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Our future vision hasn’t changed much…

Published on October 27, 2011 by in snark

The team at Microsoft Office has released a video called “Productivity Future Vision.”  Apparently the future looks a lot like the Windows Phone interface and has a lot of weird white spaces in it: As interesting as this is, I was reminded of a video that I shared with students a couple of years ago:

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First Looks: Moodle App for iOS

Moodle Must Move Mobile I had a conversation this week with a teacher in my former school district that works with middle school gifted and talented students.  She has been working hard to use Moodle as a supplement in her classroom, but is frustrated that her students are not using it like she expected.  A

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Magazines: lead textbook publishers to greatness!

As tablet computing continues to push the media revolution, traditional publishers are waking up to the fact that times have changed.  It is probably no surprise, however, that the publishers that have always understood their market are making this transition much more smoothly than those that don’t get it. Case-in-point: some long-time magazine publishers are

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For design geeks: alternative to Lorem Ipsum

Although I have little raw skill to speak of, I absolutely love graphic design.  Typefaces, print layout and printing presses fascinate me to no end.  That said, there is a bit of design in my current position, as I do spend time designing course pages, standing up websites, blogs and wikis and creating print materials

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Revolution Denied: Google+, now available in Google Apps, appears to have age restrictions making it worthless to K-12 teachers

Disclaimer: Although I will be the first to admit that I have had problems adding Google+ to my share flow, I still believe that the platform could have dramatic implications for K-12 learning, both online and face-to-face.  And, true, I have yet to use Google Hangouts productively, because, honestly, most of my Google friends don’t

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