Tag: Technology/Internet
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YouTube goes Educational
I love YouTube. I think it is a great resource for educators but one issue has been finding content suitable for use in the classroom. I saw today that YouTube has added an edu landing page. You can see it here. TechCrunch indicates that this grew out of a desire by some YouTube employees to…
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What should education look like in the 21st century?
Why would one ask this question? I ask it because I was reading about AcademicEarth. AcademicEarth is just another in a long line of tools that are making it easier for people to educate themselves. iTunes U (how annoying is it that you can’t access this via the web), Flat World Knowledge, Wikipedia, and many…
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A couple of cool accessories
Trying to catch up on two weeks worth of RSS (vacations have their drawbacks). There were a couple of very cool items that I spotted as I skimmed through the 2898 articles. The first was ThumbTacks. These little guys are mics for iPod Nanos (4G) and iPodTouch (2G). One of the things that the iPod…