|
| |
| Mozella Webmaker - helps everyone build web pages |
From the web site: "
Mozilla Webmaker wants to help you make something amazing with the web. We’ve got new tools for you to use, projects to help you get started, and a global community of creators — educators, filmmakers, journalists, developers, youth — all making and learning together.
The goal: help millions of people move from using the web to making the web. As part of Mozilla’s non-profit mission, we want to help the world increase their understanding of the web, take greater control of their online lives, and create a more web literate planet."
| | Hits: 20 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| e-Democracy Forums |
From the web site:
"E-Democracy.org builds online public space in the heart of real democracy and community. Our mission is to harness the power of online tools to support participation in public life, strengthen communities, and build democracy.
Starting with the world's first election information website in 1994 in Minnesota, today we host over 50 local Issues Forums in 16 communities across three countries - New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In addition to these "online town halls," we promote civic engagement online around the world. " | | Hits: 1450 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| |
| Apps for Metro Chicago |
This site is a 2012 competition hosted by Metro Chicago Information Center that stimulates the development of mobile applications that benefit citizens of Chicago region. | | Hits: 43 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| At-Risk web Learners: Reducing Barriers to Success |
This is an article written by JoAnn T. Funk, Associate Professor, Kaplan University. It was published in eLearn Magazine. Anyone working with at-risk learners (youth or adults) would find this article to be a great discussion starter for strtegic elearning planning.
This is one of many resources to be found on the eLearn Magazine web site. | | Hits: 1543 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Beginner's Guide to Vid Blogs |
From the web site: "Vblog, Vidblog or Video Blog is (as you guessed) an evolution of the Web-Log (blog) only the medium is video instead of text and pictures. "
This site provides an introduction to Video Blogs and points to some tools and other sites where you can learn to create your own. | | Hits: 8 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Beyond Speech Therapy - Learning supported by technology |
From the web site:
"Beyond Speech Therapy Learning, LLC is committed to providing innovative technology, which excites children about learning and gives them the tools for success, both academically and socially. We exceed the needs of children, speech language pathologists, parents, and the other members of each child’s education team by continually pushing beyond the boundaries of current technology and equipping our partners with the most advanced tools to enhance individual and group speech therapy." | | Hits: 1670 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Blackboard Collaborate - online, blended, and mobile learning |
From the web site:
"Combining the capabilities of industry leaders Wimba and Elluminate, Blackboard Collaborate provides a comprehensive learning platform designed specifically for education. It is helping thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations worldwide deliver a more effective learning experience through online, blended, and mobile learning. And it will help you open up all-new aspects of real time, or anytime, learning to engage more students and improve outcomes." | | Hits: 1637 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Calameo - document publishing |
From the web site: "Calaméo is a program that instantly creates interactive web publications.
We offer you a new publishing method that has an incredibly wide variety of options and is simple to use. From a PDF file, you create magazines, brochures, sales catalogs, annual reports, presentation brochures..." | | Hits: 49 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| CamStudio- Free Screen Capture Technology |
From the web site:
"CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)"
Note: Tutor/Mentor Connection has used this to create videos explaining information we share. | | Hits: 244 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Caxy, Inc - Chicago Technology support | Caxy is a web consulting and custom web development company in Chicago specializing in open-source technology including Drupal, Wordpress, ExpressionEngine, Codeigniter, X-Cart, Javascript/Ajax, Linux, PHP, MySQL and much more. | | Hits: 1658 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Center for Neighborhood Technology |
From the web site:
"CNT is a creative think-and-do tank that combines rigorous research with effective solutions. CNT works across disciplines and issues, including transportation and community development, energy, water, and climate change." | | Hits: 241 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Center for Working Class Studies - YoungstownState |
From the web site:
"At the Center for Wroking-Class Studies (CWCS), we challenge myths about the working class, sponsor arts and education projects that honor workers, and engage local, national, and international communities in conversations that take working-class experience and concerns seriously."
Read blog articles such as this about digital access: http://workingclassstudies.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/disconnected-disenfranchised-and-poor-addressing-digital-inequality-in-america/ | | Hits: 100 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Civic Engagement in a Digital Age 2013 report |
From the web site: "Social networking sites have grown more important in recent years as a venue for political involvement, learning, and debate. Overall, 39% of all American adults took part in some sort of political activity on a social networking site during the 2012 campaign.
This means that more Americans are now politically active on social networking sites (SNS) than used them at all as recently as the 2008 election campaign. At that point, 26% of the population used a social networking site of any kind."
Read the full report from the Pew Internet web site. | | Hits: 3 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Cluetrain Manifesto |
People of the earth...a powerful global conversation has begun. Through the Internet, people are discovering and inventing new ways to share relevant knowledge with blinding speed. See this and more at Cluetrain.
| | Hits: 1510 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| Course Networking Empowers Learning |
From the web site: "TheCN is an online tool that complements classroom teaching and learning practices. It is not another Learning Management System (LMS). It is a new conceptual framework that empowers learning through social networking and is totally free throughout the world. Through theCN, learners and teachers can share information and educational materials through posting and other communication and collaboration tools." | | Hits: 36 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Course Sites by Blackboard |
From the web site:
"CourseSites is a free, hosted online course creation and facilitation service that empowers individual K–12 teachers, college and university instructors and community educators to add a web–based component to their courses, or even host an entire course on the Internet. You even choose your own URL, so students can find your page easily."
| | Hits: 40 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Dash of Color - add color to photos |
From the web site: "Dash of Color FREE lets you give an extra boost of color to any photo that could benefit from that "something extra". Giving each shot its own special artistic "kick" and individual feel, this simple and fun to use app brings back the joy of finger painting as you transform black and white pics into dramatic works of art. " | | Hits: 8 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| Data Analysis and Visualization Made Easier |
This article describes a service names Wolfram Alpha. It says "users of a premium version to upload their own data to have Wolfram Alpha chart, visualize, and analyze it. The tools could appeal to those who feel swamped by spreadsheets, numbers, and lists, claims Stephen Wolfram, founder of the company behind the site, Wolfram Research." | | Hits: 45 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
| |
| Digital Cameras - Everything you Want to Know |
For many consumers, though, the range of choices in today's camera market is so large that making an informed decision about what camera to buy is often difficult. Combine that with the impact of having to learn new terminology and new technology and moving to digital photography can look like a daunting task.
This page is intended to give you some resources to help you make informed choices both before and after you buy a camera | | Hits: 1516 | Report Broken Link | |
| |
|