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I hope you enjoy this helpful infographic about some characteristics of a Teacher Centered vs a Student Centered Classroom. SOMETIMES, every classroom is Teacher Centered, but not always. Keep your students the center of your classroom, and you'll be the best teacher you can be. Let me know what you would add! See multiple file types below the graphic. Special credit to teacher extraordinaire Kristy Edgar of The Village Middle School for her amazing, tireless, and awesome work with the graphics for this post. Kristy, YOU ROCK! Click to view larger . . . Files to download or print Please do not remove attributions or claim as your own work, other than that, please use this graphic or document in training or otherwise. Let us know if you do with a post on social media!

Case modding is growing in popularity as many look to create that finishing touch on their PC to make it unique and original. The possibilities are really infinite, some people want a complete redesign of their case while others just want to add an enhanced water cooling solution. Regardless of how extensive you want your case mod to be, you will need one thing: light. Without illumination you can't appreciate the clean cable runs, elaborate water cooling setups, or simply the components themselves.  GIGABYTE has a solution: LED lights along the motherboard. On select GIGABYTE 100 series models, including the Gaming G1, there is a multi-color LED trace path around the board. With the Ambient LED app in the GIGABYTE APP center you can customize the light pattern, with three different options, and seven different color options.  Check out this video from the GIGABYTE Motherboard and Brix YouTube channel for more information: With all the color and light pattern options the possibil

You heard us right! Now, Learn how Lucidpress+Google Classroom Can Help You Improve Digital Literacy The latest generation of students may be tech-savvy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re tech literate. What’s the difference? Tech savviness refers to an individual’s skill level, whereas tech literacy more broadly refers to the ability to use technology responsibly and appropriately. So how can teachers best prepare a bumper crop of young Tweeters and Snapchatters for a lifetime of meaningful technology use? We think the answer is simple: focus on key outcomes. That way, students will come to appreciate the productive possibilities of technology even as the tech landscape continues to evolve around them. Here are three key outcomes to focus on as you guide your students’ use of technology this year, along with tools and tips to help you do so: Collaboration Technology makes collaboration easier, and collaboration makes learning easier. Collaborative tools are a dime a doze

MacOS X has a loyal following, even among PC users. While many PC users, especially enthusiasts, would never buy an Apple computer because of the price premium they command and lack of upgradeability it would be hard to find someone that won't admit even a slight affinity for OS X. But unfortunately for PC loving fans of OS X, Apple has ruled out ever officially licensing its operating system to PC vendors. However there is a solution if you want to run OS X on your PC: build a CustoMac. A CustoMac is a PC that the user builds specifically for running OS X. TonyMacx86 is one of the largest communities on the web dedicated to building CustoMacs. Recently we covered their guide on how to turn a GIGABYTE Brix-S into a CustoMac-mini. Of course not all PC hardware is compatible with OS X, so TonyMacx86 has put together an extensive guide to show you what you need to build your very own CustoMac. If you have an interest in running OS X on your PC, head on over to to TonyMac x86 now to

The average PC refresh cycle is getting longer and longer. While at one time a person was likely to refresh their PCs every two-to-three years, this cycle has stretched on to now be between five to seven years. While hardcore gamers might update their hardware on a 12 month cycle, the average person that doesn't have a budget to do yearly upgrades might still be using hardware form 2010. And for the average person this might work -- but it won't work well. While hardware from 2010 might be able to play 2015's latest games, it will only do so with choppy frame rates at the lowest resolutions and graphics settings. This is far from an enjoyable gaming experience, and is not how the developers intended the games to be played. Just to show you the performance advantage a modern system featuring an Intel ®  6th. Gen™ CPU, DDR4 RAM, an Intel 750-series SSD, a GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce 980 Ti graphics card on a GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1 motherboard has over a system with a 2010-e

We understand that some users are having trouble installing Windows 7 by USB drive on their systems that have a  GIGABYTE 100 series motherboard inside. The problem lies in the fact that Windows 7's installer is only compatible with an older type of USB driver. The GIGABYTE 100 series motherboard uses a newer kind of USB driver, meaning you will get an error when trying to install Windows 7. Thankfully there is a fix for this which allows you to package the updated driver on to your USB driver. In order to build the patched version of Windows 7, you'll need a few things: 1) A genuine copy of Windows 7 or iso file 2) A USB drive with over 4GB of storage 3) A separate computer 4) The Windows Image Tool available for free from GIGABYTE  Once you download the Windows Image Tool from GIGABYTE the process is fairly easy. Here's the process you need to follow step-by-step: 1) Open the tool from GIGABYTE. There's no need to install it. 2) In the source option select your disc d

The GIGABYTE Z97 Last Hurrah wrapped up last week and now the results are official. We would like to congratulate Xtreme Addict and Arhaam for winning the contest. Xtreme Addict took first place in the Extreme Cooling category with 79 points and won a GIGABYTE Z170X-SOC Force motherboard. Arhaam won the ambient cooling category with 73 points and is also taking home a GIGABYTE Z170X-SOC Force board. For more information on the contest and the official results, head on over to HWBOT's OC E-Sports portal .

Check out this infographic featuring my favorite screencasting tools that are free or deeply discounted for education. If you have a favorite that's not on this list, please let me know in the comments! High Quality PDF Version

Heroes of the Storm™ is one of the hottest games to come out of Blizzard® in a long time. Using familiar gameplay mechanics found in games such as DOTA, Heroes of the Storm allows players to battle it out with their favorite characters from the Blizzard universe. The game is free-to-play and supported by micro-transactions for in-game character upgrades. Heroes of the Storm will be one of the highlights of Blizzard's BlizzCon expo which kicks off in November in Anaheim, California. GIGABYTE is the official motherboard partner of BlizzCon and we want to send you to the show! While supplies last, when you purchase select GIGABYTE motherboards you are eligible for participation in the sweepstakes where you could instantly win a variety of prizes including a Kerrigan hero, a Succubus skin and a GRAND PRIZE Trip to Anaheim, CA to attend BlizzCon® 2015. Find out more at: http://event.gigabyte.com/heroes/.

Figuring out how to keep Google Drive organized seems to baffle many users. Here's a handy infographic to remind you of some tips and techniques! (Updated 9-6-15) PDF version here

The GIGABYTE Z170X-Gaming G1 motherboard certainly is an exciting product, and one of the most interesting parts on the board is the Killer Wireless AC-1535 controller from Rivet Networks. Wireless network controllers are a part that's often forgotten about on the motherboard. For the most part they work, and work well, so that's good enough for most users. However, the Killer Wireless AC-1535  brings a load of new features that goes above and beyond what a standard built-in adapter can offer. Recently Forbes' contributor  Marco Chiappetta  had a chance to review a   Killer Wireless AC-1535  and he had this to say about it: Virtually across the board, the Killer Wireless-AC 1535 outpaced the Intel solution. To give some examples, when using the Nighthawk X6 router in the real-world environment, and connected at a range of 5M, the Killer NIC offered up 676.28Mbs to Intel’s 666.9Mb/s. At 15 meters the Killer NIC offered 607.6Mb/s to the Intel controller’s 508.2Mb/s. And at 2

For the next few hours Dinos22 will be livestreaming an OC tutorial and answering your questions. Check it out on YouTube Gaming!  If you like what you see let us know and we'll be sure to do more livestreams in the future.