September 13, 2011 Leave a comment
A great resource with chapters from many different authors discussing issues and research surrounding technologies in distance education. It’s a free download from Athabasca University Press – Emerging Technologies in Distance Education.
November 5, 2010 Leave a comment
Another fantastic resource from Terry Freedman, you’ll find:
February 25, 2010 Leave a comment
FreeReading is an open source Website where teachers can access a free, sequential, research-based reading intervention program for grades K-3, and contribute their own lessons and insights into what works best in the classroom.
In providing teachers with such a resource, Wireless Generation aims to help school systems deliver high quality instruction with a rigorous, free program that reflects the latest research on effective early literacy practices, and is constantly enhanced and extended by fellow educators.
Join the FreeReading community by visiting www.FreeReading.net.
February 23, 2010 Leave a comment
February 20, 2010 Leave a comment
I am struggling to keep up with my readings especially the ones I need to read for classes I am taking and also the journal publications. Some of these papers are longer than expected and I feel terrible printing them and killing all the tress!! Lehigh keep showing a reminder on the desktop in Windows 7 machines to inform how many trees we kill when we print. Also I keep making notes on papers and filling my room and office with papers that I read once and never use it again( at least for now), so I stated looking for an easy more environment friendly solution to this issue. Initially I was thinking of an e-book reader or a tablet but later realized that I can do some basic stuff with my MacBook Pro too. Here is my solution.
Annotate the PDF file, using Preview on Mac.
But if you are on a Mac, you may not realize that you can annotate PDF files for free using Preview. When you are looking at a PDF file on the Mac in Preview, go to the Tools section of the menu bar and select the Annotate option. It should look like this…
Using these commands, you can add notes, links, and shapes to the PDF document to mark it up. And don’t worry about others being able to read the changes, they can. When you annotate a PDF file in Preview and save your changes, they can be read by other Mac users as well as by users using Adobe Acrobat on a PC. Apple doesn’t really tout this feature much, but if this is great functionality to have for free when compared to most PC users.
January 29, 2010 Leave a comment
In the first phase, a state panel reviewed a number of math and science textbooks that are available online for free and rated how well they align with state standards in those subjects. Now Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has expanded the program to include history-social science and higher level math texts.
“Resources like digital textbooks play a critical role in our 21st-century educational landscape, and expanding my first-in-the-nation initiative will provide local school districts additional high-quality free resources to help prepare California’s students to compete in the global marketplace,” Gov. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said in a statement. “I urge content developers to jump on board this second phase and submit social science and advanced math material to help ensure California’s shift to a more advanced and cost-effective education system continues.”
Go to California Learning Resource Network.
