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Journey With Us Through The History Of Film! – – The Hollywood News

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Courtesy of History Shots you can take a fascinating journey through over a hundred years of cinema. 

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

I have seen the image in person.  It is quite a graphic.  Only about $40.

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Are We Really Getting Smarter?

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Americans’ IQ scores have steadily risen over the past century. James R. Flynn examines why.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Are we getting smarter over the course of time? Here is a debate about that notion.

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Biggest Tech Trends

Biggest Trends Of 2013

  • The usage of SMS / text messaging in the classroom
  • Enabling students with social media
  • Students can take more free online courses than ever before
  • 3D printing is coming soon to a classroom near you!

Upcoming Trends Of 2014

  • Universities are finally embracing e-books
  • Counseling is going high-tech
  • Game-based learning is leveling up
  • BYOD is becoming a standard way to bring edtech into the classroom
  • More schools will be putting their resources into the cloud
  • Schools will continue to embrace open textbooks
Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

Cool infographic. Neat ideas. Not much new though.

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PowToon – Brings Awesomeness to your presentations

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PowToon is a brand new presentation tool that allows you to create animated presentations and cartoon style videos just by dragging and dropping.

Thomas Adam Johnson‘s insight:

It works great.  The first time I saw it was when a student presented using it.  He talked while the presenation was going on, but might make another presentation using it where he does a voice-over in iMovie.  

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