Resources. Your Subtitle text Resources Hot Topics in Technology It is difficult for users to keep up with what is new and important in the world of digital technology. This page has been created to provide some resources for teachers/parents/users on some of the latest technological changes. There are some resources that are specifically tied to the Digital Citizenship in Schools book. To access all these resources please see the Digital Citizenship handbook on the Publications page. TwitterTwitter is a micro-blogging site. Copyright 2017. EU launches antitrust probe into alleged Google abuses. 30 November 2010Last updated at 20:30 The probe does not imply any wrongdoing by Google The European Commission has launched an investigation into Google after other search engines complained that the firm had abused its dominant position.
The EC will examine whether the world's largest search engine penalised competing services in its results. The probe follows complaints by firms including price comparison site Foundem and legal search engine ejustice.fr. Google denies the allegations but said it would work with the Commission to "address any concerns". Earlier this year the attorney general of Texas launched a similar investigation following complaints from firms including Foundem. The objections in both cases are from competitors which allege that Google manipulates its search results.
"The European Commission has decided to open an antitrust investigation into allegations that Google has abused a dominant position in online search," the body said in a statement. Analysis Core business. The 5 big mistakes in virtual education. Gowalla 3.0 Unifies Check-Ins, Places With Facebook, Twitter, And Yes, Foursquare. This past March, I came home from SXSW with a problem.
The so-called “location war” hadn’t yielded one check-in service to rule them all. In fact, several new ones popped up just at that conference alone. Check-in fatigue set in. Since then, the problem has only gotten worse. Now Facebook has launched itself right smack dab in the middle of the location space with Places. The location-based service has decided to fundamentally altered their app to allow you to check-in to not only their service, but also into Facebook’s and even Foursquare’s as well.
Gowalla 3.0, launching today for the iPhone, is the biggest change the service has undergone since it launched at SXSW nearly two years ago. Yes, they’ve created a unified check-in service. And it actually goes deeper. The end result is that when you check-in across all the services in Gowalla’s app, they sync up to the places in those other services. With 3.0, Gowalla has also taken steps to simplify the check-in process itself. Education Needs Reflective Educators. Posted by Shelly Terrell on Monday, November 22nd 2010 In blogging for education reform, Greta Sandler and I have collaborated together on an initiative we believe represents what education needs, bloggers for education!
The project is Blog 4 Edu (The Blogging for Education project), a Twitter account (@Blog4Edu), wiki, and Facebook page to help support bloggers, blogging projects, and blogging challenges. Our vision is to persuade as many educational stakeholders worldwide to blog as possible. Why Blog 4 Edu? We suggest that blogging and social media are two of the main components of improving education worldwide. Supporting Each Other Teachers can choose to make a difference in their classrooms each day so why don’t many choose to inspire a passion for learning within their students?
Blogging can be difficult at first, so we decided to start Blog 4 Edu to support, encourage and inspire edubloggers. Spreading the Word Reflection Every passionate teacher should be a lifelong learner. The Book is Dead! Long Live the Book! | A techie's view. 30 November 2010 by philhart · No Comments · Uncategorized The Confessions of a Bibiophile This post was partly inspired by Dan Brown’s “An Open Letter to Educators“.
After some days of mulling, my grey cell finally asked itself “When was the last time you recommended a text book to your students?”. The answer is “never”. So how do I provide texts to students, and am I using appropriate technologies? The answers are “in a variety of fashions” and “possibly”. The Limit While the following scenario is unlikely to happen, it is nevertheless a goal that I have in the back of my mind when preparing learning resources. In the limit case, the only resource that I would give to my students would be a single tweet containing just one link. Of course the limit case could only apply in special circumstances, including the requirement that all the learners felt fully at ease using Twitter.
A Dose of Reality Does the Book Have a Future? I believe that books have a future. A Good Read books. The future of cloud computing. Teaching in the clouds | Home.