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Federation of American Scientists :: Learning Technologies Program
www.fas.org/programs/ltp/index.html
categories: learning_technologies
The Learning Technologies Program focuses on ways to use technology to improve how people teach and learn. Well-paid, rewarding jobs in the U.S. depend on a workforce prepared to operate in a fast-paced, technologically sophisticated global economy. Doing this in an affordable way for a highly diverse population demands new approaches. But progress in improving education and training has been slow. Advanced technologies have the potential to make learning more productive for students of all ages and all backgrounds and are an essential part of meeting the nation’s education and training challenges.
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Innovate Blog
categories: blog online_education journal
I-Blog is one of two social networks in Innovate (http://innovateonline.info/?view=issue), the journal of online education. The other is Innovate-Ideagora. Each complements the other via two of the most dynamic Web 2.0 media: blogs and forums. Innovate-Ideagora engages subscribers and the public at large via open discussion threads. Anyone who subscribes to Innovate-Ideagora is allowed to begin new threads and reply to posts. As in most forums, posts are brief and informal, and closer to actual conversations than articles.
I-Blog differs from Innovate-Ideagora in fundamental ways: posts are longer and closer to articles than conversations, and only staff and guest authors are allowed to submit articles. Additionally, it adopts the “blog forum” approach, described above, to assure readers of a steady stream of thoughtful and thought-provoking articles.
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DIGITAL YOUTH RESEARCH | Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media
digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/
categories: research digital_media informal_learning
“Kids’ Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures” is a three-year collaborative project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Carried out by researchers at the University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley, the digital youth project explores how kids use digital media in their everyday lives.
submitted by John Hardy on Dec 8 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
BearDen home page
categories: bears
Cute bears
submitted by John Hardy on Nov 24 2008 | report problem w/link | 2 saves
Bubblr!
categories: comics digital_tool making_comics
Bubblr is a tool for creating comic strips using photos from flickr.com. Begin by searching images, then add thought/speech bubbles to them.
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xtranormal
categories: digital_tools making_movies animated_movies animation movies
If you can type, you can make movies. Xtranormal is a new tool for creating text-to-speech animated movies.
submitted by John Hardy on Nov 4 2008 | report problem w/link | 1 save
The Secret Life of the Brain : 3-D Brain Anatomy
categories: biology anatomy brain physiology
Interactive 3-D model of the human brain. Explains basic functions of major areas of the brain in a cool, dynamic, visual way.
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PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
categories: math physics biology chemistry science mathematics earth_science simulations
Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the Physics Education Technology project at the University of Colorado
submitted by John Hardy on Oct 23 2008 | report problem w/link | 2 saves
Digital Wish
www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home
categories: funding_ideas grant_information lesson_p_ans
Digital Wish is dedicated to helping schools gain technology access across all subject areas. Thousands of teachers are already using Digital Wish to find and share digital lesson plans. The site features a growing library of grants and fundraising ideas to help schools marshal community support.
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Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: One Size Does Not Fit All
www.teachersourcebook.org/tsb/articles/2008/09/10/01reading.h02.h...
categories: reading differentiation reading_instruction differentiating_instruction
Ways to make reading assignments more engaging for all levels of students.
submitted by John Hardy on Oct 22 2008 | report problem w/link | 2 saves
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