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This position piece was a response to a Learning & Leading prompt, submitted April 9, 2012: While many teachers have been introduced to “the flip” via the video lessons of pioneers, video is just one example of an evolving flipped teaching sensibility. Flipping is the act of identifying rote or procedural elements of a lesson, shifting this repetitive content to a medium not bound by teacher availability, and empowering students to take an active role in their education. Flipping is a natural compliment to a 21st century learning environment.Tech Blog | The care and feeding of Elephants
Introduction A year ago I was working in the IT department of a large commodities trading company, managing a team of 11 people. I’d been developing software since my early teens, but I’d wanted to try my hand at managing. I sold my two previous start-ups rather than growing companies, and management experience was something I felt I needed to change that. Although I enjoyed managing, and didn’t totally suck, I still felt I needed to code to maintain my sanity. So, in my spare time, I coded up an Evernote client for Windows Mobile 6.5.
TinEye is a reverse image search engine. What that means is that instead of searching for images by keyword like you would on Yahoo Images you search for images by uploading an image or linking to an image. For example, if I have a picture of my dog and want to find more pictures of dogs like him, I simply upload a picture of my dog to TinEye and TinEye will search for images like mine. TinEye offers browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Opera. With the extension installed you can simply right click on any image and select "search image on TinEye" to quickly conduct an image search.
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April 3, 2012 Progressives adore her. Conservatives despise her. But it's Massachusetts' fickle independents who'll decide her high-stakes showdown with Scott Brown.
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E' la prima volta dal dopoguerra che tutti i partiti, tutte le istituzioni, tutte le televisioni e (quasi) tutti i giornalisti si sono concentrati su di un unico bersaglio elettorale: "il MoVimento 5 Stelle". Tutti d'accordo per mantenere lo status quo. Se un movimento di popolo che rifiuta qualunque finanziamento pubblico, odiato dalla Confindustria e dai sindacati, dalla destra e dalla sinistra, attaccato persino dalla Presidenza della Repubblica e dai maggiori quotidiani nazionali, fa così paura, significa che un terremoto sociale è in arrivo. Il MoVimento 5 Stelle è il cambiamento che non si può arrestare, è il segno dei tempi.
SoMe is a film about the rise (and fall?) of social media. Produced by web rabble-rouser and satirist, Loren Feldman , the film will feature Feldman’s signature puppet act (it will be cool, I promise) and interviews with and segments about web luminaries like:
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If you're a little too impatient to wait for the Absinthe jailbreak tool to make its way to Windows, good news, there's another option. The iPhone Dev Team has released Corona, a command line-based option for Mac and Windows 7 that will deliver Cydia to your iOS 5.0 or 5.0.1-running iPhone 4S or iPad 2. Obviously, you'll want to be comfortable with the terminal and command prompt but, if you can handle a little CTRL+c and CTRL+v action, jailbreaking your brand new iOS device shouldn't prove too difficult.
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The results of the 2012 Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest are in. The winner: Occupeep DC . Runners up: Peepius Maximus , What People Think Peeps Are (based on the popular meme ), The Black Peep (based off of DC's Black Cat music venue), and Just Peeped (based off of the 2011 British Royal Wedding ). In addition to the finalists , check out Peeps in Washington , Political Peeps , the full gallery of submissions that the Post received this year, and the winners from 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , and 2007 . ( Peepiously , peepiouslier , peepiousliest )
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Lifehacker is making some changes to its comment system that will require you to log in with a Facebook, Google, or Twitter account. You must convert your account to one of these services in order to continue using your account. Converting your account on Lifehacker will do so on all Gawker Media Sites.
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We've heard recently of CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act , a bill currently making its way through Congress that many are calling the latest incarnation of SOPA. Reader SolKeshNaranek points out an article at Techdirt explaining exactly why this bill is bad , and how its backers are trying to deflect criticism by using language that's different and rather vague. Quoting: "The bill defines 'cybersecurity systems' and 'cyber threat information' as anything to do with protecting a network from: ' (A) efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy such system or network; or (B) theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information. ' It's easy to see how that definition could be interpreted to include things that go way beyond network security — specifically, copyright policing systems at virtually any point along a network could easily qualify."
Mark Avsec is the man who wrote the Bon Jovi hit "She Don't Know Me" and Donnie Iris' "Ah! Leah!". But his story goes much deeper. Frivolously sued for stealing his own song, he subsequently did something about it.