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A Google jockey is a participant in a presentation or class who surfs the Internet for terms, ideas, Web sites, or resources mentioned by the presenter or related to the topic. The jockey's searches are displayed simultaneously with the presentation, helping to clarify the main topic and extend learning opportunities. The "7 Things You Should Know About..." series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning practices and technologies. Each brief focuses on a single practice or technology and describes what it is, where it is going, and why it matters to teaching and learning. Use "7 Things You Should Know About..." briefs for a no-jargon, quick overview of a topic and share them with time-pressed colleagues. In addition to the "7 Things You Should Know About…" briefs, you may find other ELI resources useful in addressing teaching, learning, and technology issues at your institution. To learn more, please visit the ELI Resources page.

Here are six great sites that will help you publish your work, guaranteeing you a published book that can be sold via different outlets, such as Amazon.

Podstock 2009!\nSubmitted by johnessdack on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:51\n\nPodstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see the real value of podcasting as creators and consumers together. We'll have breakout sessions on podcasting for beginners, as well as sessions for and by seasoned pros. We'll explore podcasting as well as many other web 2.0 tools that can exhance learning and communication in your world. We invite you to join this site and add your thinking to the initial planning for this event. The conference will be held in Old Town Wichita, located in Wichita, Kansas and host participants from all over the country. It will be 2 days of education, learning & fun, so we hope you won't miss it!

Make, export or embed thematic maps for presentations, geography classes, etc. Wow! A very impressive site!

K-4 online resource site developed by the University School of Nashville.

This New Zealand site hosts interviews with educators who talk about learning and technology.

Free industry quality movies are pretty scarce but free music can be found in many places. So, enter what in my opinion are the best sites to download free music. Not the torrent or limewire kind; the I-take-it-without-paying-so-it's free, but music relea

This site includes games, activities, teaching strategies, and resources to teach multiplication. Includes ideas that appeal to multiple learning styles.

Users of this site can earn grains of rice to be dontated to the United Nations World Food Program.

This site contains lessons that comine math and social justice issues to build real world connections and relevance to curriculumn.

Online manipulatives suitable for K-12 students. Includes number & operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis & probability. Site made available through Utah State University. A downloadable desktop version is also available.

This is an interesting site about the human body.

Free webquest hosting site. User has the option to browse already created webquests in all content areas.

This interactive site could be a great addition to webquests about ecology or business.

Take an interactive virtual tour of the Acropolis. The site claims to be also working on a Google Earth tour.

Part of the Cool Sites series Learning new vocabulary can be quite daunting for most students. We just have to look at the literacy rates to see how much

FROM KARL FISCH--Basically I was trying to create a resource for students and staff that would help them think through the process for creating something digital. I wanted them to think about purpose and audience first, make a decision about whether this particular piece of work needs to be digital, and then give them some information about possible tools they might want to use.