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• Get the Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard on Any Android Phone (Android) Ice Cream Sandwich is bringing a lot of awesome new features to Android, one of which is a new and improved keyboard. If you can't wait to get your hands on it, you can download the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard in the Android Market right now, no root required.
• Simplify and Automate Private Browsing Mode with These Browser Extensions (Chrome/Firefox) If you're sick of manually opening links in private browsing mode, Firefox and Chrome extensions will get you in with some quick shortcuts.
• CenterIM is a Linux Command Line Chat Program (Linux) Many Linux users love to accomplish as much as they can utilizing only the command line structure in Terminal. CenterIM lets you chat with your friends on GTalk, Jabber, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Chat, or AIM. Aside from the novelty, it is extremely resource-light and makes it easy to chat via SSH.
• Swackett is a Weather App that Tells You What to Wear (Mac/iPhone) Swackett is a portmanteau of "sweater, jacket, or coat" and is slang for times when it's cold enough that you should wear an extra layer. The app that bears the name not only gives you all the routine weather data, but it also displays avatars (Peeps) that display what types of clothing you should be wearing in the current weather.
• Better Pop Up Blocker Stops Javascript Pop-Ups in Chrome (Chrome) Google Chrome's built in pop up blocker is very good, but on occasion a pop up gets through, mostly Javascript pop ups from photo and video hosting sites or online poker sites. The free extension Better Pop Up Blocker stops these easily.
• CloudShot is a Screenshot Capture Tool that Automatically Uploads to Dropbox (Windows) We've covered a lot of screenshot apps in the past. If you use Dropbox for most of your working documents it may make a lot of sense to use CloudShot, the screenshot app that automatically uploads to a specified folder on your system, including Dropbox folders.
• Tic Toc for Mac Puts Your To-Do List in the Menu Bar, Shows You One To-Do At a Time (Mac) If you've decided to swear off of multitasking and want to focus on one thing at a time, Tic Toc is a handy to-do manager for Mac that lives in the menubar and only shows you one item at a time. The app can keep track of as many to-dos as you like, and adding more is easy, but you'll only ever see one to-do when you look up at the menubar, so you can single-task on that one thing until it's finished.
• Google Search for iPad Receives an Interface Overhaul, Instant Search, and More (iPad) Google's Search app just received a nice update for iPad, bringing some nice interface enhancements. This includes Google Instant, which is better late than never, but you'll probably find the other stuff more exciting.
• Blip.me Records Voice Notes on Any Phone for Easy Sharing and Playback Later (iOS/Android) If you like recording audio messages for yourself to help you remember important details, or you just want to send your friends something more personal than a text message, Blip.me allows you to record short voice messages and send them to anyone in your contacts list instantly. Alternatively, just record notes for yourself as personal reminders.
• Periscope Adds Context to News Stories in Your Browser (Firefox/Chrome/Safari) News aggregation service News360's new browser extension, Periscope, offers up likeminded stories related to the news articles you're reading to the top of your screen.

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Communcation with schools in Japan

By Ken Y-N ( November 26, 2011 at 01:28) ? Filed under Polls, Society

A recent survey from goo Research into communication with school in times of disasters was conducted in conjunction with http://wdsd.net/, another company in the same NTT Resonant group as goo Research that provides mailing list services to schools for communicating with parents and guardians in times of disaster and other occasions.

Demographics

Between the 27th and 30th of October 2011 350 parents or guardians of middle school or high school children who lived in the Eastern or Northern areas of Japan (one of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata, Aomori, Yamagata, Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, or Fukushima Prefectures) completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.0% of the sample were male, 8.0% in their thirties, 64.0% in their forties, 27.7% in their fifties, and 0.3% in their sixties.

Note that the areas surveyed were those that were affected the most by the March 11th earthquake, which is a focus of many of the questions below.

Research results

Q1: What IT tools are used for communication between the school and you? (Sample size=350, multiple answer)

Computer-targeted school public-facing web site	67.4%
Mass-mailing mailing list	21.4%
Private one-way web email site provided by school	17.7%
Mobile phone-targeted school public-facing web site	8.9%
Private two-way web email site provided by school	4.5%
Other	0.6%
Don?t use any IT system	11.1%
Don?t know	8.0%

Q2: What do you worry about regarding email-based communication? (Sample size=350, multiple answer)

Bothersome to notify the school when I change email addresses	44.3%
As only one email address can be registered, worry about it being undeliverable	34.0%
Don?t want to let the school, other guardians know my personal email address	30.6%
Making a mistake entering the email address	18.3%
Don?t have an email address	0.9%
Other	8.6%

Q3: How did the school inform you of the situation after the March 11th earthquake? (Sample size=350)

Was informed by my child that they were awaiting orders in school (to SQ)	9.7%
Was informed by the school that my child was safe (to SQ)	4.0%
Couldn?t get informed (no mobile signal, etc)	15.4%
Didn?t get informed	56.2%
Don?t know	8.3%
Other	5.7%

Q3SQ: How did you get informed? (Sample size=48, multiple answer)

Email	52.1%
Telephone call to home from teacher	37.5%
Relay telephone call	18.8%
Telephone call to mobile from teacher	18.8%
Post to school web site	14.5%
Twitter, facebook, other SNS	0.0%
Other	2.1%

Q4: Do you allow your child to have a mobile phone? (Sample size=350)

Yes, since before earthquake	74.9%
Yes, since after earthquake	4.9%
No, still doesn?t have one	19.7%
Other	0.6%

Q5: Does you child?s school allow children to have a mobile phone? (Sample size=350)

Allowed since before earthquake	50.6%
Allowed since after earthquake	3.1%
Still not allowed	39.1%
Don?t know	5.4%
Other	1.7%

Q6: Since the earthquake, has the school changed how they inform guardians? (Sample size=350)

Changed	8.9%
Investigating changing	4.9%
Not changed	69.7%
Don?t know	16.3%
Other	0.3%

Q7: Since the earthquake, have you discussed within your family how you will keep in touch in the event of a disaster? (Sample size=350)

Discussed in family and changed how to keep in touch	22.0%
Discussed in family but not changed how to keep in touch	42.3%
Not discussed in family	34.0%
Other	1.7%

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