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From its inception, the web has always had appeal as an educational resource.
The Comprehensive Guide to Google Free Tools for Teachers and Students
Google has some of the best free educational resources for teachers and students. I am one of the biggest fans of some of his services such as Google plus, YouTube, Bogger, Google docs and many more.
The Entire Guide to Google Search Features for Teachers and Students
The Entire Guide to Google Search Features for Teachers and Students is the third ebook I am publishing here exclusively for Educational Technology and Mobile Learning readers. After the success of 80 Alternatives to YouTube and The Comprehensive Guide to Google Free Tools in Education , I am expecting my readers to find this guide of the same importance if not more.
#1: Increase Your Intelligence: Five ways to maximize your cognitive potential
Intelligence is being able to approach a new problem, recognize its important components, and solve it—then take that knowledge gained and put it towards solving the next, more complex problem. It’s about innovation and imagination, and about being able to put that to use to make the world a better place.
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Here is another weekly edition of Treasure Chest—82 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed this past week. Since it was a holiday week I scaled back my edtech curating but still managed to come up with these resources you may have missed.
82 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest November 27, 2011
Creating an e-book: Tips on formatting and converting your document
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schooX: Social Network for Online Education from schooX on Vimeo . This video is a short introduction to schooX. schooX.com is a social network for online education developed on the basis of Web 2.0 technologies with free online courses that aims to introduce students or amateurs to several courses. Intermediate and advanced level courses are also available for those students that seek material to elaborate on a subject. Share and Enjoy <p style="text-align:right;color:#A8A8A8"></p>
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Videos for the following free Harvard courses are made available by the Harvard Extension School’s Open Learning Initiative.
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10 free collaboration tools for journalists
Two heads are often better than one when it comes to working creatively. Here are ten tools and apps that help journalists to collaborate with others. 1.Google is continuously working to improve Google Maps, but there are still some things that it lacks. For those times when I want more detail in my maps I'll switch over to using Google Earth. Unfortunately, not all of my readers have that same option. Therefore, I'd like to introduce you to Shaded Relief . Shaded Relief is an interactive map built on top of Google Maps.
Interactive Shaded Relief Map of the World
On Shaded Relief you can quickly measure elevation, distance, and area in a variety of units. You can also use Shaded Relief to search for things like tracts of land leased by the government, cultivated land areas, or railroad causeways. by Sep 30
800+ COLLABORATION SITES BOOKMARKED
An incredibly valuable resource for the best collaboration related sites from around the web. by Sep 29
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After a few months of chatter, Google+ has opened up to everyone.
Amazing...how do you collaborate as a team? I'm a bit new here... by ihavetobeanonymous Oct 15