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Bloomberg is a premier site for business and financial market news. It delivers world economic news, stock futures, stock quotes, & personal finance advice. Great site for following financial, news and investing. I use and utilize the site an an everyday bookmark.

Good blog for business plan tips, case studies of successful Canadian entrepreneurs, explanation of terminology, identification of pitfalls (what not to do!).

These tools can also be used for educational purposes.

This link provides the reader with a brief description on Poll Everything and how use it. You can see how the polls are written and the various way one might use this site for business, personal or educational purposes on a cell phone, twitter or the web.

This article provides a list of ten strategies that online teachers need to develop to be efficient. Some very good points.

Great article Sue... I'm bookmarking it!

A colleague had sent this link to me about Twitter applications for business after I commented on how I was trying to see how some of the technology had practical applications in my classroom. So, I share it with you here.

Overview/Introduction We've been waiting a long time for computers to dramatically change education, but for the most part, that promise remains unfulfilled. Unlike in the business world, where the computer quickly became a fixture on every desk and transformed both day-to-day tasks and the business landscape as a whole, computers have not transformed the goals of educators, or even the methods used to achieve those goals.

Focuses on the importance of web2.0 in educational networking.

Or classroom. Digital Flipbooks like "Flipsnack" are an interesting way to create online content that connects learners with innovation. Through virtually flipping pages you can add .pdf's, url's, meme's, gifs, and other digital content to be stored in one virtual textbook. This would be great for manuals, textbooks, or any type of file sharing.

This short video explains how you can easily convert a Microsoft Word document into a PowerPoint Presentation. A very handy hack for busy teachers!

Great article about responding to email in a timely manner, even when you don't have any answers for the sender or are incredibly busy. Enjoy!

This article was very interesting and informative, thanks for sharing

Will great free courses drive down applications to places like Stanford? That's doubtful. It's more likely that these offerings will help build a stronger university brand. Writing about the success of a Stanford online computer science course in the Wall Street Journal, Holly Finn implies that free Web-based education is about to or should replace elite universities: It's a thrilling collegiate coup.

This was really interesting...there are so many free online courses. The issue seems to be quality and accreditation.

A brief article about social media's role in education

This is an excerpt from an excellent book by Daniel Coleman that describes the type of leaders we are searching for in education and business.

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Finally, someone admits that quality online education does not come cheap