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Feb
13

Present on the Web

Found these new free sites to add interest to any blog or learning endeavor. On MakeBeliefsComics, you can create your own cartoon.  On Slide.com you can create your own online slide show .  The funky themes and eye candy are a come-on for younger users, compared to other online slideshow sites such as Slideshare.com  ...
Feb
29

A Harvard Leadership Course for Parents in E-learningforkids.org

Visit http://www.e-learningforkids.org for a pre-screened resource for building skills in math, science, reading, and keyboarding.  It’s a site for parents, kids, and educators, specifically children from 5-12 years old. What’s intriguing is the free leadership course for parents from the famed Harvard Business School Publishing.   Parents, if you haven’t tried e-learning, take this...
Feb
11

Sites to Engage Kids (and Anyone Else) to Create Online Content!

And last but not the least from Larry (his blog is such a goldmine of teaching and learning links!!), how to get over techphobia and I.T. inertia through a sampling of these links.  Quick, easy and relatively painless ways of creating online content. Larry’s post is so helpful, so I just have to lift his descriptions verbatim from his Best Websites of the Day. To quote Larry: MAKE A MOVIE: Use...
Feb
11

More from Ferlazzo: Lounging in the Computer Lab

On further surf, Larry Ferlazzo poses a good question how to spend effective time in a computer lab.  Good point. We sometimes use the computer as the substitute teacher, almost like putting the kids in front of the tv to keep them quiet and occupied!  Use the computer to engage learners to be contributors rather than consumers of content.  Maximize the lab time for application and integration of...
Feb
11

The Best Education Apps for 2007?

A lead from my favourite blog Master Maish of E-learningpost:  Tech Crunch links to Larry Ferlazzo’s top picks for best education start-ups of 2007.  Online learning just keeps on getting better.  Just timely: I’ll be doing a roadtest for suitability of these tools for my forthcoming blended learning program on I.T. apps training.  Watch out for that! Spend more time on...

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