Valentine’s Day

Pubblicato il 12 Febbraio 2013 da Susanna Massa

Are you looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day with your loved one? Would you like to send a special message? Try this Prezi template and create your Valentine Card.

valentine prezi

Pubblicato in Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , | Commenti disabilitati su Valentine’s Day

MaKey MaKey

Pubblicato il 24 Gennaio 2013 da Susanna Massa

These two guys are graduate students at MIT Medialab and are not just geeks, they are real geniuses. Look at what they have invented:

makey makey 3Isn’t that great?

 

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , | Commenti disabilitati su MaKey MaKey

Aaron Swartz

Pubblicato il 19 Gennaio 2013 da Susanna Massa

The name Aaron Swartz may be unknwon to most of us, but in the internet world it was synonym for free circulation of ideas and a lot more.

He was co-founder of RSS1.0 Feed-icon.svgCreativeCommons

creative-commons-logo-640-80

and Reddit

reddit-logo

which internet users enjoy all over the world.

More important, he strongly opposed SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).

Unfortunately, this 26-year-old man committed suicide in New York City on January 11, 2013.

Here you can watch excerpts from an interview with Aaron Swartz for Warfortheweb in July 2012. The video is licensed under a Creative Common License. (Click on the image and then scroll down the page).

Aaron Swartz

For a subtitled version of the same interview, click here.

 

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web, Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , , , | Commenti disabilitati su Aaron Swartz

Are you going out with a GEEK?

Pubblicato il 19 Gennaio 2013 da Susanna Massa

I am sure there are geeks out there in our school. Here is a nice Infographics , with a  test to help you spot them and some stats. Click on the image.

computer geeks

P.S. Don’t miss a few grammar ( or spelling??) mistakes here and there in the graphics. Are they unintentional or just another way to spot the geek in you?

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , , | Commenti disabilitati su Are you going out with a GEEK?

Online clock

Pubblicato il 5 Gennaio 2013 da Susanna Massa

Awesome! Click on the image.

online clock

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web, Senza categorie | Contrassegnato | Commenti disabilitati su Online clock

The Queen’s 2012 Christmas speech

Pubblicato il 26 Dicembre 2012 da Susanna Massa

Like every year, the Queen pre-recorded her Christmas message on December 7, to be broadcast on Christmas Day.

queen's speech

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web, Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , , , , , , | Commenti disabilitati su The Queen’s 2012 Christmas speech

LAST MINUTE Christmas Decoration

Pubblicato il 23 Dicembre 2012 da Susanna Massa

Looking for a decoration or a last minute present?

Watch this video and make a gorgeous Santa Claus origami. All you need is paper and patience. Enjoy!

babbo origami

 

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , | Commenti disabilitati su LAST MINUTE Christmas Decoration

Season’s Greetings

Pubblicato il 20 Dicembre 2012 da Susanna Massa

Watch this beautiful video made in 1956, called The Star of Bethlehem.

the star of Bethelehem

Pubblicato in Senza categorie | Contrassegnato , , , | Commenti disabilitati su Season’s Greetings

Are we aware of our DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS?

Pubblicato il 19 Dicembre 2012 da Susanna Massa

10 things (not only) students should know about their digital footprint.

If the so called “Digital natives” and those of the “GenX and before” who use social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube make mistakes, those mistakes are “Googleable”, i.e. they can be easily traced and are web-permanent.

Read what you can do to avoid leaving a footprint that, one day, might strike back at you.

 

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , , , | Commenti disabilitati su Are we aware of our DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS?

A Map of Europe: 1000AD to present day.

Pubblicato il 16 Dicembre 2012 da Susanna Massa

Are you into history? Do you want to know how Europe has changed over a thousand years?

Here is something you might appreciate, a sort of time-lapse video.

liveleak

Pubblicato in News & Info from the Web | Contrassegnato , , , , | Commenti disabilitati su A Map of Europe: 1000AD to present day.