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IMPURE | About Impure

Saved on December 11, 2010

Impure is a visual programming language aimed to gather, process and visualize information. With impure is possible to obtain information from very different sources; from user owned data to diverse feeds in internet, including social media data, real time or historical financial information, images, news, search queries and many more. Impure is a tool to be in touch with data around internet, to deeply understand it. Within a modular logic interface you can quickly link information to operators, controls and visualization methods, bringing all the power of the comprehension of information and knowledge to the not programmers that want to work with information in a professional way.

Timmmmyboy » Blog Archive » Finding My Voice

Saved on December 10, 2010

It’s in writing now, and that was at least part of the battle right there. Putting it into words, laying it down on this piece of digital paper. For too long I’ve felt like I couldn’t define myself on the web. I was too busy following to lead, too busy listening to speak, too busy reading what others have done, to do something myself and maybe even write about it. That’s all about to change. I’m joining ds106 in January and this blog will be an integral part of that process. We’re all coming together in this open online course for different reasons and that’s OK. For me, this is about speaking up, creating and not just consuming on the web.

Clickers and Technology Integration | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

Saved on December 10, 2010

“Clickers” in higher education and secondary schools is a case in point. Clickers,  hand-held devices that register students’ answers to teacher questions, are merely tools, ones that can fit any form of instruction. In most classroom situations, however, clickers are used to engage students in the content of teacher-centered lessons.