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How Cell Phones and Tablets Enable Telework

Tech Soup

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. Find their report here. It tracks a teleworkers’ activities including duration and applications used. Additional Resources.

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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

Museum 2.0

I recently read the BERI report on bilingual labels in museums and was blown away by its findings. This qualitative, exploratory study involved tracking and interviewing 32 Spanish-speaking intergenerational groups in fully bilingual exhibits at four different science centers/museums.

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

Museum 2.0

I'm still a "passive consumer" in the eyes of ScratchR, but my actions are tracked every time I view a Scratch project (as are spectators'). Here is the user profile by age circa July 2008 (per this report ). I'm one of them. I've joined the site, but I haven't yet uploaded anything or commented on anything.