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Cinemagraphs, or still images that have a dash of movement, have become very popular as of late. So popular, in fact, that Microsoft Research is jumping onto the bandwagon. The company has released a new tool for creating cinemagraphs, which they call “cliplets”:

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Some call it a universal form of English. Others argue it’s most definitely ruining the language and producing a generation of illiterates.

But researchers at three Canadian universities studying text messaging think we may have become more creative because of this new form of communication.

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Great product design involves thinking about what features to prioritize, planning the user flow from screen to screen, getting user feedback and lots more, but at the end of the day, someone is going to be in Photoshop pushing pixels. The final visual design of a digital interface isn't going to design itself, and when a designer is crafting the look and feel, here are some elements they're typically designing:

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The Simpsons Are Already Making Fun of Steve Jobs

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My opinion was (and still is) that the internet is ultimately expanding the possibilities of innovation for the coming generations. It is a catalyst for open communication and will provide us with mental framework that will propel the geniuses of our time forward with more vigor than ever before.

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In the Cultures of Thinking project we often talk about the mission of schools and the importance of a vision of learning and education that reaches beyond scores on a test. This new research makes that goal even more important.

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Making Learning Personal
“Sharing resources about Personalized Learning”

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This would be a good discussion article for a staff meeting...

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Students may be learning, but is it a community learning? This is significant for schools in a couple of ways:

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Clear language and design can help you create a usable and attractive document that your user understands the first time they read it.

We hope this tool will help unions and other social justice groups to communicate and organize more effectively as we work toward a just and inclusive society.

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Thousands of folks have found their way into the Apple and Google app stores with homemade apps that do everything from share contact information by bumping phones together to finding the best price for local gas.

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"Learning to Build Apps for the iPhone and iPad Training" can be ordered on a DVD-ROM or as an instant download through the Infinite Skills website. While maintaining a Mac emphasis, the videos can be viewed on both OS X and Windows-based machines. The entire iOS tutorial video course retails for US$99.95.

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Advice for the blogger.

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Silent Film Director turns your photos and videos into silent Charlie Caplin-style movies. The term “silent movie” doesn’t actually mean there’s no sound, in fact they often were scored with ragtime piano music.

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Animated Videos Fun and free services for creating short animated videos. Screencasting Use these services to create demonstration videos on your computer.

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Event Eye is an indexed, searchable, content aggregator that pulls together the best content from the web about a particular conference or event.

Event Eye pulls together the conversations pre, during and post event (linking to blogs, twitter, websites and related sites to the content of the event); signposts educators to new resources; adds to the advertisement of an event and helps create an audience-participative/feedback rich event.

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