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Cutting-Edge Desktop UI Development with Python, PySide6, PyQt6

by Jay Nans ...

The eBook titled "Cutting-Edge Desktop UI Development with Python, PySide6, PyQt6" by Jay Nans is a comprehensive guide designed to help developers create modern and sophisticated desktop applications using Python's PySide6 and PyQt6 libraries. The eBook is structured into several chapters, each focusing on different aspects of desktop UI development.Chapter 1: IntroductionOverview of PyQt6 and ... Read more

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The eBook titled "Cutting-Edge Desktop UI Development with Python, PySide6, PyQt6" by Jay Nans is a comprehensive guide designed to help developers create modern and sophisticated desktop applications using Python's PySide6 and PyQt6 libraries. The eBook is structured into several chapters, each focusing on different aspects of desktop UI development.Chapter 1: IntroductionOverview of PyQt6 and
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Going Remote

A Teacher's Journey

by Adam Bessie, Peter Glanting ...

**A searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public education during the pandemic.Going Remote is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.**With Peter Glanting’s powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor ... Read more

$19.77 NZD

**A searingly honest graphic memoir dispatch from a community college professor who cares deeply for his students and family while also combating personal health issues from the frontlines of public education during the pandemic.Going Remote is a joint production of The Censored Press and Seven Stories Press.**With Peter Glanting’s powerful illustrations, author Adam Bessie, an English professor
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Co-Intelligence

The Definitive, Bestselling Guide to Living and Working with AI

by Ethan Mollick ...

The New York Times BestsellerThe urgent and definitive guide to working, learning, and living in the new age of artificial intelligence from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.'The very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit ... Read more

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The New York Times BestsellerThe urgent and definitive guide to working, learning, and living in the new age of artificial intelligence from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.'The very best book I know about the ins, outs, and ethics of generative AI. Drop everything and read it cover to cover NOW' Angela Duckworth, bestselling author of Grit
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The Last Lecture

Lessons in Living - the international bestseller

by Randy Pausch ...

'A phenomenon' SUNDAY TIMESA lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to ... Read more

$16.99 NZD

'A phenomenon' SUNDAY TIMESA lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to
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Brave New Words

How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)

by Salman Khan ...

‘Salman Khan has long been on the cutting edge of education, and in Brave New Words, he shows us what’s next. The book is a timely master class for anyone interested in the future of learning in the AI era. No one has thought more about these issues—or has more interesting things to say about them’ Bill GatesWhether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Brave New Words, ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

‘Salman Khan has long been on the cutting edge of education, and in Brave New Words, he shows us what’s next. The book is a timely master class for anyone interested in the future of learning in the AI era. No one has thought more about these issues—or has more interesting things to say about them’ Bill GatesWhether we like it or not, the AI revolution is coming to education. In Brave New Words,
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How to Customize Your New iPad

by ace kiwi ...

This book falls into four chapters and each chapter has its mian focus.The first chapter gives a general introduction of setting system of ipad, especially setting system lock. Follow the instruction of this book; you will make your ipad safer.The second chapter teaches you how to customize your own ipad, such as wallpaper, sounds and language, date and time as well. You can customize your own ... Read more

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This book falls into four chapters and each chapter has its mian focus.The first chapter gives a general introduction of setting system of ipad, especially setting system lock. Follow the instruction of this book; you will make your ipad safer.The second chapter teaches you how to customize your own ipad, such as wallpaper, sounds and language, date and time as well. You can customize your own
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The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined

by Salman Khan ...

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

A free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere: this is the goal of the Khan Academy, a passion project that grew from an ex-engineer and hedge funder's online tutoring sessions with his niece, who was struggling with algebra, into a worldwide phenomenon. Today millions of students, parents, and teachers use the Khan Academy's free videos and software, which have expanded to encompass nearly
... Read more
Online Safety: Scams, SPAM, Viruses and Clouds

by A. M. Perry ...

Have you ever received a phone call informing you that you have a virus on your computer, or a slow Internet connection? Have you ever wondered why you get so much SPAM? Are you concerned your computer might end up with a virus and you'll lose all your files? Does anyone know what the Cloud actually is?This guide has been complied by the local and online community in an attempt to answer some of ... Read more

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Have you ever received a phone call informing you that you have a virus on your computer, or a slow Internet connection? Have you ever wondered why you get so much SPAM? Are you concerned your computer might end up with a virus and you'll lose all your files? Does anyone know what the Cloud actually is?This guide has been complied by the local and online community in an attempt to answer some of
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The World Is Open

How Web Technology Is Revolutionizing Education

by Curtis J. Bonk ...

Discover the dramatic changes that are affecting all learnersWeb-based technology has opened up education around the world to the point where anyone can learn anything from anyone else at any time. To help educators and others understand what's possible, Curt Bonk employs his groundbreaking "WE-ALL-LEARN" model to outline ten key technology and learning trends, demonstrating how technology has ... Read more

$28.99 NZD

Discover the dramatic changes that are affecting all learnersWeb-based technology has opened up education around the world to the point where anyone can learn anything from anyone else at any time. To help educators and others understand what's possible, Curt Bonk employs his groundbreaking "WE-ALL-LEARN" model to outline ten key technology and learning trends, demonstrating how technology has
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

by Linus Torvalds, David Diamond ...

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. And his creation LINUX is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as IBM. Now, in a ... Read more

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Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. And his creation LINUX is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as IBM. Now, in a
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Opening Windows

An Hour of Your Time

by Franklyn Nash ...

Series series An Hour of Your Time
Is Windows 10 a pain or a pleasure?A waste of your time or a jewel to treasure?If you’ve little idea about what you should do,Then Opening Windows is clearly for you!If Windows 10 appears to you dull and opaque, then you need to give Franklyn Nash An Hour of Your Time and he’ll make Windows 10 crystal clear.After half a lifetime spent in teaching and in building websites and computers, Franklyn ... Read more

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Is Windows 10 a pain or a pleasure?A waste of your time or a jewel to treasure?If you’ve little idea about what you should do,Then Opening Windows is clearly for you!If Windows 10 appears to you dull and opaque, then you need to give Franklyn Nash An Hour of Your Time and he’ll make Windows 10 crystal clear.After half a lifetime spent in teaching and in building websites and computers, Franklyn
... Read more
Flip Your Classroom

by Jonathan Bergmann, Aaron Sams ...

It started with a simple observation: Students need their teachers present to answer questions or to provide help if they get stuck on an assignment; they dont need their teachers present to listen to a lecture or review content.From there, Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams began the flipped classroom: Students watched recorded lectures for homework and completed their assignments, labs, and tests ... Read more

$18.90 NZD

It started with a simple observation: Students need their teachers present to answer questions or to provide help if they get stuck on an assignment; they dont need their teachers present to listen to a lecture or review content.From there, Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams began the flipped classroom: Students watched recorded lectures for homework and completed their assignments, labs, and tests
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Now You See It

How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century

by Cathy N. Davidson ...

A digital innovator shows how we can thrive in the new technological age.When Cathy Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light-as an innovative way to turn learning on its head ... Read more

$17.81 NZD

A digital innovator shows how we can thrive in the new technological age.When Cathy Davidson and Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for their music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light-as an innovative way to turn learning on its head
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Programming Arduino: Getting Started with Sketches

by Simon Monk ...

A fully updated guide to quickly and easily programming ArduinoThoroughly revised for the new Arduino Uno R3, this bestselling guide explains how to write well-crafted sketches using Arduino’s modified C language. You will learn how to configure hardware and software, develop your own sketches, work with built-in and custom Arduino libraries, and explore the Internet of Things—all with no prior ... Read more

$20.57 NZD

A fully updated guide to quickly and easily programming ArduinoThoroughly revised for the new Arduino Uno R3, this bestselling guide explains how to write well-crafted sketches using Arduino’s modified C language. You will learn how to configure hardware and software, develop your own sketches, work with built-in and custom Arduino libraries, and explore the Internet of Things—all with no prior
... Read more
mBot for Makers

Conceive, Construct, and Code Your Own Robots at Home or in the Classroom

by Andrew Carle, Rick Schertle ...

The mBot robotics platform is a hugely popular kit because of the quality of components and price. With hundreds of thousands of these kits out there in homes, schools and makerspaces, there is much untapped potential. Getting Started with mBots is for non-technical parents, kids and teachers who want to start with a robust robotics platform and then take it to the next level. The heart of the ... Read more

$19.31 NZD

The mBot robotics platform is a hugely popular kit because of the quality of components and price. With hundreds of thousands of these kits out there in homes, schools and makerspaces, there is much untapped potential. Getting Started with mBots is for non-technical parents, kids and teachers who want to start with a robust robotics platform and then take it to the next level. The heart of the
... Read more
Let's Stop Teaching and Start Designing Learning

A Practical Guide

by Jason Kennedy ...

How can you shift from a focus on content to the creation of active learning experiences? In this practical resource, author Jason Kennedy provides a blueprint to help you stop "teaching" and start designing learning, so you can improve students’ critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and collaboration with others, preparing them for their futures beyond school doors. The framework ... Read more

$66.45 NZD

How can you shift from a focus on content to the creation of active learning experiences? In this practical resource, author Jason Kennedy provides a blueprint to help you stop "teaching" and start designing learning, so you can improve students’ critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and collaboration with others, preparing them for their futures beyond school doors. The framework
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Dyslexia and Modern Foreign Languages

by Elke Schneider, Margaret Crombie ...

Offering strategies and techniques for teaching modern foreign languages - an often severely challenging subject for pupils with dyslexia - this book is specifically designed to meet the needs of the busy subject specialist teacher looking for guidance on supporting pupils. ... Read more

$77.84 NZD

Offering strategies and techniques for teaching modern foreign languages - an often severely challenging subject for pupils with dyslexia - this book is specifically designed to meet the needs of the busy subject specialist teacher looking for guidance on supporting pupils.
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The Graduate's Guide to Future-Proofing your Career

Strategies for career success in the AI age

by Paul Redmond ...

Technology wants your job – master the skills needed to navigate the AI revolution and boost your career resilience!In an age where artificial intelligence is reshaping the job market, staying ahead requires more than just traditional skills. The Graduate’s Guide to Future-Proofing your Career is your essential manual for thriving in this transformative AI era.Dr Paul Redmond, a leading expert on ... Read more

$53.35 NZD

Technology wants your job – master the skills needed to navigate the AI revolution and boost your career resilience!In an age where artificial intelligence is reshaping the job market, staying ahead requires more than just traditional skills. The Graduate’s Guide to Future-Proofing your Career is your essential manual for thriving in this transformative AI era.Dr Paul Redmond, a leading expert on
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Bring Your Own Learning

Transform Instruction with Any Device

by Lenny Schad ...

In Bring Your Own Learning, highly respected educational technologist Lenny Schad tells the story of leading his large Texas school district through a program of inclusion, where it no longer matters what technology is being used or who owns the device. What matters is that students learn in the ways that make sense to them and their teachers. ... Read more

$18.90 NZD

In Bring Your Own Learning, highly respected educational technologist Lenny Schad tells the story of leading his large Texas school district through a program of inclusion, where it no longer matters what technology is being used or who owns the device. What matters is that students learn in the ways that make sense to them and their teachers.
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The Class

Living and Learning in the Digital Age

by Sonia Livingstone, Julian Sefton-Green ...

Series Book 1 - Connected Youth and Digital Futures
An intimate look at how children network, identify, learn and grow in a connected world.Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.orgDo today’s youth have more opportunities than their parents? As they build their own social and digital networks, does that offer new routes to learning and friendship? How do they navigate the meaning of education in a digitally connected but fiercely competitive, ... Read more

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An intimate look at how children network, identify, learn and grow in a connected world.Read Online at connectedyouth.nyupress.orgDo today’s youth have more opportunities than their parents? As they build their own social and digital networks, does that offer new routes to learning and friendship? How do they navigate the meaning of education in a digitally connected but fiercely competitive,
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Lifelong Kindergarten

Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

by Mitchel Resnick ...

How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the ... Read more

$30.35 NZD

How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the
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Using ICT in the Early Years

Parents and Practitioners in Partnership

by Alex Morgan ...

A step-by-step guide on how to teach young children a variety of ICT in a meaningful and creative way. This title, written by ICT experts in the early years, Prof. John Siraj-Blatchford and Dr. Alex Morgan, is a step-by-step guide on how to teach children under 8 a variety of ICT.This book is designed to be easy to follow by even the most technophobic of readers and contains practical advice on ... Read more

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A step-by-step guide on how to teach young children a variety of ICT in a meaningful and creative way. This title, written by ICT experts in the early years, Prof. John Siraj-Blatchford and Dr. Alex Morgan, is a step-by-step guide on how to teach children under 8 a variety of ICT.This book is designed to be easy to follow by even the most technophobic of readers and contains practical advice on
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Improving Computer Science Education

by Djordje M. Kadijevich, Charoula Angeli, Carsten Schulte ...

Improving Computer Science Education examines suitable theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing teaching and learning computer science. This highly useful book provides numerous examples of practical, "real world" applications of major computer science information topics, such as:• Spreadsheets• Databases• ProgrammingEach chapter concludes with a section that summarzies recommendations for ... Read more

$100.63 NZD

Improving Computer Science Education examines suitable theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing teaching and learning computer science. This highly useful book provides numerous examples of practical, "real world" applications of major computer science information topics, such as:• Spreadsheets• Databases• ProgrammingEach chapter concludes with a section that summarzies recommendations for
... Read more
Fashion Figures

How Missy the Mathlete Made the Cut

by Melissa A. Borza ...

Missy Maker is a middle school girl who loves math and fashion. She sees math in everything she does. She tries to hide this from her friends, because she thinks it’s too geeky. Missy hears that the school math club needs more members, but she’s worried about what her friends will think if she joins, and she’s already committed to joining the fashion club.After an epic internal struggle and with ... Read more

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Missy Maker is a middle school girl who loves math and fashion. She sees math in everything she does. She tries to hide this from her friends, because she thinks it’s too geeky. Missy hears that the school math club needs more members, but she’s worried about what her friends will think if she joins, and she’s already committed to joining the fashion club.After an epic internal struggle and with
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