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James Burke - The Day The Universe Changed | Watch Free Documentary Online - 42 views

  • The Day the Universe Changed is a ten-part documentary television series presented by science historian James Burke. The series tells a series of stories of how specific scientific and technological advances have shaped the Western way of life.
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    Links to the full documentary are online at this site. 
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James Burke Institute for Innovation in Education the Knowledge Web - 89 views

  • Welcome to the home page of the James Burke Institute for Innovation in Education and its flagship project, the Knowledge Web.
  • Founded by James Burke, the author, host, and narrator of the acclaimed television series Connections, the Institute exists to encourage innovative uses of educational technology.
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Information Investigator 3 by Carl Heine on Prezi - 101 views

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    What if every student (and educator) was a good online researcher?  I know, you don't have the time to teach information fluency skills.  What if you could get a significant advance is skills with just a 2 -3  hour time commitment?  Here's a great Prezi 'fly by" of the new Information Investigator 3.1 online self paced class.  Watch the presentation carefully to find the link to a free code to take the class for evaluation purposes. 
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    I couldn't agree more. Library Media Specialists, especially when they can collaborate with classroom teachers, are the best resource for teaching these skills. However the problem of access to a Librarian and the issue of scale are real barriers. I've been creating content for Librarians for a decade. They are the best! You'll find years of free resources at: http://21cif.com This resource will help them reach more students. We had 1000 teens take this course at the Center for Talent Development. It really does work. We're hoping to reach teachers and librarians everywhere so we can pass along the skills and the opportunity. If American education was marginally rational there would be professionally staffed library media centers in every school. Since that isn't the case, I hope Internet based resources can keep the lights on for a new generation that really needs information fluency.
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Information Fluency Newsletter - 28 views

  • Subscribe to our email newsletter and receive periodic updates about 21CIF including professional development opportunities and new resources.
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    "Information Fluency Newsletter! Subscribe to our email newsletter and receive periodic updates about 21CIF including professional development opportunities and new resources."
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Internet Search Challenge - 36 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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    Carl Heine's brilliant blog on Internet Search skills. A must read.
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YouTube - Teacher feedback with Diigo - 5 views

  • Diigo social bookmarking and annotation is very effective for teachers to provide student feedback to online work, and supports student responses and comments to each other.
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    The author of this video JD Travers ends his video presentation by saying "There's a lot more to Diigo than this little Trick". He's so right! But as tricks go, this is very clever. Travers shows us how you can use Diigo and Google Groups to create an interactive discussion board. As a power-searcher and e-learning teacher I see great possibilities with this approach.
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YouTube - Diigo presents WebSlides (New Version) - 0 views

  • Converting bookmarks & RSS feeds to slideshow in minutes! More powerful and easy to use functions! Check it out!
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    This video works best as a conceptual overview of how the Diigo slides feature can be used to create a variety of different web-based presentations. I'd recommend this video as an 'eye opener' to the potential uses for this remarkable social bookmarking site. On the other hand, it is is not a 'How to' video. Well worth watching for anyone involved in e-learning, collaborative research, blended teaching environments, library media studies, web 2.0 communications.
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Diigo Tutorials - 4 views

  • Diigo Tutorials Last edited September 19, 2008 More by Cliotech - Jennifer Dorman »
  • #6: Hate photocopying and assembling bulky, wasteful handouts? Save time and money. Just tag the pages, including highlights and notes, you want to include, then quickly Extract all the information under that tag. Give students CDs containing copies of the HTML file which has links to all the original pages and includes highlighted passages and your notes, or print copies as you need them. Watch this demo to see how it's done.
  • #11: Whether you write a blog for colleagues or to keep your students infromed, Diigo offers several useful features. You can blog directly from the Diigo toolbar, with a link to the page you're writing about as well as your highlights and notes already added to the post. Diigo will also send a linkroll of resources you've saved directly to your blog with no extra effort on your part.
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    Jennifer Dorman's Google Notebook listing Diigo Tutorials. Jennifer if obviously deep into diigo and generously sharing her resources in the best web 2.0 tradition. Check out the list of twelve uses for diigo at the bottom of the page! (I'll highlight a few.)
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Learn More | Diigo - 2 views

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    A four slide introduction to diigo as a research tool. This does good job of explaining the concept of social bookmarking while highlighting various features of diigo. I've found that many struggle to grasp the foundation concept of social bookmarking. I think this overview will help answer basic questions for many new users. Of particular use to me as an online teacher is this slide style orientation that can be used to introduce someone to diigo as part of the account creation process. (The slides end with a sign up button.) If you're a new diigo user, this orientation will point out new features and put things in context. If you haven't yet tried Diigo, this is the way to get started.
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6-Traits - 0 views

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    KMSoul is a student publication of personal narratives from 7th and 8th Graders. These pieces can be used as practice pieces for 6-traits assessments.
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6-Traits - 1 views

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    Annotated links describing various online resources related to the writing process. A strong site for teachers looking for quality resources.
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6-Traits lesson plans - 0 views

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    You'll find lesson plans for each of the 6-traits. Developed to support an online 6-traits training class at UW-Stout.
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6-Traits Search - 0 views

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    This is a specialized search engine that is focused on 6-traits resources. It's built with the Eurekster system that uses Yahoo Technology.
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Top News - Report challenges online-learning assumptions - 0 views

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    Some critics of distance learning say face-to-face classes give students a better learning environment, but a recent Indiana University study found that online learners reported deeper approaches to learning than classroom-based learners.
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Welcome to the secure portion of SpokenText your personal text to audio converter - 4 views

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    free account. Creates an audio recording of text, pdf, webpage. Recording can be downloaded and added to materials to improve accessibility.
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Welcome to dimdim - 4 views

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    Synchronous software service for free use. Easier than elluminate or Breeze, seems quite simple to use. No conversion needed to use PPT or PDF. free. Give it a try!
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California State University to Offer Moodle through Moodlerooms - 1 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.
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Student Technology Assessments Are Now Simple. Finally. | SimpleAssessment - 1 views

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    SimpleAssessment is a revolutionary tool that takes all the guesswork out of assessing student technology proficiency. Free for k-12 Districts
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