Recycling Your Android Device

J. R. Raphael suggests 20 things to do with an old Android device.

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Bolo Literacy App

Avni Shah reports on Google's Bolo project, a literacy tool based on AI.

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Resume Layout

Laura DeCarlo offers tips for adding sparkle to a resume's presentation.

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Flood Forecasting

Yossi Matias explains Google' efforts at flood forcasting .

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Presentation Tip for Audience Engagement

Dorie Clark suggests how to keep an audience engaged during a presentation.

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Google and Intelligence

Nicholas Carr wonders if Google is making ussmart or stupid.

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Evangelicals Losing Their Identifty

Alan Jacobs suggests that the term "evangelical " is losing its meaning.

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First Lines

Mental Floss presents a short quiz on recognizing the first lines from a variety of English and American classic novels.

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Canadian Made

Amanda Green shares a list of major Canadian inventions .

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Invented by Women

Amanda Green shares 19 things invented by women .

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Google Indexing Emojis

Barry Schwartz had a search experience where the result included emojis .

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Taking Notes

Kenneth Kiewra provides tips an taking notes . These include:

1. Taking notes provides attentional focus;
2. Take complete notes for later review;
3. Your instructor provides clues as to what is important to record
4. Revise your notes to correct errors;
5. Handwritten notes create the most memories.

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Lifelong Learning

Michael Simmons suggests that you need to keep learning to keep thriving.

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Exercise With Your Doctor?

Aaron Reuben tells of the birth of the Walk With a Doc exercise movement.

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Random Numbers and Other Obscure Math

Ian Stewart shares the utility of random numbers and random numbers and lagrange points.

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iCloud Collaboration

Johnny Evans instructs users in collaborating using iCloud .

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Productivity

Justin Ferriman shares tips for being productive .

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Offline Chromebooks

J. R. Raphael instructs readers in the use of a Chromebook when offline .

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Originality Reports

Google for Education has unveiled Originality Reports , a new component to identify plagiarism.

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Hydration

Aleta Burchyski reports on drinking a gallon of water daily.

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Music in America

Edison Research shares survey results addressing how Americans keep up with music .

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Protected Places in the U.S.

The U.S. Geological Survey maintains data on Federally protected areas in the United States. ERSI web services are used for the data.

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NOAA Climate Monitoring Data

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration does climate monitoring and maintains a record of historical hurricane tracks.

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Instructing Large Classes

Bonni Stachowiak suggests how faculty might engage with large classes .

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Crime Statistics

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation reports the statistics from its Uniform Crime Reporting Program. In some cases ( U.S. Crime, Hate Crimes, Officers Killed on Duty) the statistics extend back to the mid-1990's.

Statistics Canada also maintains statistics on crime .

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Religious Knowledge Survey

Pew Research Center has surveyed Americans to learn what they know about religion . An option to take the is provided as well.

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