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Official Google Blog: LIFE Photo Archive available on Google Image Search - 0 views

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    We're excited to announce the availability of never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive. This effort to bring offline images online was inspired by our mission to organize all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. This collection of newly-digitized images includes photos and etchings produced and owned by LIFE dating all the way back to the 1750s.
Dennis OConnor

Beyond Search Overflight - 0 views

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    The content for this demonstration is drawn from Google's more than 74 Web logs. Most of the people with whom I speak are familiar with one or two of these publications. However, when monitoring Google's innovations, it is important to be able to get a quick view of what's new on each of these publications.
Dennis OConnor

California State University to Offer Moodle through Moodlerooms - 0 views

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    Long Beach, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) November 20, 2008 -- Moodlerooms, a full-service provider for Moodle, the popular open source online learning management system (LMS), announced today that it will be collaborating with the California State University to provide essential services such as hosting, training, and support for the CSU campuses that choose Moodle for their LMS needs. Moodlerooms will be one of two options, Angel Learning was also selected, to provide learning management services for the CSU.
Dennis OConnor

Internet Search Challenge - 0 views

  • The paradoxical thing about information and searching is that the more of it there is, the less of it we will see. The results we retrieve will be a smaller and smaller sample of what's actually available. And I don't see how this trend can be reversed.
  • I don't speak Spanish, but can usually figure out the meaning of traveler's information printed in a couple of languages. My insufficiency became evident when searching online for information on La Posada, a Mexican Christmas tradition.
  • I wanted to know if there was traditional music for this Mexican celebration. I think I would have found it right away if there weren't other meanings and spellings for 'la posada.'
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    Lately, I've encountered several searches that ended badly. That is, I could not find what I was looking for.
Dennis OConnor

E-learning for Educators Online Course - University of wisconsin-Stout - 0 views

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    This course is for both experienced professionals and newcomers interested in e-learning and online teaching. This course introduces educators to e-learning and online teaching
Dennis OConnor

Teaching Writing with the 6-Traits - Home - 0 views

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    Learn how to teach and assess writing more effectively and help students understand the 6-Traits of good writing (voice, ideas, word choice, organization, sentence fluency & conventions) and explore strategies to enable learners to progress through higher standards and improve test scores.
Dennis OConnor

Teachers.Net Gazette February 2003 - GINNY HOOVER: SIX TRAITS RESOURCES - The Eclectic ... - 0 views

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    We as teachers don't always need to be re-inventing the wheel. A multitude of resources are available on the Internet that will help you with teaching using the Six Traits. Some quality links follow. Enjoy.
Dennis OConnor

All I Really Need To Know I Learned From Animal House « Have Fun, Damnit! - 0 views

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    Game developer describes how classic lines from animal house fits his working world. When you think about it, the ideas fit the teacher's room as well!
Dennis OConnor

Quality Matters - 0 views

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    Quality Matters created a set of forty specific elements, distributed across eight broad standards, by which to evaluate the design of online and hybrid courses. The web-based, fully interactive rubric is complete with annotations that explain the application of the standards and relationship between them. The eight broad standards include:
Dennis OConnor

Download YouTube Videos - 0 views

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    List of services that help you download Youtube video. It's useful to have a local copy of a video. For instance Blogger.com encourages you to upload video, rather than use the typical YouTube embed code.
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DetentionSlip.org - 0 views

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    Subtitled, your daily cheat sheet for education issues, this Ed oriented blog specializes in controversial stories about school. Provocative. This is tabloid blog journalism focused on public education. If an administrator has made a bone head move it will show up on Detention Slip. There's plenty of fodder out there!
Dennis OConnor

ASCD Inservice: Loose Lips at Detention Slip - 0 views

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    ASCD's Blog is worth a visit. They do a great job of surveying Educational news.
Dennis OConnor

Can MySpace make better writers? - Education - MiamiHerald.com - 0 views

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    It's the Internet, according to Richard Sterling, former director of the National Writing Project and a faculty member of the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley University. Sterling notes that for many years writing has been neglected in schools, but the Internet has triggered an ``explosion of writing.''
Dennis OConnor

Boolify Project: An Educational Boolean Search Tool - 0 views

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    A search engine that prompts the user to graphically assemble a query using a drag and drop puzzle interface. Clever and it does made the basic boolean operations more clear.
Dennis OConnor

UMUC-Verizon Virtual Resource Site -- Module 2: Managing Interaction - 0 views

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    How can interaction be used effectively in online learning? To help you answer this question, we present video interviews with six experienced practitioners from across the disciplines. Each practitioner focuses on a particular aspect of online learning and suggests strategies for using interaction as a tool in online and Web-enhanced courses. The interviews are arranged to begin with the planning stage, proceed to online teaching in action, and end with an overview of the direction of online learning. Each interview is also available in audio and text versions and is accompanied by links to related resources.
Dennis OConnor

» 5 Common Quiz Question Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them) The Rapid eLearning... - 0 views

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    Assessing the learner's progress is important. How else can we provide the best feedback or certify that the learner's met a certain level of understanding? That's why we need to ask the right questions. Avoid the following mistakes and you'll create a more effective learning experience.
Dennis OConnor

Top News - These traits make online teachers successful - 0 views

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    What are the qualities that help instructors succeed when teaching online? That was the focus of a lively discussion at the 14th annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning Nov. 6.
Dennis OConnor

Mogulus Live Broadcast - 0 views

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    Create live, scheduled or on-demand television in a single player widget. Mix multiple live cameras, video clips and overlay graphics in the Mogulus Studio. Get your own branded channel page with chat on mogulus.com.
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Flowgram | Home | wiredinstructor - 0 views

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    Imagine online power point with audio and interactive webpages. Recommended by Bernie Dodge.
Dennis OConnor

Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web. - 0 views

  • Create timelines, share them on the web.
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    Create timelines, share them on the web. Timetoast is a great way to share your past, or even your future... Creating a timeline takes minutes, it's as simple as can be
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