Short forms in the IT world

* AVI = Audio Video Interleave
* RTS = Real Time Streaming
* SIS = Symbian OS Installer File
* AMR = Adaptive Multi-Rate Codec
* JAD = Java Application Descriptor
* JAR = Java Archive
* JAD = Java Application Descriptor
* 3GPP = 3rd Generation Partnership Project
* 3GP = 3rd Generation Project
* MP3 = MPEG player lll
* MP4 = MPEG-4 video file
* AAC = Advanced Audio Coding
* GIF = Graphic Interchangeable Format
* JPEG = Joint Photographic Expert Group
* BMP = Bitmap
* SWF = Shock Wave Flash
* WMV = Windows Media Video
* WMA = Windows Media Audio
* WAV = Waveform Audio
* PNG = Portable Network Graphics
* DOC = Document (Microsoft Corporation)
* PDF = Portable Document Format
* M3G = Mobile 3D Graphics
* M4A = MPEG-4 Audio File
* NTH = Nokia Theme (series 40)
* THM = Themes (SonyEricsson)
* MMF = Synthetic Music Mobile Application
File
* NRT = Nokia Ringtone
* XMF = Extensible Music File
* WBMP = Wireless Bitmap Image
* DVX = DivX Video
* HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language
* WML = Wireless Markup Language *CD -
Compact Disk.
* DVD - Digital Versatile Disk.
* CRT - Cathode Ray Tube.
* DAT - Digital Audio Tape.
*DOS - Disk Operating System.
* GUI - Graphical User Interface.
* HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol.
* IP - Internet Protocol.
* ISP - Internet Service Provides.
* TCP - Transmission Control Protocol.
* UPS - Uninterruptible Power Supply.
* URL - Uniform Resource Locator.
* USB - Universal Serial Bus.
* VIRUS - Vital Information Resource Under
Seized.
* 3G - 3rd Generation.
* GSM - Global System for Mobile
Communication.
* CDMA - Code Division Multiple Access.
* UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunication
System.
* SIM - Subscriber Identity Module.
* HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access.
* EDGE - Enhanced Data Rate For GSM [ Global
System for Mobile Communication] Evolution.
* VHF - Very High Frequency.
* UHF - Ultra High Frequency.
* GPRS - General Packet Radio Service.
* WAP - Wireless Application Protocol.
* TCP - Transmission Control Protocol .
* ARPANET - Advanced Research Project Agency
Network.
* IBM - International Business Machine
Corporation.
* HP - Hewlett Packard.
* AM/FM - Amplitude/ Frequency Modulation.
* WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network

Ways to share your passion in learning

Most teachers in our recent times realy get hard times in teaching.below are some tips for teachers to their students so that they nurture a good learning culture.
1. Be open with your own passion.
—It’s unbelievably boring to learn from someone who doesn’t even seem to care about what they are saying. It’s incredibly inspiring, on the other hand, to have someone talk about a topic with pure joy. If you love something, then show it. It’s contagious.
2. Regularly apply your passion, and tell your students.
—Be an example. If you were thinking about something, working on a project, or just walking along and found something interest that relates to class, tell you students about the experience. What you and your students talk about doesn’t have to be isolated to your classroom. Let them see how what you’re teaching applies to the world beyond the classroom.
3. Get students to apply it, too.
—Whatever your content is, if students have experience applying that knowledge to more than a test,they’ll be hooked. The world is diverse and fascinating. Classrooms, on the other hand, are abysmally isolating at times. Give them a glimpse of the real world.
4. Passion is cool.
—At least, that what we adults
think. Students often shy away from becoming too “academic” or “nerdy” because school isn’t
always presented as something cool. But it is. Constantly remind students that being smart,
passionate, engaged people is cool–and give them plenty of opportunities to be cool.
5. Set goals and reward improvement.
—When students set a goal for their own academic growth, half the battle is already won. Now
they have an internal motivating factor that will help propel them to that next level of success. And lavishly reward students who
make any improvements.

Turning even just one student onto a particular topic is not easy, and getting an entire class
passionate is a true challenge. But with the right enthusiastic atmosphere, students might
just realize that learning can be really, really
cool.

Google for Teachers Search Tricks

These search tricks can save you time when
researching online for your next project or just
to find out what time it is across the world, so
start using these right away.
1. Convert units. Whether you want to convert
currency, American and metric units, or any
other unit, try typing in the known unit and
the unknown unit to find your answer (like
"how many teaspoons in a tablespoon" or "10
US dollars in Euros").
2. Do a timeline search. Use "view:timeline"
followed by whatever you are researching to
get a timeline for that topic.
3. Get around blocked sites . If you are having
problems getting around a blocked site, just
type "cache:website address" with website
address being the address of the blocked site
to use Google’s cached copy to get where you
are going.
4. Use a tilde . Using a tilde (~) with a search
term will bring you results with related search
terms.
5. Use the image search. Type in your search
word, then select Images to use the image
search when trying to put a picture to your
term.
6. Get a definition. If you want a definition
without having to track down an online (or a
physical) dictionary, just type
"definition:word" to find the definition of the
word in your results (i.e.: "definition:
serendipity" will track down the definition of
the word "serendipity").
7. Search within a specific website . If you
know you want to look up Babe Ruth in
Wikipedia, type in "site:wikipedia.org Babe
Ruth" to go directly to the Wikipedia page
about Babe Ruth. It works for any site, not just
Wikipedia.
8. Search within a specific kind of site . If you
know you only want results from an
educational site, try "site:edu" or for a
government site, try "site:gov" and your search
term to get results only from sites with those
web addresses.
9. Search for a specific file type . If you know
you want a PDF (or maybe an MP3), just type
in "filetype:pdf" and your search term to find
results that are only in that file type.
10. Calculate with Google. Type in any normal
mathematical expressions to get the answer
immediately. For example, "2*4" will get you
the answer "8.
11. Time. Enter "what time is it" and any location
to find out the local time.
12. Find a term in a URL. This handy trick is
especially useful when searching blogs, where
dates are frequently used in the URL. If you
want to know about a topic for that year only
and not any other year, type "inurl:2009" and
your keyword to find results with your
keyword in URLs with 2009 in them.
13. Use Show Options to refine your search.
Click "Show Options" on your search result
page to have access to tools that will help you
filter and refine your results.
14. Search for a face . If you are looking for a
person and not just their name, type
"&imgtype=face" after the search results to
narrow your results to those with images of
faces

Google for teachers

From Google Scholar that returns only results
from scholarly literature to learning more
about computer science, these Google items
will help you at school.
15. Google Scholar. Use this specialized Google
search to get results from scholarly literature
such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, and
academic publishers.
16. Use Google Earth’s Sky feature . Take a look
at the night sky straight from your computer
when you use this feature.
17. Open your browser with iGoogle. Set up an
iGoogle page and make it your homepage to
have ready access to news stories, your Google
calendar, blogs you follow in Google Reader,
and much more.
18. Stay current with Google News . Like an
electronic clearinghouse for news, Google
News brings headlines from news sources
around the world to help you stay current
without much effort.
19. Create a Google Custom Search Engine. On
your own or in collaboration with other
students, put together an awesome project like
one of the examples provided that can be used
by many.
20. Collect research notes with Google
Notebook . Use this simple note-taking tool to
collect your research for a paper or project.
Google Code University . Visit this Google site
to have access to Creative Commons-licensed
content to help you learn more about
computer science.
21. Study the oceans with Google Earth 5 .
Google Earth 5 provides information on the
ocean floor and surface with data from marine
experts, including shipwrecks in 3D.

A Comprehensive List of MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) Providers

The recent emergence of Massive Open Online Courses , commonly known as MOOCs, is revolutionizing the online education world and
is having a profound impact on higher education. With the growing adoption of MOOCs, the number of MOOC providers has also increased many folds. Below is a
comprehensive and up-to-date list of MOOC providers; might be helpful to all interested.
Peace and cheers.
List of MOOC Providers
1. EdX
–A Not-for-profit enterprise with MIT
and Harvard universities as founding partners.
2. Coursera
–A social entrepreneurship
company founded by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University.
3. NovoEd
– Rebranded version of Stanford’s
Venture Lab, with a special focus on
students collaboration and real-world course projects.
4. Udacity
– Udacity was an outgrowth of a
Stanford University experiment in which Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig offered their ‘Introduction to Artificial Intelligence’
course online for free in which over
160,000 students in more than 190
countries enrolled.
5. Futurelearn
- The first UK-led multi-institutional platform, partnering with 17
UK universities, offering MOOC to students around the world. It is a private company owned by the Open University.
6. OpenUpEd
- First Pan-European MOOC
initiative, with support of the European commission. It includes partners from 11
countries.
7. iversity
– A company with a diverse
interdisciplinary team from Berlin presently offering MOOC production fellowship and
collaboration network for academia.
8. Open2Study
– An initiative of Open
Universities Australia which itself is a leading provider online education through collaboration of several Australian universities.
9. Canvas
– An open, online course network
that connects students, teachers &
institutions
10. 10gen Education
- an online learning
platform run by 10gen (the MongoDB company)
11. OpenLearning
12. Class2Go – UWA
13. Class2Go
– Stanford Now in maintenance
mode. Will be merged with edX platform.
14. MRUniversity
– Focusing on economics
courses, founded by two GMU professors
15. Academic Earth
16. P2PU -
Peer to Peer University is a non-
profit online community based learning platform, founded with funding from the
Hewlett Foundation and the Shuttleworth Foundation.
17. Udemy
– An online learning platform that
allows anyone to host their video courses.
18. Caltech’s ‘Learning From Data’ Course
19. OpenHPI
- The educational Internet platform
of the German Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, focusing on courses in Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
20. UoPeople
– University of the People
(UoPeople) is a tution-free, non-profit,online academic institution offering undergraduate programs in Business Administration and Computer Science.
21. Saylor
- a non-profit organization that
provides over 280 free, self-paced courses.
22. World Education University – WEU
23. CourseSites MOOCs
24. Open Learning Initiative – CMU
25. Unimooc
26. iDESWEB
27. WideWorldEd
– First Canadian MOOC provider
28. Eliademy
29. MOOC on
30. Alison
31. Khan Academy
- Finally, it’s included in the
list!
32. Schoo
– Japan’s MOOC provider. Presently,
offering more than 130 courses
33. Veduca – From Brazil
34. Acamica
35. Poynter’s News University
36. @ral
38. Aquent
39. Kennesaw State University’s
MOOC Kennesaw State University will offer “K-12 Blended and Online Learning MOOC “, its first, beginning January 2014
40. Pedagogy First Offers program for onlineteaching certificate
41. Think CERCA Chicago based company helps develop critical thinking and writing skills for a
better K-12 education
42. Modern Lessons Helps teachers to become
tech savvy and more engaged
43. Santa Fe Institute
Santa Fe Institute is
offering a series of MOOCs covering the field of complex systems science ranging from
beginner to expert levels, courtesy Complexity Explorer Project.

Massive Open Online Learning (moocs)

The moocs are now taking over our education system.students around the world have now moved to easier mode of learning where flexibility and content is just out of this world.
Some of the courses available in moocs come from the best universities in the world such as MIT,Harvard,Stanford etc.
Some the classes available in moocs are:
-Edx
-Futurelearn
-Iversity
-Class central
-udemy
-Khan academy
-Canvas.net n many more

Take this opportunity and learn a course your dream and earn certificates.classes have flexibility and some courses are self-paced

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