8 Tools For Easily Creating a Mobile Version of Your Website
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. As an entrepreneur, you're most likely always on the lookout for new developments. Perhaps your customers are reporting that your site needs a mobile version so that they can visit it while they're on the go, or maybe you recently saw a competitor's site through your mobile device; it looked slick, and now you're feeling outclassed. The mobile web is burgeoning. Small businesses should be on top of this trend. How These Tools Work Most of the tools below have graphical user interfaces and copy-and-paste code blocks that can be installed on your site quite easily. These tools work by detecting the user agent of your site visitors, which is just fancy talk for finding out whether a visitor is using a regular web browser or a mobile web browser. 1. If you run an e-commerce store, even better! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. iWebKit
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The Nuts & Bolts of 21st Century Teaching
This is the sixth time I’ve taught a unit on the Holocaust, each one slightly different than the last. In the past, my students learned most of the information via lecture, notes and videos. Because I was responsible for distilling the information, I learned much more than they did. This semester they’re doing it all themselves. And the end result will be a classroom Holocaust museum curated by my grade 10 English students. The unit involves inquiry, collaborative, and project-based learning all in one. My role in all of this is to create an environment that is well designed and conducive to their learning. We began by looking at the purpose of project based learning. Then we discussed the purpose of the museum and their role in it. Next, while sitting in a circle on the floor, each of my students took sticky notes, and brainstormed topics they thought should be part of the museum. Not anymore. Going Deep My students spent the first week researching both primary and secondary sources. 3.
Skróty klawiszowe | Jak to zrobić | Pomoc dla Firefoksa
Lista najczęściej używanych skrótów klawiszowych w przeglądarce Mozilla Firefox. Jeśli w środowisku GNOME zostaną włączone skróty edytowania tekstu w stylu Emacsa, będą one działały także w Firefoksie. Gdy pojawi się konflikt między skrótami emacsowymi i domyślnymi skrótami Firefoksa, tak jak ma to miejsce w przypadku Ctrl + K), skrót z Emacsa zadziała wtedy, gdy kursor będzie znajdował się w polu tekstowym, takim jak pasek adresu lub wyszukiwania. Należy wówczas użyć alternatywnego skrótu, o ile taki jest wymieniony poniżej. Skróty klawiszowe można dostosowywać za pomocą dodatku Menu Wizard. Niektóre z tych skrótów działają, gdy wybrana karta jest aktywna. Możesz również korzystać ze skrótów klawiszowych w narzędziach dla programistów.
100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School – Eternal Code
[via onlinecolleges.net] With classes, homework, and projects–not to mention your social life–time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer? From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks specifically for education to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, these tricks will surely save you some precious time. Search Tricks These search tricks can save you time when researching online for your next project or just to find out what time it is across the world, so start using these right away. Convert units. Google Specifically for Education From Google Scholar that returns only results from scholarly literature to learning more about computer science, these Google items will help you at school. Google Scholar. Google Docs Google Docs is a great replacement for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, so learn how to use this product even more efficiently. Use premade templates. Gmail Use the Tasks as a to-do list.
InternetStats 2010 in numbers
What happened with the Internet in 2010? How many websites were added? How many emails were sent? We used a wide variety of sources from around the Web to put this post together. Prepare for a good kind of information overload. Email 107 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2010.294 billion – Average number of email messages per day.1.88 billion – The number of email users worldwide.480 million – New email users since the year before.89.1% – The share of emails that were spam.262 billion – The number of spam emails per day (assuming 89% are spam).2.9 billion – The number of email accounts worldwide.25% – Share of email accounts that are corporate. Websites 255 million – The number of websites as of December 2010.21.4 million – Added websites in 2010. Web servers Domain names Internet users Social media Web browsers Videos Images Data sources and notes: Spam percentage from MessageLabs (PDF).
Digital Credibility: 13 Lessons For the Google Generation -
13 Digital Research Tools And The Credibility Lessons They Teach by TeachThought Staff This post is promoted by Noet, makers of Encyclopedia Britannica Noet Edition and the free research app for the classics, who asked us to talk about the credibility of information research in a digital world. And because credibility and research are such important digital concepts–or really, data and thinking concepts, actually–we itemized each tool as lesson in and of itself. The Google Generation has a universe of information, right there on a little pinch-and-zoom screen. Further, “by ignoring the phases of inquiry learning, premature Googlers often find what they want rather than what they might need. This doesn’t make digital research better or worse, but rather different. Lesson 1: Not all sources are created equal. Lesson 2: Access matters–so improve it. Lesson 3: Want credibility? Lesson 4: Wikipedia is neither good nor bad. Lesson 5: The internet never forgets.
- Research Supporting the Benefits of Technology In Reading and Writing
0 Comments November 2, 2011 By: Lisa Nielsen Nov 2 Written by: 11/2/2011 2:49 AM ShareThis Despite the fact that we’re well into the 21st century innovative educators often still have to make a case for using the tools of the world inside school. Using Technology to Improve the Literacy Skills of Students with DisabilitiesSummary of best practices in using technology to improve the literacy skills of students receiving special education services. Writing, Technology and TeensThis Pew Internet report indicates that teens write a lot, but they do not think of their emails, instant and text messages as writing. Writing Next ReportThis report identifies 11 elements of current writing instruction found to be effective for helping4th- to 12th-grade students learn to write well and to use writing as a tool for learning. How has writing for a world wide audience changed the way you write? “Now I always write as if I’m talking to a large audience, even in school.”
