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The Wisconsin Online Resource Center is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called "learning objects." The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and produced by multimedia technicians who create the learning objects for the online environment. At present, 409 WTCS faculty members have authored learning objects. The Wisc-Online digital library contains 2542 objects that are accessible to all WTCS faculty at no cost and with copyright clearance for use in any WTCS classroom or online application. Other colleges, universities, and consortia from throughout the United States and around the world use the library with permission. Current use of the learning object repository exceeds 20,000 hits per day. Learning objects are designed and developed by a team of instructional designers, editors, technicians, and student interns.

S 339 proposes a new model of education - one that integrates technology and social responsibility into classroom instruction. We will be opening our school to an in-person and online audience on June 9th, 2009 in an event we're calling Dot-to-Dot: A Global Learning Reception. We're expecting an in-person attendance of 500 and an online attendance in the thousands. Students and teachers will be presenting their projects from 1pm-5pm EST; these include a documentary on special education, a documentary about student awareness of genocide that highlights one class's work with Darfur is Dying, a student-written bilingual play about the immigration experience, and public service announcements on social issues, among others. You can participate in person or online. In-person attendees will be able to see these presentations live, and online attendees will be able to see streaming presentations and leave comments for teachers and students. Dot-to-Dot represents the work of 67 teachers, 840 students, and an entire school committed to imagining the future of education.

"At Google, we support the education of families on how to stay safe online. That's why we've teamed up with online safety organization iKeepSafe to develop curriculum that educators can use in the classroom to teach what it means to be a responsible online citizen. The curriculum is designed to be interactive, discussion filled and allow students to learn through hands-on and scenario activities. On this site you'll find a resource booklet for both educators and students that can be downloaded in PDF form, presentations to accompany the lesson and animated videos to help frame the conversation. "

LiveBinders are the best way to organize and share information online. Live Binders could be an excellent tool for students to use to create online booklets of resources they find online combined with content that they've created. Or students could build Live Binders to showcase the work that they've done.

The Pennsylvania Online Learning Summit is a face-to-face conference on October 28, 29 and 30, 2010. We will bring together PA educators who have an interest in online and blended learning. We will concentrate on Moodle, an open-source learning management system, though many other distance-learning technologies will be shared and discussed.

MacArthur Foundation ~ Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America's youth are developing important social and technical skills online - often in ways adults do not understand or value.

QuizEgg is essential for parents, teachers, professors, instructors and other educators. The online quiz maker let's you quickly and easily make sophisticated quizzes that can be completed by your students online. Quizzes are automatically graded for you, so there is no need to spend hours correcting them yourself. All the quiz results are analyzed and aggregated for you in easy-to-read reports.

"SignUpGenius is a FREE online tool for creating and managing group sign up lists. # Simple wizards for creating your sign up # Public or private online group sign up # Automated email reminders # "Swapping" ability for schedule changes # Attractive and customizable templates # Easy administration tools and stats"

This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.

The Google Checkout store gadget allows you to quickly and easily create an online store using a Google Docs spreadsheet. No complicated coding or technical tasks are required. You can get your first online store up-and-running in under five minutes.

Thinking about using this for an online school store.

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"advocates for P-12 online learning. "

Crop & Resize Photos Free Online - Optimize pictures for websites and email. This free online image Web Resizer helps you optimize photos for web or email. Easy to use. Amazing results!

an innovative and comprehensive database of free online courses from elite colleges like Yale, Stanford, and MIT. With classes on everything from French Literature to Calculus, the only thing limiting your learning is your broadband connection and the amount of free time you have.

Palbee is a free online service which allows you to set up easy video meetings with your friends and colleagues. You can also use Palbee to record your own presentations and store them online.

Noteflight® is an online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser. Work on a score from any computer on the Internet, share with other users, or embed into your own pages.