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A free ebook on how professional associations and groups can use web2.0 tech for elearning solutions. Examples of blogging, podcasting, and course development tools.

A free ebook on how professional associations and groups can use web2.0 tech for elearning solutions. Examples of blogging, podcasting, and course development tools. By Jeff Thomas Cobb. Tagoras.com also has podcasts on elearning and associations.

"Gamification" describes turning real-world situations into games. Gamification is a neologism -- a newly invented term that's becoming commonly used. The word gamification was likely born in the realm of casual conversation to convey the idea of turning something into a game. People like entrepreneur and author Gabe Zichermann, though, have given gamification its own unique definition. Zichermann, a respected authority on gamification and its applications, defines the term as "the process of using game thinking and mechanics to engage audiences and solve problems." In short, he describes gamification as "non-fiction gaming."

In his 2010 book "Game-Based Marketing," co-authored with writer Joselin Linder, Zichermann defines a related term he coined: funware.

"The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity (Registration Number 1129409) which exists to promote the study of computer science and related topics, especially at school level, and to put the fun back into learning computing. We plan to develop, manufacture and distribute an ultra-low-cost computer, for use in teaching computer programming to children. We expect this computer to have many other applications both in the developed and the developing world."

Free authoring tool to create synthesized voice podcasts from text. Copy and paste text into voice synthesizer and add background music. Create study material to improve memory retention. Free tool.

Create interactive ebooks and release them as apps for iOS and Android devices with one-click publishing. Create and share your stories.

How about getting the students to create their own story books?

Welcome to the ISB Google Apps Ninja Training Center here you will find all the materials you need to become an ISB Google Apps Ninja Master. There are 5 essential ninja apps categories you must master to become a true Apps Master Ninja.

This great idea was created by Jeff Utecht and more details and background can be found in his blog post at http://www.thethinkingstick.com/become-a-google-apps-ninja/

"Expect the IT landscape to change ... Here's a look at five predictions on hot skills, evolving roles, and how social media will change recruiting"

"The Conversation Prism is a visual map of the social media landscape. It's an ongoing study in digital ethnography that tracks dominant and promising social networks and organizes them by how they're used in everyday life."

A great site for capturing the Twitter stream without scrolling through EVERYTHING

"Make eBooks. Really simple. Right from Google Drive" epub format

"Easily create time lapses and stop motions with screenshots and webcams"