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"On October 21, the top videos selected by the YouTube Play jury were revealed and celebrated at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The videos, which can be viewed below and on youtube.com/play, will be presented at the Guggenheim Museums in New York, Bilbao, Berlin, and Venice on October 22-24, 2010. They comprise the ultimate YouTube playlist: a selection of the most unique, innovative, groundbreaking video work being created and distributed online during the past two years"

take a look at some of the most compelling new sites that have launched in just the few short months since President Obama took office: * Data.gov, providing open access to feeds of valuable facts and figures generated by the executive branch. * USAspending.gov, allowing any of us to drill down into the details of spending from various federal agencies. * Recovery.gov, perhaps one of the best-known of the new sites, offering up details of how resources from the Recovery Act are being allocated. * And of course, there's WhiteHouse.gov. You know about that one. What's remarkable about these sites is not merely that they exist; There had been some efforts to provide this kind of information in the past. Rather, what stands out is that they exhibit a lot of the traits of some of the best tech startups in Silicon Valley or New York City. Each site has remarkably consistent branding elements, leading to a predictable and trustworthy sense of place when you visit the sites. There is clear attention to design, both from the cosmetic elements of these pages, and from the thoughtfulness of the information architecture on each site. (The clear, focused promotional areas on each homepage feel just like the "Sign up now!" links on the site of most Web 2.0 companies.) And increasingly, these services are being accompanied by new APIs and data sources that can be used by others to build interesting applications.

$500 million would be awarded to create online instructional materials that would be available free to community colleges and their students. \n\n"And this will make it possible for a professor to complement his lecture with an online exercise, or for a student who can't be away from her family to still keep up with her coursework. We don't know where this kind of experiment will lead, but that's exactly why we ought to try it because I think there's a possibility that online education can provide especially for people who are already in the workforce and want to retrain the chance to upgrade their skills without having to quit their job."

Obama's plan could be transformative according to distance education expert.

I'm a so-so fan of Skype. I've used it on an infrequent basis and have had more than a few dropped calls. Audio and video alike. However, it's a cheap way to make long distance calls and seems to work better over wi-fi and the video quality is improving on a regular basis. So therefore it's probably a great tool for the classroom. But how can you use Skype to do more than just make calls? Well, there's a pantload of interesting ways! Check out these fun ideas: Collaborate! Meet with other classrooms: One of the most common projects educators utilize Skype for is setting up exchanges with classrooms around the world, usually for cultural exchange purposes or working together on a common assignment. The program's official site provides some great opportunities to meet up with like-minded teachers and students sharing the same goals. Practice a foreign language: Connect with individual learners or classrooms hailing from a different native tongue can use a Skype collaboration to sharpen grammar and pronunciation skills through conversation. Peace One Day: Far beyond classroom collaborations, the Peace One Day initiative teamed up with Skype itself and educators across the globe to teach kids about the importance of ending violence, war, and other social ills. Around the World with 80 Schools: This challenge asks participating schools to hook up with 80 worldwide and report back what all they've learned about other cultures and languages. Talk about the weather: One popular Skype project sees participants from different regions make note of the weather patterns for a specified period of time, with students comparing and contrasting the results. Collaborative poetry: In this assignment, connected classrooms pen poetic pieces together and share them via video conferencing. Practice interviews: The education system frequently receives criticism for its failure to prepare students for the real world, but using Skype to help them run through mock-up

Cómo puedo utilizar el Podcast y las herramientas con audio e imágenes para promover el aprendizaje de la lengua meta?  ACTIVIDADES DEL CUARTO DÍA  Martes 24 de abril de 2007  En esta sesión vamos a ver los siguientes temas: Tema 1. Herramientas con audio y con audio e imágenes Actividad 1.1 Consultar ligas de Slidestory y Podomatic Actividad 1.2 Presentación con Slidestory Actividad 1.3 Grabación con Podomatic Actividad 1.4 Colocar liga de la actividad en el Blog Actividad 1.5 Visitar actividades de compañeros y dejar comentario en el Blog Tema 1.  Herramientas con audio y con audio e imágenes  ¿Cómo puedo utilizar las herramientas con audio y con audio e imágenes para promover el aprendizaje de contenidos curriculares? Objetivo: Los participantes serán capaces de: Identificar las actividades idóneas utilizando herramientas de audio y de audio e imágenes. Identificar las características que debe tener un producto de calidad utilizando podcast o slidestory. Diseñar una actividad de manera individual o en parejas utilizando Slidestory.com o Podomatic.com Seleccionar y redactar una propuesta de trabajo para sus alumnos en la que, mediante slidestory, o un podcast elaboren un producto que dé cuenta de su conocimiento sobre un tema asignado. Introducción  La socialización de la información ha sido posible gracias al desarrollo de herramientas digitales beta que permiten al usuario compartir con cualquier usuario de Internet sus ideas mediante el uso de imágenes, audio y video. Para su adecuado funcionamiento, estos medios requieren del uso de banda ancha. Afortunadamente, cada vez es más común este tipo de conectividad. Las aplicaciones de estas herramientas en el contexto educativo invitan al docente a poner en juego su destreza y creatividad.  En esta sesión trabajarás con una de las dos herramientas, slidestory o podcast. Actividad 1.1. Consulta las siguientes ligas para que explores algunos eje

Market analysis for distance learning including market size, segment and forcasts in 2009

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I love to learn new stuff as an adult, most likely due to a misspent youth. As an undergraduate college student, I knew where the pool tables were located. Let's just leave it at that.

The decentralized network will among other things address the much debated privacy issue that have marred the terrific social networking hub.