thinking 2.0 » Cool Technology http://taspd.edublogs.org Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Siftables – toy blocks that think! http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/siftables-toy-blocks-that-think/ http://taspd.edublogs.org/2009/04/19/siftables-toy-blocks-that-think/#comments Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:16:31 +0000 msbarnsley http://taspd.edublogs.org/?p=260

“MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables — cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?”

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Via U TechTips is PolyCola, which allows you to search two different search engines at the same time in a split screen format. You can also compare the results of a meta-search from DogPile with google, yahoo, alta vista and others.

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]]> http://taspd.edublogs.org/2007/08/12/simpsonising-fun/feed/ 1 Miro – this is cool! http://taspd.edublogs.org/2007/07/19/miro-this-is-cool/ http://taspd.edublogs.org/2007/07/19/miro-this-is-cool/#comments Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:48:10 +0000 msbarnsley http://taspd.edublogs.org/2007/07/19/miro-this-is-cool/ MiroVia Stephen Downes, I checked out Miro, which is: “The only video player you need. Free and open-source, because open media matters…. The app lets you subscribe to RSS channels, download in the background via BitTorrent, and view most video formats in full-screen resolution.” Play video and HD, internet TV, download YouTube, and use BitTorrent.” It has a more than 1500 channels, including TEDtalks, National Geographic Wild, Science Channel, Spanish and German lessons, multiple tech shows and heaps more. You can download it here.

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