Notebook Training Manual for Acer TravelMate 530
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The Notebook for Teachers Program is an integral component of the Education to Community (e2c) initiative, supporting learning technologies in the K-12 government education community in WA. It is designed to support schools and teachers in achieving their mutual professional goals. The portability of notebook computers allows for a wide range of educational opportunities and strategies to be explored, with the ultimate aim of improving outcomes for students. Participation in the program is voluntary and should only be undertaken after careful consideration of how the introduction of this technology can be integrated into the individual school’s plan.
Website: www.det.wa.edu.au | Filesize: 1794kb
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Photoshop CS Manual
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This document is designed to get you quickly familiarized with Photoshop so you can begin in-depth learning of this versatile software. This handout IS NOT meant to replace careful study of a Photoshop manual, nor will it replace the in-depth learning available through books such as Visual Quickstart Guide to Photoshop 6.0 (available through PeachPit Press). Rather, this handout is designed to serve as a checklist or a quick reference guide as you become familiar with the software. Also note that these directions are intended to help film and videomakers become familiar with ways that Photoshop can be used in their projects. How a photographer or graphic artist may use Photoshop could be quite different.
Website: astro.temple.edu | Filesize: 72kb
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The High Dynamic Range (HDR) Landscape Photography Tutorial
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As a wildlife and landscape photography enthusiast with a couple of years of serious digital shooting under my belt, I do not claim to be an expert with High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging or photography in general. But I have fun in the field, enjoy learning as much as I can about the art and science of photography, and have produced some images that are personally rewarding, as well as enjoyed by others. I currently derive particular satisfaction from working with stitched panoramas taken at sunrise or sunset, printed on roll stock. Late in 2005 I began adding HDR processing into my workflow. This was done to gain greater access to the tonality present in wide and dramatically lit vistas. I mostly bypassed the usual digital exposure blending route as it seemed labor intensive, although I know the technique can produce results. Naturally I posted several HDR images to Naturescapes.Net (NSN), and several people expressed interest in the technique used to create these images. At the request of the NSN editorial team, I organized my learning and thinking about HDR, and this article is the result.
Website: www.naturescapes.net | Filesize: 9619kb
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Stretching Agile to fit CMMI Level 3
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Agile practitioners pride themselves on highly productive, responsive, low ceremony, lightweight, tacit knowledge processes with little waste, adaptive planning and frequent iterative delivery of value. It is often assumed that CMMI compliant processes need to be heavyweight, bureaucratic, slow moving, high ceremony and plan driven. Agile developers often skeptically perceive formal process improvement initiatives as management generated inefficiency that gets in the way of productivity. At Microsoft, we’ve adopted the teachings of W. Edwards Deming and stretched our MSF for Agile Software Development method to fit the requirements for CMMI Level 3. The resultant MSF for CMMI Process Improvement is a highly iterative, adaptive planning method, light on documentation, and heavily automated through tooling. It enables management and organization of software engineering through use of agile metrics such as velocity and cumulative flow but with an added dimension of an understanding of variation – adapted from Deming’s teachings. This is the story of how mixing Deming with Agile produced a lightweight CMMI solution for .Net developers everywhere.
Website: www.agilemanagement.net | Filesize: 341kb
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SEO for Pen Makers
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Well it seems we are getting some fresh blood here lately in the WPW which is a great sign of the forum growth. I think some of the recent posts on WPW are pointing to the need for Newbie thread. I have usually pointed people to the HR newbie thread but I think we could create a useful one here.
Website: content.penturners.org | Filesize: 33kb
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Mind-Mapping for Web Instruction and Learning
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A common problem for faculty, when confronted with the task of enhancing class instruction or designing distance courses is how to convert fluid learning experiences to the Web environment. Based on experiences of faculty development at Franciscan University and Eastern Ohio Virtual School District, this study focuses on domain-specific instructional strategies and models called “learning templates” or predecessors of learning objects that can be applied to the curriculum at almost any educational level. They encapsulate web-enabled instructional events drawing from conceptual mapping, learning strategies and methods of inquiry. These templates and the learning objects created with them can be replicated, adjusted and reused.
Website: www.oln.org | Filesize: 710kb
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Using E-Maps to Organize and Navigate Online Content
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E-maps visually represent complex information in an easy-to-understand format that shows the overall structure of subject content. I use the term e-maps for computer-generated mind maps, which were created by Tony Buzan in the late 1960s to help students take bet- ter notes using key words and images.
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