Advice from an Apple Tech: Three common Mac fixes You learn a lot after four months of working at a tech shop window. Between October of 2012 and February of 2013, I was part of the University of California Berkeley’s tech repair window staff. The Apple certifications had been earned, the time had been put in, and it was time to see if a geek who pretty much lived to tinker with Macs could help the university’s 38,000-plus student body with whatever disasters happened—especially at the 11th hour with everything due at once. The tech window is gone now (swept away as part of a mandatory building renovation and moved to a smaller store across the street), but over the course of more than 200 repairs for the wearied and panicked tides that crashed the tech shop window, I figured that there were three incredibly common Mac problems that you can easily fix yourself or at least limit the damage. Click…click…click The lesson to be learned here: Invest in a few items that your computer will need to protect your data and back up. Take care
Online learning environments: the basics There are two big categories of e-learning technologies that affect your first decision of how to deliver your learning programme: Learning Management Systems (LMSs), also called Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), and toolkits / individual tools. How you proceed with your learning design and delivery will need to take into account which direction you want to go. The main factors involved in this choice are: Your approach to learning in the circumstances at hand (philosophy): what kind of learning experience do you want your learners to have?Your team’s technical expertise (implementation and support): can you handle technical development, problem-solving and coding, or do you need an “out of the box” solution with external support? Learning Management Systems (LMSs) LMSs are self-contained environments that sit behind an authentication system (login/password) with a range of tools and features built into a single primary interface. Proprietary Open source In-house development Pick ‘n’ mix
50 Common Mac Problems Solved Posted 11/04/2009 at 3:39pm | by The Mac|Life Staff & Scott Rose We present the Ultimate Mac Troubleshooting Guide, so you can banish the peskiest problems once and for all. Mac problems? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Using a Mac is generally painless and trouble free, but things can go wrong. We’re here to help you tackle the 50 most common problems in eight different categories, once and for all. General Mac Problems The Mac OS is, fundamentally, as trouble-free as operating systems get. 1. Download the incredibly versatile Path Finder ($40, www.cocoatech.com), which gives you all sorts of features that are missing from the Finder, such as tabs, stacks, bookmarks, and panes. Now THIS is the Finder we've always dreamed of. 2. This could be caused by a variety of different issues relating to your printer hardware or printer drivers, so you may need to contact the printer manufacturer for more help. 3. 4. 5. 6. Check the Support Downloads page for firmware updates for your Mac. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
24 Multimedia Tools That Support The Common Core How Students Benefit From Using Social Media 12.68K Views 0 Likes A lot of criticism has been leveled at social media and the effect it has on the way students process and retain information, as well as how distracting it can be. However, social media offers plenty of opportunities for learning and interactivity, and if you take a moment to think about it, it's not too hard to see how students benefit from using social media. 10 African-American History Month Teaching Resources 1.25K Views 0 Likes This week’s Featured Ten Learnist boards are dedicated to African-American history month. 3 Tech Tips Your Grandma Could Teach You 2.02K Views 0 Likes Those who have been using technology, in some form, have a few tech tips you should know about.
Big Data Is As Misunderstood As Twitter Was Back In 2008 Boonsri Dickinson, Business Insider In 2008, when Howard Lindzon started StockTwits, no one knew what Twitter was. Obviously, that has changed. Now that Twitter is more of a mainstream communication channel, Lindzon has figured out the secret to getting past all the noise on Twitter. By using human curation, StockTwits can serve up relevant social media content to major players like MSN Money. Lindzon said there are three key aspects that have helped solve the spammy nature of Twitter: StockTwits uses humans to curate social media contentThe technology filters out penny stock mentionsIt has house rules that people must follow or else they get kicked out of it. It's working: there were 63 million impressions of messages viewed yesterday. The value in big data, like the sentiment in tweets, is not yet understood, Lindzon said. "Prices and business models are being made up now because this data is so fresh and interesting and real time. Disclosure: Lindzon is an investor in Business Insider.
Valider l’info sur Internet : des outils pour éduquer La maîtrise et l’évaluation de l’information sont, selon les termes d’Alexandre Serres, un « enjeu éducatif majeur », « une condition de survie » dans notre société. Heureusement, les ressources ne manquent pas pour relever le défi. Piéger ou éduquer, cette alternative a enflammé la toile. Fin mars, un article intitulé « Comment j’ai pourri le web » paru sur la vie moderne, un site créé par quatre enseignants est repris par Rue 89 dans une rubrique « témoignage » sous le titre « J’ai piégé le Net pour donner une bonne leçon à mes élèves ». 1) L’article « Troll de prof qui sabote le net pour venger l’école » paru sur le site mediacteur en reprend l’essentiel et propose toutes une série de liens pour qui veut aller plus loin. 2) Ce texte est l’un des articles de l’ E-Dossier de l’Ina : « L’éducation aux cultures de l’information ». Des définitions Source, véridicité de la source, validation des sources , trois textes issus du dictionnaire des concepts info documentaires du Cndp. Ludiques
5 Quick Fixes to Common Mac Problems As Mac users we’re used to not having to frequently troubleshoot our computer problems. However, that doesn’t mean that our Macs don’t misbehave from time to time. In this first of a two-part tutorial, we’ll detail five quick fixes to your Mac’s most common problems. What’s a quick fix? It’s exactly what it sounds like - it’s something that is very simple (usually a key combination or quick command) that is the first attempt by technicians to repair a problem quickly and simply. “Other things being equal, a simpler explanation is better than a more complex one” - Ockham’s Razor Let’s take a look at an example of a quick fix and assume we have a MacBook Pro that isn’t able to open any web pages. The Fix List Before we begin, all the fixes we’re showing you are perfectly safe as long as you enter them (or perform them) exactly as described. In addition, I’ll be including links to Apple support documents when available for further reading. Power Cycle The Fix What Will it Fix? Almost everything!
5 More Quick Fixes to Common Mac Problems In the first of our two-part tutorial we looked at five quick fixes to your Mac’s most common problems. In this second part, we’ll continue by looking at five more quick fixes that will help you resolve many of your Mac’s common problems. Tip: Before you get started with this tutorial, we recommend that you take a look at part-one of our tutorial on quick fixes. The Fix List Before we begin, all the fixes we’re showing you are perfectly safe as long as you enter them (or perform them) exactly as described. This second part of our tutorial will detail more in-depth fixes. Safe Mode Fix Type: Keyboard Shortcut Safe Mode is a troubleshooting step best suited if you’ve noticed that right after a new software installation or update, your Mac will no longer boot. Safe Mode always takes a long time to boot. It clears a variety of caches during boot and will not load a lot of software that OS X would normally load. Tip: More detailed information on Safe Mode is available over at Apple Support. OnyX
20 tips to help you work smarter with OS X MacFormat magazine has reached its 200th issue and to celebrate, they've published 200 unmissable Mac tips. Here are 20 that caught our eye. For the full 200, pick up a copy of MacFormat in your local newsagent's - on sale now. 1. Disk Utility, located in the Applications > Utilities folder, is more versatile than it at first appears. Disk Utility can create byte-for-byte clones of existing drives or discs as well as creating blank disk images for you to populate with content. 2. When you first set up your Mac and create an account, it assumes you are using it at home and makes you an Administrator. Go to System Preferences > Accounts and choose your account. 3. You can right-click on any item in OS X or select it and choose File > Get Info. If you Get Info (C+[I]) on more than one item, two windows will open unless you hold the O key during selection, in which case a different window is shown displaying the collective properties of both items. 4. 5. 6.
Bill Gates Thinks Tech Billionaires Have Their Priorities Totally Out Of Whack | Web Bloggers Blue Technology 2.0+ In a fascinating interview with Financial Times Magazine, Bill Gates took a shot at tech billionaires trying to provide internet connections in the developing world, dismissing their efforts as unimportant when compared to providing the basics like running water. “Take this malaria vaccine, [this] weird thing that I’m thinking of,” Gates told Richard Waters of FT. “Hmm, which is more important, connectivity or malaria vaccine? It’s a not-so-thinly-veiled shot at tech giants like Google and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who wrote that “connecting the world is one of the greatest challenges of our generation” back in August. According to the World Health Organization, roughly 768 million people didn’t have access to safe drinking water in 2011. Former Microsoft CEO Gates, 58, has been working to improve world health and fight poverty since launching the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 1997. “I certainly love the IT thing,” Gates said in the interview. Like this:
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