Clipart | Free Icons | IconBug.com QRreader – Un lector de códigos QR para Google Chrome Los códigos QR están por todos los lados. Cada vez son más usados en lugares públicos, sin contar con la enorme cantidad de sitios web que los usan con frecuencia para interactuar con los usuarios de smartphones. El problema de dichos códigos es que no abundan los lectores capaz de reconocerlos. Lo ideal sería tener dispositivos portátiles de muy bajo precio que pudieran leerlos (integrados en los relojes, por ejemplo), sin necesidad de poseer un smartphone para acceder a la información que ocultan. Hasta que no haya una solución así, podemos también usar la extensión para Google Chrome QRreader, un lector que nos permite identificar el contenido de los códigos QR que encontremos en la web. Solo tenemos que pulsar el botón derecho sobre el código deseado y esperar a que la aplicación lo reconozca, obteniendo el enlace, texto, email, vídeo, mapa, mensaje de voz… cualquier información que su creador haya querido ocultar.
100+ Funny Photos Taken At Unusual Angle [Humor] They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes this ain’t exactly right. Distance overlapping, positions, and timing can sometimes create a brand new perspective of a photo. This weekend, we want to show you 100+ Funny Photos Taken At Unusual Angle, a compilation of photos taken at the exact right timing and angle, thus creating a humor side of the story; intentionally or unintentionally. (Image source: Matt Stuart) Full list after jump. Magazines, Books and Album Covers More album cover photos – I, II, III The Sunset When Angle Isn’t Exactly Right (Image source: Matt Stuart) Fan Art Creative Perspective More! References/Credits: Photos and images on this post are taken from the following sources: Recommendations If you have more time to kill, here are some articles you might be interested in. Author: Hongkiat Lim
Entrevista con Ramon Viladomat de Novarama: la Realidad Aumentada, presente y futuro - Waterfox Algunos de vosotros ya conoceréis de sobras el concepto de Realidad Aumentada, o lo que viene a ser lo mismo, la tecnología que nos permite visualizar información añadiendo una capa virtual en nuestro entorno. Podemos verla aplicada actualmente en el uso de capas de información con geolocalización en dispositivos móviles o videojuegos que utilizan el entorno real como escenario. Para que nos explique cómo evoluciona el concepto de la Realidad Aumentada hoy en día y cómo se desarrolla esta tecnología sobretodo en el mundo de los videojuegos, en Wwwhatsnew entrevistamos a Ramon Viladomat, desarrollador de la empresa de Barcelona Novarama- empresa first party de Sony responsable de Reality Fighters para la nueva consola de Sony PSVita y de Invizimals- y desarrollador de reacTable Live!. El mundo de la realidad aumentada es extremadamente amplio y cuenta con infinidad de tipos y subtipos. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. R. R. R. R. R. R.
Ten Tips for Engaging Underperforming Students Guided by research, educators at Cochrane Collegiate have homed in on ten top teaching methods, and teachers receive weekly PD to help them implement the practices. Watch the video. Teachers keep students on their toes by moving them to different parts of the room during lessons (left). Graphic organizers (right) are another technique used at Cochrane to help students learn new information. Credit: Zachary Fink The educators at Cochrane Collegiate Academy, in Charlotte, North Carolina, have developed an instructional model called Interactive Learning (IL). Shana Oliver, the school's academic facilitator, runs the training sessions for these best practices, and she helps the teachers see and experience how they can incorporate all ten into one lesson. Cochrane's Top Ten Interactive Learning Non-Negotiables When planning and delivering your lessons, the following strategies must be implemented in your classroom daily: 1. What is the intended goal of the lesson? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
9 Places to Find Creative Commons & Public Domain Images When students create multimedia projects they might be tempted to simply do a Google Images search and use the first images they see. But as educators we have a responsibility to teach students to respect copyright holders' rights. One of the ways that we can do that is to teach students to use Creative Commons and Public Domain images. Morgue File provides free photos with license to remix. The Morgue File photo collection contains thousands of images that anyone can use for free in academic or commercial presentations. The image collection can be searched by subject category, image size, color, or rating. Wylio is an image search engine designed to help bloggers and others quickly find, cite, and use Creative Commons licensed images. William Vann's EduPic Graphical Resource provides free photographs and drawings for teachers and students to use in their classrooms. ImageBase is a personal project of professional photographer David Niblack.
More than six ways of using technology in language teaching This week, the discussion question over on the iTDi blog is I’ll be honest … I sort of expected that all of the posts (except for my own) would gush about the wonders of technology in teaching. I know that’s a dreadful generalization, but almost all of this week’s authors are digital natives, and quite tech savvy. This generalization sounds worse and worse, doesn’t it, especially when I that the whole digital native and immigrant distinction is rarely worth the space used to describe it. These posts were a treat, and a thorough demolishing of my silly generalizations. I first met Tamas Lorincz as an avatar in the virtual world of Second Life , so I was surprised to read that he doesn’t use technology at all in his classes. Sometimes I talk about challenges of trying to use technology tools in classrooms without Internet access or computers. I love Anna Loseva ‘s unflinchingly honest reflections on her journey of growth as a teacher. And finally, there’s my post .
7 Ways to Collect Student Work in an #iPad Classroom #staar Next week, I'll be facilitating a short one-hour workshop on a topic that is deceptively simple on a computer, but can be complex on an iPad--how to get student work off an iPad in a place where the teacher can get to it in ONE place. This short blog entry tries to offer some solutions. Let me know what you think, ok? Many apps--here's a short list--will output to WebDav, video or image format that ends up in your Camera Roll. Others will go to YouTube, cloud storage, and allow email sharing. Which solution works best? For schools deploying iPads in carts, some options are outlined below: WebDav Server - This is the best option because you can show students how to put/get their content in a central location. When considering HOW to get information off your iPad, you need to remember the following: Terms of Service for various solutions may prevent K-7 (ages 5-12) students from using online, or cloud, storage solution. This list below is no particular order of preference.