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Using Social Media in the Classroom: A Best Practice Guide
by Megan Poore'A book for every teacher's bookshelf. This book gives a comprehensive overview of the tools and apps that can be used to help turn a mediocre teaching session into an outstanding one.' - Cheryl Hine, Leeds City College 'Megan Poore's updated text is needed more than ever, as social media becomes increasingly integrated in many aspects of education. I would recommend it to all practising teachers and trainee teachers, whatever their subject.' - Sue Howarth, University of Worcester This is an essential guide to using social media to enhance teaching and learning in schools. It combines practical information on using all forms of social media for educational purposes and provides indispensable advice on how to tackle issues arising from social media use in the classroom. Key topics include: using blogs, wikis, social media networks and podcasting, digital literacy and new modes of learning, digital participation, cyberbullying and understanding risk online. This second edition includes: · Reflective tasks in each chapter inviting you to critically consider important aspects of using social media in education. · Expanded coverage of game-based learning and mobile learning. · New examples tailored for use in primary and secondary schools. · A website including additional resources and handouts can be found at study.sagepub.com/poore2e. This is essential reading for anyone training to teach in schools, and experienced teachers seeking to improve their understanding of using social media for teaching in informed and appropriate ways.
Using Social Media in the Classroom
by Megan PooreHow much do you know about using social media in your teaching?<P><P> Using Social Media in the Classroom is an essential guide to Web 2.0 sites and services, providing both an overview of different types of digital technologies as well as constructive guidance on how to safely and intelligently use them as tools for learning.<P> This comprehensive, accessible textbook combines practical information on using all forms of social media for educational purposes and provides indispensable advice on how to tackle issues arising from social media use in the classroom.<P> Analysis of important contemporary topics is also included:<P> * digital literacy and new modes of learning <P> * digital participation and overcoming the 'digital divide' <P> * cyberbullying and understanding risk online <P> An accompanying Wiki website including additional resources and handouts supporting the book can be found at www.sagepub.co.uk/poore allowing you access to Megan, her additional resources, and any other materials other students post and share.<P> This is crucial reading for all students undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education courses, and practising teachers seeking to improve their understanding of using social media for teaching in informed and appropriate ways.<P> Megan Poore is Assistant Professor in Teacher Education at the University of Canberra.
Using Social Media to Gauge Iranian Public Opinion and Mood After the 2009 Election
by Sara Beth Elson Douglas Yeung Parisa Roshan S. R. Bohandy Alireza NaderIn the months after the contested Iranian presidential election in June 2009, Iranians spoke out about the election using Twitter—a social media service that allows users to send short text messages, called tweets, with relative anonymity. This research analyzed more than 2.5 million tweets discussing the Iran election that were sent in the nine months following it, drawing insights into Iranian public and mood in the post-election period.
Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and Understanding Data
by Neil Salkind Samuel GreenThe development of easy-to-use statistical software like SPSS has changed the way statistics is being taught and learned. Even with these advancements, however, students sometimes still find statistics a tough nut to crack. Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh, 7/e, guides students through basic SPSS techniques using step-by-step descriptions and explaining in detail how to avoid common pitfalls in the study of statistics.
Using SQLite: Small. Fast. Reliable. Choose Any Three. (O'reilly Ser.)
by Jay A. KreibichApplication developers, take note: databases aren't just for the IS group any more. You can build database-backed applications for the desktop, Web, embedded systems, or operating systems without linking to heavy-duty client-server databases such as Oracle and MySQL. This book shows you how to use SQLite, a small and lightweight relational database engine that you can build directly into your application.With SQLite, you'll discover how to develop a database-backed application that remains manageable in size and complexity. This book guides you every step of the way. You'll get a crash course in data modeling, become familiar with SQLite's dialect of the SQL database language, and much more.Learn how to maintain localized storage in a single file that requires no configurationBuild your own SQLite library or use a precompiled distribution in your applicationGet a primer on SQL, and learn how to use several language functions and extensionsWork with SQLite using a scripting language or a C-based language such as C# or Objective-CUnderstand the basics of database design, and learn how to transfer what you already know to SQLiteTake advantage of virtual tables and modules"Complex SQL concepts explained clearly."--D. Richard Hipp, creator of SQLite
Using SVG with CSS3 and HTML5: Vector Graphics for Web Design
by Amelia Bellamy-Royds Kurt Cagle Dudley StoreyUsing Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) for illustrations only scratches the surface of this format’s potential on the web. With this practical guide, you’ll learn how to use SVG not only for illustrations but also as graphical documents that you can integrate into complex HTML5 web pages, and style with custom CSS. Web developers will discover ways to adapt designs by adding data based graphics, dynamic styles, interaction, or animation.Divided into five parts, this book includes:SVG on the web: Understand how SVG works with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to define graphicsDrawing with markup: Learn the vector language of x and y coordinates that let SVG create basic and custom shapesPutting graphics in their place: Use the coordinate system to draw SVG shapes and text at different scales and positionsArtistic touches: Explore how color is used, how strokes are created and manipulated, and how graphical effects like filters, clipping, and masking are appliedSVG as an application: Make your graphic more accessible to humans and computers, and learn how to make it interactive or animated
Using Technology in Teaching
by William Clyde Andrew DeloheryComputers can help teachers accomplish many of their tasks more efficiently and effectively, but how can a time-strapped teacher determine which pieces of technology are likely to be most helpful? This easy-to-read book offers useful guidance for real-world situations. Organized around specific instructional goals (improving student writing, promoting collaborative learning) and commonly encountered tasks (communicating with students between class, distributing course materials), the book shows teachers at all instructional levels when and how technology can help them meet everyday challenges. Written in an anecdotal, non-technical style, the book and its accompanying CD-ROM cover how to use technology to: communicate with students distribute course materials promote collaborative learning learn through experience clarify course objectives improve student writing develop student research skills use assessment and feedback collect course materials identify plagiarism and more Teachers looking for tools to help them work better and more quickly will welcome this invaluable guide to the technology that will expedite their search.
Using Technology to Support Learning and Teaching: A Practical Approach (Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education)
by Kate Exley Andy Fisher Dragos CiobanuThe climate of Higher Education is changing rapidly. The students are more likely to see themselves as consumers and have increasingly high expectations regarding teaching and learning. Universities are in part aiming to meet this need by increasing the use of technology; for example, whether to increase access to teaching materials outside the classroom or to make lectures more interactive. Although there is no illusion amongst Higher Education intuitions that technology is a panacea, it is clear that technology is a vital tool in meeting expectations and one that will be used more and more. Consequently the context of this book is one in which technology needs to be understood as part of an overall teaching practice. Technology continues to move on a pace and is used increasingly within Higher Education to support and enhance teaching and learning. There are books which are steeped in technical detail and books which are steeped in theoretical pedagogy with little discussion about the impact on learning and student/teacher behaviour. Using Technology to Support Learning and Teaching fills a gap in the market by providing a jargon free (but pedagogically informed) set of guidance for teaching practitioners who wish to consider a variety of ways in which technology can enrich their practice and the learning of their students. It integrates a wide range of example cases from different kinds of HE institutions and different academic disciplines, illustrating practicable pedagogies to a wide range of readers. It is full of advice, hints and tips for practitioners wanting to use technology to support a style of teaching and learning that is also built on sound pedagogical principles. It will provide a quick user-friendly reference for practitioners wanting to incorporate technology into Higher Education in a way that adheres to their learning principles and values . This book is primarily for teaching practitioners, particularly those who are new to the industry.This book would also prove useful on training courses for practitioners; such as the Postgraduate Certificate for Higher Education. The authors also intend that the book be of value to newer teachers (perhaps taking teacher training programmes) who wish to see where recommended approaches link to pedagogy.
Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition
by Howard Pitler Matt Kuhn Elizabeth R. HubbellTechnology is ubiquitous, and its potential to transform learning is immense. The first edition of Using Technology with Classroom Instruction That Works answered some vital questions about 21st century teaching and learning: What are the best ways to incorporate technology into the curriculum? What kinds of technology will best support particular learning tasks and objectives? How does a teacher ensure that technology use will enhance instruction rather than distract from it?This revised and updated second edition of that best-selling book provides fresh answers to these critical questions, taking into account the enormous technological advances that have occurred since the first edition was published, including the proliferation of social networks, mobile devices, and web-based multimedia tools. It also builds on the up-to-date research and instructional planning framework featured in the new edition of Classroom Instruction That Works, outlining the most appropriate technology applications and resources for all nine categories of effective instructional strategies.
Using the Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation
by Debra S. HerrmannMany organizations and government agencies require the use of Common Criteria certified products and systems and use the Common Criteria methodology in their acquisition process. In fact, in July 2002 the U.S. National Information Assurance Acquisition Policy (NSTISSP #11) mandated the use of CC evaluated IT security products in critical infrastruc
Using the HTML5 Filesystem API: A True Filesystem for the Browser
by Eric BidelmanSeveral client-side storage options are available to web applications, but one area that's been lacking until now is file I/O—the ability to organize binary data into a true hierarchy of folders. That has changed with the advent of HTML5. With this book, you'll learn how to provide your applications with a file system that enables them to create, read, and write files and folders in a sandboxed section of the user's local filesystem.Author Eric Bidelman, a Senior Developer Programs Engineer on the Google Chrome team, provides several techniques and complete code examples for working with the HTML5 Filesystem API.Learn common operations for working with files and directoriesBecome familiar with HTML5's storage use cases and security considerationsUnderstand the storage options available, including temporary, persistent, and unlimitedWrite text or append data to an existing user fileImport files into your application by accessing a user's hard driveGet techniques for using a file with filesystem, blob, or data URLsUse the synchronous version of the HTML5 Filesystem API within a Web Worker context
Using the Internet for Virtual School: Rules and Tips for a Successful Online Learning Experience (Emotional Education for Elementary Schoolers)
by Dagmar GeislerFrom award-winning author Dagmar Geisler, in collaboration with illustrator Nikolai Renger, a new series for elementary school students about social-emotional learning and physical and mental health. In recent years, children of all ages—just like many adults!—from all over the world have had to shift the way they learn and work. They&’ve adapted to sitting in front of their computers or tablets instead of in a physical class with their peers. Some have thrived in this environment, while others struggle to prepare themselves for the virtual learning experience. In Using the Internet for Virtual School, best friends Madison and Luke quickly learn all about what can go wrong if they&’re not prepared for their virtual lessons when Luke&’s older brother, Tim, experiences a stressful online presentation. The laptop dies, his video files won&’t load, and possibly worst of all, he didn&’t realize an embarrassing (babyish!) poster was hanging on the wall behind him the whole time! This sours Tim&’s mood for the foreseeable future, and Madison and Luke decide to make a list of the Do&’s and Don&’ts of virtual school and presentations so they don&’t replicate Tim&’s disaster of a day when it comes time for them to join their class online. In this timely book, award-winning author Dagmar Geisler presents tips and tricks—as well as some golden rules—to help primary school students prepare for their digital lessons and presentations. This is a strong conversation-starter for adults and children and is also a practical guide.
Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies
by Nancy C. Muir Linda CriddleThe Internet is amazing, but the risks you've heard about are real, too. You can avoid being a victim of online crime with the simple steps for staying safe online that you'll find in Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies.Here's the guide you need to steer safely through the hazards so you can shop, visit, invest, explore, pay bills, and do dozens of other things online -- more securely. Learn to protect yourself from online predators, create strong passwords, find reliable information, spot e-mail and phishing scams, and much more.Find out how to share photos and videos, chat with others, and participate in online discussions--securelySee how, with strong passwords and reasonable caution, online banking and bill-paying might be safer than the old wayLearn to install and set up a browser, use search engines effectively, and sidestep suspicious adsDiscover how personal information is collected and used by legitimate companies -- and by crooksBe able to spot risks, find out how online criminals think, and know what makes you vulnerableEnjoy social networking sites without putting yourself at riskSpot reputable healthcare sites and avoid medical ID theft and scamsThere's even a glossary of common computer terms and a guide to your rights when using the Internet. Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies helps you feel more secure by showing you how to protect yourself while enjoying the Web.
Using the Pharmaceutical Literature
by Sharon SrodinGathering information of critical importance for professionals in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, this guide provides a comprehensive overview of key resources, such as databases, on-line directories, reports, and periodicals-providing at-a-glance guidance and collection development tools for information professionals in this fiel
Using the TI-84 Plus
by Christopher MitchellSummaryThis easy-to-follow book includes terrific tutorials and plenty of exercises and examples that let you learn by doing. It starts by giving you a hands-on orientation to the TI-84 Plus calculator. Then, you'll start exploring key features while you tackle problems just like the ones you'll see in your math and science classes.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About this BookWith so many features and functions, the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator can be a little intimidating. But fear not if you have this book in your hand! In it you'll find terrific tutorials ranging from mastering basic skills to advanced graphing and calculation techniques, along with countless examples and exercises that let you learn by doing.Using the TI-84 Plus, Second Edition starts by making you comfortable with the screens, buttons, and special vocabulary you'll use every time you fire up the TI-84 Plus. Then, you'll master key features and techniques while you tackle problems just like the ones you'll see in your math and science classes. You'll even get tips for using the TI-84 Plus on the SAT and ACT math sections!No advanced knowledge of math or science is required.What's InsideLearn hands-on with real examples and exercisesFind specific answers fastCompliant with all models of the TI-83 Plus and TI-84 PlusFull coverage of the color-screen TI-84 Plus CE and TI-84 Plus C Silver EditionChristopher Mitchell, PhD. is a research scientist studying distributed systems, the founder of the programming and calculator support site cemetech.net, and the author of Manning's Programming the TI-83 Plus/ TI-84 Plus.Table of ContentsPART 1 BASICS AND ALGEBRA ON THE TI-84 PLUSWhat can your calculator do?Get started with your calculatorBasic graphingVariables, matrices, and listsPART 2 PRECALCULUS AND CALCULUSExpanding your graphing skillsPrecalculus and your calculatorCalculus on the TI-83 Plus/TI-84 PlusPART 3 STATISTICS, PROBABILITY, AND FINANCECalculating and plotting statisticsWorking with probability and distributionsFinancial toolsPART 4 GOING FURTHER WITH THE TI-83 PLUS/TI-84 PLUSTurbocharging math with programmingThe TI-84 Plus CE and TI-84 Plus C Silver EditionNow what?
Using UML: Software Engineering with Objects and Components
by Perdita Stevens; Rob PooleyIt places UML in the context of the software engineering discipline as a whole, providing students with a practical understanding of good practice in software design and development. The authors present a broad view of the subject area, enabling students to see for themselves how different practices may be appropriate for different situations.
Using Video to Foster Teacher Development: Improving Professional Practice through Adaptation and Reflection
by Marte Blikstad-Balas Inga Staal JensetFeaturing an international team of education researchers and practitioners, this edited volume demonstrates various ways in which the use of video recordings can shed light on and improve teaching processes in the classroom environment.Providing a novel and global approach to this burgeoning area of research, chapters highlight how authentic video clips can be used systematically in both teacher education and professional development programs to ensure lifelong professional reflection and growth for teachers. Through detailed insight into research projects where teachers and teacher educators use video to improve practice, the book provides a research-based response to why and how videos can be used to raise instructional quality and discuss key issues in the field.Exploring findings from empirically based research combined with everyday practices, the volume will ultimately serve as a solid and inspiring introduction to the growing body of research on the use of video in teacher learning for educational researchers and educators interested in teaching and teaching practices, as well as practitioners in the fields of teacher education and teachers’ professional development.
Using WebPageTest: Web Performance Testing for Novices and Power Users
by Rick Viscomi Andy Davies Marcel DuranLearn basic and advanced uses of WebPagetest, the performance measurement tool for optimizing websites. This practical guide shows users new to this tool how run tests and interpret results, and helps experienced users gain a better and more thorough understanding of hidden features in WebPagetest that make testing easier.Written by WebPagetest power users and performance experts, this book will help web developers and frontend engineers solve the problem of slow sites. Topics include:Basic test setup—shows beginners how to get meaningful resultsAdvanced test setup—provides another level of technical depth by explaining features not thoroughly documented at webpagetest.orgAnalysis of results—helps you understand of how to interpret test resultsPrivate instance setup—teaches power users the intricacies of the webpagetest private instance and how it worksAPI and external tools—provides a detailed reference for the API and demonstrates tools already using the API to extend WebPagetest
Using Wikis for Online Collaboration
by Margaret L. West James A. WestHow can online instructors and course designers' instruction harness the popular Web 2. 0 tool, the wiki, for successful collaboration and learning outcomes? This book focuses on using wikis in the active learning processes that are the hallmark of collaborative learning and constructivism. It provides both the pedagogical background and practical guidelines, tools, and processes for accomplishing these goals with special emphasis on wikis and other collaborative design tools. This book supports the effective design and delivery of online courses through the integration of collaborative writing and design activities.
Using Windows 8.1
by Kevin WilsonUsing Windows 8. 1 is the essential step by step guide to using a computer running Windows 8, providing a complete resource for both the beginner and the enthusiast. Techniques are illustrated in step-by-step using photography and screen prints throughout, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field, provide a comprehensive guide to Windows. Whether you have just bought your first computer, laptop or are a keen computer user who has just upgraded to Windows 8, this book will provide you with a firm grasp of the underpinning foundations and equip you with the skills needed to use a computer like a pro. What you'll learn Setting up your computer, Navigating around the windows 8 interface A tour of Windows 8's features, menus and utilities Transferring your files from your old machine Keeping your machine safe from viruses Backing up your important data so it doesn't get lost Antivirus and internet safety Watching videos, listening to music Keeping appointments with calendar New features in Windows 8. 1 Daily common tasks you can do with Windows 8 Organizing your favourite music into playlists, onto your iPod or burning a CD to play in the car. Storing, organizing and manipulating your precious photos into albums or slideshows to show to friends or make precious memories. And more. . . Who this book is for This book is for those users new to Windows 8. 1, coming from Windows 8, Windows 7 or even new to Windows altogether. Table of Contents 1. Setting up Windows 8. 1 2. Transferring Old Files 3. Getting to Know Windows 4. Setting up Users 5. Setting up Printers 6. Setting up Internet 7. Common Tasks
Using XForms with Mozilla
by J. David EisenbergThe XForms technology gives you many advantages over ordinary XHTML forms. The XForms technology separates your form's data and presentation and submits your data as XML. XForms-aware applications can validate your data as you type it and can also submit your data to different servers and even store it in files. This tutorial shows you how to use Mozilla to start working with XForms.
Using Yocto Project with BeagleBone Black
by H M SadiqThis book is ideal for system developers with knowledge and experience of embedded systems. Knowledge of BeagleBone Black is assumed, while no knowledge of Yocto Project build system is necessary.
Using Your Web Skills To Make Money: Secrets Of A Successful Online Course Creator And Other Income Strategies That Really Work
by Azat MardanDiscover what you need to learn to thrive and master online course creation and other income generating strategies that really work. This short book is the story of what worked and what didn’t for author Azat Mardan, giving you the best tools and inspiration to achieve your monetary, career, creative, or contributorship goals.Are you happy with your current level of passive income? Do your products or businesses make you money while you're asleep? When it comes to money and passive income, the only person you can rely on is yourself. Using Your Web Skills To Make Money will navigate you past any obstacles you may face in generating multiple income streams... especially if you're doing it for the first time. What You'll LearnCreate online courses in your spare timeReview apprenticeshipsMaster one-on-one coachingUnderstand the value of membership communitiesWho This Book Is For
Utility and Application of Language Corpora
by Niladri Sekhar Dash L. RamamoorthyThis book discusses some of the basic issues relating to corpus generation and the methods normally used to generate a corpus. Since corpus-related research goes beyond corpus generation, the book also addresses other major topics connected with the use and application of language corpora, namely, corpus readiness in the context of corpus sanitation and pre-editing of corpus texts; the application of statistical methods; and various text processing techniques. Importantly, it explores how corpora can be used as a primary or secondary resource in English language teaching, in creating dictionaries, in word sense disambiguation, in various language technologies, and in other branches of linguistics. Lastly, the book sheds light on the status quo of corpus generation in Indian languages and identifies current and future needs.Discussing various technical issues in the field in a lucid manner, providing extensive new diagrams and charts for easy comprehension, and using simplified English, the book is an ideal resource for non-native English readers. Written by academics with many years of experience teaching and researching corpus linguistics, its focus on Indian languages and on English corpora makes it applicable to graduate and postgraduate students of applied linguistics, computational linguistics and language processing in South Asia and across countries where English is spoken as a first or second language.
Utility-Based Learning from Data
by Craig Friedman Sven SandowUtility-Based Learning from Data provides a pedagogical, self-contained discussion of probability estimation methods via a coherent approach from the viewpoint of a decision maker who acts in an uncertain environment. This approach is motivated by the idea that probabilistic models are usually not learned for their own sake; rather, they are used t