Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 16, 2011
The goal of the DIAGRAM R&D Center is to greatly improve access to graphical information for students with print disabilities (for example, helping blind students get access to important graphics inside textbooks). The goal is to be able to gain access to the same learning a sighted student would get from that diagram.
Tech Soup
JULY 28, 2014
For educational nonprofits, schools, and libraries, Raspberry Pi is very useful for teaching students about electronics, computing, and many other technical subjects for a price that's far less than a new computer. The Raspberry Pi was designed to help educators and students understand technology better. Web server (LAMP).
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Tech Soup
MAY 8, 2012
I had a chance to chat with Heather Hale who is their web and publications director, and primary IT person in the organization. She mainly does marketing support though, running four web domains, running social media campaigns, and all their graphic and web design. The program serves 750 students in 14 rural schools.
Gyrus
OCTOBER 27, 2014
Students are successfully launching, consuming and completing courses and all of that activity is correctly recorded in the LMS. Videos require a player (often “Flash”) to run. That makes SCORM very important. It’s great when everything is working right. But it’s not so great when something goes wrong.
Care2
JUNE 22, 2012
Every two or three weeks the halls would fill with piercing sounds and flashing lights, and we’d all shuffle sleepily outside. Over time, especially when the weather got cold, students stopped hurrying outside and more people chose to ignore the alarms altogether. There’s a lot to more to think about.
Tech Soup
JUNE 9, 2015
GoDaddy's Website Builder service lets you build your own custom website, even if you have no web design experience. Learners can access the courses via a web browser or any iOS or Android device. Litmos is compatible with numerous media types, including Microsoft Office, Flash, video, and audio. Two Truths and a Lie.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 17, 2007
I try not to focus too heavily on web tools on this blog, but this application is too lovely to pass up. It's called VoiceThread , and it's a program that allows you to create an elegant slideshow of images with audio (and text, and scribbles) to go along. They are committed to making this technology accessible (and free!)
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