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Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future

Byte Technology

Imagine this scenario: instead of staring at a wall map of foreign lands, students can don some hi-tech headgear and be transported to those places in a 360-degree virtual world of images. The post Back to School: New Tech for the Classroom of the Future appeared first on Byte Technology’s Nonprofit Web Design Insights Blog.

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Issues with Crowdsourced Data Part 2

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

If decision makers simply had a map, they could have made better decisions more quickly, more accurately, and with less complication than if they had tried to use crowdsourcing. You wouldn't measure all the shoes in a classroom to evaluate the kids' reading ability. While this claim is technically correct, it misses the point.

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Setting Up Windows MultiPoint Server

Tech Soup

Windows MultiPoint Server allows non-technical users to set up a multi-user computing environment, such as a classroom, computer lab, or public access stations, all without the support of dedicated IT staff. Windows MultiPoint Server is an operating system, and installing it is much like installing Windows 8 on a computer. Learn More.

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

The &# Review of Management of Internet Websites in the United Nations System Organizations“ (31 pages) focuses on website governance and strategy – and I still have to meet a web manager who doesn’t feel this could be improved." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

The &# Review of Management of Internet Websites in the United Nations System Organizations“ (31 pages) focuses on website governance and strategy – and I still have to meet a web manager who doesn’t feel this could be improved." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Microsoft OneNote Gives Dyslexic Kids a New Learning Experience

Tech Soup

This is the reality for thousands of 10-year-old dyslexic children in the French school system. Fill-in color maps, text recognition, and interactive math and science programs help the students improve their schoolwork by approaching assignments in different ways. The copies are submitted on a USB flash drive or directly.

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How to Host a Read-a-thon Fundraiser

Qgiv

Unlike a fun run or a 5K fundraiser, you don’t need to map out a racecourse or organize volunteers to man your event. If your school reads daily announcements over an intercom system, use that opportunity to plug your read-a-thon as well. A read-a-thon can take place anywhere, so long as your participants can curl up with a good book.

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