Join New Zealand Internet blackout protest against insane copyright law

Image by jamesotron via FlickrWhile accepting that copyright infringement is a big issue it seems clear to me that government imposed draconian laws that owe more to big business lobbying than sensible leglislative concern is not the way to go.Rea…

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While accepting that copyright infringement is a big issue it seems clear to me that government imposed draconian laws that owe more to big business lobbying than sensible leglislative concern is not the way to go.

Read all about how New Zealand have approached the problem and plan your own resistance to its inevitable spread now.

Join New Zealand Internet blackout protest against insane copyright law

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Wiggio – Group Working for Free

Wiggio is a FREE online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. Worth checking out.Wiggio – Makes it easy to work in groups. Related articles by Zemanta Wiggio integrates Zoho (blogs.zoho.com) Wiggio – Slick College Productivity Groups App (…

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Wiggio is a FREE online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. Worth checking out.

Wiggio – Makes it easy to work in groups.

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Microsoft DreamSpark

Image via CrunchBaseQuick reminder for those that haven’t come across it before that Microsoft have made available a pile of tools free for students. They includeVisual Studio Expression Studio SQL Server Developer Windows Server Visual Languages …

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Quick reminder for those that haven’t come across it before that Microsoft have made available a pile of tools free for students. They include

  • Visual Studio
  • Expression Studio
  • SQL Server Developer
  • Windows Server
  • Visual Languages (C Sharp, C++, Basic)
  • Virtual PC

and more including a pass for the IT Academy.

Check it out here:

Microsoft DreamSpark

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Your Weekend Look Into the Future

Image via WikipediaAs the recent theme has been the way forward lets move into the weekend with some high-tech visions of the future, from 1981.Cue wavy lines and theramin music… 1981 primitive Internet report on KRON Related articles by Zemanta…

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As the recent theme has been the way forward lets move into the weekend with some high-tech visions of the future, from 1981.

Cue wavy lines and theramin music…

1981 primitive Internet report on KRON

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Open vs Closed Models of Education

Image via WikipediaEducators are aware of the increasing pressures to move towards a more open, blended model of providing education. The question is, how?This page isn’t a solution but it’s a great starting point for anyone struggling to get to g…

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Educators are aware of the increasing pressures to move towards a more open, blended model of providing education. The question is, how?

This page isn’t a solution but it’s a great starting point for anyone struggling to get to grips with the differences and opportunities.

Education Innovation: The Open Model of Education

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Browser Security Handbook

Image via CrunchBase Google has released a browser security handbook covering all sorts of threats to your computer from browser exploits.This is the sort of background reading anyone doing a web programming unit should know about.Main – browserse…

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Google has released a browser security handbook covering all sorts of threats to your computer from browser exploits.

This is the sort of background reading anyone doing a web programming unit should know about.

Main – browsersec – Browser Security Handbook landing page – Google Code

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A Slight Departure… Thriving on Less – Simplifying in a Tough Economy

Image via Wikipedia Leo Babauta has released an ebook taken from his book “The Power of Less”.”Thriving on Less – Simplifying in a Tough Economy” looks like an interesting read. After all, will your institution have more money in the next couple o…

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Leo Babauta has released an ebook taken from his book “The Power of Less”.

“Thriving on Less – Simplifying in a Tough Economy” looks like an interesting read. After all, will your institution have more money in the next couple of years?

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein

From the introduction:

The recent economic recession has a lot of people worried, about their jobs, their businesses, their homes and their bills. When your income is dropping or in jeopardy and you still have a mountain of bills to pay, things can get pretty scary.

However, tough economic times do not have to be a time of struggles! If you look for the opportunity in the middle of difficulty, as Mr. Einstein suggested, then tough economic times become an opportunity to transform your life.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  1. A Simple Lifestyle
  2. Focus on the Essentials
  3. Thriving on Less, Not Struggling
  4. Focusing on Enough, Not More
  5. Make Small Financial Changes First
  6. Look at Large Expenses for the Long Term
  7. Changing Your Spending Habits
  8. A Guide to Getting Out of Debt
  9. Tools for a Frugal Life
  10. Resources

Free Ebook: Thriving on Less – Simplifying in a Tough Economy

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Area #6 – Inspection Regime

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Image via WikipediaThere is a clear understanding that HMIe should inspect and ensure that teaching and learning are well implemented. In general this is the case throughout the country’s Computing departments but Computing often falls down in the concomitant performance indicators.

Where departments show good teaching and learning and the associated pastoral support of students, judgements should reflect more significantly that fact and poor attainment should be seen in the context of Computing across schools, colleges, HE and other countries as this is not a localised issue.

If this does not change, departments will further move towards choosing students solely on the likelihood of their passing the course. The knock-on effect for colleges, which have traditionally been the place for second chances, and the students, who have benefitted from those chances, will be significant. There will be a reduction in opportunities for those who wish to return to full or part time learning as the risks for the departments will be too high.

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Area #5 – Course Standards

Image via WikipediaThere is no doubt that Computing qualifications show clear progression routes. What is less clear, however, is that units across different curricular areas, that are notionally of the same standard, actually involve the same deg…

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Image via WikipediaThere is no doubt that Computing qualifications show clear progression routes. What is less clear, however, is that units across different curricular areas, that are notionally of the same standard, actually involve the same degree of difficulty. There is anecdotal evidence that Computing subjects are subjectively more difficult than in other curricular areas. This could impact on retention and attainment for the subject.

SCQF must undertake to look at the levelling of courses on a cross-curricular level to ensure that standards are equal across them. Until this is done comparisons between different college departments will be invalid.

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