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Shannon Mersand: "This is a resource I am building to help myself, and possibly others, as they work toward building and facilitating online courses. It was inspired by my interactions with fellow students, Deb Kabler and Dr. Kay Lehmann in Collaborative Communities in eLearning. It is very much a work in progress."
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There are a lot of beautiful tools on the internet – here are 300+ of them that are awesome and – best of all – free to use. Enjoy!
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May 20, 2015 1:05 PM
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You aren’t just competing with your competitors anymore, but you’re competing with yourself and everyone else for mind share. Sometimes it may feel like you need more content in order to get attention. The answer IS NOT more content…it’s ridiculously better content.
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from Learning & Technology News
May 20, 2015 1:02 PM
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What are the big challenges in education around the World? How do we ensure everyone learns to the best of their ability? Is new technology the answer? And what does it mean for teachers and pupils?
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from Educational Technology News
May 20, 2015 12:54 PM
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"The participants of #NumericalMOOC will have noticed that we made only one video for the course. I thought that maybe I would do a handful more. But in the end I didn’t, and I don’t think it matters too much. Why didn’t we have more videos?"
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With the arrival of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, Apple transformed iCloud into a fully-fledged cloud storage solution. Apps can already use iCloud to store and share data, and now Apple allows you to store whatever you like in a folder that syncs across devices. The only problem is that your iPhone doesn't come with an iCloud Drive app,…
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My LiveBinder, Online Polls, was nominated as one of the top 10 LiveBinders of 2012
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Six steps to easy content curation Curation is sometimes confusing. Everyone has a different definition and it's used in many different ways as part of content and marketing strategies.
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Whiteboard animation videos are videos that draw themselves. They involve an animated use of images, shapes, characters, sounds and voice-overs to create a clip. This form of video production has been very popular recently and is widely used by some leading educational YouTube channels such as TED Ed and RSA Animate. Creating a whiteboard animation video is no longer a graphic designer's job. There are actually several web tools that allow you to easily put together an animated video with as simple tools as drag and drop. As a teacher, you can use these animations to create and share tutorials, presentations, step by tsp guides, and many more. Below are three of my favourite tools I would recommend for you:
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Teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator Diane Darrow suggests a number of helpful ways that iPad apps can enhance traditional creative strategies.
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BrightCarbon provide a quick and easy solution to the issue of videos not running in PowerPoint.
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May 20, 2015 1:04 PM
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This is a great tool from ClassTools.net.
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AirDrop is the most incomplete Apple technology since the introduction of Apple Maps with iOS 6. The amount of times it simply does not work for absolutely no reason is downright infuriating. If you've ever sat there, puzzled as to why your two shiny Apple devices don't seem to want to communicate effectively, I empathize. This article is for…
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Sound effects are used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or
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Eleanor Lutz has done some amazing design work with her company Tabletop Whale . She is kno...
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I've had the IF Only blog going for almost a year now and the feedback and support I've received from the learning technologies/language teaching community has been truly gratifying.
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Best way to learn content curation is from cuators such as Jan Gordon, Brian Yanish, Robin Good, Ana-Cristina Pratas, Cendrine Marrouat & Scoopit team.
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Some useful resources here. Thanks, Shannon!
not a lot of new or cutting edge stuff here, but nevertheless a collection that might be useful