November 2011
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MPAA Costs Hollywood More Than US BitTorrent... →
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During the last year Netflix managed to outgrow BitTorrent in terms of the amount of US Internet traffic it generates. A promising finding for Hollywood as it shows that there’s an overwhelming interest for the legal movie streaming service. At TorrentFreak we wondered what might happen if all US BitTorrent users made the switch to Netflix, and the results of this exploration...
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Facebook Users Now 4.74 Degrees Apart →
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Forget the film Six Degrees of Separation, a new study from Facebook and the University of Milan has shown that people in the world are better connected that ever before, with users of the social network now connected by less than five contacts.
The study, which used data taken from Facebook’s 721 million active shows, shows that any two people on the site are on average...
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Gamification for Learning in the Classroom →
In it’s basic form it is using the techniques behind gaming as a basis for classroom learning. Gaming involves problem solving, replaying parts of the game again and again until you get to the next level, finishing off an end of level adversary and can involve multiplayer opportunities where teams work together to solve the problems they face. As players progress through their games they...
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“In the very foreseeable future, teachers will be able to upload their own videos...”
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5 iPad Apps Every Teacher Should Have →
I’m cool with this list (though it still lists a lot of the common ones) for two reasons:
1) There actually are some interesting apps on here.
2) There are more than five apps.
Here’s a sample:
Pi83 Graphing Calculator A simple calculator isn’t enough for most math students once they hit high school, so having a graphing calculator handy is always welcome. And since...
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A Revolutionary Education App Worth Talking About →
Proloquo2Go lets students (or anyone) with difficulty speaking carry on a conversation. This means students can share their thoughts in real-time with teachers, chat with classmates, and basically just have an easier time trying to have their voice heard.
There’s more to this app than just the real-time conversation functionality. It also lets you build your vocabulary by creating phrases,...
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Okay, the Tea Party and OWS need to join forces
The goal is to make two-term limits for Congress a Constitutional Amendment. Here are some naming suggestions for this movement:
The 28th (for the 28th Amendment, which this would be)
Two Terms, not Two-Timing
DO YOUR DAMN JOB YOU JACKASSES
ohmuffins asked: I double-dog dare you.
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