links for 2009-08-30
August 30, 2009-
Learning Styles test to find out what your personal learning style is.
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links for 2009-08-29
August 29, 2009-
Create videos using multiple resources
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links for 2009-08-26
August 26, 2009-
Interesting interactive chart based on Gross Domestic Product (GDP) broken down by several categories: language, geography, religion, continent.
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International Society for Technology in Education – standards for instrutional goals
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links for 2009-08-25
August 25, 2009-
Dual n-back game requires you to remember placement and audio of two-items produced previously to what you are looking at. N-back is remembering the last thing that was said and seen, and dual n-back is two back.
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Multi-leveled membershp for cognitive learning games – some are free. A nice feature is that you can track scores and completion for you, your friends, or everyone.
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links for 2009-08-20
August 20, 2009-
Open education courses offered by Yale University – Looks like most of the classes consist of videotaped lectures along with some notes and resources.
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links for 2009-08-19
August 19, 2009-
Free science books, lecture notes, and other related type documents. Most references are pdf docs you would have to download: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Math, Medicine, Physics.
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How the Government Dealt With Past Recessions – a multi-media tiimeline example from the New York Times.
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From Maureen: a place to get documentary and other films. Not sure what the vetting process is like. Offers a discussion forum.
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links for 2009-08-11
August 11, 2009-
Various How-To videos created by a teacher. While he is demonstrating he talks about what kinds of activities the tool relates to.
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Math puzzles for k-12. Can search by type of math: algebra, geometry, probability, etc. Rss feed available.
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A site with over 221 languages that provides audio pronunciation for words. Click on a word, hear how it is pronounced and see on a map where the speaker is located. See an english translation. Think you can say the word better or do you have a different regional sound, add your own pronunciation.
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links for 2009-08-06
August 6, 2009-
In Google Labs – search results come back in form of spreadsheet – you can add new columns and google will try to find values.
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links for 2009-08-05
August 5, 2009-
Free sound effects and other short bites – use in multimedia projects
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links for 2009-08-04
August 4, 2009-
Nice video demonstrations on Indesign features
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