OTR Backup 03/16/2012

• PubPie: A Collaborative Community for Book Creators

  A web-based service that enables individuals to manage the production, publication, promotion, and sales of electronic books (ebooks) and related digital content

  tags: book community creators collaborative

• Digication e-Portfolios: Home

  e-Portfolios are platforms for students, teachers, alumni, and professionals to showcase their work and ideas. They are archives of learning, discovery, progress, achievement and reflection. A few uses of e-Portfolios include assessment, admissions, interactive resumes, student galleries, teacher resource sites, collaborative project portfolios, and research presentations.

  tags: eportfolio education e-portfolio web2.0 portfolio digication e-learning cms

• NetworkClean :: Protect and Scan Your Facebook and Social Networks

  NetworkClean monitors your social networks 24/7 with a few clicks of your mouse.
   

  tags: facebook social social networks networks

• hackpad

  Easy to edit documents keep everyone on the same page. Authorship colors show you who wrote what.

  tags: wiki collaboration tools hackpad web2.0 etherpad twitter ifttt

• 20 Ways Libraries Are Using Pinterest Right Now | Edudemic

  Pinterest is taking the social media world by storm, and it isn’t just popular with individual users. Businesses, nonprofits, and even libraries are sharing ideas and information through the site as well, connecting with people from around the country and around the globe.

  tags: pinterest libraries library education twitter web2.0 technology

• Leading Learning | Scoop.it

  Leading Learning
  “Working for the best educational experiences for all students.”

  tags: Ontario edchat cpchat OntCL

• The Future of Education - Charting the Course of Teaching and Learning in a Networked World

  Welcome to the Future of Education interview series and discussion community. Thanks for being here!

  tags: education future ning learning web2.0 technology socialnetworking community

• Home | Dropmark® — Organize, collaborate, and share

  Dead simple collaboration in the cloud.

  tags: bookmarking storage cloud dropmark curation tool Photos recursos

• Mozilla Persona - an identity system for the web

  Mozilla Persona is based on the belief that your online identity should belong exclusively to you. With that in mind, we’ve created Persona ID to improve the way you sign in to websites.

  tags: mozilla persona identity system web

• The Power of Story vs. Bad PowerPoint | Presentation Advisors

  I’ve been saying for years now that while facts and figures are important an often integral to your presentation, it’s your story that will have your audience uncrossing their arms, leaning forward, listening and remembering.

  tags: power story powerpoint presentation advisors

• Ahead.com – Zooming Presentations | Mark Brumley

  Do you love Prezi but want a few more features? Try Ahead.com.

  tags: prezi presentation presentations

• Is there a Plan B if Windows 8's Metro fails? | ZDNet

  Over the last two weeks, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been dissected by the technology press at large, and the general consensus about the new Metro start screen UI has been one of befuddlement.

  tags: plan windows metro zdnet

• Microsoft cuts touchscreen lag to 1ms, makes other panels look silly (video) -- Engadget

  Have you ever noticed that there is a serious amount of lag between when you move your finger on a touchscreen and when it actually registers that input?

  tags: microsoft cuts touchscreen panels video engadget

• Roger McNamee Thinks Google Should Build A Chrome Phone And Twitter Is 'Tragic'

  Roger McNamee of Elevation Partners thinks that Android's business model is hopelessly broken -- nobody is making any money from it.

  tags: roger google build chrome phone

• Google Admits Microsoft Is Right, Will Begin Serving Answers Instead Of Links

  Google is expanding its search engine to present more answers at the top of search listings, instead of the list of links to third party Web sites that the search engine is known for.

  tags: google microsoft right will serving answers links

• BBC News - School Report 2012: Do kids want to code in class?

  Technology is central to most young people's lives, but there is a disconnect between how they use it at home and how they are taught it.

  tags: bbc news school report kids code class

• 5 Innovative Animation Tools for Teachers | Edudemic

  5 Innovative Animation Tools for Teachers

  tags: animation tools teachers

• Technology Can Make Students More Intellectual | Getting Smart

  In Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology, education professors Allan Collins and Richard Halverson tackle the fraught issue of what it means to be an educated person in today’s society:

  tags: technology

• Create a Library “Tech Shop” | American Libraries Magazine

  Digital media labs, hackerspaces, and coworking spaces put tools in customers’ hands
  
  
  
  
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  We librarians are experts at collecting. Our jobs, our departments, our very buildings have been designed to acquire content. There is, however, another side to content that many libraries haven’t yet fully explored, and that is content creation.

  tags: library tech shop american libraries magazine

• Reflective Teaching for Librarians | American Libraries Magazine

  Most librarians are educators in one sense or another, even when the role is not explicit. The best teachers learn from others and learn by doing. This is a good rule for improving at virtually anything: Seeking inspiration and accepting criticism makes your work richer and more well rounded.

  tags: teaching librarians

• Australia is leading a global, digital, open education revolution | opensource.com

  Australia is ranked first among English-speaking counties and second in the world in leading a global, digital, open education revolution. Australia follows closely behind top-ranked South Korea

  tags: australia leading education revolution opensource

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