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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I recently browsed the Kelby Training website. I hadn't been interested in the past because I thought it was just PhotoShop training. There are some great courses - including food photography that look interesting. Cost is reasonable - you can access all the classes per month or per year. You can test drive the courses without having to sign up for anything - a big plus.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

The first-ever video advertisement will be published in a traditional paper magazine in September. The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of Entertainment Weekly. The slim-line screens – around the size of a mobile phone display – also have rechargeable batteries.The chip technology used to store the video – described as similar to that used in singing greeting cards – is activated when the page is turned.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Register for a free webinar series: Global economic pressures are forcing learning professionals to think about ways to get more value for their existing investments. At the same time, emerging technologies are opening up new possibilities in the design and delivery of corporate learning. This series explores trends in social learning, mobile learning and leadership development, with an eye toward helping learning professionals separate reality from overheated hype.

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JANUARY 2, 2009

Rustici Software’s SCORM Test Track is the ultimate tool for testing and developing SCORM content without the overhead of an LMS. Advanced diagnostic information, monitoring of sequencing rule interpretation and one-click re-import, all from a dashboard control center, provide the best environment for quickly creating SCORM 2004 content with advanced sequencing rules.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The Microsoft Showcase website has lots of videos that you can view, email or embed in a webpage. There are over 800 videos including previews of Microsoft Office 2010. For example, Health Tech Today with Dr. Bill Crounse is a monthly online series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology. The show features informative interviews with some of the world's top health leaders; compelling health-related personal stories; and the latest technology and IT

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

This online photo editing tool has a Touch Up suite! 15 cool effects like Sunless Tan, Airbrush, and Lip Color to guarantee that every picture shows your best side. Goodbye shine, goodbye wrinkles; hello Mascara, Blush, and Highlights! Advanced Tools (Dodging and Burning) keep shadows off faces and make spotty lighting consistent. Check it out: [link] Be sure to pay attending to the loading messages!

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

What challenges do you face at work? How to capture the attention of distracted employees and have them accurately recall what you told them? Finding sure-fire ways to position the organization or quickly communicate complex ideas and new initiatives? Inspiring people to change? Stories can help you and your organization achieve these outcomes—and more.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

With the My Maps feature in Google Maps, you can mark locations, paths, and regions of interest on a personalized map, and share it with the world! You can even add descriptive text, embed photos and videos, and view your map on Google Earth.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Everybody is talking about Google Toolbar with Sidewiki. Google Sidewiki is a new feature of the Google Toolbar that lets you leave comments about any website. When some else running Sidewiki views that web page, they'll see your comments.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

I came across a couple of good articles that consolidate music website information - music recommendations, independent music, creating playlists , search engines, mix and share. Not exactly on topic, but interesting.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

It's not a tablet, it's a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch , and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. Click the video to see how the device could be used. I want one.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Microsoft is encouraging teachers to use Office Live Workspace to hand out work and assignments to children with H1N1. Microsoft's Office Live Workspace is a free web-hosted service (currently in beta) available in many countries that lets users publish and share Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Webinar - Wednesday, September 30, 200910:00 AM - 11:30 AM US/Pacific In this session you will learn about: Using Adobe Soundbooth for recording and editing pristine audio for inclusion in Adobe Captivate projects Leveraging the power of Adobe Flash for supplementing Adobe Captivate projects with animations, as well as for creating and customizing existing Flash Widgets Designing in Adobe Photoshop for including high-impact layered images in Adobe Captivate projects Using the Emulator in Device

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Please take a moment now to post your personal plan to perform a good deed, volunteer or engage in another charitable activity in observance of the newly established September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. Help create a wonderful legacy that honors the victims and those who rose to service in response to the attacks on America.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

Want to use a cartoon in your training? CartoonStock was the first searchable cartoon archive on the web and the first to offer instant online licensing and downloading of printable images. Licenses to use CartoonStock cartoon images and animations vary in price depending on the use.

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JULY 14, 2009

Yesterday, I hosted 2 different meetings - a webinar with folks around the globe (used GoToWebinar ) and the first day of my 3-day training class (used GoToMeeting ). I've used both products before - but not to the extent of these meetings. The webinar program worked great - the only problem we had was getting people to register so they got their log in link.

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MAY 22, 2009

British psychologist Catriona Morrison states "Music is a powerful cue for storing and retrieving data. you can use music to process new information more deeply. You can train yourself by associating what you want to remember - your new PIN for example - with a particular piece of music." In her most recent project, Morrison uses the works of the Beatles to explore this music-memory link.

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MAY 14, 2009

A collection of free online courses from [link]. Each online course is sent to you via email on a daily or weekly basis and is designed to help you learn a specific skill or solve a particular problem. Give students the opportunity to pick how they want to learn - could probably enhance by also offering podcasts ? Food for thought. The link below is for "Ten Days to a Happier, Successful Career and Life".

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MAY 12, 2009

5min is a place to find short video solutions for practical questions and a place for people to share their knowledge. 5min’s basic philosophy is that everybody is an expert in something and has something to teach others, so why not share that knowledge for the better of the whole? To compliment the Videopedia vision and bridge the gap between textual and visual information, they developed a special player that allows viewers to watch the video in slow motion or frame by frame, zoom in and out,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I'm checking out a social e?learning authoring system that allows you to to create and deliver interactive e?learning 2.0 content with embedded social media. Composica 4.0 empowers authors to take full advantage of social media tools to create a learning community around each course. Courses then become both formal and social by nature - learners can share knowledge with others, learn from each other, comment on anything, rate everything and more - all while browsing a course, without ever leavi

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JULY 26, 2009

During the entire month of August, you'll get one of the books or DVDs listed on the link page absolutely free when you sign up for a Safari Books Online trial.

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JULY 9, 2009

The Rapid e-Learning Blog has a great article about making charts and data more memorable. Check it out: [link] Also, check out the presentation mentioned in the article at [link].

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

Interesting article that talks about taking good ideas from the academic world into business. I especially liked this quote – “When technology is designed to promote adaptation, or is developed and consumed in ways that can support changes to configuration and flexible levels of personalization the opportunity for end users and employees to 'discover' new and better uses is significantly enhanced”.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The most common distractions cited by DriversEd.com students are talking, yelling, arguing, and goofing off. DriversEd.com teaches teens to become competent licensed drivers. The interactive online course allows teens to take their drivers ed at their own pace on their own schedule.

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

Free PowerPoint to Flash converter promptly creates web-friendly Flash (.SWF) movies from your PowerPoint content (.PPT,PPS,PPTX,PPSX) keeping its visual parameters, animation effects and slide transitions, audio narrations, video and Flash objects after conversion. iSpring Free works within PowerPoint, transforming it into a fast and easy Flash authoring tool.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

The Envato Marketplaces allow anyone to buy or sell digital goods like WordPress themes, stock audio, After Effects project files, Flash templates and much more. The marketplaces are home to a thriving community of over 240,000 users, authors and buyers and everyday hundreds of new files are added.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

When a team of Pennsylvania State University researchers set out to discover the cognitive processes underlying search behavior, the team discovered that Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and other search engines have become part of the learning process for people who venture online.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Do you feel like you need to learn more about how a GPS works, or how to use a GPS unit on the road? Get back to school and brush up on the latest in GPS. Interactive tutorials in the form of detention, Driver's Ed and quizzes make learning fun. Check it out: [link] Short video clips offer expert tips and step-by-step instructions on how to use your gps device.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

"Please Ignore the Message I Just Sent You!" Communication Etiquette for Professionals" Speaker: Anna Post, author and spokesperson for The Emily Post Institute Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Time: 10:00AM Pacific / 1:00PM Eastern Having strong communication skills - written, verbal and in the use of technology - is one of the keys to business success.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Taken from Knapp Notes Blog ( [link] ) Here are some interesting statistics from TRAINING ( [link] ) 2009 U.S. Training Expenditures (including payroll and spending on external products and services) was $52.2 billion (a 7% decrease from last year) 41% of organizations plan on purchasing online learning tools and systems in the next year. Payroll was $32.9 billion, about a $1 billion dollar overall loss from 2008. 47% of organizations surveyed reported a decrease in training budgets this year.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Looking for a unique holiday gift? How about Copper Plating and Etching Altoids Tins? Check out the Sreampunk site for other ideas. Steampunk is the intersection of technology and romance. It’s a genre of fiction, an aesthetic, a musical style, and a burgeoning sub-culture which delights in making things that are a blend of the modern and anachronistic.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Check out the new Microsoft Translator - it raises the bar for translating three ways: on the Web, for Office 2007 & 2003, and a unique translation widget for your site. See the links below to get the particular tool you want. Office Casual: How you can translate better with Microsoft Translator Update any Office 2007 or Office 2003 product with Microsoft Translator, find instructions for the free download: [link] Microsoft Translator widget: [link] To drop text for translation (or a URL) vi

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. For example, check out 12.003 Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics. This undergraduate class is designed to introduce students to the physics that govern the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

For the third year in a row, Creative Interactive Ideas has made the Houston Business Journal's Largest Houston-Area Training Companies List! Connect Learning is also on the list - way to go, Sally!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Girls Go Tech provides information on how math, science and technology play an important role in the world around us. Includes technical career information and games that introduce math, science and technology concepts.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

The U.S. Department of Energy offers lessons on fossil fuels, featuring cartoon personality Dr. H. Carbon and his interactive quizzes. Check it out: www.fossil.energy.gov/education/energylessons/index.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Energy Explained , a web portal launched by the U.S. Energy Information Administration ( EIA ), celebrates Energy Awareness Month with the most comprehensive energy education resource available from the U.S. Government. The site explains where gasoline comes from, what determines the price of electricity, how much renewable energy the United States uses, and hundreds of other energy topics.

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