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POPSDear Clipmarks I don't know which extension is grabbing the attention here. I can disable the Delicious extension, but I rather like it and don't want to do that. Clipmarks does not pop up when I use the Delicious extension. Any ideas on troubleshooting?
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POPSiSpeech iSpeech is a true Webservice that converts any text into speech instantly. Not only does iSpeech convert text to speech, but it also allows the user to download an MP3, podcast, and even embed a customizable widget into any website or blog that supports objects. But why stop there? Why not give users the ability to convert any Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat (PDF), HTML, or RSS feed into spoken audio.
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POPSSnagFilms SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we’re also a platform that lets you “snag” a film and put it anywhere on the web. With a library of over 300 films, and rapidly growing, you’re bound to find films that resonate with your interests. We make it easy for you to find a film that shines a light on a cause you care about. You can then open a virtual movie theater on any web site, so any one can watch your favorite SnagFilms for free.
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POPS100 Useful, Free Web Tools for Lifelong Learners Lifelong learners are constantly on the search for new information, and the Internet has made it even easier to track down authoritative journals, libraries and museums around the world, research centers, niche search engines, language tools, and other learners poking around online. This mega list of 100 free web tools and sites will grant you access to courses at Harvard Medical School and MIT, social media sites that connect you to bookworms, videos and podcasts about everything from medical news to politics, government resources, and a lot more. The best part? Everything is free, and there’s no grading involved.
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POPSThe Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge. They include concepts, usually enclosed in circles or boxes of some type, and relationships between concepts indicated by a connecting line linking two concepts. Words on the line, referred to as linking words or linking phrases, specify the relationship between the two concepts. We define concept as a perceived regularity in events or objects, or records of events or objects, designated by a label.
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POPSHow to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci was the ultimate multi-tasker: an accomplished scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. If you want to be a Renaissance Man (or Renaissance Woman), you can learn a lot from how Leonardo da Vinci lived and thought. Based on studying the life and work of this famous polymath anyone can emulate da Vinci with the following steps.
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POPSPDF to Word Using our PDF-to-Word conversion technology, you can quickly and easily create editable DOC/RTF files, making it a cinch to re-use PDF content in applications like Microsoft Word, Excel, OpenOffice, and WordPerfect. Best of all, it's entirely free!
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POPSDoes the U.S. Need a CTO? Last fall, Kapor was called upon to help Senator Barack Obama define his technology positions. Kapor suggested that Obama, if elected president, should install a federal chief technology officer. Conservatives grumbled at the idea of another layer of bureaucracy, but Kapor and others in Silicon Valley say the government needs cohesive technology practices and policies.
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POPSTutorial: Copyright-cleared images at your fingertips A new online tutorial was launched today to help users locate copyright-cleared images on the Internet, for use in learning and teaching materials. Created by TASI2 (JISC’s Advisory Service for digital media) and Intute3 as part of the Virtual Training Suite4, the free Internet for Image Searching tutorial5 is designed to facilitate quick and hassle-free access to a vast range of photographs and other visual resources online, most of which are entirely free to use.
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POPSJane's E-Learning Pick of the Day Jane Hart is the author of a number of blogs including the very popular Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day, where she posts a daily item of e-learning interest. She also manages the C4LPT News Service which aggregates the content from all the Centre's blogs plus additional postings from around the blogosphere.
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POPSEduslide Eduslide allows anyone to create educational content and deliver it online, free of charge. Within the system we offer different ways of presenting information, as well as testing modules, wikis, chat, blogs, slideshows, and more. So far, we have over 20 different lesson types and adding more as we grow.
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POPSThe Plagiarism Checker Cut & paste your students paper or homework assignment into the box below, and click the "check" button. This free plagiarism detector will find plagiarized text in homework and other essays/reports.
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POPSFlip Video I received a Flip Mino as a birthday gift last month. I've played around with it, but haven't had a good opportunity to show it off with a post yet. It's SUPER easy and produces good quality videos. If you're looking for a good pocket video cam, but don't want to spend the money for the Mino, take a look at the Flip Ultra. Creative has a knock-off called the Vado on the market that's even less expensive than the Ultra. However, I am sold on Flip Video not only for the quality of the product, but because of the company's social endeavors to make the world a better place. For more information about Flip Video's commitment to social responsibility and non-profits, please visit http://flipvideospotlight.com/
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POPSThe Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn Psychologists and neuroscientists have recently become fascinated by the human predilection for storytelling. Why does our brain seem to be wired to enjoy stories? And how do the emotional and cognitive effects of a narrative influence our beliefs and real-world decisions?
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POPSFlickr Backup FlickrBackup is a utility that allows you to download the pictures you have uploaded to Flickr back down to your computer for personal backup or restore.
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POPSFive Ways to Use Social Media to Reach People Who Don't Use Social Media Sometimes it feels like social media is just not relevant to the people you're trying to reach. That's a common dilemma, but we believe it doesn't have to be that way. In this post we discuss five strategies for using social media to reach people who don't use social media, and we've listed specific tools you can use to do it.
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POPSWebspiration Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration™ is the new online visual thinking tool that helps you: * capture ideas * organize information * diagram processes * create clear, concise written documents . With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best.
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POPSNew York Times: Lesson Plans In an age of charter schools, home schools, No Child Left Behind, standardized testing, overstretched public schools, the battle for resources, voucher plans and evolving notions about special education and special needs, the act of teaching has never been more complicated. In Lesson Plans, a group of teachers chronicle their experiences during the first weeks of the school, offering first hand accounts of today's classroom challenges from diverse perspectives.
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POPSMoodle Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a University with 200,000 students. This site itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demonstration Courses or read the latest Moodle Buzz.
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POPSPlagiarismDetect.com - plagiarism detector I want to help students not to get frustrated on their paper results. If you used some sources, while writing your paper - and the sources were not cited properly - the system will show it as complete academic plagiarism.
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POPSHeekya Heekya is a social storytelling platform that will change the way you create, share, and discover stories.
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POPSMajority of Kids Are Computer Savvy An overwhelming majority (89%) of all kids age 6-11 in the US spend at least some time doing online activities and - though many of their basic social activities haven’t changed much over the years - they have vastly different communication styles and preferences than older age groups, according to a study from Experian Consumer Research.
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POPSStudy: Wikipedia as accurate as Britannica Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature.
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POPSText 2 Mind Map Text 2 Mind Map is a brand new web application that converts texts to mind maps. The web site Text2MindMap.com was launched in late spring 2008.
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POPSSchool of Everything School of Everything connects people who want to learn with passionate teachers in their local area. The award-wining site is free to join for both people who want to learn and people who want to teach.
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POPSGuide to Finding and Using Incredible Flickr Images I don’t think this blog would be half of what it is without Flickr. The images included with most posts magnetize the eye to the page and create an atmosphere for the rest of the piece. It’s also one of the most commented-on aspects of the blog — the images are something I think leaves an impression on a lot of people.
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POPSAcademic Earth Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world class education.
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