Google in Education

Certificate Course Google apps certified training, USA Google services Google Apps for education Google certified teacher Google teacher academy Autocrat FormMule YouPD Education on Air Google sites Related Weblinks Mail merge using Google docs Custom Learning Education in the Clouds Free technology for teachers Google docs tips and tricks Some of the best Google features Cloud computing Why Forms in Google Docs are Perfect for Creating … Continue reading Google in Education

School Administration

Masters/Certificate Courses in School Administration Manchester Metropolitan University The School of Educational Administration, Oxford Institute of Education, London Columbia University, USA Stanford University, USA Cloud IT services in School Administration Google Apps for education Mail merge using Google docs Autocrat – Document merge script FormMule – Close the Communications Loop with a Forms-Driven Email and Tracking System Related Weblinks Improving efficiency – Office Improving efficiency – General School … Continue reading School Administration

The rise of Elisabeth Murdoch

Source: The New Yorker On Saturday, July 2, 2011, a high-society traffic jam descended on the cobblestoned town square of Burford, a village sixty-eight miles northwest of London, not far from the market town of Chipping Norton. Hundreds of chauffeured cars approached a gated stone wall, which opened to a long, circular driveway and the sprawling country house of Elisabeth Murdoch, a prominent television entrepreneur … Continue reading The rise of Elisabeth Murdoch

A biological battery

Plugging into sources of energy within our body — such as heat, internal motion or metabolites — to power implanted medical devices has long been the goal of biomedical engineers. Now researchers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts have demonstrated that a sensing device embedded in the ear can be powered by the ear’s own electrochemical battery. Our auditory mechanism picks up external sounds and sends information … Continue reading A biological battery

Electron Transport by Filamentous Bacteria

Necessity is the mother of natural selection. When conditions become threatening, maverick or mutant members of a group which can cope with the threat survive and multiply. The latest example is the discovery of a special type of bacteria in the ocean, which join together to form a long conducting nanowire cable to transport electrons and capture the oxygen at the surface for metabolic use. … Continue reading Electron Transport by Filamentous Bacteria