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"Learn how to use Google documents to organize personal and business documents and spreadsheets ..." (You are viewing an eHow Video Series, ¶1).

"a cloud based document comparison and redlining tool making it easier to share, delegate and collaborate" (Document comparison in the cloud, ¶1, 2010.02.14)

Clear and concise introduction to using Present.me for creating and distributing video commentary on uploaded documents (.pdf, .ppt, .pptx, & Google Docs).

Seems to be for fixed displays, rather than auto updating transclusions

"Collect, share and publish in a format designed to make your documents look their very best." (Issuu - You Publish [home page], Publish by millions, ¶1, 2009.09.10)

In his "Blueprint for Change" economic recovery document, President Obama said that America "should lead the world in broadband penetration and Internet access." Data indicates, however, that the U.S. is far behind other nations when it comes to providing broadband access for its citizens. Figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) show a sharp decline in U.S. broadband access rank among its 30 member nations. In 2001, the U.S. ranked 4th, but by the end of 2008 had fallen to 15th place. As for speed, Akamai, one of the largest global networks, released its "Q3 2009 State of the Internet" report that shows the U.S. 18th with an average connection speed of 3.9 Mbps. In first place was South Korea, which clocked in at 14.6 Mbps. (America Lagging, ¶¶1-3)

"Sites that allow users to work with others on documents, or provide a shared workspace" (para. 1).

Covers why and how to make an outline

Although this entire document focuses on N. American higher education settings (Part One, ¶1), Part Two: Guidelines for Writing and Writing-Intensive Courses will interest and hopefully inform administrators, course designers, program planners, and teachers working in other regional and perhaps even global contexts as well. Part two covers: Class Size, Assignment Design, Assessment, Textual Borrowing, Teacher Preparation, and resource provisions. Part Four: Guidelines for Teacher Preparedness will interest those involved in teacher education, or pre- and in-service teacher development. Part Six comprises an extensive bibliography for further reading.

Lists eight (8) suggestions to help you avoid sequential organizational faults when writing instructions or presenting other information "where sequence is important" (Sequential Order, ¶1). Of particular interest are front-loading (step 1-2) and using repetition instead of back or cross-references (step 8).

Covers "bad news" organization; includes Guide for Refusing a Request and suggests ending on a positive note.

At present, there are six "How To's" on this page, namely how to: 1. record your 1st presentme, 2. change our camera & microphones settings,  3. record if your network is slow,  4. make an edit, 5. share a presentation, and 6. make a presentme private.

Access point for help and tutorials - Categories include: Getting Started; Organizing your Docs List; Creating and Editing Drawings; Sharing, Collaborating and Publishing; Uploading and Exporting; Fixing a Problem; and More.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus has launched an innovative new tool called VocabGrabber (http://vocabgrabber.com) that helps teachers and students target the key vocabulary from a text within seconds. Powered by the award-winning Visual Thesaurus software, VocabGrabber intelligently extracts words from any document and demonstrates how those words are used in context. It's a boon for language arts teachers, students of English at all levels of proficiency, or anyone who wants fresh insights into how language works. VocabGrabber is easy to use. Simply copy a passage (up to about 100 pages) into a box on the VocabGrabber web site (http://vocabgrabber.com), click the Grab Vocabulary button, and an interactive visualization of vocabulary words and phrases immediately appears. Or add a VocabGrabber button to your toolbar, and you can grab vocabulary words from a web page with one click. What makes VocabGrabber especially useful is the way in which the words are organized. VocabGrabber compares how often words appear in the text with the frequency of these words in standard written English overall. Grabbing the vocabulary from the United States Bill of Rights, for instance, highlights significant legal terms like probable cause and cruel and unusual punishment. Grabbing the opening of the Charles Dickens classic Oliver Twist, meanwhile, will quickly zero in on words like workhouse, gruel, and pauper.

Coiro, Julie. (2005). Making sense of online text. Educational Leadership 62(2), 30-35. Retrieved September 21, 2011, from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct05/vol63/num02/Making-Sense-of-Online-Text.aspx