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Public Learning Sites
A wide range of informational and educational sites for general reference, how-to guides, wikis, how-to videos, podcasts, courses, lessons, tutorials (including open courseware), e-books as well as other reference resources and places to ask questions both online and on your mobile

"earning progress is assessed. ASSISTments is a free online platform that allows teachers to write and select questions, students get immediate and useful tutori"

Animaps - Create Animated Google Maps. http://t.co/NJAfSOJV
- rmbyrne (rmbyrne) http://twitter.com/rmbyrne/status/146095718573158401

"The Non-Training Approach to Workplace Learning is a NEW and EVOLVING resource and community site on how to support continuous learning and performance improvement - in the workflow - using non-training approaches.

This site has been set up by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Peformance Technologies (C4LPT). Find out more in the About page."

A book-in-progress community site. Click on the "book" tab and then on any of the menu of sections and the evolving text by Jane Hart becomes available. Register with the associated community to make comments on the text. Hart's first such venture, The Social Learning Handbook, became a book after a similar process of posting and gaining feedback.

The emerging role of social media and learning in organizations and society. "UnTraining" - Jane Hart's "Center for Learning and Performance Technologies" site; compilation of resources, reflective and sharing blog posts, links to own consulting services and publications.

From outside of formal education circles, another learner/consultant synthesizing knowledge of the emerging uses of social media for learning

3x3Links enhances the speed-dial experience known from Opera, Chrome and the Firefox extension by allowing you to take your start page with you, organize it your way and to use high-speed keyboard shortcuts.
As a bonus, it can store up to 729 links by using folders, display website logos instead of thumbnails,
and performs really fast by using the new HTML5 LocalCache feature.

This looks like it has great potential.

Shared on twitter

Ficly is about creativity. When I was originally thinking about this idea, I was looking for something creative I could do for the last fifteen minutes of my lunch break before I jumped back into coding and writing documentation. I'd originally had an idea for a much larger site for serious fiction, but realized that most people don't have the time to write serious fiction. But, everyone can carve out fifteen minutes to either continue a story someone else has started, or start something of their own - something simple - two, maybe three paragraphs of a character, a plot or even just a place.
That's the premise. We impose a limit of 1,024 characters because we think constraints are good. They make you choose your words more carefully. They also make it less daunting than starting at a never-ending blank screen in a word processor. All you have to do is write one kilobyte of something - something fictional. That's all.

The Teacher Challenge is made up of free 30 day professional development challenges where participants are stepped through weekly tasks that increase their skills while working together as part of a global community.

The Challenge is open to anyone who wants to increase their skills - blogs will be used for reflecting your progress while learning and connecting with each other. We've observed success of any use of online technology is strongly related to the teacher's abilities. The greater we support and increase a teacher's skills, the better they are able to support their students use of web 2.0 technologies.

Tons of links. Be judicious with your choices. Share today on twitter.

"This self-guided course using Web 2.0 tools, such as blogs, wikis, Twitter, and social networking/bookmarking sites, will help you begin to build your personal learning network and prepare you for participating in a connected learning community as a whole."

This looks really interesting, Michelle. Have you done it? What are the fees?

Yet another free WordPress MU blog(s) for you and your class.

"Education 2.0 social network for your class"