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Educational Content SIG 16th Meeting Report, 17th March, 2006 at the University of Strathclyde : transforming practice through eLearning, and showcased five of the six current SFC Transformation projects. Powerpoint files from each presentation are availa
"Podcasts include Scott Wilson giving a very non technical overview of webservices in education, John Casey talking about the use of IMS Learning Design as a staff development tool and overviews of a number of the SFC transformation projects.
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w.bloggar - freeware Windows blog-editing API client (Requires: MS IE 5.01 or newer)
w.bloggar supports several blog tools and services. It also supports any custom tools that implements Blogger API or metaWeblog API. Because w.bloggar runs over the Windows GUI, it allows the user to edit posts without being connected to the Internet. Po
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www.ajaxwrite.com [ YA ajaxian office contender; much slated on launch ]
The look, feel, and functionality of Microsoft Word, in a completely web-based AJAX platform. Try ajaxWrite today, and experience first-hand how AJAX applications are changing the way the web works, and redefining the software industry
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Google Mars - google maps with Martian data
lovely! choice of visible, infrared or elevation graphics; also Regions Mountains Plains Spacecraft Canyons Ridges Stories Dunes Craters
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Mesh - Canada's Web 2.0 conference | Frédérick Giasson's Weblog - A vision of the socially-wired world
Mesh will take place in Toronto at the MaRS Collaboration Centre the 15th and 16th May 2006.
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cil2006 - unofficial wiki for the 2006 Computers in Libraries Conference in Washington, D.C. March 22-24, 2006
The tag for all blog posts, flickr pics, etc. is going to be CIL2006. If you're attending and blogging Internet@Schools East sessions, add the tag ISE2006. This will help everyone to keep track of what's going on at the conference through all the social s
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BorrowMe.com - Find, borrow, lend, swap, and track almost anything with people you can trust.. When launched to the public — BorrowMe will be The Product Lending Library for the World
BorrowMe is a place where people from local communities and trusted circles will borrow almost anything from one another — and will lend the things that collect in boxes and on shelves in basements and in garages in virtually every city and town.
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O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference - March 6-9, 2006 - San Diego, CA
Thanks to everyone who participated in ETech 2006--it was an eye-opening, inspiring experience. Check out news, photos, and speaker presentation files from the event. And save the date for next year--we'll be back March 26-29, 2007
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hReview Creator - form for creating html snippet for an hreview microformat
This user interface, and the code behind it, is provided as an example for the benefit of microformat open standards developers, and to demonstrate the clear one to one correspondence between microformat fields and microformat code. The code generated by
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hCard Creator - form for creating html snippet for an hcard ( contact data ) microformat
This user interface, and the code behind it, is provided as an example for the benefit of microformat open standards developers, and to demonstrate the clear one to one correspondence between microformat fields and microformat code. The code generated by
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XFN 1.1 Creator - form for creating html snippet for an XFN (XHTML Friends Network) microformat
This user interface, and the code behind it, is provided as an example for the benefit of XFN developers, and to demonstrate the clear one to one correspondence between XFN relationship values and the code that can be used to represent those values. XFN C
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IIEP-OER - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia :: IIEP-OER is an initiative to create and share open educational resources
This page is a starting point to gather information, resources and links for UNESCO IIEP-OER (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - International Institute for Educational Planning - Open Educational Resources initiative)
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Portal:Mind and Brain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Welcome to the Mind and Brain Portal. This is an interdisciplinary point of entry to such related fields as the philosophy of mind, neuroscience, linguistics, and psychology.
/academic for:alharris for:rgedwards portals2.0 wikipedia -
Riya - 1 Million Photos in 2 Days | TechCrunch
Tara Hunt, Riya’s chief blogger, says on her personal blog that they’ve had a million photos uploaded just two days after launching. Wow, that’s a lot of pictures. Congratulations (again) Riya
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Feds Approve Big Bucks For Online Degree Students : In a move that is anticipated to create a boon for online schools and their students, both houses of Congress voted to modify the “50-50 Rule”. This provision previously restricted federal financial
"now the inner city high school graduate, the single at-home mom, the physically-challenged career aspirant, and the struggling entry-level employee can move up the economic ladder with an online education enabled by government monies.
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Home Plate--Paper Plate Education : Paper Plate Education is an initiative to reduce complex notions to simple paper plate explanations.
Welcome to a unique genre of education materials. This website promotes innovative hands-on Activities that you can experience across a range of interests, at varying degrees of complexity, and at a low price—all with common paper plates.
/elearning/materials for:alharris for:grahamattwell for:rgedwards goodguys opendock pedagogy/open projects/US webtech/MUST-WATCH -
RSS: The Web at Your Fingertips | Solutions from PC Magazine [ very accessible intro to syndication ]
"Imagine talking the editors of the New York Times, PC Magazine, Newsweek, and thousands of other publications into creating editions tailored just for you.
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What Are Webfeeds (RSS), and Why Should You Care? | Contentious :: This 12-part tutorial is a major revision and expansion of an article I originally published Oct. 18, 2003 under the title “What Is RSS and Why Should You Care?”
extensive, well-written intro to syndication.. " Introduction: What’s New Online? How Most Webfeeds Work Main Advantage: Webfeeds Save You Time Getting Started: You Need a Feed Reader Subscribing to Webfeeds Finding Good Webfeeds For Publishers: W
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RSS : Order From Chaos Via RSS | August 1, 2005 [ InformationWeek ] "Businesses are taking a cue from bloggers with a new way of distributing information. The appeal: It's really simple
[accessible biz-centric intro to syndication]... In a world of content overload--with E-mail always pushing information and thousands of Web sites pulling us--more people are using RSS readers to cope. The grassroots technology, used for the past few year
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Nick's Mathematical Puzzles [currently 140; RSS available] The math puzzles presented here are selected for the deceptive simplicity of their statement, or the elegance of their solution
I aim to add one new puzzle each week. They range over geometry, probability, number theory, algebra, calculus, trigonometry, and logic. All require a certain ingenuity, but usually only pre-college math. Some puzzles are original.
/elearning/materials for:rgedwards for:stephentufail hobby/applied-maths resources/collections rss/uses
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