Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Did You Know 4.0 – Shift Happens
Posted by: gimster on: September 26, 2009
Obama reverses Bush policy on stem cell science
Posted by: gimster on: March 30, 2009
The Prado Museum’s Masterpieces in ultra high resolution
Posted by: gimster on: January 14, 2009
Experience some of the most important Masterpieces from the Prado Museum. In the next two weeks, you will be able to access a new painting every day on Google Maps.
To see them all together in full screen, use Google Earth.
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: February 28, 2008
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
- Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer, inventor and futurist
For more quotes from Arther C. Clarke, go to this page on BrainyQuote.com
Facts from the UN’s HDR 2007/2008
Posted by: gimster on: February 25, 2008
The following are ‘Global Political, Economic, and Social Facts’ extracted from the UN’s Human Development Report 2007/2008 by the Infoplease website.
In the last two decades, political and civil rights have improved substantially throughout the [...]
Fair Use & Copyright
Posted by: gimster on: January 21, 2008
Intellectual Property laws are among the most complicated ideas out there, or so I remember hearing the Chief Technology Officer for Linden Lab telling us in the audience at NTU last year. So, here’s some comprehensible information every blogger should know? Or worry about?
Copyright Explained: I may copy, right? – Clear and concise, with links [...]
The Davos Question 08
Posted by: gimster on: January 21, 2008
‘What one thing do you think countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better placed in 2008?’ – on YouTube
Paulo Coelho’s Video Appeal for the Davos Question:
A response from ned.com
Find out more and check out the other responses on YouTube. ‘The highest-rated videos [...]
One Laptop Per Child
Posted by: gimster on: January 6, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM33EEAszHA
One Laptop Per Child
“It’s an education project, not a laptop project.”
— Nicholas Negroponte, architect and computer scientist, best known as the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab; the founder of The One Laptop per Child association
‘Web 2.0 in under 5 minutes’
Posted by: gimster on: January 3, 2008
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g
Online Survey Services
Posted by: gimster on: January 2, 2008
I’m looking to use an online survey service to collect information on my students.
Wikipedia has an article on online questionnaires
Free services and some of their limitations
Zoomerangbasic
Limited to 100 responses per survey
Maximum 30 questions per survey
See survey responses for 10 days
Tried to create a survey based on the demographic template but hit a bug while trying [...]
Notes from research on Innovation: Nokia and Mini
Posted by: gimster on: January 2, 2008
Took a couple of hours to search for stuff on the Web to use in the Innovation and Enterprise course for the IP1 students next week. Here’s what I found:
Did You Know 2.0 YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
This page on the wiki promoted in the above presentation links to other similar presentations.
Comments [...]
The Story of Stuff
Posted by: gimster on: January 1, 2008
This website was made known to me by Mr James Ho.
3 teaser videos:
You can download the whole video (about 20 minutes) to view offline, but you’d lose the interactive features that you get when you view the video on the website itself.
Good Oral [...]
Innovation, Technology and Philanthropy
Posted by: gimster on: October 11, 2007
Heard of the One Laptop Per Child project? And its cool Give a Laptop and Get One idea?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20955583/
Or World Challenge, an annual global competition that seeks out projects and businesses that not only make a profit, but also put something back into the community.
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/
And the INDEX prize:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20447426/
And:
Got any more to add?
‘Transformers – A few of the groups that are making a difference’
Posted by: gimster on: October 4, 2007
1. Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria:
theglobalfund.org
2. Save the Children:
savethechildren.org
3. Nothing But Nets:
nothingbutnets.org
4. Doctors Without Borders:
doctorswithoutborders.org
5. GAVI Alliance:
gavialliance.org
Read more about the work done by these groups in this Newsweek article by Bill Gates. The above list was included in the print version of this article.
Quote of the day
Posted by: gimster on: May 24, 2007
‘Today, over 27,000 children died around the world. This daily tragedy, from poverty and other preventable causes, rarely makes headline news.’
- Global Issues
ICT in Education
Posted by: gimster on: May 3, 2007
I presented this blog at a sharing session for the heads of departments for General Paper from the various junior colleges. (I’m not a HOD, by the way.) I said that I’d put up the powerpoint file with the bibliography so here it is.
the-latest-general-paper-blog.ppt
As part of the opening for the session the guys from Curriculum [...]
Recycling
Posted by: gimster on: April 10, 2007
For the question:
How far is recycling the answer to the problem of waste?
Click on the image above to see the mindmap in full size.
Sources: Wikipedia articles
Recycling
Waste hierarchy
Waste management
Recycling criticism
See also:
This page on Recycling and Waste, by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK
Recycling in Singapore:
Singapore’s inaugural recycling day on 21 November 2004 (National [...]
Oh, and by the way…
Posted by: gimster on: April 5, 2007
I was very pleasantly surprised to find that Bjornlee has linked this blog on this post, which also talks about Cosiety and SecondLife@VJC, and given Victoria Junior College the award of ‘The Most Blog-Friendly Junior College of Singapore‘.
What is General Paper?
Posted by: gimster on: April 5, 2007
It’s always good to be clear about what one is doing. And I was very pleased to have recently discovered a free mindmapping software – FreeMind. So here is something I did this morning. Feel free to comment.
Getting Started in Second Life
Posted by: gimster on: March 30, 2007
Followed the the link on the Second Life Education page <http://secondlife.com/businesseducation/education.php> and downloaded Proceedings of the Second Life Education Workshop at the Second Life Community Convention San Francisco
August 20th, 2006. This document contains several papers, including ‘Pathfinder Linden’s Guide to Getting Started in Second Life’, which seems to be just what I need for [...]
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