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PowerPoint alternatives

Finally, the pre-Internet application PowerPoint, which is suffocating higher education in terms of presentation alternatives, is discussed to be retired:

Prezi
The Company Trying To Kill Microsoft PowerPoint Just Raised $57 Million

http://www.businessinsider.com/prezi-raises-57-million-2014-11#ixzz3JXSRT9I5

Microsoft Sway
Microsoft Is Sick Of PowerPoint, Too

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-sway-microsofts-own-powerpoint-replacement-2014-11

Xiaomi

Xiaomi Is The Most Successful Tech Company That Most People Have Never Heard Of

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/10/xiaomi_the_apple_of_china_the_company_might_help_make_your_iphone_a_lot.html#ixzz3G3u13Ui6

Xiaomi’s business model differs fundamentally from Apple’s. In fact, it’s almost an inverse. Apple is a high-margin company.

Unlike Apple, however, Xiaomi sells its devices at or near cost. A top-of-the-line phone from Samsung can sell for the equivalent of $500 or more in China. Apple has yet to launch its iPhone 6 and 6S in China, but a recent press release suggests the retail price for an iPhone 6 will start at 5,288 RMB, or roughly $861. Xiaomi’s 64-gigabyte Mi 4 phone, its high-end model, sells for around $400. Its entry-level Redmi 1S retails for significantly less: a little over $100 in China and India.

Read more: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/10/xiaomi_the_apple_of_china_the_company_might_help_make_your_iphone_a_lot.html#ixzz3G3uHnB16

 

Integrate Google Glass Into Classroom

Integrate Google Glass Into Classroom

http://www.wpr.org/uw-madison-professors-integrate-google-glass-classroom

Please consider our previous postings about Google Glass:

https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=google+glass

What you don’t want it to end up being is what a lot of experts call, you know, the ‘thousand-dollar pencil,’” said Eric Carbaugh, a faculty member with the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. “Maybe we give kids tablets or Google Glass, or whatever it might be. There’s this tech tool that you integrate into the classroom, and what you end up seeing is that those tech tools are essentially used to take notes.”

Create and Manage Facebook page

How to Create and Manage Facebook page

http://blog.bufferapp.com/how-to-create-manage-facebook-business-page

Step 1: Fill out your basic business info

https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

Step 2: Create an awesome cover image in a snap (no designer required!)

The dimensions for your cover image should be a minimum of 851 pixels wide by 315 pixels tall.

Step 3: Fill out your profile completely

Step 4: Add collaborators to your page

Step 5: Publish your first post

 

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