

  • Library School at U. of North Carolina Offers Students Lifelong Digital Archive

    Incoming students at the University of North Carolina’s School of Information and Library Science this year are getting a new kind of welcome-to-campus perk: Free data storage, for keeps. The service, called LifeTime Library, works on students’ personal computers, allowing them to automatically archive files and folders. The data are preserved on the Web, where students can search for files by name or by date saved. Students can continue to use the online storage locker after they graduate, and the plan is for the program to remain free, said Gary Marchionini, the school’s dean. About 60 incoming students out of a total of 160 have signed up for the first year of the program, he said.

    tags: file_storage lifelong_learning

  • Online ID Verification Plan Carries Risks - NYTimes.com

    Consumers who still pay bills via snail mail. Hospitals leery of making treatment records available online to their patients. Some state motor vehicle registries that require car owners to appear in person — or to mail back license plates — in order to transfer vehicle ownership. But the White House is out to fight cyberphobia with an initiative intended to bolster confidence in e-commerce. The plan, called the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace and introduced earlier this year, encourages the private-sector development and public adoption of online user authentication systems. Think of it as a driver’s license for the Internet.

    tags: cybersecurity

  • Apps to Assist in the Writing Process by Vicki Windman

    As we begin the new school year we have an opportunity to start with a clean slate. Writing is a skill that many students struggle with, from grammar, idiom and spelling to punctuation and footnotes.

    tags: writing ipod iphone apps

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/19/2011 (a.m.)

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Friday, September 16, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/17/2011 (a.m.)

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/16/2011 (a.m.)

  • A Machine That Gives Shape to Your Ideas - Graphic - NYTimes.com

    The MakerBot 3-D printer offers the possibility of manufacturing products in the home almost as easily as printing a document with an inkjet printer. The company’s Thing-O-Matic machine moves in three dimensions to spray layers of colored plastic to form objects, some quite intricate. Do-it-yourselfers are already selling 3-D printed products like custom dollhouse furniture at art fairs and museum shops and on Web sites like Etsy.com. The price is $1,300 for a kit you put together yourself; a fully assembled machine costs $2,500.

    tags: 3d printing

  • Web 2.0, Blended Learning, Wikis, and More? | Digital Learning Environments

    Recently the national news has been ablaze with discussion of these transformational learning tools. “Blended learning will play a vital role, as school operators must rethink education’s structure and delivery with the new realities of public funding.” This is according to Michael Horn, co-author of Disrupting Class, which predicts that 50% of all high school classes will be delivered in a blended learning environment by 2015.

    tags: web2.0 blended_learning

  • Google Search Features

    Did you know that Google's Calculator is unit-aware (for example, 10 btu/hour)? Did you know that Google has an Earthquake information site? Did you know you can see public data trends (for example, unemployment rate FL)? Did you know that you can convert between many different units of measurement (for example, 10.5 cm in inches)?

    tags: search_engine reference

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/14/2011 (a.m.)

  • STEMResources.com - Tennessee

    STEM classrooms offer a curriculum that is integrated, emphasize questioning and inquiry, and give students frequent opportunities to apply engineering design and problem-solving. At STEMresources.com Tennessee teachers can gain quick and easy access to standards-based instructional tools, quality curriculum materials, and the latest Internet materials!

    tags: science education stem

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A. Kipta's Blog 09/13/2011 (p.m.)

  • 25+ Ways To Synchronize Your Bookmarks

    "Despite social bookmarking sites such as Delicious and Diigo, many of us still like to bookmark the old fashioned way – using our browser’s menu bar. But, if we have to use multiple browsers and computers our bookmarks soon get scattered and unorganized. Bookmark synchronizers solve that problem by merging our bookmarks and storing them online for easy access. Below is a collection of all the bookmark synchronizing services we could find."

    tags: social_bookmarking

  • 25+ Pieces of Writing Software You Should Know About

    "Of course, all you really need in order to write is a notebook and pen. But there are lots of software packages that can make life easier for writers. Whatever you want to be able to do, there’s almost certainly some software out there to help you. The list below includes the best packages to help you plan and structure a novel, share documents online with other people, format your screenplay or script correctly, minimize writing distractions, improve your English and more…"

    tags: writing software

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/12/2011 (a.m.)

  • National September 11 Memorial & Museum | World Trade Center Memorial

    The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in the North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. Architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker created the Memorial design selected from a global design competition that included more than 5,200 entries from 63 nations. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.

    tags: history 911

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Friday, September 9, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/10/2011 (a.m.)

  • News: Plagiarism Betrayal? - Inside Higher Ed

    While WriteCheck has been around for two years, it has not garnered the same high user numbers as Turnitin. Some faculty members who work at institutions that use Turnitin said they had never heard of WriteCheck before. As a result, some recent blog posts by angry faculty members are the first time many are learning about the service. “It teaches you to obey the letter of the law, but not the spirit of the law,” Tabarrok said. “The only reason you would use this service is if you are skirting the spirit of the law by taking something from somewhere else and flipping things around a bit to pass the letter of the law.”

    tags: education writing plagiarism_detection

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/09/2011 (a.m.)

  • The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

    A selection of audio recordings from the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.), North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) and American Airlines from the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The recordings, some of which have been published previously, are being released in a multimedia report originally intended to be part of the Sept. 11 Commission’s 2004 report.

    tags: history 9_11

  • Dear Photograph

    "A Canada-based website that compares old photographs with new has become the latest global sensation."

    tags: photography

  • National Nanotechnology Initiative

    NNI agencies have developed an extensive infrastructure of more than 60 major interdisciplinary research and education centers across the United States. The centers have state-of-the-art equipment for nanoscale research; many are designated as user facilities and are available to researchers from academia, the private sector, and national laboratories.

    tags: science nanotechnology

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/08/2011 (a.m.)

  • Tse-Tsung Chow Collection of Chinese Scrolls and Fan Paintings 周策縱書畫卷軸與扇面收藏集

    In September 2005, UW-Madison Professor Emeritus Tse-Tsung Chow (who died in 2007) and his wife Nancy Wu Chow donated over 120 calligraphic and painted Chinese scrolls and fans, ranging from the 18th through the 20th centuries, to the Special Collections Department of the UWM Libraries. Professor Chow's collection is an invaluable addition to Special Collections, offering primary examples of Chinese culture spanning a two-hundred year period, with didactic applications in a broad range of disciplines at UWM, including art, art history, history, geography, foreign languages and linguistics, and international studies. The collection is also available to the general public for research, and to regional cultural and educational institutions for teaching and exhibition. Professor Chow, who retired from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at UW-Madison in 1993, was a historian and poet, and his book The May Fourth Movement: Intellectual Revolution in Modern China is regarded as definitive. Chow received his B.A. degree from Cheng-Chih University in 1942, and was secretary to President Chiang Kai-shek from 1945-47. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan and came to UW-Madison in 1963.

    tags: art paintings chinese

  • The Center for Nonverbal Studies

    The Center for Nonverbal Studies (CNS) is a private, nonprofit research center located in Spokane, Washington. Underway since October 1, 1997, the Center's mission is to advance the study of human communication in all its forms apart from language. The Center's goal is to promote the scientific study of nonverbal communication , which includes body movement, gesture, facial expression, adornment and fashion, architecture, mass media, and consumer-product design.

    tags: science psychology

  • NSTA :: Lab Out Loud Podcast

    Science teachers Brian Bartel and Dale Basler discuss science news and science education with leading scientists, researchers, science writers, and other important figures in the field. A selection of links and notes accompanies each episode, enabling the listener to dig deeper into the topics discussed.

    tags: science education podcast

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Monday, September 5, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/06/2011 (a.m.)

  • "Update server not available" : Installation and update issues - Google Chrome Help

    "In Google Chrome's "About Google Chrome" box, you might see an error when trying to check for updates. Error 3 is a failure to communicate with Google Update. There are two known reasons for this: You're running Vista/ 7 and you have configured Google Chrome to always run as administrator. This is a known issue with the Google Chrome auto-updating mechanism and can be avoided by simply running Google Chrome as a normal user. Additionally, keep in mind that for security reasons we recommend that you don't elevate the privilege of Google Chrome to administrator."

    tags: google chrome tech_tips

  • Maniac Tools

    Do you need to convert AAC to MP3? M4a to MP3? MP4 audio to MP3? Your favorite player doesn't support M4a audio? Then take a look at the new tool from ManiacTools, Free M4a to MP3 Converter. The program supports a number of input formats, like the above mentioned AAC, M4a, MP4 audio, M4b (audiobooks), and some other MPEG-4 based audio formats. You can convert those types of audio files to MP3 or uncompressed WAV. The latter can be used as an intermediate format for further converting (with tools like AudioConverter Studio). Free M4a to MP3 Converter combines professional quality with high speed and user-friendly interface. You can simply drag and drop your M4a or AAC files from Windows Explorer and then hit "Convert" (or F5 on your keyboard). On the other hand, it is also possible to fine tune quality parameters for output files. The program supports full range of MP3 settings: bit rates up to 320 Kbit/s and sample rates up to 48 KHz. This way, you can get high quality audio files along with the portability of MP3 format (which is supported now by virtually every player, hardware or software).

    tags: mp3 file_format converters

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Sunday, September 4, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/05/2011 (a.m.)

  • The Academic Integrity Tutorial

    The Academic Integrity Tutorial is designed to help you learn about academic integrity. The information in this tutorial is applicable for all subject and research areas and any level of study. After completing this tutorial you will be able to: Explain the concept of ‘academic integrity’ and identify five different kinds of academic dishonesty. Identify the key points of York’s Senate Policy on Academic Honesty and the procedures and penalties associated with violating York’s Policy. Differentiate between what is acceptable use of another’s ideas/words and what is plagiarism. Identify several reasons why it is essential to document/reference sources of information/ideas. Recognize three strategies you can use to incorporate another person's ideas/words into your own work. Identify the elements that are required for a complete reference to a source of information and be familiar with referencing styles. Identify the usefulness of tools such as RefWorks and where you can get help at York from an expert if you have questions about whether you are using or referencing material appropriately. Understand the importance of seeking help if you have questions regarding any issue associated with academic integrity.

    tags: plagiarism tutorial integrity

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/04/2011 (a.m.)

  • QR© | ICE4SAFETY

    "ICE-QR© is another way to store (redundant) critical information in a highly compressed format. QR 2D BarCode can be read by millions of smart phones, commercial bar code scanners and those used by law enforcement and hospitals."

    tags: qrcode

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A. Kipta's Blog 09/03/2011 (p.m.)

  • Some Things Never Get Old - The Chronicle of Higher Education

    “If you think you’re going to be done with writing when you get out of college, you need to think again. It doesn’t matter what field you’re going into. The minute you get one step above fry cook, writing becomes part of your job. The higher up the ladder you climb, the more important writing becomes. And there’s an inverse relationship, too: The better you write, the higher you’re likely to rise.”

    tags: writing

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Friday, September 2, 2011

A. Kipta's Blog 09/03/2011 (a.m.)

  • Top 10 iPad Tips & Tricks by David Kapuler

    Having recently received an iPad and joined the iOS game, I decided to do some research on ins and outs of this device. I discovered that many of the same time-saving tricks that can be done on a Mac can be done on an iPad, too.

    tags: ipad

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