A 10 minute video to help someone get started with Twitter.

New York Times reports that there is a glitch in the Apple iOs that lets some apps take copies of photos without your permission. Be aware. As I tell students, don’t do it unless you want others to see it.

Important read from Gartner

Emerging technologies and innovation are accelerating changes in the business and IT. In “Gartner’s Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users, 2012 and Beyond: Control Slips Away,” several Strategic Planning Assumptions showcase the top trends associated with cloud computing, consumerization, and the proliferation of information or data. These trends will not only change the nature of business and the ways how work is done, but also impact the role of IT in the enterprise and the capabilities it needs to deliver to the business today and beyond:

• By 2015, mobile application development (AD) projects targeting smartphones and tablets will outnumber native PC projects by a ratio of 4:1.
• Through 2015, more than 85% of Fortune 500 organizations will fail to effectively exploit big data for competitive advantage.
• By 2015, 35% of enterprise IT expenditures for most organizations will be managed outside the IT department’s budget.
• By 2015, low-cost cloud services will cannibalize up to 15% of top outsourcing players’ revenue.
• Through 2016, the financial impact of cybercrime will grow 10% per year, due to the continuing discovery of new vulnerabilities.

An ancient Chinese proverb says, “When the wind of change blows, some people build walls, and others build windmills.”

A guide to flipped classrooms with some great downloadables. NOte that this guide is from Techsmith, the makers of some of the best screencasting software available so they have a vested interest. Even so, this is a great set of resources for teachers who want to start flipping.

From Paul Smith at Pearson. i ha evfollowed the blogs on thisclist for some time. Miss Noor is a new great one to read as well.

infoneer-pulse:

Hackers showed they have a very long reach at the Defcon hacker conference this week. They can turn off your power or hack your home automation systems through internet-connected power lines.

Independent security researchers David “Rel1k” Kennedy and Rob “Kc57″ Simon told the audience that they were releasing free tools that will let hackers break into home automation, business automation, and security systems that operate over the electrical wires of a building. It’s one more example of how hackers can pretty much break into any computerized technology available.

“We have to bring more exposure to this attack vector,” Kennedy said in his talk, which drew a big crowd at Defcon.

» via VentureBeat

Broadband powerline enabled devices are easily hackable, especially using software released this week! Take note.

Bib Me makes bibliography making easy. All you have to do is put in the name of the book and author or the ISBN number and this tool will set everything up for you. Indispensible for term paper writers!

Citation: Tammy Worchester’s Top 20 Favorite Tools presented at ISTE11

Collaborative dictionary created by students for #education #edtech

It is going to be interesting to see what those educators who hate wikipedia think of a dictionary that students create!

“The purpose of this project is to create a free, open simple dictionary for students to use. This dictionary will ultimately be published in a variety of formats and for multiple platforms. “

Source: “RT @wfryer: Awesome project! kid friendly English language dictionary: Kids Open Dictionary http://ow.ly/5rrty via @kfasimpaur #iste11 ”

kbkonnected:

#edtech #elemchat #spedchat

Lots of very helpful websites! 

Had to add this to my blog. I can see this one being used for a long time.

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