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Thursday, May 31, 2012
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Can We Please Move Past Apple’s Silly, Faux-Real UIs?
Can We Please Move Past Apple’s Silly, Faux-Real UIs?
Lack of imagination at Apple.
Lack of imagination at Apple.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Starting teaching my on line Flash Fiction class today
All materials are on line. Examples, references, assignments, links. Five week, 10 hour course on line at 1/3rd cost of similar courses.
What are some of the advantages of learning on line?
1. No driving, of course
2. At your convenience - choose your "study" times
3. More personal attention
4. Privacy
5. Lower fees
6. Flexibility in completing assignments
7. Teaching is student centered
8. Accessible 24 X 7 X 365
9. Less intimidating
10. Allows for a broad spectrum of content
11. By using email or on line forums, students can interact and or collaborate
12. There are NO geographic barriers
-tp.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
AutoHotkey
AutoHotkey
Here's a simple way to assign common, useful actions to those unused keys, like putting your computer to sleep, showing hidden files, or ejecting a flash drive.
Here's a simple way to assign common, useful actions to those unused keys, like putting your computer to sleep, showing hidden files, or ejecting a flash drive.
CallFerret - Reverse Phone Lookup for telemarketers, debt collectors and more...
CallFerret - Reverse Phone Lookup for telemarketers, debt collectors and more...
REDUX
Thank you, Gary from California...for the link
REDUX
Thank you, Gary from California...for the link
Monday, May 21, 2012
iKids – the Best iPad2 Apps For Inquisitive Children
Children have a wonderful attitude towards technology. Fearless and naturally curious, they have embraced the touch-screen concept of gadgets such as the iPad and iPhone with total confidence. iPads are fast becoming an accepted part of daily life for pre-schoolers right up to college students. So how can all this technical wizardry benefit children with their learning, as well as their leisure time?
For a start, these gadgets help children engage deeply with activities, often leading to greater periods of concentration. Using these devices can result in children far exceeding what adults thought they were capable of and can help bridge school education and home-based learning. The intuitive touch-screen offers a new way of communicating: highly valuable for children lacking the dexterity to write with a pen or pencil, or to use a keyboard.
That’s all very well, you might say, but there are literally thousands of apps out there aimed at children. Enough, in fact, to make any telecom provider wince at the potential volumes of download time they represent. So how do we know which ones to choose? Here are a few suggestions for some fun educational apps that are downloadable onto the iPad2.
First steps
Even before formal schooling, pre-schoolers and babies have so much to learn. From first movements to the rudiments of letters and numbers – and there are numerous apps out there to help with this crucial stage of development.
Young babies will enjoy Talking Carl - a lovely free app that encourages interaction through touch and sound. Babies can touch, or swipe Carl – a bouncy cartoon creature - to make him spin and jump, or if they tickle him, he will laugh. If the baby loses interest, Carl will grumble and wave to attract their attention.
Learning the alphabet can be made easier with another free app. ABC Alphabet Phonics speaks the letter name and the child then identifies it by tapping the right answer on the screen. Letters can be displayed in upper or lower case and (this is brilliant) you can record your own ‘error’ and ‘success’ sounds using the iPad’s in-built microphone, or replace the spoken commands if you are unhappy with how the app pronounces the letter.
Other free and low cost apps for early learning include Happy Learning Numbers, Baby Touch and Hear, Drawing Pad and Music Sparkles.
Early Years
Little scribblers wanting to get ahead with their letters will enjoy Letter Quiz – a superb low cost app that displays letters with tracer lines to follow with a finger. The child will hear the letter as it is displayed and completed letters are saved to a virtual blackboard so they can track their progress. Once the whole alphabet is done, there is a fun fireworks display set to music as a reward.
Bee Safe (also very reasonably priced) is an excellent app focusing on road safety. A cartoon girl is placed in various everyday situations on the screen, e.g. at a zebra crossing or between parked cars. When a child taps the character, she explains whether it is safe to cross the road or not and why. Clear spoken instructions help maintain a child’s interest while getting a vitally important message across.
Other free and low cost apps for children starting out in formal education include Sesame Street eBooks, Magic Piano, Amazing First Words and Rumble in the Jungle (an interactive book).
Primary education
Six- to ten-year olds are growing increasingly sophisticated in their tastes. At the same time, educational expectations are starting to stack up. Children being prepared for the 11+ exams will appreciate the reasonably priced 11+ English, 11+ Maths and 11+ Verbal Reasoning apps. Comprising questions and answers designed to emulate the actual test papers, they will help a child get ready for that all-important exam.
Creative sorts might also like the low cost app Silly Story Starters – designed to encourage creative writing. Off-beat ideas are generated to provide a good starting point for a story: how about a donkey who has just invented a new cereal?
Other low cost apps for children aged between six and ten include Cut the Rope, Monarchy the Definitive Guide, Tic Tac Math and World Book’s World of Animals.
Secondary and college education
Young people specialising in their chosen GCSEs, A-Levels and other academic courses can benefit hugely from apps designed to support their learning in certain areas. English students can employ Shakespeare in Bits – a slightly more expensive set of apps, but one that takes you methodically through a Shakespearian play, including the unabridged text and audio soundtrack. The app highlights and explains tricky words and phrases, allowing students to add their own notes. Other highlights are character biographies, synopses and memorable quote lists.
Scientists have not been left out. EleMints: Periodic Table contains just about everything anybody needs to know about the Periodic Table of Elements, while Frog Dissection does exactly what is says on the tin. In stomach-turning definition and clarity.
Other free and low cost apps for secondary education include Evernote Peek, iGeology, Nota for iPad and World War II Interactive.
Social Interaction
Family members who live far away or parents who have to travel for work will appreciate FaceTime – an app that acts as a videophone, allowing you to make calls to the children in your life from an iPad to an iPhone4, Mac, iPod Touch or another iPad. Calls are free and the video appears in high definition. Users can switch cameras from the front to the rear mounted one, or to move from portrait to landscape view.
Finally, children love watching videos, but YouTube can be a minefield of inappropriate material if not carefully and continually monitored. iTube List is a free app enabling parents to assemble a pre-approved playlist of YouTube clips for their children to enjoy in safety. The app also comes with pre-set playlists that only contain child-friendly videos.
Other free apps for social interaction include Flipboard, Facebook, Twitter and Skype.
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Article by Imogene Reed, England
Sunday, May 20, 2012
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City of Port Angeles, Port Townsend, county and state government: A moratorium on construction/operations of biomass incinerators/boilers
City of Port Angeles, Port Townsend, county and state government: A moratorium on construction/operations of biomass incinerators/boilers
Sign the petition, please.
Sign the petition, please.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
SPCUG Donates to Sequim High School Future Business Leaders of America
SPCUG Donates to Sequim High School Future Business Leaders of America It is nice to see the tradition continued with new officers. ;-)
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Is It Old?
Is It Old? How old is the link. Before you send to friends, etc., see how old the link is.
Pictaculous - A Color Palette Generator (courtesy of MailChimp)
Pictaculous - A Color Palette Generator (courtesy of MailChimp) Upload your photo and generate color palette. FREE. On line.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Burn Note
Burn Note
BurnNote – is an interesting way to communicate with friends online, especially if you love your privacy as much as we do. It is a website that allows users to write notes, generate a private link, which you can send to your recipient. The recipient can then use the link to read the note, which you can even protect with a password.
BurnNote – is an interesting way to communicate with friends online, especially if you love your privacy as much as we do. It is a website that allows users to write notes, generate a private link, which you can send to your recipient. The recipient can then use the link to read the note, which you can even protect with a password.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Sequimtech site visits
Visited by 112 countries. Most visitors from California visit from Sunnyvale in the North, and Beverly Hills in the Southern part of the Golden State.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Netherlands first country in Europe with net neutrality « Bits of Freedom
Netherlands first country in Europe with net neutrality « Bits of Freedom
Yay for the Dutch! [Thank you, JB, for the link.]
Yay for the Dutch! [Thank you, JB, for the link.]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
Services : North Olympic Library System (NOLS)
Services : North Olympic Library System (NOLS) The Clallam County Public Utility District (PUD) and the North
Olympic Library System are partnering to offer residents a way to measure energy use in their homes. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, residents will be able to check out a Kill-a-Watt™ Energy Detector Toolkit at any NOLS library. The Library and the PUD are also jointly sponsoring a program at each NOLS branch where you can learn how to use a watt detector to save on your energy bills as well as more ideas for reducing your household energy consumption.
Olympic Library System are partnering to offer residents a way to measure energy use in their homes. Beginning Tuesday, September 6, residents will be able to check out a Kill-a-Watt™ Energy Detector Toolkit at any NOLS library. The Library and the PUD are also jointly sponsoring a program at each NOLS branch where you can learn how to use a watt detector to save on your energy bills as well as more ideas for reducing your household energy consumption.The Kill-A-Watt™ device is used to measure the amount of electricity your household appliances use. It calculates how much energy and money is being spent on an hourly, daily, monthly or yearly basis. Energy use is measured in watts and translates that into kilowatt hours (kWh), the same unit of measure used on electric bills. You may check out a device for one week, and instructions and other energy consumption information will be included in the kit as well as a worksheet for recording your monthly estimated cost for each of your appliances.
Google Voice - Inbox (1)
Google Voice - Inbox (1) Additional tools for Google Voice: record calls, switch fowarding, etc.
SpeakPipe - listen to your customers
SpeakPipe - listen to your customers: SpeakPipebeta
Want to listen to your website visitors,
customers or readers?
Set up a voicemail widget on your website or
add the voic
Want to listen to your website visitors,
customers or readers?
Set up a voicemail widget on your website or
add the voic
Saturday, May 5, 2012
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Twitter teams up with UC Berkeley to teach students about big data
Twitter teams up with UC Berkeley to teach students about big data
How to store, process, analyze and make sense of Big Data is of increasing interest and importance to technology companies, a wide range of industries, and academic institutions. In this course, UC Berkeley professors and Twitter engineers will lecture on the most cutting-edge algorithms and software tools for data analytics as applied to Twitter microblog data.
Topics will include applied natural language processing algorithms such as sentiment analysis, large scale anomaly detection, real-time search, information diffusion and outbreak detection, trend detection in social streams, recommendation algorithms, and advanced frameworks for distributed computing. Social science perspectives on analyzing social media will also be covered.
How to store, process, analyze and make sense of Big Data is of increasing interest and importance to technology companies, a wide range of industries, and academic institutions. In this course, UC Berkeley professors and Twitter engineers will lecture on the most cutting-edge algorithms and software tools for data analytics as applied to Twitter microblog data.
Topics will include applied natural language processing algorithms such as sentiment analysis, large scale anomaly detection, real-time search, information diffusion and outbreak detection, trend detection in social streams, recommendation algorithms, and advanced frameworks for distributed computing. Social science perspectives on analyzing social media will also be covered.
TweetCharts.com
TweetCharts.com
Tweet charts allows you to generate a report of custom data for anything you can search Twitter for: hashtags, words, phrases, usernames or URLs. Enter your query in the box above labeled "search query" and check it out.
Tweet charts allows you to generate a report of custom data for anything you can search Twitter for: hashtags, words, phrases, usernames or URLs. Enter your query in the box above labeled "search query" and check it out.
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