Cloud Computing: Cloud University The recession created new demand for higher education, demand that can be met more economically, thanks to improved broadband access and decreased costs in delivering Internet services. Remarkably, the pricing of higher education has remained flat despite these advances -- presumably reacting more to the increased demand than the decreased production costs. Webinar: The New PCI 3.0 Standard Learn the steps to take to get your company ready for PCI DSS 3.0 changes coming January 2015. We cover all of the details you need to know as we head to the deadline to complete and pass your PCI DSS 3.0 audit. View the PCI Webinar Series Now. How do you e-pledge a sorority? Four factors will contribute to this move: Increased broadband access: The number of broadband users in the U.S. rose from 48 million in 2000 to 232 million in 2012, with 1.7 billion broadband users estimated globally. Ripe for the Taking This could enable elite universities to open their doors, suggests Felix Salmon.
8 Crucial Resources For Flipped Classrooms Have you “flipped” yet? My colleagues have this week; it’s PSSA week in Pennsylvania (PSSAs are standardized tests.). That’s not the flipped I meant, however. YouTube This might be the most popular tool teachers have used for flipped instruction. You don’t have to establish a class list to allow for student discussion. Other services, such as those that approximate a LMS, require a lot of preparation before a teacher can use it. You can edit the video online (somewhat). Evernote Tutorial as a Cartoon Trim and stabilize Swap audio tracks Change the look of the video (for instance, make it look like a cartoon) Add annotations Add captions Download the new version of the video for offline use It’s easy to share with colleagues, friends, and professional development organizations. I would assume that teachers might want to share their videos with other teachers or use them when they present at professional development conferences. Edmodo, Moodle, and Schoology Edmodo Schoology iPad Apps
Soyons sérieux, jouons ! (1/5) : Prendre le jeu au sérieux Le jeu sérieux est-il un nouvel Eldorado ? On pourrait le croire en observant le nombre de conférences et évènements consacré au sujet en 2009, ou en regardant le succès remporté par l’« appel à projets » du ministère de l’Economie numérique lancé sur le sujet. Mais le succès des jeux sérieux n’est pas pour autant acquis ! Aucun jeu sérieux n’est encore apparu dans le top des ventes. D’ailleurs, dans cette proposition de jeux sérieux, n’y-a-t-il pas une contradiction dans les termes ? Qu’y a -t-il de nouveau, alors ? Mais le progrès technologique ne résout toujours pas la difficulté, le paradoxe du « jeu sérieux » : une simulation n’est pas un jeu, comme nous le rappelle Second Life ! De fait, l’une des conditions fondamentales du jeu est qu’on y entre de son plein gré et qu’on peut en sortir quand on le désire. Pour Hector Rodriguez, qui consacre un long essai à ce problème dans la revue en ligne Game Studies, il n’y a pas vraiment de contradiction entre jeu et « sérieux ». Rémi Sussan
Could You Be Addicted To The Internet? [POLL] Unlike drugs and alcohol, excess Internet usage could help your career, make you more informed and keep you up-to-date with the latest hilarious memes. But a recent (small) study by researchers in China showed that too much Internet usage — to the point that it's an addiction — can cause structural damage to your brain. The researchers studied 17 adolescents with Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) and found structural and functional interference in the part of the brain that regulates organization, possibly causing cognitive impairment similar to that caused by gambling and alcoholism. Here's the science behind it: White matter is composed of nerve cells, while the gray matter that we hear so much about is made up of cell bodies. The researchers took MRI scans of the subjects and used a method called fractional anisotropy (FA), which measures organization in the brain by locating the presence of white matter. Are you addicted to the Internet?
Why you should let your kids play (old-school) video games Throwback Summer: Take a page from the 20th century – a 10-week guide on how to bring back the adventure of summer. You can’t blame kids for never getting off the couch when they have Call of Duty at their fingertips. Have you played that game? It’s incredible. So strike this deal with your kids: If they want to spend an entire summer day playing vids, then the only ones they can fire up are 8-bit. Anyone who’s grown up with World of Warcraft is going to be bored out of their minds in 10 minutes of playing Bubble Bobble. They’ll learn to appreciate how good they’ve got it.
The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever | Wired Magazine Photo: Dwight Eschliman Jeffrey Mitchell, a volunteer firefighter in the suburbs of Baltimore, came across the accident by chance: A car had smashed into a pickup truck loaded with metal pipes. Mitchell tried to help, but he saw at once that he was too late. The car had rear-ended the truck at high speed, sending a pipe through the windshield and into the chest of the passenger—a young bride returning home from her wedding. Mitchell couldn’t get the dead woman out of his mind; the tableau was stuck before his eyes. Pushing to remember a traumatic event soon after it occurs doesn’t unburden us—it reinforces the fear and stress. Miraculously, that worked. In recent years, CISD has become exceedingly popular, used by the US Department of Defense, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Israeli army, the United Nations, and the American Red Cross. Even though PTSD is triggered by a stressful incident, it is really a disease of memory. Mitchell was right about one thing, though.
13 Tips for Increasing Your Company's Google Rank Scott Gerber is the founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a nonprofit organization that promotes youth entrepreneurship as a solution to unemployment and underemployment. The YEC provides young entrepreneurs with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a business's development and growth. It goes without saying that entrepreneurs know the importance of search engine optimization, and how to boost their Google search rankings. Right? Google rank is critical to a business’s success in this digital age. Instead of letting your Google rank get you down, apply these tips and techniques from a group of successful, young entrepreneurs in order to boost your company's SEO results. 1. You'll want your content to take the top slots for your name and various keywords and phrases, so you'll want to have high-quality, authoritative content. - Colin Wright, Exile Lifestyle. 2. Take a few minutes to login to each of your company's online profiles. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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