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Store and share documents online with Office Live Workspace

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:18:34 -0000

Alternative to Google Docs? Hmmmmmm....

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Guides to the 2007 Office system user interface - Training - Microsoft Office Online

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:00:11 -0000

Cool flash guides to Office 2007! Click a menu in an Office 2003 app and it shows you where it is in Office 2007.

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Blogs | Re-mediation Roomy-nation

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:16:31 -0000

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Semantic UMW » Building a Semantic University of Mary Washington

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:15:59 -0000

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ITFORUM Paper 1

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:10:43 -0000

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How much instructional learning is too much? Up to a point, we need it to model good use of ICT, but not to the point where the terms of that use are so constrictive as to discourage multilateral thinking around ICT use. posted by msteven2

In fact, it is difficult, if not impossible, to isolate the effects of the affordances of technologies.

Sometimes working out exactly what the affordances of technoligies are is the biggest challenge. posted by msteven2

Rather than using technologies by educational communications specialists to constrain the learners' learning processes through prescribed communications and interactions, the technologies are taken away from the specialists and given to the learner to use as media for representing and expressing what they know.

Cognitive tools actively engage learners in creation of knowledge that reflects their comprehension and conception of the information rather than focusing on the presentation of objective knowledge.

Constructivist models of instruction strive to create environments where learners actively participate in the environment in ways that are intended to help them construct their own knowledge, rather than having the teacher interpret the world and insure that students understand the world as they have told them.

Computers support reflective thinking, Norman contends, when they enable users to compose new knowledge by adding new representations, modifying old ones, and comparing the two. Those are the purposes of cognitive tools.

In other words, when students work WITH computer technology, instead of being controlled by it, they enhance the capabilities of the computer, and the computer enhances their thinking and learning. The results of an intellectual partnership with the computer is that the whole of learning becomes greater than the sum of its parts.

Learners should be responsible for recognizing and judging patterns of information and then organizing it, while the computer system should perform calculations, store, and retrieve information.

what to do with all of the instructional designers...

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Jacques Futrelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:20:41 -0000

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Futrelle's story "The Problem of Cell 13" makes a great introduction to the mystery genre for junior high students. It takes two or three classes to read aloud, with plenty of opportunities for students to guess the outcome. posted by nsenger

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iPod touch Information Center - Specs Features Best Price MP3 Player Edition

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:16:09 -0000

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If you've been lusting after the touch-based iPod inside Apple's iPhone or iPhone 3G, but don't want your phone and iPod to be one device, the iPod touch is for you. The touch is basically an iPhone without the phone, a touchscreen iPod with Multi-Touch, Cover Flow, Wi-Fi and even the Safari web browser, email and weather.

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Just testing for another teacher posted by teachtech

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Mikogo Skype Extra

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:29:38 -0000

Mikogo Skype Extra is a FREE plug-in for Skype that gives your virtual classroom abilities.

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Posted by: eduwikius

Mofet ITEC - International Portal of Teacher Education

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:25:49 -0000

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Flip4Mac - ScreenFlow

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:50:41 -0000

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Spanish for Kids | 123TeachMe

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:24:50 -0000

colors, numbers, abc, days, face, family, opposites, shapes, etc

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Clark-Kozma: Debate Reemerges

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:42:00 -0000

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Assigning too much influence to media can lead to the design/ development of sloppy, ineffective instructional materials that are accepted by technologists and users simply because they utilize CBI, interactive video, or other 'high-status' delivery media. Assigning too little influence to media, on the other hand, may discourage reflective thinking by designers about which media can best convey the instructional strategies needed to achieve instructional objectives (p. 6).

Ross (1994) provides a really good middle ground position between Clark and Kozma. posted by msteven2

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Absolute Background Textures Archive

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:33:39 -0000

Perfect tiling backgrounds for Twitter!

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Google Docs Help Center

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:35:03 -0000

Great resource for anyone using Google Docs. Thanks, Lucy Gray!

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Top News - 'MindLadder' suggests the future of assessment

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:03:53 -0000

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Browse - SnagFilms

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:04:06 -0000

videos in the vein of United Streaming

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Edutopia

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:07:07 -0000

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Cosand became a Twitterer about a year ago, and he now considers Twitter one of his best sources of real-time professional development. "I'm able to get information and find opportunities I wouldn't have been able to gather on my own," he says.

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7 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download | MakeUseOf.com

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:18:23 -0000

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Cool Websites and Tools (edition #164) | MakeUseOf.com

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:40:46 -0000

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Posted by: bethritterguth

E-Learning Queen: The Best Way to Learn in an Online Course

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:42:03 -0000

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LatitudeU

anyone use this? posted by jamieplaster

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