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Exploring GIS at the Commons
Categories: WorkshopsWe had such an excellent turn out for our first GIS workshop at the Commons! Thank you to everyone for attending and starting off our new programs with a bang! We were so fortunate to have Kristin Tsolis, our new … Continue reading
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Skype + Etherpad = Instant Classroom Collaboration
Categories: ResourcesI recently had a phone message from Kate Walker, a professor in our Translation and Interpretation program. She was calling from Florida and inquiring about how she might be able to teach from a distance given that she lives in … Continue reading
Communicating Effectively with iMovie
Categories: EventsWe just had an excellent workshop on communicating effectively with video and iMovie. Highlights included three examples of informative, powerful and balanced online videos: Human Rights http://www.vimeo.com/4324823 Climate Change http://www.vimeo.com/6695584 and Human Consumption http://www.storyofstuff.com/ We covered the composition, style, music, … Continue reading
50 Places for Free Ebooks
Categories: Teaching, ToolsAre you teaching a reading class? Or a debate class? Would you like to offer your students a number of choices of free e-books instead of forcing them to buy a book? From my own experience I know it can … Continue reading
ExploreLearning: Amazing Gizmos that support learning and teaching
Categories: Teaching, ToolsExploreLearning offers a catalogue of interactive simulations called Gizmos. They’re fun, easy to use and flexible enough to support many different teaching styles and contexts. Even though the focus is clearly on simulations in match and science for grades 3-12, … Continue reading
Scribd: Aggregator of e-documents
Categories: Collaborate, ToolsScribd offers a collaborative platform where you publish, discover and discuss original writings and documents. There are over 50 million people who share and upload documents each month. More than 50,000 documents are uploaded daily, and overall the documents are … Continue reading
Livemocha: Social Language Learning
Categories: Collaborate, Teaching, Toolswww.livemocha.com is a free platform where you can learn a language. You can enroll in online language courses for free where you’ll develop all the skills and confidence to begin conversing with native speakers. You can also make friends with … Continue reading