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Never Stop Searching ...

See how the world searched with Google's 2012 Zeitgeist: http://www.google.com/zeitgeist Music: "All I Want" by Kodaline Video production by Whirled Creative

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Population Control, Marauder Style

Population Control, Marauder Style | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Examining the death tolls from history’s wars and revolts, and their accompanying scourges.
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Video: The Struggle for Jihad

Video: The Struggle for Jihad | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Two opposing groups battle to define the word jihad on public buses and subways.
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Defining Jihad from a Muslim Perspective --

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Use GoClass to Create and Deliver Lessons Through iPads

Use GoClass to Create and Deliver Lessons Through iPads | World History 101 | Scoop.it
GoClass is a free iPad application for creating short lessons and delivering them to your students. The lessons can include annotated images, free hand sketches, text, and video. GoClass gives teac...
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S Korea inaugurates first female president

S Korea inaugurates first female president | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Park Geun-Hye takes office amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula in the wake of North Korea's third nuclear test.
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How secure is the papal election?

How secure is the papal election? | World History 101 | Scoop.it
As the College of Cardinals prepares to elect a new pope, security expert Bruce Schneier asks: How does it work, and just how hard would it be to hack the vote?
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Stop That Skirt-Chaser! The Movement to Outlaw Flirting in the 1920s

Stop That Skirt-Chaser! The Movement to Outlaw Flirting in the 1920s | World History 101 | Scoop.it
"Too many motorists are taking advantage of the precedent established during the war by offering to take young lady pedestrians in their cars."
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Bones Under Parking Lot Belonged to Richard III

Bones Under Parking Lot Belonged to Richard III | World History 101 | Scoop.it
In one of Britain’s most dramatic modern archaeological finds, tests identified the remains of the reviled English monarch, a discovery that could lead to a reassessment of his reign.
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The Civil War: Naval Technology | C-SPAN

The Civil War: Naval Technology | C-SPAN | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Historians consider several developments in naval technology over the course of the war. They discuss ironclad gunboats, Confederate efforts to break the Union Blockade, and spar torpedo boats.

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'Hashtag' Declared 2012's Word of the Year

'Hashtag' Declared 2012's Word of the Year | World History 101 | Scoop.it
The American Dialect Society has named "hashtag" as the word of the year, beating out "Gangnam Style," "YOLO" and "fiscal cliff," among others.
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Chilean couple die in arson attack after land dispute with Mapuche Indians

Chilean couple die in arson attack after land dispute with Mapuche Indians | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Interior minister condemns 'terrorist act' after Werner Luchsinger and Vivian McKay are killed in remote Araucanía region
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Never Stop Searching ...

See how the world searched with Google's 2012 Zeitgeist: http://www.google.com/zeitgeist Music: "All I Want" by Kodaline Video production by Whirled Creative

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This Crazy Map Has One Dot for Every Person in the United States

This Crazy Map Has One Dot for Every Person in the United States | World History 101 | Scoop.it
The amount of people in the whole world is pretty wildly unfathomable. For that matter, even a subset like just the 300,000,000 or so that live in the United States can be hard to wrap your head around.

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New York City’s explosive growth between the...

New York City’s explosive growth between the... | World History 101 | Scoop.it
New York City’s explosive growth between the beginning of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, from a fantastic series of vintage infographics.

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AP News : Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement

AP News : Scholars find cannibalism at Jamestown settlement | World History 101 | Scoop.it
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Documentary

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Coach My Video – The iPad App Coaches and Phys Ed Teachers Need

Coach My Video – The iPad App Coaches and Phys Ed Teachers Need | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Coach My Video is an iPad app that allows coaches to video their players in action to provide feedback on their movements and techniques. With Coach My Video installed you can record a video of you...
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iPads in Schools - How to use Simple Mind App.mov

"Paul Hamilton presents iPad tutorials for teachers and parents in school. Relevant for educators who are using ipads in education.
This tutorial looks are using App Simple Mind as a mind mapping, concept mapping tool. Appropriate for all year levels from Prep-High School."


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Just learned about this free mnd mapping app at the Byte 2013 Conference in Neepawa, MB!

 

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Articles: The Social History of the MP3

Articles: The Social History of the MP3 | World History 101 | Scoop.it
New technology was the music story of the decade; we put the mp3's first full decade in perspective. [Eric Harvey]
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Using Your iPad While On The Can Just Got A Whole Lot Classier | PadGadget

Using Your iPad While On The Can Just Got A Whole Lot Classier | PadGadget | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Here at PadGadget, we’re always looking for new stands and mounts for our iPad. We’ve tracked down mounts for your car, your wall, and even your refrigerator door.

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Rafael Lombarde's curator insight, February 9, 4:16 AM

C'est exactement ce dont vous avez besoin lorsque vous prenez une décharge...lol

Adilia Josefina's comment, February 10, 6:58 AM
Quien utilice este aparatico esta de siquiatra ¡
Jesús Hernández's comment, February 10, 6:57 PM
jajaja!!! Un abrazo amigos!!
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Booming Bhutan

Booming Bhutan | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Long impoverished and isolated, tiny Bhutan is finally booming. This onetime absolute monarchy has also made important democratic reforms and major improvements in quality of life.

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Footballers are smarter than PhD students, claims survey

Footballers are smarter than PhD students, claims survey | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Professional athletes use 'hyper-focus' to develop superior cognitive skills

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C'mon, QI. This is a silly article. Not only is it mostly about visual tracking but they also take the top footballers around the world for the study. Something tells me they didn't take the top PhD grads and only a random sample
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20 best iPad productivity apps

20 best iPad productivity apps | World History 101 | Scoop.it
The iPad can help you get more work done in less time. Here are 20 great apps to increase your mobile productivity.
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Berlin: Multi-culti capital matures

Berlin: Multi-culti capital matures | World History 101 | Scoop.it
Gentrification and innovation are changing the city's post-Cold War face.

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How women rebuilt Rwanda

How women rebuilt Rwanda | World History 101 | Scoop.it
So many men were murdered during Rwanda's 1994 genocide that the women were left to pick up the pieces, writes Theopi Skarlatos in Kigali.

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Freakonomics » The Opportunity Cost of Water

Freakonomics » The Opportunity Cost of Water | World History 101 | Scoop.it
The Opportunity Cost of Water: why are they growing rice in dry South Texas? http://t.co/8qOVyBlj

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Mr. David Burton's curator insight, December 31, 2012 10:37 AM

Where can rice be more efficiently and cost effectively grown?