I found this great infographic on the Boundless blog. The history of the education in the US from the beginning. The infographic has a section showing education in the next 20 years.
This last section is very optimistic about using technology in education. I still think that technology can’t replace handwriting, black/white boards completely. Technology is a tool, which helps to visualize, understand and practice. We have to use it in education, but before using it, we have to find the right place for technology in the classroom.
//The infographic is huge, you can see it after the break.//
SugarSync started around the same time as Dropbox. So this is not about another newcomer in the cloud storage business. In the last couple of years many cloud storage providers came along.
I kept using SugarSync beside other services. It has a nice Android app and the web interface is usable, too.
Last year I discovered a great backup plugin for WordPress blogs. Since then, all my blogs backed up to my SugarSync storage once a week.
A mail from the SugarSync team arrived yesterday about them changing from free+paid to paid only.
Making this change is something we’ve planned for a while. It will allow us to serve you better and add services and features that will help SugarSync users get more from the service.
As a loyal SugarSync user, we are offering you a 75% discount on any Annual Plan for the first year. Plans start as low as $18.75 for our 60GB Plan. This offer is valid through December 22nd.
The 75% discount is very kind, but still $18.75 for 60GB is only $18.75 more than what I would pay for it. SugarSync should have looked around and do research on the competition. I did the homework and collected the cloud storage options I have:
The links above are mostly affiliate links. Registering for the services using them both of us gets extra storage space for free.
See the original mail I got from SugarSync below.
As you see the price with 75% discount is still more than what I pay for much more storage space elsewhere. And this is not about only going for free.
I pay for online storage/backup. But if I pay for it, it should be without any compromise. That is the reason, why chose Backblaze for my extra online backup. For $5 monthly I get unlimited storage.
Sorry again SugarSync, but I am deleting my account and wish you good luck with the new paid service!
I came across this video on Richard Wiseman’s blog. I knew many of the optical illusions showcased in the video but still it is a great collection put together by BuzzFeed.
We started the Kickstarter campaign about a year agoThanks Krisztian for the great ideas and making the video.. The goal was to get the development of the iPad app funded.
Then we changed the goal from only developing an iPad app to develop a GeoGebra Tablet app. After a year, the Windows 8 and Android apps are in the stores. The iPad app is going to be available soon, too.
Big thanks to the GeoGebra development team for bringing the app to 3 (2.5, but the iOS will be there soon, too) new platforms!
I have been using the Android beta app from the very beginning, it came a long way to be there for you in the Play Store.
After about 24 hours of travelling I arrived in Las Vegas. Although the city was very awake at midnight I was happy to be in my bed and able to sleep on a flat surface. Yesterday I was wondering around in Las Vegas, taking some photos, like the one above. Las Vegas in the morning is like a ghost town. I got on the bus and went to Downtown, had lunch, visited the AT&T store to get a new SIM (my old one ran off) and got back to the hotel. At 7 PM I was already asleep. Jet lag.
