8 Free Mind Map Tools & How to Best Use Them Advertisement Here’s the good news. Finally, we can be like Leonardo da Vinci’s in one small way. No, we are not getting his polymathic superpowers. His penchant for taking free-flowing notes that filled notebooks with diagrams and scribblings is more achievable. Maybe, he knew that the human brain likes visuals more than words. Top of the Web Follow Springo on : Find top sites My top sites Top Sites News Music Home - App Art Award After four succesful competitions, this year we celebrate the 5th AppArtAward-anniversary this year. The ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Cyberforum e.V. and their partners are again looking for the best artworks in app format. The AppArtAward honors apps that represent advanced artistic applications. Besides artistic aspects the creative integration as well as the use of options offered by new technologies is important. Period of submission: 09.03. – 24.05.2015 (extended deadline) We wish you best success in the competition!
University Library : Researchers These web pages provide an overview of the support and services available to our researchers at Durham. Training and PGR Support Information on the training provided by the library to researchers at all stages of their career, and further information for new PGR students. Information for New Postgraduate Researchers Introduction and quick guides Academic Liaison Librarians Durham e-Theses An Excellent Interactive Whiteboard for Creating Tutorials for Your Students May , 2014Pixiclip is an excellent free web tool that provides users with a canvas where they can draw, sketch, narrate, and record their creations. This is an ideal whiteboard tool that you can use with your students to record explanations of processes or to create tutorials for flipped classroom materials. This interactive whiteboard allows you to upload images, draw sketches, add text, and record your voice.
100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know If someone asks you, off the top of your head, what search engines you use or know off, chances are you’ll be naming the regulars: Google, Bing, Yahoo. The Internet however is a really big place and there are plenty more search engines out there that can cater to very specific requirements. General Search Engines We’re skipping the search engines that everyone know about so you won’t be seeing Google, Yahoo or Bing in this list.
Never Too Young to Learn to Code: Our Visit to Cambridge Friends School This spring, we visited the Cambridge Friends School, a coeducational elementary and middle school in Cambridge, Massachusetts that is using the HarveyMuddX MOOC Programming in Scratch in their seventh grade math class. The students were asked to complete three weeks of Scratch lessons at home, splitting their work on the MOOC with their math homework. They then returned to class ready to work collaboratively, share their projects and troubleshoot any difficulties. While visiting the classroom, we saw children requesting headphones, excited to listen to a video lecture and continue their project work. They were eager to share their work – video games, songs, designs—with each other and with us. PhD Support - Leeds University Library Leeds University Library Search Library website PhD support PhD training
Seven Free Online Whiteboard Tools for Teachers and Students This afternoon through the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page I received a request for some free whiteboard apps. All of the following seven tools can be used to draw and type on a whiteboard in your browser. With the exception of PixiClip all of these tools can be used collaboratively for brainstorming sessions. While PixiClip doesn't allow for collaboration it does have a voice-over capability.
100 Search Engines For Academic Research Back in 2010, we shared with you 100 awesome search engines and research resources in our post: 100 Time-Saving Search Engines for Serious Scholars. It’s been an incredible resource, but now, it’s time for an update. Some services have moved on, others have been created, and we’ve found some new discoveries, too. 25 Visual Studio Shortcuts For Developers We use Visual Studio, the Microsoft’s Integrated Development Environment (IDE), to develop computer programs in .Net, such as windows applications, web applications, windows or web services. I have summarized the must know keyboard shortcut keys for developers to make .Net Development a bit easier and more productive. Let us have a quick walk-through over those now.
Social media is a powerful tool for communicating your research to the outside world. The Melbourne Engagement Lab runs a range of programs, including those on social media, to assist academic staff and graduate researchers of the University of Melbourne reach audiences for their research. Here are some of their upcoming Social Media workshops: Social Media 1 Why tweet, post or blog? This workshop looks at why you can’t afford to overlook social media as the most powerful tool available to you as a researcher and a communicator today. 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos.
52 Of The Best Apps For Your Classroom In 2015 52 Of The Best Apps For Your Classroom In 2015 by TeachThought Staff This post was sponsored by CK-12, a non-profit foundation that creates and aggregates high quality curated STEM content. What are the best apps for your classroom?