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iPad - Why? How? 50 really useful iPad 2 tips and tricks. An absolute gem of an article by John Brandon and Graham Barlow from MacLife on 30th March over at TechRadar.

50 really useful iPad 2 tips and tricks

This is going to become my iPad manual from here on in. Customised iPads for all iPad 2 tips and original iPad tips - get 'em here! With great new features like two video cameras, a faster processor and a thinner design, the iPad 2 is the world's best tablet device. iPad 2 review It's also fully capable of running the latest version of Apple's iOS operating system and great apps like iMovie and GarageBand. 1. iOS now supports folders. iPads for Education. Blooms Taxonomy with Apps. iPads and Tablets in Education.

iPads in the Classroom. Mehr als Skiferien: LAAX ist Wintererlebnis pur! BOA%20Rules%2011.4a. YouTube. International Schools Projects - Tangerine Student Magazine. What Shapes Our Language? Our language is constantly being shaped by a number of different influences, from social media and pop culture to other languages and even human error.

What Shapes Our Language?

Thanks to the ever-evolving Internet, new words enter our language almost daily. But beyond new words, technology has had a big impact on the ways in which we communicate, particularly with respect to how many words it takes us to get our point across. View the infographic below to learn more. (Click Image To Enlarge) How To Train Yourself to Speed Read. Tipping Etiquette Around the World. Growing up I never really understood the tip, it always seemed as though we were just paying twice for someone to do their job.

Tipping Etiquette Around the World

Are We Wired For Mobile Learning? Because of the proliferation of new technologies, the younger generation today is outgrowing traditional forms of education – remember pencils, chalkboards, textbooks and graphing calculators?

Are We Wired For Mobile Learning?

Whether we are in the car, on the train, at work, or in a classroom, mobile technology in particular is giving us the ability to learn on-the-go. See the infographic below to learn why we are wired for mobile learning, and how we can use mobile technologies to educate ourselves. Note to teachers, bloggers and all those interested: Want to use this infographic in your class or share it on your blog? No problem! The following embed code is yours to copy and paste. Embed this image on your site. 10 Commonly Misunderstood Words. My friends and I are self-professed grammar geeks.

10 Commonly Misunderstood Words

Upon hearing Alanis Morissette’s 90s hit “Ironic” on the radio, a worn out discussion usually breaks out: is she using the word “ironic” correctly? Visualization. All the buildings in Manhattan in 3-D map Taylor Baldwin mapped all of the buildings in Manhattan using a 3-D layout.

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. … Social Media Graphics. Do You Know The Real Cost Of Social Media? These days if you’re not using social media to build your brand then you’re way behind the times.

Do You Know The Real Cost Of Social Media?

But many companies are fooled into thinking that social media marketing is free, or at least close to free. A new infographic published on Focus.com uncovers some of the costs of using social media for marketing, from staff costs to external fees, advertising and more, and discusses whether the ROI makes social media spending worth the cost. The infographic begins with a simple statement. “With social media at the height of its popularity, advertisers and companies find it an easy and trendy means of expanding their marketing horizons. Infographic Tweets. DataViz.

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Cool Infographics - Blog. Diagramly – A Handy Tool For Creating Quick Flowcharts. How To Create Outstanding Infographics. In this tutorial you will learn that data doesn't have to be boring, it can be beautiful!

How To Create Outstanding Infographics

Learn how to use various graph tools, illustration techniques and typography to make an accurate and inspiring infographic in Adobe Illustrator. A Few Rules for Making Homemade Infographics. Like many other fans of infographics, we were excited about today's launch of Visual.ly, a site that helps normal folk create infographics.

A Few Rules for Making Homemade Infographics

The program just requires users to upload data, and it generates a pretty JPG with charts, graphs, and icons -- no PhotoShop skills required. Given the service's ease and availability -- it's free to join -- it will probably mean the proliferation of more infographics. The definition of what an infographic is can be pretty broad. (Wikipedia's history of the form starts out with cave paintings.) 10 Awesome Tools To Make Infographics.

Advertisement Who can resist a colourful, thoughtful venn diagram anyway? In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. Women in Business. I’m sure you’ve been filling out a RFP, or some mundane company information form, when you see the section that asks if your company is a Women-Owned Business. My company is not run by women, however, I work with several companies that have women owners and key stakeholders. There are some advantages to being a women-owned business, but according to this infographic, women still only hold 3% of c-level positions.

This is changing though. This infographic shows some positive numbers around salaries and GMAT numbers. I have a feeling that women will continue to move towards men in salary, position, and authority. Click to enlarge Share This Infographic Get Free Infographics Delivered to your Inbox. The American identity according to social media #infographic. Infographic. Cisco Reminds Us Once Again How Big The Internet Is Getting - Arik Hesseldahl - Enterprise. One of the well-worn buzz phrases in tech that re-surfaces from time to time is “The Internet of Things.” When I first encountered it, it was in 2002, and it was used in the title of this story in Forbes about the use of RFID chips by retailers like Wal-Mart to track inventory.

Nine years later it draws a big yawn. Now it seems the networking giant Cisco Systems has appropriated it to mean something else entirely, something a lot more meaningful in the larger context of the Internet. Coca Cola World- Infograph. InfoGraphic Designs: Overview, Examples and Best Practices. Information graphics or infographics are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. These graphics are used where complex information needs to be explained quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. 20 Examples Of Infographs That You Don’t See Every Day.