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From its inception, the web has always had appeal as an educational resource. Recognising the potential for remote learning, in 2002, the launch of OpenCourseWare at MIT helped propel the initiative into the spotlight, with many universities following suit and providing quality educational material available through the web. No longer is there an excuse for anyone with access to the web to say that education is outside of their reach. This collection of links and applications highlights just the tip of the iceberg of educational resources that are available on the web.
25 Free Resources for Learning a Language Online
Jane Hart is the Founder of the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies , one of the most visited learning sites on the Web. In her monthly column for eLearn she shares some "gems"—useful or valuable tools, resources, and products she has unearthed for learning and performance improvement/support. In this month's column she focuses on free resources for learning how to speak a foreign language. I learned German at school and actually went on to study it at university.What is the best place to find copyright-free media?
Joe Videtto asks: If someone is hoping to create a video, movie, website, blog, book, etc., and looking for ‘free’ content on which to build upon, where would the most exhaustive list of links to such content be found ? It is my understanding that after a certain number of years, certain works enter the ‘public domain’. Not sure exactly what that means. Also – if one would like the opportunity to sell the work they created with these copyright-free or public domain snippets, can they legally do so ?
Thanks to developments in camera and web technology it has become quite easy to capture panoramic imagery. Panoramic imagery provides viewers of a better sense of the view one experiences when standing in a location. For example, a panorama of the Grand Canyon is more informative than a standard image view.
Find and View Panoramic Images
There seems to be a fair amount of confusion about the definition of a “Webquest.” Bernie Dodge, who originated the model in 1995, described it like this in a comment on this blog last year: “A critical attribute of a WebQuest is that it engages higher level thinking, the upper part of Bloom’s taxonomy. Things like creativity, analysis, synthesis. judgment…. A WebQuest is also wrapped around a single challenging task, not a sequence of separate activities A WebQuest isn’t a scavenger hunt and it isn’t a worksheet with links.”
The Best Places To Create (And Find) Internet Scavenger Hunts & Webquests | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
Interesting Online Tools That You Probably Don't Know About - 33 Items
There are certain online tools which could be useful to you but you haven’t heard of cause they’re just start-ups for the moment and haven’t started advertising their services on every single online zone so you will get the chance to see them. Fortunately, I snoop around and try to find useful things for my visitors and I selected these 33 online tools that you might find useful. Geckoboard is a status board for your business’s vital signs. See web analytics, CRM, support, infrastructure, project management, sales… all in one place.
This is a special page of the DIRECTORY OF LEARNING & PERFORMANCE TOOLS showing social tools particularly targeted at the primary, junior, middle or senior school classroom. Generic tools that appear in other parts of this Directory are not listed here Want to add a tool to this page, email Jane.Hart@c4lpt.co.uk KEY: Top Tool 2011 Free Tool
Tools for the Social Classroom (ages 5-18)
Twitter has become a powerful tool for community organizers, marketers, and others who want to share and receive information in a fast, friendly environment. It’s no wonder, then, that online college teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we’ll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool. twitTangle : twitTangle will allow you to rate and tag your friends, then filter your timeline based on those that are most important to you.
Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher - Best Colleges Online
Microsoft Free Teacher Guides A Great Resource for Educators
4:37 PM teacher resources Med kharbach Microsoft, The multinational corporation that develops, licenses and suports computer materials and software, has a great section for teachers and students. Microsft has created Teacher Guides where it provides free teaching tips and step by step guides for popular teacher tasks. These guides are supposed to help teachers and educators learn and explore better ways to inspire students and integrate technology in class.
Best of the Web - Again
This week I'm at the Teacher 2 Teacher conference in Bow Island, Alberta. I'm giving my best of the web talk twice (once yesterday, once today). This continues to be my most-requested presentation. The slides for it are included below.
20 Little-Known Web Resources For Teachers | Edudemic
Got two minutes? It won’t take longer than that to roll through this terrific Slideshare presentation dubbed “ 20 in 120 seconds (The slowed down version) ” by ICTMagic . I pride myself on knowing the vast majority of education technology resources available out there (and sharing them on Edudemic).Free Technology for Teachers: 77 Educational Games and Game Builders
I'm often asked if I know of any games for subject "x," "y," or "z" for a particular grade level or age group. My answer is usually yes, but I need to search my archives. Therefore, I've gone through my archives and dug up many of games that I've mentioned over the last four years that are still active online. Consider this my humongous list of educational games. 1.Free Technology for Teachers: Seven Ways to Quickly and Easily Share Files
The trouble with large digital files is that they can sometimes be difficult to share with others. If you've ever tried to send a large media file as an email attachment, you may have encountered a problem with a recipient's email inbox not being large enough to accommodate that file. Here are some free services that will allow you to share large files without the hassle of zipping files or sending email attachments. Just Beam It is a service for quickly and easily sharing files with your colleagues. To use the service just visit Justbeamit.com and drag a file from your desktop to the Just Beam It transfer box. After dragging your file, Just Beam It generates an unique url for your file.Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: My Favorite @Livebinders
'Round these parts lately, Livebinders have been all the rage. Well, actually they have been with me for a while now. I use the for everything. From organizing thoughts to presenting information in workshops. Well you should read this post I did a while back about them. It's filled with lots of great information.The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
It’s that time of year again when I start posting year-end “The Best….” lists. Coincidentally, this one is also the eight-hundredth “The Best…” list I’ve published! You can see them all here . I figured it was appropriate to make number 800 one that is likely to be the most popular post that I’ve published since I’ve begun this blog — the annual one highlighting The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education. I would call Thoora a tool to create a daily personalized virtual newspaper, and you can read more about it at a TechCrunch post . The interface is clear and clean, and easy to use.Livebinders