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Academic Earth | Online Courses | Academic Video Lectures What Everybody Ought To Know About Using PowerPoint for E-learning I just got back from the Brandon Hall Innovations in Learning conference. In one of the presentations, the presenter talked about how ineffective PowerPoint was for learning. The irony of course was that he was using PowerPoint to teach this. It’s not the first time I sat through a PowerPoint session where the presenter was telling me that PowerPoint is ineffective for training. PowerPoint is still the dominant tool of choice for many in our industry and for good reason. PowerPoint gets a bad rap because there are a lot of bad PowerPoint presentations. Here’s how I approach PowerPoint so I don’t fall into the bullet point trap. Drop the Bullet Point Templates and Start with a Blank Screen Look at the images above. Once you step away from the bullet point look, you open up all types of possibilities that extend beyond the typical PowerPoint slide shows. Here is the PowerPoint file for you to download and see how it looks before publishing. Click here to launch the demo.

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Make money teaching online - Kim's Columns – Reviews and Advice on All Things Digital It’s true that money-making scams are very common online. The good news is there are perfectly legitimate ways to make money over the Internet. Many don’t even involve eBay. If you have experience as an English language teacher or tutor, you can make extra income teaching English online to Asians, South Americans and other people around the world. Most of the teachers providing this service work part time from home, and – thanks to broadband Internet video-conferencing – it doesn’t matter if that home is in Cody, WY, or Miami, FL. In the early days of teaching English online, freelancers had to hustle to find their own clients. Online language services all work a little differently. Once you’re accepted at Verbalplanet.com , for instance, you hang your shingle up in the marketplace and hope that students like your profile and experience. To continue reading sign in or join Kim's Club

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EdTech Toolbox Digital Citizenship Education Curriculum Overview The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program was developed to create awareness of intellectual property rights and foster a better understanding of the rights connected with creative content. Four units comprise the curriculum resources. Each unit consists of standalone yet complementary lesson plans that play off a creative rights scenario presented through a case study. More Four units comprise the curriculum resources. Each unit has 4-6 of these project-oriented activities, one of which serves as the culminating lesson for the unit. Download the free course curriculum outline (.pdf; requires Adobe® Reader ) This program was designed for grades 8-10, but easily adapts for use in grades 6-12. If you are from outside the U.S., you may need to modify these materials slightly to apply to your students. Instructions: Click the title or "show/hide" links to expand and collapse each unit overview. We'd love to hear from you!

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