Daily Diigo Bookmarks from Steve Yuen 12/25/2010

• Android Tips: How to Upload Video to Facebook | Mobile Phone Blog

  tags: android tips video facebook

• Web Templates – Download free templates – Free Web Templates

  tags: templates web download free webdesign css design

• Free CSS Templates – FreeCSSTemplates.org

  tags: css design webdesign templates web tools layout template

• 80+ Free 2-Column Website Templates

  tags: templates webdesign design css web html resources

• Technology in the Classroom should include these 7 learning tools

  tags: technology tools classroom learning

  • 1) Secure Wireless Networks
  • 2) Video Conferencing/Telepresence-
  • 3) Interactive Smart Boards-
  • 4) Video Streaming/ Web Conferencing-
  • 5) Multimedia Sound and Video-
  • 6) Document Camera Scanner-
  • 7) Lecture Capture Software-

• 5 Reasons Technology in the Classroom Engages Students

  tags: technology reasons classroom engage students

  • 1.     Active Participation
  •  2.     A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
  •  3.     Speaking their Language
  •  4.     Real- Life Work Experience
  •  5.     In Depth Knowledge

• 5 Reasons Tablet PC’s are the future of Classroom Technology

  tags: tablet reasons PC future classroom technology

• Unifeye – Augmented Reality, Mixed, software, product, systems, solutions, consulting, applications, presentation|

  tags: augmented reality unifeye mixed software

• 101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes

  tags: codes QR uses engagement 101 QRcodes

• Top Online Jobs for 2010 and Predictions for the Year Ahead

  tags: online jobs predictions

  • For 2010, oDesk reports:

    • Employers spent more than $115 million on online work in 2010. Job opportunities doubled over 2009 to 620,000.
    • Mobile remained a best bet. Employer demand for people with Android expertise shot up 680% with iPhone up 152% since 2009.
    • Social media opportunities increased as demonstrated by the demand for people familiar with Facebook and other social technologies.
    • Some of the hottest contractor spots in the world were in the Philippines, India and the United Sates.
    • Online work will continue to double year-over-year, while local employment will not rebound to pre-recession levels.
    • In the next year, more than 500,000 employers will tap cloud-based workforces for the first time, including 25% of the Fortune 500.
    • The number of people looking to online work as the primary or sole source of their income will double over 2011.
    • Hiring of online workers by non-U.S. companies will explode in 2011. Proportionally, U.S. spending in this area will grow more slowly next year, and will represent 65% of the total spent on online work.

• Web 2.0 Search Engine Of Links, Online Applications & Web 20 Sites

  tags: web2.0 search searchengine tools web reference 2.0 search engine

• The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet

  tags: websites useful tools web2.0 webguides 101 most

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The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet

The 101 Most Useful Websites on the Internet. http://t.co/gOuR7Et—
Steve Yuen (@scyuen) December 24, 2010

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Google Rolls Out Shared Spaces

Few days ago, Google launched the Google Shared Spaces that is based on Google Wave technology.  Google Shared Spaces allows you to easily create a custom space with a collaborative gadget and a chat box in it.  You can add placemarks to a map, draw on the same white board, play Sudoku, create lists, find the best budget accommodation, brainstorm, create diagrams and answer to polls. There are approximately 50 Wave gadgets available right now across different categories, like games, productivity, planning, and polls.  Users can create a new space by going to the gallery and clicking on one of the featured gadgets.  Each shared space comes with a chat area for additional interaction.  Also, spaces can easily be shared by just pasting the URL into a chat window, an email or a content sharing platform like Google Buzz or Twitter.

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