The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World Many people doesn’t know, and didn’t even heard about these famous abandoned places. Many of these places are really something amazing, but they are also really sad when you take a closer look at them. On the folowing list, you can see abandoned planes, abandoned ships, as well as the abandoned houses, and so many other things, that are really amazing and magnificent. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 15th century monastery in the Black Forest in Germany 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 1984 Winter Olympics bobsleigh track in Sarajevo 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 10 Great YouTube Channels for Teachers First thank you all for the positive feedback I received in your emails following the publication of "12 Educational Videos your should not Miss". I do feel glad my posts are leaving good impressions on some of you.In the same regard and to provide you with more video resources , I have compiled a list of YouTube video channels that are sepecifically made for teachers and educators. Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has already featured a couple of posts about such channels in the past but this one here is the most recent an updated list which includes some channels I have not covered before. With these channels on your favourite list, you will be able to have free unlimited access to a treasure trove of awesome educational videos that are made to meet your teaching needs within a general framework of the 21st century education. Please if you have other suggestions share them with us below and let us benefit from you too. Here is the list : 1- TED Education 2- YouTube Education
How to Create Your Own Textbook — With or Without Apple By Dolores Gende Apple’s iBooks2 and authoring app has created big waves in education circles. But smart educators don’t necessarily need Apple’s slick devices and software to create their own books. As the open education movement continues to grow and become an even more rich trove of resources, teachers can use the content to make their own interactive textbooks. Here’s how to create a digital textbook and strategies for involving the students in its development in three steps. 1. Teachers can work with colleagues within their subject area departments and beyond the walls of the classroom to aggregate resources through social bookmarking. Also try Paper.li or The Twitted Times, which will sift through your connections’ resources and organize them. 2. One of the most user-friendly tools to post resources for your course is LiveBinders. You can find many more useful tools for curation. 3. Google Sites also allows you to create and share Web pages, and has lots of customizable features.
Bookemon instaPress - Create your own printable books on iPhone and iPad using Photos, Blogs, PDFs, or Word Documents Africa’s first integrated city, Petronia city, goes global - citifmonline Petronia City Development, a self-sustaining, master-planned, integrated city being created in the Western Region of Ghana has taken a step further to communicate to the world its resolve to building a New Africa. In an International communications campaign which launches this week on the CNN International network and digital platforms, Petronia City is seeking to raise awareness and drive international investment for the 2,000 acre development. The campaign on CNN shows how Petronia City, the vision of CEO and Founder of Wonda World Estates, Nana Kwame Bediako and his Global partners will attract, retain and support businesses, human capital needs and elevate Ghana’s Western Region into a world-class business location, tourist destination and home. It is aimed at reaching an upscale and affluent audience across Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Indeed it is the only 21st century media hub that brings global attention to the most substantial stories in the world.
Crafting the ePerfect eTextbook 5 Week Open Course Wiki Mission In 5 weeks (Jan. 11th - Feb. 14th, 2016), collaborate with over 500 teachers worldwide to design the 1st chapter of a digital textbook that meets your students' needs. Receive support from 18 moderators with experience in publishing, editing, and materials design. **REGISTER for this Session: 1. 2. 3. 4. We are thankful for the support of our sponsor CALL-IS! While you wait, complete our pre-tasks to learn more about Google Communities and ebook design! A pbworks wiki which has not been edited in the last 12 months is reclaimed by pbworks Learning to Go: Lesson Ideas for Teaching with Mobile Devices, Cell Phones, and BYOT Every day, people around the world communicate, connect, and learn digitally on the go. Our students spend hours with their devices and digital tools. Imagine if some of that time was spent learning your content. Imagine your students learning by creating, playing, translating, editing, curating, researching, and brainstorming digitally on cell phones, mobile devices, laptops, tablets, iPads, Chromebooks, and consoles.
How to do time lapse photography: tips for best practice Have you wondered how to do time lapse photography? All you need is your camera and some free time lapse software. Here’s how to do it. Fancy capturing people rushing around crowded cities or the transition of day into night? The most important requirement is an interval timer, which many Nikon and Pentax cameras have built-in. Each shot will become a single frame of video, so it will be played back at around 25 frames per second. For fast-moving subjects try an interval of one to two seconds, while for slow-moving subjects you’ll get more obvious movement if you use an interval of ten seconds or more. You’ll then need to compile your video, which can be done in most video-editing software. Top time lapse photography tips Interval timer You’ll need an interval timer to take your shots. Set the interval Now decide how long there will be between each shot. Make your movie In Picasa, select all the time-lapse images, then click on Create Movie Presentation.
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