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"Textbook Revolution is a student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. We want to get these materials into classrooms. Our approach is to bring all of the free textbooks we can find together in one place, review them, and let the best rise to the top and find their way into the hands of students in classrooms around the world."

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"Although a majority of states do not require financial-literacy classes in K-12 schools, the nation’s recent economic struggles have spurred growing interest in the subject by educators—many of whom are turning to digital-game-based approaches to teach students about personal finance and investing."

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A very thorough list of collaboration tools. Note that there are no descriptions, other than the categories each tool is listed in, but most have links to their respective websites. A great place to start if you need to look for collaborative tools!

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Sumeet Moghe discusses Star Trek and how it spawned four ideas about effective simulation design. A good read with interesting take on design. And it has a cool pic of Kirk.

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If you use open source tools to deliver education or training to your learners, Opened Practices is a great resource and community of practice for you to tap in to.

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"If your note-taking skills are suffering from summertime rigor mortis, now's as good a time as any to throw a new technique into the mix. Let's take a look at some new and old tools for improving your ballpoint repertoire."

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The original free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install.

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Cathy Moore discusses how to replace learning objectives that tell with ones that act.

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Michael Hanley explores how podcasting can be used successfully in elearning if pace, pitch, projection and pausing are used effectively. He's really done his research on nonverbal communication and does an excellent job of connecting it to elearning.

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"With digital storytelling, boys tell their story using various technologies and media instead of just the traditional paper and pen."

Excellent article for anyone who had ever tried to get a boy to read or write. Offers suggestions and strategies on the various stages of storytelling.

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"The following tips will help you know just how to get started using Twitter in academia, teach you etiquette, offer strategies and benefits, provide suggestions for specific ways to use Twitter, list tools to use with Twitter, and more."

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"Illinois, Louisiana, and Nevada have become the latest states to join the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), a national effort to integrate 21st-century skills into teaching and learning to prepare students for a global, information-based economy."

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Article focuses on a class project about identity. Topics included identity, privacy, and community.

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"Blackboard's patent on learning management system technologies has been overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit."

Interesting news. Keep your eyes open for further development since Bb is planning to continue litigation against D2L.

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"This broad reaching collection of essays on e learning examines accomplishments, new directions, and challenges from many perspectives."

The free PDF is large at 5.72 MB; hardbound copy available through Amazon for $26.95.

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"...the importance of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and countless other social networking sites to mainstream culture and communication has businesses (or at least their PR and marketing departments) and journalistic organizations alike driving demand for social media instruction in the college curriculum."

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"...a distillation of cognitive research on learning intended to make your e-learning more effective, and to create a better experience for the learner. These seven principles integrate cognitive and emotional components of learning, and the more that happens, the greater the outcomes."

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Several versions of Bloom's Taxonomy for use in developing learning outcomes and related activities. Rather handy, actually!

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