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Sunday Fun: A new way to look at things

Sunday, May 19, 2013 · Posted in News

There’s a number of cartoons that compare the education system in the 1960s to today, the most famous one having the captions: “Please explain these test results!” where in the 1960s, two parents are shouting at their child whereas in … Read on...

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Scratch Saturday: Shoot ‘em ups 9

Saturday, May 18, 2013 · Posted in Scratch, time

It’s time to add the rest of the aliens. Remember we have two types of alien: one that shoots and one that doesn’t. In my version of the game, we’re going to have 18 aliens, 3 rows of 6. 9 … Read on...

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Create Interactive Infographics

Saturday, May 18, 2013 · Posted in charts, infographic, interaction, online

Infogram Website Infogram lets you create interactive infographics and charts with a few clicks, place them in your website, blog post or share with others. Contains a built-in spreadsheet engine and 30+ data visualization formats. What do you thin... ...

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Online Photo Editor

Thursday, May 16, 2013 · Posted in image editing, online, photos

PicMonkey Website Online photo editor including collage, effects, touch up, text, overlays sStickers), frames and texures. What do you think of PicMonkey? ...

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Scratch Day

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 · Posted in Dublin, Scratch, event, programming, tablets

For anyone who is interested in Scratch in the classroom, you must get yourself to the Institute of Technology Tallaght in Dublin on the 18th May, that’s this Saturday! For anyone who doesn’t know, Scratch is a fantastic programming language … Read on...

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Accessibilty Toolbar

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 · Posted in accessibility, toolbar, web browser

ATbar Website ATbar lets you change the look and feel of webpages, increase and decrease font sizes, have text read aloud, use coloured overlays, readability and a dictionary to aid reading. Spell check forms and try word prediction when writing. W... ...

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