google apps – Shamskm: A site to exchange knowledge and solutions

Technology in the Classroom

By Guest PostSeptember 16, 2012Education, Technologybamboo dock, classroom presentation, commodification, delaware, galton board simulation, google apps, google docs, google forms, mcdonaldization, multimodal communication, powerpoint presentation, predictable model, sociology course, spss, statistical formula, statistics, Technology, university, victor perez, wacom bamboo tablet

UD faculty member teaches sociology and statistics with technology

Victor Perez, an assistant professor in the University of Delaware’s Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, has found multiple ways to reach students using diverse technological approaches. Perez makes his classroom presentations highly interactive by combining a tablet with an engaging PowerPoint presentation.

Using the Wacom Bamboo tablet and its accompanying app, Perez creates illustrations of statistical formulas and distributions in class. “Bamboo Dock is something that I’ll use pretty frequently in the statistics course, and it looks literally like a journal. What’s great about this is that you can write any statistical formula, and it’s what students will see directly on the screen,” Perez said. (more…)

Eleven for ’11 – My Favorite Moments of 2011

By Guest PostDecember 13, 2011Technology2011, acer, android, aol, apple, best songs, bing, blockbuster, Facebook, forrester research, frank shaw, Google, google apps, htc, html5 video, james mcquivey, jason perlow, kinect, kinect effect, Microsoft, microsoft history, my favorite microsoft moments, nigel tufnel, nokia, office 2010, office 365, rich fichera, rolling stone, Samsung, skype, stephen elop, steve ballmer, steven sinofsky, tony bates, Twitter, windows 8, windows phone, windows server 8, xbox, Yahoo, year in review, zdnet

*By Frank X. Shaw, Corporate Vice President, Corporate Communications*

Every year at this time there’s a glut of “year in review” and “best of” lists that come out. Last night I was reading the Rolling Stone “best songs/albums/movies” issue, and was gratified to note that some albums/artists/movies I saw and liked made the list. I feel relevant. 🙂

Of course, there also tends to be year in review lists about the tech industry as well. Sometimes I agree, sometimes I don’t! This year, I thought I’d try my hand, and publish my own “Microsoft year in review” thoughts, and a slide show list of my favorite Microsoft moments of 2011. I was having trouble narrowing my slideshow down to a top-ten list, so on the advice of my old friend Nigel Tufnel, my slide show goes to 11. (more…)

HIMB Scientists Develop Website to Aid with Climate Change Research

By Guest PostNovember 5, 2011Environment, Nature, Scienceanemones, climate change, coral reef ecosystems, corals, erik franklin, flagellate protozoa, genbank, geographic details of the symbiodinium records, geospatial visualization, geosymbio, geosymbio application, google apps, google sites, hawaii institute of marine biology, himb, hollie putnam, hybrid web application, interactive global map of corals, jellyfish, marine organisms, michael stat, national center for ecological analysis and synthesis, nceas, photosynthetic dinoflagellates, ruth gates, symbiodinium, symbiodinium ecology, symbiotic zooxanthellae, taxonomic description, tim mcclanahan, tropical coral reefs, uh manoa, uni cellular, xavier pochon, zooxanthellae

A team of researchers from UH Mānoa’s Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) has developed an interactive global map of corals and zooxanthellae, commonly known as flagellate protozoa, as part of a hybrid web application titled GeoSymbio. This application provides global-scale biological and ecosystem information on symbiotic zooxanthellae called Symbiodinium, which are uni-cellular, photosynthetic dinoflagellates that live inside the cells of other marine organisms like anemones, jellyfish and corals.

The GeoSymbio application provides the genetic identification and taxonomic description of over 400 distinct Symbiodinium subclades or genetic lineages in invertebrate hosts that have been sampled from a variety of marine habitats, thereby providing a wealth of information for symbiosis researchers in a single online location. By utilizing Google Apps, the team was able to develop this web-based tool to discover, explore, visualize and share data in a rapid, cost-effective and engaging manner. (more…)

Coming To A Computer Near You: Google Apps For Education

By Guest PostApril 19, 2011Education, Technologyapplemail, blackberry, calendar, chuck powell, docs, electronic protected health information, email system, ephi, Google, google apps, google apps for education, google talk, groups, information technology services, iPhone, its, peter salovey, sites, thunderbird, yale, yale systems

It’s official. Yale is making the switch from its current email system to Google Apps for Education — a move that is expected to cut costs and free up resources, while expanding the features available to the Yale community.

“This will be a huge improvement for students, who will benefit not only from a better Web-based email client, but also from the entire suite of Google Apps for Education: Google Talk, Groups, Docs, Sites and Calendar,” says Chuck Powell, associate CIO for operations, support and services at Information Technology Services (ITS). He also noted that the switch means that ITS has one less commodity service to provide, which frees up time to work on more institutionally-important initiatives that outside vendors like Google can’t deliver. (more…)

Tag Archives: google apps

Technology in the Classroom

Eleven for ’11 – My Favorite Moments of 2011

HIMB Scientists Develop Website to Aid with Climate Change Research

Coming To A Computer Near You: Google Apps For Education