Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their tech tips
Articles of the Week
- Facebook Data Scientists Know Who Your Lover Is – Rebecca J. Rosen – The Atlantic
novel method of network analysis will help researchers identify your significant other, even if you decline to post that information online. - Jonathan Harris
Please watch this. Jonathan Harris: Different Ways of Looking - Technology and Education
Incredibly though provoking and counter-cultural. A must-read. “Scientific revolutions happen because brave minds search for possible explanations outside of the box, in unexplored territories. But how can algorithms that lock us in a particular mindset—usually the developer’s worldview—even enable us to question our basic assumptions about nature?” - Definition Of Digital Citzenship
As more and more students interact digitally–with content, one another, and various communities–the concept of digitalcitizenship becomes increasingly important. Which begs the question: what is digital citizenship?
Tech Tips
- Flipgrid
Teachers create grids of short discussion-style questions that students respond to through recorded videos. Flipgrid boosts community and social presence in face-to-face, hybrid, and online classrooms. Give your students a voice. - Mind Mapping Software – Create Mind Maps online
- Lifehacker video describes OS X Mavericks secret features | TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog
It’s always fun to find out what all the new hidden features that an operating system upgrade provides, and OS X Mavericks is chock-full of goodies. The folks over at Lifehacker put together a quick video that shows off a number of features that you may not have known about. If you’ve come up with any interesting shortcuts or features that aren’t widely known, let us know in the comments. -
Apple’s been selling three different iPhone models at once for a few years now—last year’s model for $100 less than this year’s, with the two-years-gone model as a free phone with two-year contract. But the announcement of the iPhone 5c changes the iPhone buying calculus in a big way.
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