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They grabbed my attention within seconds of telling me what they do as a business - they are into 'Organisational Storytelling'.

Lovely Charts is an online diagramming application that allows you to create professional looking diagrams such as flowcharts, taxonomies, sitemaps, organisation charts and many more. With Lovely Charts's extremely simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing mechanism, you'll be able to focus on what really matters. You won't have to draw boxes and arrows, you won't have to worry about what symbol to use.

A range of online links organised both by grade level and subject.

Teachers can access a variety of classroom resources regarding the various scientific education projects, events and services operated by CSIRO. Links are present to related sites run by the organisation

Teamer is an online team management system that uses email and text messaging to notify your entire team. Team members can respond by email or text message and their response is captured in real time on your private teampage. Cut the time and cost involved in organising your team. Designes for sports but may be useful in other senarios

The New economy and hints as to the changes coming in organisations and I think especially education

What can Google Apps do for your learning institution? Students, educators and help desk administrators at four American Universities share their stories on how Google Apps has reduced help desk calls, helped students and teachers to collaborate, provided free spaces for student organisations to host web sites, solved email problems and provided 24/7 mobile access to information.

"Organised by the Melbourne School of Engineering, The Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest is being launched in 2011 as part of the School's 150th anniversary celebrations. The contest will be an annual competition for schools students in year 10 in which knowledge and skills in maths, science, engineering, and project management are put to the test in the creation of a 'spaghetti machine' - the Italian term for an overly complex machine or device that is used to perform a relatively simple task."

Interesting technology competition in Australia, Students will enjoy building these strange machines.

"The animals found in the south eastern Australian State of Victoria are unique and diverse. Detailed descriptions of animals, maps of distribution, and endangered species status combine with stunning imagery and sounds to provide a valuable reference that can be used in urban, bush and coastal environments. The content has been developed by scientists at Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museum organisation. The app holds descriptions of over 700 species encompassing birds, fishes, frogs, lizards, snakes, mammals, freshwater, terrestrial and marine invertebrates, spiders, and insects including butterflies. From animals found in rockpools, minibeasts in your garden, to wildlife you might see in the bush. We've put in a lot of species, but it's still a fraction of the complete fauna of Victoria. Our scientists will continue to add additional species and refine descriptions over time."

"Companies who want to know more about prospective employees can learn a lot by checking their Facebook profiles, according to a new study. Jennifer Golbeck and colleagues at the University of Maryland surveyed the public profiles of nearly 300 Facebook users for information about their favourite activities, TV shows, movies, music, books, quotes, and membership in political or other organisations. They also looked at the "About Me" and "blurb" sections. The work did not include status updates or other data that is only available to users' online friends."

Google has no shortage of services around the web, but those various information resources often seem disconnected. A new Google interface, called WDYL - or "What Do You Love?" - resolves that by bringing together previews of various specialized Google searches in one place.

Google's 'what do you love' search retrieves results organised by medium, eg books, videos, pictures, etc. Some random things here too.

The Lotus has presented exclusive version from the Lotus Evora S devoted to some timeless legend of music: Freddie Mercury (who does have switched 65 today). The British manufacturer has launched pictures of the exclusive edition of their sports vehicle is going to be sold throughout a charitable organisation event to battle Helps. The fundraising event is organized by former people of Queen's John May and Roger Taylor, together with the band's manager Jim Beach, because the dying from the singer in 1991. The Lotus Evora S Freddie Mercury Edition thus remains a genuine collector's item.

The recent holiday break has reminded me of a number of things - how organised I am at work and with all things digital, yet my working space at home,

European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

Another interesting collection of apps organised under a range of headings via a dropdown menu. Click on the icons that appear and you get a review of the app plus where applicable a YouTube review video.

This is an online version of a comprehensive guide to getting started with and using Google Wave. The seven chapters cover topics such as managing contacts, organising and getting deeper into waves and adding gadgets and bots. Well worth a read if you prefer text based learning materials.

According to recent research findings, e-learning has reached the point in the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector where it has tipped over into the mainstream with 50% of employers and 51% of Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) saying they use some online learning activities with learners. 90% of trainees say they want it. Yet for the past four surveys, practitioners are rapidly losing confidence in the ability of e-learning to improve learning outcomes for students. What's going on?

"CORE Education is a not-for-profit educational research and development based organisation with an international reputation for support and promotion of the use of new technologies for learning across all education and training sectors. CORE Education is devoted to improving education, and therefore ensures it is not only at the forefront of educational matters, but leading them."

70:20:10 is simply a reference model or framework that is being used by organisations re-focus their efforts and resources towards where most real learning actually happens, through experiences, practice, conversations and reflection in the context of the workplace, not in classrooms. Anyone trying to 'prove' that the percentages fall exactly this way is not only wasting their time, but clearly doesn't 'get it' or understand the vagaries of Human Behaviour research.

An interesting annotated list that is organised by how each tool is used.