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Make banners for your website or Facebook profile page here for FREE. Create web banners using layers, stencils, and your own uploaded images too Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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AllTheFreeStock.com is a curated list of free stock images, graphics and videos. Find all the best free stock images and videos in one place. Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Animated GIFs. You see them everywhere, usually as a response, reaction or qualifier that adds extra oomph to any statement. For the longest time GIFs have been associated with the Internet’s funny bone, but now brands are finding ways to incorporate this form of visual content into their marketing. After all, GIFs occupy a space between images and video that leaves much room for exploration. Here we’ll review 12 tools to get you started with creating, discovering and hosting GIFs. Some of the tools below require a bit more practice to master, but you’re guaranteed to find something that’s right for your GIF needs. 1. Giffing Tool This is a Windows tool that allows you to create customized GIFS. With features like trimming video frames, adding text, and quality settings adjustments you can be well on your way to creating a library of GIFs that you can go back... keep reading Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Looking to spruce up your content without breaking the bank? Here are 10 sites that offer free stock photos (and they aren't cheesy). Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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March 13: An award-winning author explores how the world works in our age of “continuous now” Via Ann Chambers Theis
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“When there is no noise in my room it scares me”, emails one of my undergraduate students. Via Greg Downey 
Greg Downey's curator insight,
December 30, 2012 4:24 PM
Fascinating discussion of the 'third parent,' the presence of media in the home. Of special interest to me is the way that the students report to have adapted to constant low levels of mass mediated noise, so much so that silence disturbed them. Would be fascinating to see changes in capacities for attention -- I know that, for me, a Gen X geezer, it's virtually impossible to write seriously or edit with competition from any coherent noise.
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Children can practice empathy through apps that encourage collaboration, whether it’s drawing pictures together, cooking for each other, or creating lessons to share their knowledge. Via John Evans
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“Digital natives” or not, technology dropped into the laps of students in schools isn’t always as accessible as it might be. By allowing students to bring in their own devices for learning–rather than insisting that they learn both content and device in school–there is an important opportunity to connect with not just their personal lives, but their natural way of doing things. Via John Evans
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It’s no coincidence that the recent decline in the acceptance of online learning among faculty coincides with expansion of MOOCs. Massive Open Online Courses put the mode of online education under the spotlight, yet the misconception that MOOCs represent all modes of online education expanded along with the MOOC phenomenon... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez
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In my mind, this is exactly what the future of lifelong learning looks like. We will be learning constantly throughout our careers as workers and citizens, and once young people graduate from formal institutions, much of that learning will be self-directed and unstructured. What I hope that students could take away from my Connected Course were the skill sets to participate in that kind of learning out on the open Web, and the belief that lifelong learning can be most powerful when we intentionally build networks of people to learn with us.
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Life-Long-Learning
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February 13, 2015 10:14 AM
In my mind, this is exactly what the future of lifelong learning looks like. We will be learning constantly throughout our careers as workers and citizens, and once young people graduate from formal institutions, much of that learning will be self-directed and unstructured. What I hope that students could take away from my Connected Course were the skill sets to participate in that kind of learning out on the open Web, and the belief that lifelong learning can be most powerful when we intentionally build networks of people to learn with us. Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Life-Long-Learning 
Tasia Thompson's curator insight,
February 14, 2015 12:32 PM
Since this is a goal for myself and my children---why wouldn't I have this goal as a #digileader for my fellow teachers and students? I see myself as the instructor for this "course" within the walls of my own school and beyond. Success lies w/carefully planned implementation #greatlisd
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Tony Karrer:
As always I do this by looking through eLearning Learning and related sites like Communities and Networks Connection. I looked at Virtual Classroom, Distance Learning, ILT, Teaching Distance Learning. I also did some quick searches for various kinds of things and added them into eLearning Learning (via delicious). So together, I’ve collected a bunch of resources pretty quickly. That said, there’s so much already out there on this – I’m at this point not quite sure what the real question was/is. Certainly a lot of this is already findable. I hope this is useful. But I think the problem at this point might be something else. Still here are 60 great resources. 
asli telli's curator insight,
January 30, 2015 12:38 AM
A mini resource database of online learning by an expert in the field...
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JOLT: Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
Michelle Scribner-MacLean
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Ruth Reynolds's curator insight,
February 7, 2015 1:37 AM
Some good Infographics here- not limited to librarian use. |
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If you are a blogger looking for free photos to use in your blog posts or a designer looking for free photography to use in your designs, then check out the websites below and you will find the best free stock photos. All of the photos that you will find on the websites below […] Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Gary Harwell's curator insight,
October 26, 2014 1:18 AM
It's always good to have a place where we can get free photos. 
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November 3, 2014 5:01 AM
Websites donde podrás descargar imágenes sin royalties.
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Create an awesome Free slideshow with photos and music. Import your photos from Facebook, Instagram, Picasa, Dropbox or Flickr and make a video in 5min! Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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Have you ever needed or wanted to mark an image as yours to prevent others from duplicating it and/or claiming it as their own? You might already know that this is called watermarking. The process is pretty simple, but finding an efficient, easy and inexpensive way to watermark photos isn’t always as simple. There are… Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Javier Arana's curator insight,
December 7, 2014 10:45 AM
Forma de marcar nuestras fotos y protegerlas si no deseamos que las dupliquen. Se explican varias herramientas para hacer el procedimiento. Gracias
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If you have a PDF file full of images, you may want to have those images converted to JPG files or PNG files. This would, for example, make it easier to get those images printed, or altered by an image editing program. If you Google this issue, you will find many options, quite a lot… Via Ana Cristina Pratas 
Rose Bush's curator insight,
February 17, 2015 10:13 PM
THIS is WAY too cool & I needed it an hour ago but oh well. What a goldmine! PDJ>PNG
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Online versions of college courses are attracting hundreds of thousands of students, millions of dollars in funding, and accolades from university administrators. Is this a fad, or is higher education about to get the overhaul it needs? Via Greg Downey
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December 29, 2012 10:17 PM
It's not the first time that educators have feared that technology will make them obsolete. The article is from September, but well worth the read.
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Robin Dunbar Anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist Robin, currently director of the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology of the Universit... Via Greg Downey
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December 30, 2012 8:36 PM
Dunbar uses Facebook data on the people we actually talk to online to argue that 'Dunbar's Number' -- the idea that humans deal best groups with around 150 people -- applies even online. Of course, this also assumes that we have no, or very few, non-Facebook linked friends, and that technology does not affect us socially, although it has obvious effects on other dimensions of human life. 
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January 3, 2013 6:12 AM
Greg Downey's insight: Dunbar uses Facebook data on the people we actually talk to online to argue that 'Dunbar's Number' -- the idea that humans deal best groups with around 150 people -- applies even online. Of course, this also assumes that we have no, or very few, non-Facebook linked friends, and that technology does not affect us socially, although it has obvious effects on other dimensions of human life.
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Gartner predicts 250 million connected vehicles with automated driving capabilities by 2020
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=smart-TV
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Internet+of+Things
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Internet+of+things
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Quantum
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=cyberwar
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=NSA
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=TAO Via Gust MEES
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February 6, 2015 9:49 AM
Gartner predicts 250 million connected vehicles with automated driving capabilities by 2020 Learn more: - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=smart-TV - http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Internet+of+Things - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Internet+of+things - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Quantum - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=cyberwar - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=NSA - http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=TAO
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Digital annotation gives educators the ability to quickly add valuable comments, feedback and information for students, saving time, effort and paper. Via John Evans 
Cheryl Frose's curator insight,
February 10, 2015 5:17 PM
This idea also works for peer feedback. Lots of resource options listed, many are free.
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A survey reveals that students who take online courses often start to miss the interactions they had with professors. http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez
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... Perhaps the limiting factor on engagement is not actually technology related, perhaps it’s just the volume of comments or replies that exist? ... http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc Via Lucas Gruez
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Imagine a world where resources were limited to what was found in the classroom or the school closet known as the "Curriculum Materials Room." Picture a world where students wrote letters with pen and paper to communicate with other students and adults outside of the building. Due to postage costs, the teacher either sent the letters in bulk or paid for stamps out of his or her own pocket. Can you recall a time when student interests like skateboarding or video were never used as part of learning curriculum because the tools needed were either too expensive or not yet conceptualized? Do you remember a time when non-traditional learners struggled, and absenteeism meant a high likelihood of students doing poorly in school, and possibly having to retake the course? Via John Evans 
Anita Vance's curator insight,
January 29, 2015 2:26 PM
Tools to add to your maker spaces or share with your research groups as they design their presentations.... 
CTD Institute's curator insight,
January 29, 2015 3:31 PM
Great list of 50+ websites and blogs and apps that can be woven into content to provide opportunities for differentiated instruction.
CTD Institute's curator insight,
February 2, 2015 4:31 PM
Included in the 50+ are 7 sites for ePortfolio creation and development (LiveBinder, Pathbrite, Portfolium, DoYouBuzz, FlavorsMe, Shown'd and OPResume; all things Google, and blogs.
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Jayne Courts's curator insight,
February 9, 2015 5:24 AM
Tuesday 10th February 2015 is Safer Internet Day. Please visit http://safetytrain.org.uk/safer-internet-day-2015.html where Safety Train have details on how to stay safe online. |
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