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Tagged blended learning, elearning, hybrid learning
Create screencasts and screen recordings the easy way
Veezzle is a free stock photo search engine, we scan the largest stock\nphoto sites for your results, saving your time and money…
Find synonyms, antonyms & definition for (almost) any word
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FleeQ – A Web 3.0 Semantic Real-Time Search Engine
“fleeQ is a patent pending real-time semantic search agent”
ExploreWWW is a social search engine that enables you to find, experience and benefit from the wealth of information contributed by your social world. Our mission is to empower you to easily discover and benefit from the collective wisdom of your social world. Your circle of friends and extended network are increasingly creating and sharing useful information and media online through: website, news, blogs, videos, and music. By indexing all that shared knowledge and activities, we can deliver search results that are relevant to you.
educational-origami – Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy
This is the introduction to Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. The different taxonomical levels can be viewed individually via the navigation bar or below this introduction as embedded pages.
Educational Origami is a blog , and a wiki, about the integration of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. This wiki is about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching.
AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations.
Flickriver is a web-based Flickr viewer that allows viewing hundreds of awesome photos quickly and easily, in one seamless ‘river of photos’ view – never needing to hit ‘next’ to load the next page.
Combine the Power of Visual Thinking and Outlining to Enhance Thinking, Learning and Collaboration
list of mind/concept mapping applications
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I’ve added to the Mindomo research map that I created as an example when I reviewed three mind mapping applications to select one to use for my ENG 1020 class. Here is how it currently looks:
I’ve put in some links, but I haven’t tried adding notes, attachments, or multimedia yet.
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Tagged mind mapping, Mindomo, outline, prewriting
WikIT is here to provide you with a resource to help in taming the torrent of information that knowledge workers have to deal with daily: “Information Maps.”
The rich media presentation tool. Tell your story anyway you like. Add photos, music, video, and audio, and share it publicly or privately in an instant. Empressr is Free!
This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box.
Search Beyond the Search Engine – Deep Web Search Engine
Add ANY Site To The List Of Default Search Engines Including Google, Youtube, Images, and More. Then Toggle between them on the same page.
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Multiple Search Engine – Search made Simple and Easy
Searchtrix.com searches for all combinations between words entered into each box above.
Communicate Effectively Using Persuasive PowerPoint Visuals
Create persuasive visuals that increase sales and effectively communicate your message when presenting with PowerPoint. See YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/thinkoutsidetheslide .
Was there freedom of religion in Tudor England?
Critical Thinking: An Introduction
book by Alec Fisher
Companion site for a documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s life, a journey especially relevant to our own bewildering times of violent change and spiritual confusion.
Mathwords: Terms and Formulas from Beginning Algebra to Calculus
Timelinr is a simple web 2.0 application used for creating timelines online. You just need to enter the start year and end year of the timeline (range) and add events to the timeline and then click ‘Create Timeline’. Timelinr will generate the Timeline based on the input you gave and it will return the HTML for your Timeline, which you can copy and use it anywhere!
Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web.
Create timelines, share them on the web.
TimeGlider: Web-based Timeline Software
There is a time traveler in each of us. Whether you are a litigator or an 8th grader, TimeGlider can quickly enhance your experience of the past, present, and future. Once you’ve explored a TimeGlider timeline, you’ll wonder why you’ve never seen information organized like this before.
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This semester I’ve decided to have my ENG 1020 students at Metro create mind maps of the topics for their argumentative papers to help them keep track of arguments, counterarguments, support, etc.
I began by looking at the mind mapping applications I listed in two posts, “Mind Mapping Resources” and “More Mind Mapping Resources,” in December of 2008. I narrowed down my choices to three: bubbl.us 2.0 beta, MindMeister, and Mindomo. Then I registered with each of the three and compared the applications.
Here are the results:
| Feature | bubbl.us 2.0 beta | MindMeister | Mindomo |
| Cost | free basic plan | free basic plan | free basic plan |
| Registration | name and e-mail address optional, username and password required | name and e-mail address required along with e-mail confirmation of account; can sign in with Gmail, Google Apps, and OpenID accounts | name and e-mail address required along with e-mail confirmation of account; can sign in with Google and Yahoo! accounts |
| Limits for Free Plan | apparently none | three mind maps | seven private mind maps
unlimited public mind maps |
| Editing | one toolbar with Zoom, Undo, Copy, Paste, and Save | top toolbar:
right side toolbar:
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top toolbars like Office 2007:
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| Insert Notes in Map | no | yes | yes |
| Insert Links in Map | no | yes | yes |
| Insert Symbols and Images in Map | no | yes | yes |
| Insert Multimedia in Map (Audio, Video) | no | no | yes |
| Attach Documents in Map | no | yes | yes |
| Format Options | font size, color | font size and style, style and color for nodes, map themes | map styles, colors, font, shapes, etc. |
| Export Options | .jpg, .png | .rtf outline, .pdf, .gif, .png, .jpg | .png, .jpg, .gif, .rtf, .pdf, .xls, .html, plain text |
| Publishing Options | URL to view map, .html code to embed map, print | URL to view map, URL to view map as .html page, URL to RSS feed, .html code to embed map, print | |
| Help | no video, less extensive help section than others | video tutorial, extensive help topics | video tour, extensive help topics |
| Example | not available | Research | Research |
Perhaps I should have tried bubbl.us rather than the 2.0 beta release. However, I’d rather not have to change versions for fall semester.
Based on the results of my trials, I decided to go with Mindomo because of bubbl.us’s limit features and MindMeister’s limited number of mind maps with a free plan.
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Tagged bubbl.us, ENG 1020, mind mapping, Mind Meister, Mindomo
I’ve recorded the results of my test of Google Alerts. I wondered what similar services were available, and after doing some research, I found the following:
Half of them are for Twitter or other social sites.
Are there any services that I missed?
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Color Codes: Hexadecimal, Decimal, Percent, HSL, Swatches, Safe, SVG, 16 Named
This page shows a variety of notations used to represent color including ways you can define colors in HTML or style sheets.
Complete HTML True Color Chart
The background color in each cell is produced by the color code shown.
HTML Color Chart with 216 Web Safe HTML Color Codes
HTML color code chart and HTML color picker
major hexadecimal color codes and color code chart
U.S. Government Photos and Images: USA.gov
Most of these images and graphics are available for use in the public domain, and they may be used and reproduced without permission or fee. However, some images may be protected by license. We strongly recommend you thoroughly read the disclaimers on each site before use.
PDClipart.org – Public Domain Clip Art
PDClipart.org is a HUGE collection of public domain clip art. The collection is FREE and NO REGISTRATION is required.
All photos on this web site are public domain. You may use these images for any purpose, including commercial.
Finding and using public domain photographs
This page lists resources for high-quality public domain photographs.
BurningWell.Org – Free Public Domain Images and Photos
BurningWell is a repository for public domain (free for any use) images. You are free to download, copy and use the photos you find here for any purpose.
Public Domain Pictures, Royalty Free Stock Photos, Free Pictures
Royalty free stock photos. All pictures are free for commercial and personal use.
Public domain images, royalty free stock photos, copyright friendly free images. Not copyrighted, no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use.
uCoz is a free website builder and free unlimited space hosting, which allows users to create their own websites and gives plenty of additional features: blog, forums, photo albums, guestbook and many other tools to make your own website. uCoz site builder can be highly customized by advanced users, being friendly for newbies.
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Find facts, news, images, videos, comments, shopping, conversations, blogs, guides, answers
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for shared visualization and discovery
web-based timeline software for creating and sharing history and project planning
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Record a sketch with or without voice. Explain something, have fun, or create art.
Plotbot is web-based screenwriting software. You can write your script with as many or as few people as you want—there’s nothing to install, it’s free, and it’s easy to use!
Use LetterPop to create eye-popping newsletters, actionable presentations, irresistible invitations, beautiful product features, sizzling event summaries, informative club updates, lovely picture collages, and a whole lot more.
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EditGrid is an Online Spreadsheet service delivering Data on Demand.
With Gliffy online diagram software, you can easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more. Our online diagram editor makes it easier than ever to create great looking drawings.
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Here are some services that will help you find sites similar to ones you’ve already located:
I didn’t include a couple of services that had a lot of pornographic sites on their home pages. Are there any others that I should list?
