Raymond.CC Blog - Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 Keyboard and Mouse Review |
| Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 Keyboard and Mouse Review Posted: 31 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT
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Raymond.CC Blog - GuardedID Keystroke Encryption Review |
| GuardedID Keystroke Encryption Review Posted: 30 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT
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NEWSEUM, a highly interactive museum in D.C. with an online component -I want to visit! |
| NEWSEUM, a highly interactive museum in D.C. with an online component -I want to visit! Posted: 28 May 2011 08:12 AM PDT  What is a newseum? "The Newseum -- a 250,000-square-foot museum of news -- offers visitors an experience that blends five centuries of news history with up-to-the-second technology and hands-on exhibits. Within its seven levels of galleries and theaters, the Newseum offers a unique environment that takes museum-goers behind the scens to experience how and why news is made." "The Newseum is one of the most technologically advanced museums in the world. The Newseum ordered 100 miles of fiber-optic cable to link up-to-the-second technologies that include electronic signage and interactive kiosks, two broadcast studios, 15 theaters and a 40-by-22-foot high-resolution media screen." Below are some examples of what visitors can experience at the Newseum, located in Washington, D.C.: Bloomberg Internet, TV and Radio Gallery  -Newseum Time Warner World News Gallery  -Newseum The New York Times --Ochs-Sulzberger Family Great Hall of News Surrounded by the flow of information  -Newseum "Around, above and below, visitors to the Great Hall of News are surrounded by a continuous flow of news. Instant, breaking, historic news that is uncensored, diverse and free." NBC News Interactive Newsroom
"In this 7,000-square-foot interactive gallery, visitors can select any of 48 interactive kiosks or experiences where they can immerse themselves in the many roles -photojournalist, editor, reporter, anchor — required to bring the news to the public. The gallery features eight "Be a TV Reporter" stations that allow visitors to choose from a variety of video backdrops, take their place in front of the screen, read their report from a TelePrompter and see themselves in action." -Newseum NEWSEUM exhibits have an on-line component. Here are a few: Newseum Microsite (Great for use on an interactive whiteboard to introduce students to the museum.) http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com  |
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Raymond.CC Blog - NextGen AntiKeylogger Review – KeyScrambler Alternative |
| NextGen AntiKeylogger Review – KeyScrambler Alternative Posted: 29 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT
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Quick Link: Florida's Technology Integration Matrix for K-12 Tech Integration and Transformation |
| Quick Link: Florida's Technology Integration Matrix for K-12 Tech Integration and Transformation Posted: 27 May 2011 06:35 PM PDT Technology Integration Matrix "The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells...." Here is a list of the people behind the development of the 2010-11 Technology Integration Matrix, as listed on the TIM website. I will provide links to the team member's websites/blogs in the future. DEVELOPMENT TEAM Kate Kemker, Ph.D., Florida Department of Education Roy Winkelman, Ph.D., FCIT Director James Welsh, Project Manager Allison Papke, Coordinator, Lesson Plan Editor, and School Liason Roberto Herrera, Videographer and Video Editor Kyle Wahling, Videographer Francisco Flores, Video Editor James Basom Seaman, Web Design and Development J. Christine Harmes, Ph.D., Indicator Development Ryan Dial, Programming and Development Special Thanks: Michael Sweeney, Florida Digital Educator Program C. Kris Mathews, Florida Digital Educator Program G. Gordon Worley, Florida Digital Educator Program Jeanine Gendron, Ph.D., Broward County Schools John Lien, Orange County Schools Dawn Howard, Manatee County Schools Don Manderson, Escambia County Kara Dawson, Ph.D., University of Florida Mijana Lockard, Lincoln Avenue Academy, Lakeland, FL Virginia Richard, School Technology Services, Polk County Trevor Honohan, Principal, Audubon Park Elementary Kristine Haller Nancy Kuznicki Jeanne Rogers Crystal Gasell David Schneider David Futch Alvin Olivo Sylvia Hernandez Maria Alves Lois Hooper Cheryl Woolwine Jennifer O'Dell Ana McMoran The TIM was developed through the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program under Title II of NCLB. http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com  |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 04:35 PM PDT I came across the Digging Into Data Challenge website today and thought it might be of interest to IMT readers. Below is a description of the project, a few related links, and an abbreviated list of links to a wide range of data repositories on the web.  ABOUT "Welcome to the second round of the Digging into Data Challenge. During the first round, in 2009, nearly 90 international research teams competed in the challenge. Ultimately, eight remarkable projects were awarded grants." "In 2011, the Digging into Data Challenge has returned for a second round, this time much larger, with sponsorship from eight international research funders, representing Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States." "What is the "challenge" we speak of? The idea behind the Digging into Data Challenge is to address how "big data" changes the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences. Now that we have massive databases of materials used by scholars in the humanities and social sciences -- ranging from digitized books, newspapers, and music to transactional data like web searches, sensor data or cell phone records -- what new, computationally-based research methods might we apply? As the world becomes increasingly digital, new techniques will be needed to search, analyze, and understand these everyday materials. Digging into Data challenges the research community to help create the new research infrastructure for 21st century scholarship." "Applicants will form international teams from at least two of the participating countries. Winning teams will receive grants from two or more of the funding agencies and, two years later, will be invited to show off their work at a special conference sponsored by the eight funders." "Let's get digging." RELATED Digging into Data Challenge Second Year Request for Proposals Press Release Round Two: Digging Into Data Challenge: Social and computational scientist asked to design methods and tools for analyzing large data sets (National Science Foundation) Times Higher Education, April 28, 2011, "Research intelligence - Let's dig a little deeper" The New York Times, November 16, 2010, "Digital Keys for Unlocking the Humanities' Riches" The Globe and Mail, June 18, 2010, "Supercomputers seek to 'model humanity'" Be sure to visit the Digging Into Data Challenge data repository page. Each repository is annotated in detail and includes links and in some cases, APIs. The page is updated regularly, and at the time of this post, was updated on May 26, 2011. For your convenience, here's the abbreviated version of the Digging Into Data Challenge list of repositories: The Archaeology Data Services (ADS) http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/ ARTStor.org http://www.artstor.org Biodiversity Heritage Library http://biodiversitylibrary.org The Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art Canadian Art Database Project http://ccca.ca Chronicling America, Library of Congress, National Digital Newspaper Program http://loc.gov/chroniclingamerica Data-PASS http://www.icpsr.umish.edu/DATAPASS/ Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) http://www.dlese.org Early Canadiana Online http://canadiana.ca English Broadside Ballad Archive http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu Great War Primary Documents Archive http://www.gwpda.org Harvard Time Series Center (TSC) http://timemachine.iic.harvard.edu/search/ The History Data Service (HDS) http://hds.essex.ac.uk Infochimps.org http://www.infochimps.com/ Internet Archive http://www.archive.org Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research http://icpsr.umich.edu JISC MediaHub http://jiscmediahub.ac.uk JSTOR http://jstor.org Marriott LibraryUniversity of Utah http://ww.lib.utah.edu/portal/site/marriottlibrary/ NASA ADS: Smithsonian/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/index.html National Archives, London http://nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Library of Wales http://www.llgc.org.uk National Science Digital Library (NSDL) http://www.nsdl.org National Technical Information Service (NTIS) http://www.ntis.gov/ http://cdrh.unl.edu/nebnewspapers/ New York Public Library http://NYPL.org The New York Times Article Search API http://developer.nytimes.com/ Opening History http://imlsdcc.grainger.uiuc.edu/history/ PhilPapers (philosophy) http://philpapers.org Project MUSE http://muse.jhu.edu/ PSLC DataShop (Pittsburg Science of Learning Center) http://pslcdatashop.web.cmu.edu/ Scholarly Database at the Cyberinfrastructure for Network Science Center, Indiana University http://sdb.slis.indiana.edu ScholarSpace at the http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/community-list Statistical Accounts of Scotland http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/ University of http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc Just a thought.... I'd be interested in learning if any of the researchers involved in the Digging Into Data Challenge plan to work on an interactive, multidimensional, multimedia timeline to support collaborative data sharing and analysis. http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com  |
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Raymond.CC Blog - Maybank2u.com Important Alert Phishing Scam |
| Maybank2u.com Important Alert Phishing Scam Posted: 26 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT
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StoryVisit: Read and enjoy web-based stories while video chatting with your child or grandchild over the miles... |
| Posted: 24 May 2011 05:40 PM PDT I promised my colleagues at Wolfe School that I'd share something new and cool upon my return from a recent CHI 2011* conference. StoryVisit was one of the "take-aways" I brought back. StoryVisit is a web-based application developed to promote interaction between grandparents (or parents) and children who are remotely located. It is available on-line for free as part of a collaborative project between researchers from the Nokia Research Center, the Sesame Workshop, the University of Arkansas, and the MIT Media Lab As soon as I saw the StoryVisit demonstration, I knew that the concept had potential to be useful to promote literacy and social communication among students with special needs, such as those who have autism spectrum disorders. (My story of how I tweaked StoryVisit for use with students is located near the end of this post.)  Credit: Nokia Research One of the good features of the StoryVisit website is that it supports dialogic reading between the adult and child, by providing a Sesame Street character embedded in the story to help guide the process. According to Grover J. Whitehurst, this method can support language development in young children. In dialogic reading, the adult who reads with a child helps the child take a more active role in the process by following what is known as "PEER": Prompting the child to talk about the story, evaluating the child's response, expanding the response by rephrasing and elaborating on what the child has said, and repeating the prompt to assess what the child has learned or grasped from the story. This can include a discussion about the pictures that accompany the story, and questions that guide the child to think about the relationships between the characters, or prompts that help the child make predictions and draw inferences. To get an understanding of the StoryVisit application, first take a look at how it works with adults and children - below are two related videos and an abstract from the StoryVisit presentation at CHI 2011 and a couple of related videos: Here is short preview: Abstract "StoryVisit allows children and long-distance adults to experience a sense of togetherness by reading children's story books together over a distance. StoryVisit combines video conferencing and connected books: remote grown-up and child readers can see and hear each other, and can also see and control the same e-book. We report on research with 61 families - over 200 users including parents, children and long-distance readers - who used StoryVisit in their homes with a long-distance reader for at least one reading session. In addition, we report qualitative findings regarding nineteen of the families who participated in telephone interviews and four families who were monitored and interviewed by researchers at home. Results show that connected e-book video chat sessions last about five times as long as the typical video chats reported in previous research on families with young children. Moreover, the addition of an animated character increased session lengths by another 50%. StoryVisit usage peaked for families with three year olds, showing that sustained distance interactions with very young children are possible if communication technologies incorporate joint activities that engage children and adults." -Raffle, H., Revelle, G., Mori, K., Ballagas, R., Buza, K., Horli, H., Kaye, J., Cook, K., Freed, N., Go, J., Spasojevic, M. Hello, is grandma there? let's read! StoryVisit: family video chat and connected e-books CHI '11 Proceedings of the 2011 annual conference on Human factors in computing, ACM New York, NY, USA On my first morning back at Wolfe, I decided to use StoryVisit with two high school-level students who have autism and cognitive delays. My goal was to familiarize the students with Storyvisit so they could use it to read stories to younger elementary-level students with autism who are in a self-contained classroom. I went to the Storyvisit website and registered Wolfe school as the "Wolfe family", using some of the teacher's email addresses as "family members". During my session with the two young men, I placed them far apart in a large therapy room where my office is located. Each student used earphones, since I was aware that there might be an audio feedback problem (which will be fixed, according to the Storyvisit folks). Since the two students were not too far apart, I simply ran back and forth between them to make sure things were going OK and prompt them if needed. I coached one student to play the role of the reader (grandparent) and the other to play the role of a younger child. We got this accomplished successfully within our 1/2 hour session, an amazing feat, given the nature of the students' disabilities. They especially liked the video conferencing part, something that they've done at school in the past. They communicated with each other better through this medium than in person, as the required less prompting. The two young men were so excited about this process that after they returned to class, they suggested to their teacher that they wanted to practice with the application with their classmates. They wanted to use Storyvisit to read to the younger students as soon as possible. The teacher, without much prior knowledge about the application, was able to set it up quickly. She used the application during her morning group reading activity, displaying the Storyvisit website on a SMARTBoard. She was impressed with the "Block Party" story - especially the great recipes included at the end of the story. The teacher mentioned that the recipes could be used to create snacks for a "block party" between the two classes after the StoryBook session. The students could use the recipes to create shopping lists for a community outing to a local supermarket, and then prepared during Activities of Daily Living class (the classroom is equipped with a kitchen.) To see how the elementary-level students would respond to the Storyvisit website, I visited the classroom and demonstrated the Block Party book to the students using a SMARTboard. I used "Grandparent" mode, without the webcam, since I was with the students. As I went through the story, the teacher mentioned that the webcam feature would be ideal for including students who use sign language in Storyvisit activities. (She happens to be the mother of daughters who have hearing impairments.) RELATED Try StoryVisit by signing up at Storyvisit.org NRC (Nokia Research Center) launches Story Visit pilot in association with Sesame Workshop Intervention: Dialogic Reading (2/8/07), US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (What Works Clearinghouse) Dialogic Reading Video Series, NCLD Editorial Staff, 11/1/09 Dialogic Reading: An Effective Way to Read to Preschoolers (Grover J. Whitehurst -1992, Reading Rockets Archive) Hayes Raffle's website Family Story Play (First version of StoryVisit) Family Story Play pdf (CHI 2010 presentation) SOMEWHAT RELATED Since the Storyvisit activity was so positive with my students, I decided to dig a little deeper. I use video quite a bit with students with autism spectrum disorders, and work with students to establish joint-attention skills and behaviors. My hunch is that this is an area that warrants further exploration, especially for children and teens with autism spectrum disorders, their classmates, peers, and families. The Co-Viewing Connection: "A blog for grown-ups about using media and technology with kids" The New Coviewing: "Promoting Children's Learning Through Joint Media Engagement" Interesting: Game On.... Girls: Associations Between Co-playing Video Games and Adolescent Behavioral and Family Outcomes (Sarah M. Coyne, Laura M. Padilla-Walker, Laura Stocdale, Randal D. Day, Brigham Young, School of Family Life, in Journal of Adolescent Health, 2/3/11) Why this is important: My grandson, "reading" at 6 months old:  My mom and my grandson reading together:  *"The ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems is the premier international conference of human-computer interaction. CHI 2011 focuses on leveraging our diversity and connecting people, cultures, technologies, experiences, and ideas." Cross-posted on the TechPsych blog. http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com  |
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Raymond.CC Blog - KeyScrambler Fights KeyLoggers by Encrypting What You Type on Keyboard |
| KeyScrambler Fights KeyLoggers by Encrypting What You Type on Keyboard Posted: 24 May 2011 12:00 AM PDT
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Quick link: Edublogger Bill Ferriter's posts about technology and education |
| Quick link: Edublogger Bill Ferriter's posts about technology and education Posted: 22 May 2011 07:09 PM PDT I just discovered edublogger Bill Ferriter's blog, "The Tempered Radical" today. He is a fellow North Carolinian who is part of the Teacher Leaders Network. He teaches 6th grade science at a middle school. Here are a couple of his posts: Lessons Learned on Cell Phones in School How Limited Technology Budgets Failed My Students http://interactivemultimediatechnology.blogspot.com  |
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