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2010 Faculty Summit Opening Remarks, presented by Alfred Spector, VP of Research and Special Initiatives (YouTube)Storage Architecture and Challenges, presented by Andrew Fikes, Principal Software Engineer (PDF)Cloud Computing and Software Security, presented by Ulfar Erlingsson, Manager, Security Research (YouTube)Engineering Private Spaces Online, presented by Betsy Masiello, Policy Manager (YouTube)Defeating the Password Anti-Pattern with Open Standards, presented by Dirk Balfanz, Staff Software Engineer (YouTube)Security at Scale, presented by Eric Grosse, Engineering Director, Security (YouTube)Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine, presented by Damon Horowitz, Engineering Director (YouTube)Closing Remarks, presented by Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist (YouTube)

Read Google Books and Magazines on your desktop and/or save to pdf, currently only works w/Windows XP/Vista/7. And you need to have .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 installed on your computer. Send request for other OS through support form. Free download.

Google SketchUp Teacher Guide\n\nFUN projects you can use in your classroom, using FREE Google SketchUp software\n \nFor each project shown, you can view project details in HTML or PDF format.

"This e-book-based on Chapter 3 of Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 4/e-introduces the principles, applications, technologies, companies, business models and monetization strategies of Web 2.0. We'll be updating this e-book frequently. For the latest HTML version, visit http://www.deitel.com/freeWeb20ebook/. It is also available as a downloadable, fully-formatted PDF for a small fee."

A very nice Flickr photo exploration tool.

Use Flickr Storm with your students for locating imagery for digital storytelling projects. It locates multiple photos for you that relate to the keyword and annotates with a Creative Commons license, providing the user name you need for attribution. There is a great tutorial on using Flickr Storm at http://www.jakesonline.org/using_flickrstorm.pdf

reads any text, you can upload MS Word, PDF, HTML, website address, choose from 15 readers, english, spanish, french

I've tried this out several which ways and personally found it to be a weak product. It just doesn't even sound close to natural, but I think they'll eventually get there.

SpokenText.net allows you to record PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, ,RSS news feeds, emails and web pages, and converts them to speech automatically.

Invite anyone to collaborate on PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint slides

Your file organizer is the hub of all your Acrobat.com activities - the place where you store and share files, create PDFs, launch your online office applications, and keep everything together - all through an elegant user interface that is remarkably easy to use. And because everything is online, you can access it from anywhere, anytime. Built on the Adobe® Flash® Platform, Acrobat.com operates inside a web browser. There's no installation required, so getting started is easy - and free.

"What this tool can do for you: * Help you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. * Collect, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation. * Provide you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. [why is this important?] * Provide access to educational materials, external copyright resources, and contact information for copyright help at local & national levels."

"Textbook Revolution is a student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. We want to get these materials into classrooms. Our approach is to bring all of the free textbooks we can find together in one place, review them, and let the best rise to the top and find their way into the hands of students in classrooms around the world. At Textbook Revolution, you'll find links to textbooks and select educational resources of all kinds. Some of the books are PDF files, others are viewable online as e-books. Most books are aimed at undergraduates, but there are at least a few resources at every level, from kindergarten to post-doc. All of the books are offered for no-cost (gratis) by their respective copyright holders. Beyond that, each book is as individual as the author behind it."

Educators sharing projects in free e-book, by Terry Freedman

Plan Board Organize your day and lesson plans using this tool. Flip snack Publish pdf documents into flipping books. Tikatok Create ebooks, upload images, add author biography and save them.

List of free educational resouces

he new program provides for the cancellation of the remaining balance due on eligible federal student loans after the borrower has made 120 monthly payments on those loans under certain repayment plans while employed in certain public service fields.