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IES Research News: highlighting the latest activities and accomplishments of IES and its Centers

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Educational Technology grant RFP

"People love to learn by examining visual representations of data. That's been proven time and time again by the popularity of both infographics and Pinterest. So what if you could make your own infographics? What would you make it of? It's actually easier than you think… even if you have zero design skills whatsoever. Below are my two favorite infographic-making web 2.0 tools that I highly recommend. They both have pros and cons but in general are great for any beginner or novice designer. If Photoshop is a 4-letter word to you, then these sites are your friend. If you're a tech-savvy designer and illustrator, it can't hurt to check out some of the work on these two sites for inspiration."

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Geneio is a service that installs on your computer and analyzes your current web history to determine content that interests you. A few minutes after installing, it determines your preferences and generates a homepage which is tailored to your interests. The thing I like about Geneio is that you do not need to spend any time 'training' it. Once you install it, it uses your past web history to determine the types of articles and topics that you are already interested in, and I've found it to be fairly accurate.

A diversity in education project by Spokane area digital youth project TinCan - a group who I'm looking to collaborate with through CATE when i make the jump to eastern Washington in 2010.

The EcoMUVE project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is a recently funded project of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The goal of EcoMUVE is to develop a Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE)-based ecosystems science curriculum for middle school, and to conduct feasibility studies on the practicality, integration, and acceptance of the MUVE-based curriculum for student engagement and learning in classroom settings. MUVEs enable multiple participants to access virtual worlds simultaneously, interacting with other students and with computer-based agents to facilitate collaborative learning activities of various types.

Just need to make a few changes but more special imaging solutions? With hundreds of built-in special image effects, I assure this tool totally make you happier with better photos. Animated format export is also the strength point of this image solution.

References for e-text and e-books publishing organized by year from 2000 to the present by a British scholar on the subject

I love the jigsaw method - perfect for FlatWorld, Project-based Learning

New article on the use of technology to differentiate instruction

Nice article on building communities in virtual worlds. Some very real insights there that were new to me. I was hoping to add a comment on the importance of providing community members with a "place to call their own" but could not figure out how to do that.

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3-D video coming to education

Twitter: Howard Rheingold on why becoming literate with Twitter matters (brilliant post, as usual from Howard)