Magnifying the Universe

Monday 20 February 2012

50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic Mercury flight




On this 50th anniversary of John Glenn's historic Mercury flight, visit our interactive feature http://t.co/GOOmz7CH and the documentary http://bit.ly/zppMPM

Saturday 18 February 2012

Paixão pela Matemática motiva projeto empreendedor

Paixão pela Matemática motiva projeto empreendedor
26/01/12, 00:46
Por Almerinda Romeira (Texto) e Victor Machado (Foto)
Um licenciado em Ciências Farmacêuticas, com carreira nesta indústria, está a lançar uma plataforma online que visa ser uma ferramenta de orientação de estudo na área da Matemática. O empreendimento representa um investimento de cerca de 250 mil euros e vai  criar sete empregos. 

Monday 13 February 2012

Visita 360º a algumas catedrais portuguesas

Uma bela forma de visitar as nossas Catedrais, sem sair de casa...
Zoom espectacular...
Ao vivo não se consegue ver tanto pormenor...
Sempre abertas ao público, sem filas e sem custos...
Por enquanto apenas 12 disponíveis...
Link de acesso:


http://www.rotadascatedrais.com/pt/visitas-virtuais

Saturday 11 February 2012

Vem aí nova revolução...

Challenge to US schools: Embrace digital textbooks


FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012 file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks in Gahanna, Ohio. Hardbound textbooks may be going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski are challenging schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students' hands within five years. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in U.S schools?
Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal Communications Commission chairman Julius Genachowski on Wednesday challenged schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students' hands within five years. The Obama administration's push comes two weeks after Apple Inc. announced it would start to sell electronic versions of a few standard high-school books for use on its iPad tablet.
Digital books are viewed as a way to provide interactive learning, potentially save money and get updated material faster to students.
Digital learning environments have been embraced in five states. But many schools lack the broadband capacity or the computers or tablets to adopt the technology, and finding the money to go completely digital is difficult for many schools in tough economic times.
Tied to Wednesday's announcement at a digital town hall was the government's release of a 67-page "playbook" to schools that promotes the use of digital textbooks and offers guidance. The administration hopes that dollars spent on traditional textbooks can instead go toward making digital learning more feasible.
Going digital improves the learning process, and it is being rolled out at a faster pace in other countries such as South Korea, Genachowski said in an interview. Genachowski said he is hopeful it can be cost effective in the long run, especially as the price of digital tablets drops.