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this story was recommended to me by David Kees (davidkees.blogspot.com) in response to a post I wrote about mLearning where David states that we may be shortsighting ourselves if we see mLearning only as a learning plarform.

All images are free for use by educational professionals and their students without permission. All other use is by permission only

PhotoSoup is a visual word puzzle generator that allows users to create word search puzzles with tag-photo pairs taken from Flickr. The tag is hidden in the puzzle, and only the associated photo is shown as a clue. The objective is to find all hidden tags in the puzzle before you run out of time.

How to best use wikispaces, how to add or use other services together with WS for the best result. The only rule is be nice to all and stay on the subject: how to make the best use of wikispaces.

We've been waiting nearly half a century for computer-based information technologies to revolutionize education. While some in authority (including vendors) may supply glowing eports on the progress we've made, visionaries and pioneers like Doug Engelbart and Alan Kay insist we're not only "not there yet," but that we haven't yet fully grasped what "there" might mean.

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Exhibit is a lightweight structured data publishing framework that lets you create web pages with support for sorting, filtering, and rich visualizations by writing only HTML and optionally some CSS and Javascript code.

I want to highlight only the very best, hand-picked from hundreds of resources. This is not another resource list you'll bookmark and never look at again. These tips, monster resources and tools will change the way you use Gmail.

Moodlerooms, Inc., a global organization that offers optimized solutions that make online teaching and learning effective, has teamed up with Google to develop an integration that allows Moodle users to access Google Apps™ Education Edition from Moodle using a single sign on (SSO). "This integration means that schools and institutions need only load their users into Moodle, and the integration will automatically load these users into their Google Apps Education Edition, providing users with Web-based e-mail, document authoring, spreadsheets, presentations and sites, all integrated with their online learning platform.

From Mashable comes the latest list of YouTubes tools. As they say, "YouTube is still the undisputed king of video sharing on the web, so it only makes sense that there would be a slew of tricks and tools for it. From Adobe AIR applications that let you download videos to Firefox extensions that protect you from RickRolls, and much more, here are over 100 tools and resources to help you enhance your video experience."

This is part 1 of an ongoing community project to help people understand how to get jobs during a recession. This data is slightly skewed towards those that are already active in social media as the survey went to those within my network on my blog and the highly connected Twitter community. There were 214 respondents to the survey although this graphic only represents those who got jobs since Sept 2007 (71 respondents) that represent those that were hired during the announcement of the recession. This is a personal research project, and is not tied to my employer, clients, or anyone else for that matter.

Share photos and images publicly or only to your friends. Embed Flash videos on your site or share with friends.Share documents privately and securely. Play your favorite MP3s anywhere, including your blog.

Another place to perhaps to store various media.

ZapGrab is simple and functional screenshot program able to copy everything that appears in your monitor. It is as easy as taking a photo [know more] ZapGrab allows you to capture your screen in two different ways: the whole screen or only a section with a quadrangular form selected by you with the mouse.

This neat video from Google looks at how the Google search function works from the spiders though to the software algorithms that search the index of Search Terms that makes up Google. The only drawback is the self promotion tacked onto the end of the video.

The Amazing Joyce Valenza shares this great poster of search engines specially suited to primary school students. The only drawback is that as it's a Glogster, it can take quite some time to load dependent on your connection.

a wizard for creating and managing customized Google maps of address lists cool features include addresses come from your own Google spreadsheets modify your address list and maps are automatically updated; done so daily, or on demand privately be the only viewer of your maps, or publish them and show them on any website access the address lists and maps from anywhere it's easy, no code required it's free download KML of your maps / export them to Google earth

Edistorm takes the metaphor of sticky notes on a boardroom wall and brings it online allowing anyone - anywhere to brainstorm with only a web browser. Each user picks their favorite ideas and Edistorm brings the best ones forward.

QR Stuff generates codes from the following Text, Website URL, Telephone Number, SMS Message, Email Address, Email Message, Contact Details (VCARD), Event (VCALENDAR) Google Maps Location, Wifi Login (Android Only), Paypal Buy Now Link, Social Media , iTunes Link & YouTube Videos. You can also use their pay for service for other options eg t-shirts etc.

Wylio is a little different from the other CC image portals. It's also perfect for bloggers and web publishers of all ages. It not only finds cool copyright-friendly images from Flickr's CC pool, it emphasizes a respect for intellectual property.