All Blog Posts Tagged 'computing' (10)

Create dynamic charts with Chartle

Chartle is an awesome site that allows students and teachers the ability to create dynamic and graphic charts based upon data collected in the classroom. This site is extremely easy to use and can be easily used across most grade levels. Click the link to view a short tutorial and example of what Chartle is.

Added by Brian Weir on February 4, 2012 at 1:25pm — No Comments

Create and edit art, music, audio, and visual affects with Aviary's suite of tools

Aviary is a powerful suite of graphics and audio tools that can be used for educational purposes and assignments. It is a very dynamic piece of software that is hosted in the cloud and is an excellent web 2.0 tool. Click here to read more about using Aviary in the Classroom.

Added by Brian Weir on January 25, 2012 at 8:34pm — No Comments

What’s a Community-Wide Cloud Computing Academy?

Originally posted here - http://bit.ly/jRThzG.

Learning new things everyday is one of the fun things about being involved withEnterthegroup.com. I had never heard of a cloud-computing academy until I met Conor (an ETG user). He has some interesting and ambitious goals that I think everyone involved in education would be interested to discover and add their…

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Added by Sal P on May 4, 2011 at 12:36pm — No Comments

The Value Of Cloud Computing

Why is cloud computing the newest buzz term? What value does it bring to organizations? "It's become the phrase du jour. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition.

The "cloud" is obviously a metaphor for the internet but when you add in the term "computing" the whole phrase gets muddy. However, when you think of the needs of an organizations IT structure it starts to become clearer. The concept of cloud computing is a way to increase… Continue

Added by Jim Roberts on January 31, 2011 at 9:40pm — 2 Comments

Mobile Computing

We at the Indiana Dept. of Education are making presentations about mobile computing in a classroom setting. I would appeciate any feedback regarding the following questions:

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Added by Gary Bates on September 22, 2010 at 5:51am — No Comments

Using Cloud Computing to Improve School Communication

If schools are going to use technology to improve organizational processes, it’s important their leaders consider moving many of the school’s daily operations onto a cloud-based network. MORE...

Added by Shawn Roner on January 28, 2010 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Classroom of the Future: Orchestrating Collaborative Spaces (Interesting book!)

Interesting Book: Classroom of the Future - Orchestrating Collaborative Spaces

Added by Lynn Marentette on January 22, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Which States Rank at the Top When It Comes to One-to-One Computing?

In a recent article published in eSchool News entitled "1-to-1 Computing in the Spotlight," Laura Devaney reports on a few interesting findings from a recent study conducted by Project Red. Based on a close examination of nationwide data, the project determined the percentage of schools in each state which provide ubiquitous computer access. More...

Added by Shawn Roner on September 4, 2009 at 11:50am — No Comments

Super Data Stacker Hacker: http://wolframalpha.com

Playing around with this: http://wolframalpha.com site. It has been brought to my attention by the abdbg; and he has made a more comprehensive post about look and features.

It has been showing up on the twit radar, and other places. I used it in class today to generate random numbers, but then gave up on it (for… Continue

Added by Geoff St. Pierre on May 19, 2009 at 4:29pm — No Comments

Links to my recent blog posts about interactive information visualization, the World Economic Forum, and more...

I'd like to share links to some of my recent blog posts:

Posts related in some way to the current economic crisis:

Back to Basics: The Future of Baniking and Finance Discussed at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

The Values… Continue

Added by Lynn Marentette on February 1, 2009 at 6:59pm — No Comments