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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I recently read a Facebook entry by one of my “tween” relatives that disturbed me. She probably thought it was an innocent remark but to a predator it could have been interpreted differently. I wanted to find the right words to convey what I thought and provide some good education resources for her and her mom. In surfing the web, I found a website with some interesting statistics: Did you know that.?

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Experience is the Best Teacher – Using Simulations to Build Experience Ken Spero, Executive Director, NexLearn - Immersive Learning University Are you interested in developing simulations but don’t have the time to go to a workshop or conference? If so, this ASTD online workshop may be the answer. Each Essentials Series online workshop is delivered by a live facilitator who is an experienced learning and development practitioner.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

January27th, 1:00pm ET Space isLimited Reserve Your Webinar Seat Now At: [link] You've tried every trick in the book to engage your learners. Everything fromsimple drag and drop to highly animated avatars but you may be missing out onone of the best and simplest forms of engagement, conversation. Learn how tointegrate interactive voice tools and audio based instructions to activelyengage the learner in a mobile application or a blended learning solution.

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MAY 15, 2012

Social learning is an increasing part of organizational learning, and mobile learning brings a new dimension to social learning in important ways. What do we need to know to do this well? Find out on May 23 in How Mobile Enables Social Learning with mLearning expert Clark Quinn. Register now for this complimentary webinar. You do not need to be a member of The eLearning Guild to access this event.

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MARCH 28, 2012

TomPeters has distilled down thousands of slides from over 2,500 presentationsthat he has done on organizational and personal excellence into 23 separatepresentations that you can download. Peters say, “Use this material as you wish andplease 'steal' all you want.” Includes both a PDF and PPT - he is releasing onea week so you'll want to bookmark the site and go back!

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MARCH 27, 2012

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | 10:00AM Pacific Time Free Webinar, Membership Not Required This webinar showcases one of the most popular, best-rated sessions from mLearnCon 2011 Conference & Expo, newly updated and now available to all through this special online presentation. It is clear that mLearning presents a unique challenge for instructional designers.

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MARCH 26, 2012

What About Me? is a free social media infographic generator from Intel. The purpose of What About Me? is to create infographics based on your Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube activities. The infographic created includes parts of your recent Facebook posts, when and what you post about on all three networks, and What About Me? even evaluates the average tone of your messages.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Explore the new Army OneSource Virtual World and stay connected to Family and friends! This virtual environment allows you to collaborate, learn, socialize, host or attend training sessions, and participate in daily events. By using a customizable avatar, a virtual self-representation, participants can access a variety of Army services by simply exploring the virtual world.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Effective eLearning deliverables require more than just text and a few random graphics. Good graphic design, user interface (UI) design, and user experience (UX) design aren’t optional – they’re necessary to ensure maximum learner comprehension and retention. This complimentary eBook, 62 Tips on Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, and Visualization for eLearning, draws on the experience of 12 professionals who are leading sessions in The eLearning Guild’s August 2012 Online Forum, “Graphic Design, UI/

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JANUARY 2, 2012

eLearning Guild: Thought Leaders Webinars January 17 Tom Kuhlmann |VP, Community, Articulate Here’s a story that resonates with many: You were a good explainer, so you became a trainer. Then your company said, You’re now doing eLearning. So you bought a tool and got your courses online. Soon you started hearing that all your stuff looks and feels like PowerPoint.

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MAY 14, 2012

Great website for kids. and everyone else. This interactive site offers many online and offline activities for students to learn about energy conservation from the U.S Department of Energy. View some popular excuses we hear over and over about why we don't save energy. Find videos and other resources under Energy Extras. Click on Posters to create your own energy conservation poster or to see posters created by others.

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APRIL 23, 2012

May 8, 2012 10:30AM to 11:30AM Pacific Time Judy Brown Mobile Learning Analyst, mLearnopedia There is a lot of talk about mobile in our field today, and even more questions: What really is mLearning? Why is mLearning important? Who is developing and deploying mLearning, and what is working? How do I get started with mLearning? Judy Brown — a learning expert who believed in the potential of mLearning long before it was really possible — addresses common questions about mLearning and to explore op

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APRIL 23, 2012

If you are attending the ASTD International Conference in Denver May 6-9, download and start populating the ASTD Events app - Android or iOS (iPhone/iPAD) available. You don't have to carry around a paper schedule! Only drawback I see is I loaded the app on both my iPhone and iPAD and it looks like they don't sync up. Features include: Native universal app : Great for iPAD and no wifi connection required to access the conference program, visual schedule or animated maps.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Register at: [link] Come and Join the Fun! Kinect has changed the way people play games and experience entertainment. Now, Kinect for Windows offers the potential to transform how people interact with computers and Windows-embedded devices in multiple industries, including education, healthcare, retail, transportation, and beyond. We’ll discuss how the Kinect technology will change the face of training.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Did you miss Learning 2011 (Masie Conference)? If so, here's the scoop on available content - lots of great information, videos and a free eBook! Learning Wiki: Content, video and participant perspectives on the seminars and keynotes at [link] Watch interviews with Inventor Dean Kamen, learning leaders from Walmart and Starbucks, and much more. The interviews are rboken into segments focused on key questions; you can use them or pass them along.

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JANUARY 3, 2012

With Knovio, take your existing PowerPoint slides and quickly and easily add your own video to synchronize with the slide content. You can then share this new presentation out to your intended audience by email or social media. You don’t need any special software to use Knovio. From a standard web browser you simply upload your existing PowerPoint files.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

If you are a fan of the Common Craft library of videos like I am, you will LOVE the Cut-out Library. Cut-outs are digital images like the ones used in the videos. Use the images in your training programs and presentations. You can download the images as part of a PowerPoint presentation or zipped file. You must be a Common Craft member to download the images.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

People are increasingly using video to provide technical information. From YouTube to free webinars and services like Lynda.com, recorded video training is a powerful medium. Join Matt Sullivan for a 4-hour workshop designed to help you implement video training using various tools. He will cover the following topics: * Developing a storyboard for your project * Writing a script for actions and voiceover * Practicing and recording your content * Editing the resulting video * Publishing to various

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JULY 25, 2012

I was part of a learning team developing a new course for FEMA. The purpose of the course is to provide the participants with best practices including tools, techniques and a basic roadmap to build capabilities in the use of social media technologies in their own emergency management organizations (State, local, Tribal) in order to further their emergency response missions.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Inside Search: Become a Google power searcher : (Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog ) You may already be familiar with some shortcuts for Google Search, like using the search box a.

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MAY 25, 2012

Jane Hart Social Business Consultant Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies Tuesday, June 12, 2012 | 10:30 AM Pacific Time Complimentary for Paid Guild Members More and more people are using social media and networks to solve their learning and performance problems in the workplace — connecting, conversing, and collaborating with colleagues both inside and outside the organization.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

Yesterday atCES, Microsoft announced the new Kinect forWindows hardware and accompanying software will be available on February 1 st ,2012. In a blog post, Craig Weiss wrote "Kinect technology and gesture free will equally make an appearancein 2012. I am projecting that the number of vendors who enter this space tostart slow, but gain steam – at least with some aspect, by the end of 2012.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Here's a free Articulate Storyline interaction that I came accross in a LinkedIn group. Credit to Alexandros Anoyatis ( twitter@ anoyatis ).

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AUGUST 24, 2012

Artisan E-Learning will be offering Articulate Storyline training in September! You can pick from a virtual format you can take anywhere, or an in-person format in Arlington, VA. Visit their website for more details. Virtual Training: September 6, 11, 13, 18 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. $495 Classroom Training (DC Area) September 20-21 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. $595 (Plus, they will be offering similar Captivate training in October.

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MAY 18, 2012

The Knowledge Graph enables you to search for things, people or places that Google knows about—landmarks, celebrities, cities, sports teams, buildings, geographical features, movies, celestial objects, works of art and more—and instantly get information that’s relevant to your query. This is a critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

David Anderson, Community Manager, Articulate Wednesday, October 3, 2012 | 10:00AM Pacific Time Free Webinar, Membership Not Required This webinar showcases one of the most popular, best-rated sessions from DevLearn 2011 Conference & Expo, newly updated and now available to all through this special online presentation. It wasn’t too long ago that eLearning designers wanting to build interactive courses were forced to choose between one of two realities: a blissful illusion of interactivity,

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