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250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives. Hundreds of libraries and archives exist online, from university-supported sites to accredited online schools to individual efforts.

250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives

Each one has something to offer to researchers, students, and teachers. This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help you continue your research efforts. death The sites listed here are mainly open access, which means that the digital formats are viewable and usable by the general public. 250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives. Special Education Apps. Special Education Apps. Search the citations of other students: EasyBib: Free Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles. Mayan hieroglyphic writing. Mayan hieroglyphic writing, system of writing used by the Maya people of Mesoamerica until about the end of the 17th century, 200 years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

Mayan hieroglyphic writing

(With the 21st-century discovery of the Mayan site of San Bartolo in Guatemala came evidence of Mayan writing that pushed back its date of origin to at least 300 or 200 bc.) It was the only true writing system developed in the pre-Columbian Americas. Mayan inscriptions are found on stelae (standing stone slabs), stone lintels, sculpture, and pottery, as well as on the few surviving Mayan books, or codices. The Mayan system of writing contains more than 800 characters, including some that are hieroglyphic and other phonetic signs representing syllables. Parent Roadmap Common Core. PowerPoint Templates, Transitions & Animations.

50 Things Everyone Should Know How To Do. Time, Attention, and Creative Work. Learn something new every day - Memrise. Aplicaciones o Herramientas. The Good, The Bad, And The Food Allergies: Bette Hagman - The Gluten Free Gourmet. It was brought to my attention through a couple of the Gluten Free Blogs that I read that Bette Hagman recently passed away.When my son was first diagnosed with food allergies, one of them being wheat, the name that kept popping up over and over again in my Google searches was Bette Hagman.

The Good, The Bad, And The Food Allergies: Bette Hagman - The Gluten Free Gourmet

Bette Hagman, also known as the Gluten Free Gourmet, wrote numerous cookbooks about cooking gluten free (I have a few). She also developed her own gluten free flour mixes distributed by Authentic Foods. Bette was diagnosed with Celiac Disease over 25 years and after that dedicated her life to helping other people with Celiac Disease or wheat intolerance eat healthy and eat happy. She was actually one of the first Gluten Free foodies. 13 Evidence-Based Medicinal Properties of Coconut Oil. 10 Reasons To Love Sprouts (Plus DIY Sprouting At Home) For more great news, be sure to visit us over at visit now 10 Reasons To Love Sprouts (Plus DIY Sprouting At Home) By Michelle Cook (Care2) Sprouts truly are the best locally-grown food, yet not enough people eat or grow them.

10 Reasons To Love Sprouts (Plus DIY Sprouting At Home)

Considering there many health and environmental benefits, it’s time to consider adding sprouts to your diet. 10 Reasons To Eat More Sprouts: "Health Food" vs. Healthy Food. Suppressed Fact: Incredible Power of Cinnamon and Honey. (Before It's News) Cinnamon and Honey – Whoever thought?

Suppressed Fact: Incredible Power of Cinnamon and Honey

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. Anti-Cancer Superfoods. JUICING & DETOXIFICATION. Yonaguni. Blogs to read. Let's Fight Fat. Weekly E-Learning Challenge: Bring This Medical Training Course Back To Life! Medical Design Template I received some questions from users asking if they can submit ideas for the weekly challenges.

Weekly E-Learning Challenge: Bring This Medical Training Course Back To Life!

Absolutely, yes! Just send me your challenges, makeover candidates, or even your existing courses and presentations, and we’ll work them into a community challenge. Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools. Technology and the Internet can be used in many different ways, and you can benefit a lot if you learn how to use them wisely.

Top 10 Free E-Learning Authoring Tools

You won’t realize the full potential of the Internet and your gadgets until you start using tools that will enhance your learning and authoring potential. There are many tools that can be used for that purpose, but we chose the best 10 of them for educational writers, which you should start using as soon as possible. 1. How To Write Aims and Objectives for eLearning Courses. Aims and objectives can sometimes be incredibly confusing but every eLearning course needs to have them.

How To Write Aims and Objectives for eLearning Courses

Here's an explanation of what they are, why they're needed and a simple way to write aims and objectives for eLearning courses. What are aims and objectives An aim is the one overall thing that you want to achieve in your course. An aim is usually a broad overall statement of what will be achieved. Why You Should be Using Scenarios in e-Learning. Don’t believe scenarios are worth the time it takes to build them?

Why You Should be Using Scenarios in e-Learning

Discover the benefits of incorporating scenario-based e-Learning in your online training and learn how scenarios improve learner job performance. Scenarios are a great way to engage your learners and reinforce your learning objectives. Instead of just reading content and clicking through, learners are forced to truly absorb the reading and picture themselves in a real-life situation.

This helps them apply the reading and improve job performance. The Reed Diaries: My Take on The Learning Technologist #LTHE. The question, 'What is a Learning Technologist?

The Reed Diaries: My Take on The Learning Technologist #LTHE

' RiFFs: A Few Moments with Vera Michalchik of SRI International.

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Teacher Development: Starter Kit for Teaching Online. Imagine a work day spent at home in your slippers, teaching students without the headaches of monitoring who's chewing gum, who showed up late, or who's sending text messages in the back row. We've got to confess it sounds dreamy, if a bit far removed from the altruistic drive that probably got you into teaching in the first place. (Is that so wrong?) But shelve the guilt -- online teaching also serves much higher causes. Elearning in education vs corporate sector.

Elearning allows both students and business executives to learn anywhere and at any time. You can learn from virtually any place with a computer or mobile device and internet connection, meaning you can study from home, on vacation or in your break. But elearning is more than about convenience and there are fundamental differences between elearning in the corporate sector and in education. Corporate training The role of corporate training is to ensure an employee has the knowledge and skills to undertake a specific operation to enable an organization to continue to operate. Fundamentally, corporate training is centered on knowledge transfer. 5 Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in eLearning. The information processing capacity of learners is limited, so it's important that designers take this into account when creating eLearning courses.

This article briefly discusses cognitive load theory and provides 5 ways to help reduce cognitive load that will help learners process information more effectively. In our brains, we have two types of memory. One is our working memory, which we use to process new information. The capacity of our working memory is quite limited so it can only handle so much before it becomes overloaded.