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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

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As an example, the National Science Foundation (NSF) found that by not commuting, each NSF teleworker reclaims an average of 62 hours of their lives back and saves $1,201 a year. Image Credits: Image one: Working from the beach courtesy of Citrixonline via Flickr Creative Commons.

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Game Friday: Tagging For Fun

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Whether on Flickr with photos, on del.icio.us These games were developed by Carnegie Mellon with funding from the NSF, with the goal of harnessing collective intelligence (and interest in playing games) to tag all of the images on the internet. Now, write down the words that you associate with the picture. Are you having fun yet?

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Scratch: An Educational, Multi-Generational Online Community that Works

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But you can also join galleries (like Flickr pools) for specific affinities. The initial NSF proposal for ScratchR focused on creating networked opportunities for teams of kids who were already using Scratch and for whom a social component would add value to their education experiences.