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"Free Web-Based Project Management Software & Time Tracking System & Expense Tool"

Learning Technologies Master of Science Emerging technologies are dramatically redefining the learning experience. Constant innovation continues to introduce new opportunities to enhance the delivery of teaching, training, collaboration and assessment. Education, business, and government are rapidly embracing the benefits of new learning technologies to improve student achievement, actively engage learners, manage and distribute training opportunities, facilitate collaboration and generate innovative solutions. Learning technologies have expanded beyond the use of a learning management system and web-based learning to encompass a range of technologies and opportunities.

Otixo lets you connect your online "Cloud" services to manage and share your files. To add a new provider, select a service on the right where you have an active account.

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.

"Through VuSafe, teachers can easily manage and share approved videos and other streaming content, while safeguarding students from inappropriate advertising, comments, links and other content present on sites such as YouTube."

"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"

Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning 'think' or 'thought' in Te Reo Māori, is user centred environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities.

The Copyright Management Center is pleased to provide several informational web pages that are designed to aid members of the IUPUI educational community with several common issues that arise when considering the use of copyrighted works for educational purposes:

Overall there is a strong body of evidence linking the use of technology to improvements in learning and outcomes for learners. The relationship is not a simple one. Time taken to embed the use of technology, school-level planning and learner competency and focus of use, and link to models of learning are all important in mediating the impact of technology on outcomes. Schools that take a systematic and planned approach to using technology to support learning achieve better outcomes with technology than other schools. These 'e-mature' schools have a well-developed vision for learning and lead and manage their use of technology in support of this.

This screencast shows the new "Time-Slider" feature of EtherPad. EtherPad is a collaborative real-time word processor and document manager. See http://etherpad.com/

Discuss Moodle, the Open Source Learning Management System

The Find Out How...In the Classroom series explores the powerful, elegant features of the Mac to seamlessly integrate rich content with a variety of media, and to effortlessly share student work and manage classroom projects. So you can learn, teach, and create like never before.

NCTE's definition of 21st Century Literacies

"Twenty-first century readers and writers need to Develop proficiency with the tools of technology Build relationships with others to pose and solve problems collaboratively and cross-culturally Design and share information for global communities to meet a variety of purposes Manage, analyze and synthesize multiple streams of simultaneous information Create, critique, analyze, and evaluate multi-media texts Attend to the ethical responsibilities required by these complex environments"

"Ripple Effects Whole Spectrum Intervention System (WSIS) includes an integrated suite of software and web-based tools enable needs assessment, personalized, training, evaluation, and data management."

shared by the LVA folks

Using Accountability to "Reform" Public Schools to Death

In cooperation with Discovery Education, this is a nice site with a variety of quality resources. (If you visit the DE site, http://thinkgreen.discoveryeducation.com/, you can get a free tote bag.)