30+ Cool Content Curation Tools for Personal & Professional Use. As the web becomes more and more inundated with blogs, videos, tweets, status updates, news, articles, and countless other forms of content, “information overload” is something we all seem to suffer. It is becoming more difficult to weed through all the “stuff” out there and pluck out the best, most share-worthy tidbits of information, especially if your topic is niche. Let’s face it, Google definitely has its shortcomings when it comes to content curation and the more it tries to cater to all audiences, the less useful it becomes.
The demand for timely, relevant content that is specific to our unique interests and perspectives has given rise to a new generation of tools that aim to help individuals and companies curate content from the web and deliver it in a meaningful way. These new tools range from simple, application-specific types such as social media aggregators and discovery engines, to more complex, full-blown publishing solutions for organizations.
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Here's the simplest way: Simultaneously hold down both of the buttons on the pen tray. In a second or two the orientation screen will appear.You can orient with a pen or your finger (or whatever you happen to have handy--paintbrush, pencil eraser . . . you get the point).Touch each of the plus signs in the order they appear. The default 9-point orientation screen is recommended by SMART, but you can make adjustments if you are so inclined. Click on the Smart Board Tools icon in your dock, and from the Open menu select Control Panel.Select Smart Hardware Settings, and from the drop down menu select Orientation/Alignment Settings.
Have you discovered the amazing "magic pen" tool? It writes with disappearing ink! Remember everything | Evernote Corporation. Announcify.com. Free Technology for Teachers. Ed Tech Tools. Cool tools for schools. 30 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers. Free Technology for Teachers. Driving Innovation in K-12 « February 9, 2012 by cultureofyes I have to give this post my usual preface that these slides are part of the presentation I am giving on innovation in K-12, but only one part of the story. Today, I am part of an event hosted by Simon Fraser University, Targeting Technology for Maximum Student Benefit. I won’t cover the ground I have covered before as the scenario and other background on the event is available (here), as well as from a substantial post I recently wrote on the appeal of one-to-one devices in the classroom and equity (here).
Beyond this and going forward, there are a few key points I would like to emphasize as we look at my assumptions and thinking on what we should and shouldn’t be doing: Some assumptions for the next 5 years: What We Would Do: What We Wouldn’t Do: Distributive Learning, – we want all classes to be blended classes. With that preamble and a very brief explanation, here is my slidedeck.