Friday, March 27, 2015

Get an Earth Pro now free #vmvwiki #vmvdlt

What is Google Earth Pro?


https://support.google.com/earth/answer/189188?hl=en

For info on how to get free access https://support.google.com/earth/answer/176160?hl=en

(If you do not have a key, use your email address and the key GEPFREE to sign in.)

Monday, March 23, 2015

“Your Product is a Piece of Sh#t”: Using customer feedback #vmvwiki

The point here is that negative customer feedback is always painful but, when used right, it can be an invaluable asset in business.

http://blog.hootsuite.com/how-we-responded-to-an-insulting-tweet/?utm_source=content%20team&utm_medium=owned%20social&utm_campaign=content%20team%20owned%20social%20twitter&hootPostID=75c806e408dfa1868df51a696ff81f2c

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Google 25 principles of mobile site design #vmvwiki

Consumers increasingly rely on the mobile web to research and make purchases, which makes it more important than ever for companies to have an effective mobile presence. But what makes a good mobile site? Google established 25 principles of mobile site design to help companies build mobile sites that delight customers and drive conversions.

http://www.google.com/think/multiscreen/whitepaper-sitedesign.html

Friday, March 20, 2015

MIT BLOSSOMS | open Math&Science video lessons #vmvwiki #vmvdlt

MIT BLOSSOMS (Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies) is an international, collaborative open education project that provides a series of freely available interactive lessons for high school math and science classes presented in a widely accessible video format.

http://blossoms.mit.edu/

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Panda antivirus mistakenly flags itself as malware, bricks PCs #vmvwiki

An update to a number of Panda antivirus programs Wednesday mistakenly flagged core files as malware, putting them in quarantine. In doing so, the antivirus system ceased working.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/panda-antivirus-mistakenly-flags-itself-as-malware-breaks-pcs/

Monday, March 9, 2015

Your powers of observation #vmvwiki

Watch This Ad Carefully, and You'll Be Transfixed by the Car Sitting Quietly on a Street , very clever ad by AIS London and MindsEye director Luke Bellis.

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/watch-ad-carefully-and-youll-be-transfixed-car-sitting-quietly-street-163226

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An Introduction to Instructional Design - #vmvdlt

An Introduction to Instructional Design - E-Learning Heroes
Fundamentally, you can think of ID as the process of taking information and framing it in a way that makes it interesting and easy for learners to understand.

https://community.articulate.com/articles/an-introduction-to-instructional-design?utm_source=LinkedIn

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Model for Digital Technologies education in NZ schools #vmvdlt

IITP are calling for a new Learning Area in NZ Secondary Schools; encompassing Digital Technologies at NCEA level, and Computational Thinking and Digital Literacy at the primary and lower secondary levels (or more accurately, a continuum from one to the other). This would see Digital sitting alongside Maths, Science, English etc as a core area, with each of the DT strands, or possibly a reduced subset, a subject in their own right.

http://iitp.nz/files/IITP%20Digital%20Sciences.pdf

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Learn to Code Advanced HTML & CSS #vmvwiki

Learn to Code Advanced HTML & CSS takes a deeper look at front-end design and development. Studying modern front-end development, this guide teaches the latest for any designer looking to round out their front-end skills.

http://learn.shayhowe.com/advanced-html-css/

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Facebook photo of cake gets baker $168K in damages #vmvwiki

Hawke's Bay woman, who iced a cake with derogatory comments about her former employer, has won her claim that her privacy was breached when the company took an image of the cake from her Facebook page and used it to harm her employment opportunities.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/66827105/Rude-cake-baker-relieved-about-record-168K-payout