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MAY 26, 2009

All of the books on the HowTo site are available for purchase in bookshops. But here on the site, access to the full content of each is completely free. You don’t even have to register or anything complicated like that – it’s all here for you to read online for nothing. Check it out: [link]

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JULY 17, 2009

Margaret Atwood is getting the word out about her new novel with a coast-to-coast video launch connecting various book festivals across the country. Atwood is set to attend the Word on the Street festival in Toronto on Sept. 27, but will simultaneously appear at sister events in Vancouver and Halifax via interactive video conferencing.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Tags: books.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Karl Kapp’s new book “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” launched this week – I was able to preview the book. Make sure to use your Chapter Code when ordering the book to support your local ASTD Chapter - the Houston ASTD Code is CH7032. The four themes in the book are: 1.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The e-Learning Guild is a great resource for information. To get all the benefits, you'll need to get a membership (minimum $99/yr) but you can access lots of great stuff for free. For example, Guild eBooks are FREE for everyone and Guild membership is not required to access them.

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AUGUST 23, 2010

Just got my copy of E-Learning Uncovered: Articulate Studio '09 - I've included a direct link to the book on Amazon's website. If you are new to Articulate Studio, you will love this book. There are also resources for another book from the same publisher - E-Learning Uncovered: From Concept to Execution.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Readers who have a webcam installed on their computer can also experience any ZooBurst book in Augmented Reality. Sign up for a free account and test it out. Check it out: [link] [link]

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MARCH 8, 2011

If you are thinking about a blended learning approach or have been tasked with creating virtual classroom events, you will find this book a valuable resource. As I read "The Learning eXPLOSION", I found myself highlighting parts, using sticky notes to mark pages and mentally agreeing with the information in the book.

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MAY 2, 2011

Get a free ebook copy of the book written by Andrea White (former Houston mayor Bill White's wife). WINDOWS ON THE WORLD is science fiction set in a post-apocalyptic world in which an orphan girl, Shama Katooee, is summoned to an elite military academy in order to travel back in time to New York City on September 11, 2001, to save the future.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

From her book, 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People , Dr. Weinschenk has picked her top 10 “things” that you need to know in order to design intuitive and engaging websites, applications and products that match the way people think, work, and play. We want them to buy, read, register, and take action of some kind.

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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.

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JANUARY 7, 2009

From their site: "We preserve the best of the old - books by leading experts that are rigorously reviewed and developed to the highest standards. Our books are free online. Our books are open for instructors to mix, mash, and make their own. Our books are social learning tools. Then we flip it all on its head.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Womenomics, a book written by Kay and ABC News'' Good Morning America senior national correspondent Claire Shipman explores the redefinition of success for working women based on recent trends of the value of women to the business world. link] Keynote Speaker for Thursday was Katty Kay, the lead anchor of BBC World News America.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

eBook Released: Learning Perspectives 2011: This year’s Learning Perspectives 2011 e-Book was just released in open source for your download and reading. The interviews are rboken into segments focused on key questions; you can use them or pass them along. Go to [link] for the videos from Learning 2011.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Came across a blog site that has lots of good resources including lists for free e-Learning books, photo sites, and storyboard templates. Today's post is the first of a series of posts concerning evaluation in e-Learning and includes links to white papers and information. Check it out: [link]

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AUGUST 24, 2012

The course will be based on their book, E-Learning Uncovered: Articulate Storyline Topics: 1. . $495 Classroom Training (DC Area) September 20-21 9:30 a.m. – 595 (Plus, they will be offering similar Captivate training in October.) Getting to Know Storyline 2. Creating New Projects 3. Scenes and Slides 4. Working with Text 5.

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MARCH 18, 2010

Check out the 10th anniversary website and download the book about InDesign. Check it out: [link]

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MAY 3, 2010

Check it out: [link] Books mentioned in the podcast include: Check out this podcast he did on Rapid E-Learning and Design. You can download portions of the podcast or the entire podcast to share with your development team.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

The book focuses on what motivates workers - including the three elements of true motivation: autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Check it out: [link]

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

link] : Information about Wake Me Up When the Data is Over: How Organizations Use Stories to Drive Results: Book reviews, articles, and examples of story use in organizations Check it out: [link] : Information about Stories Trainers Tell and free stories, articles, and a monthly e-zine.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Download a free e-book - a facilitator’s guide to live online learning. Check it out: [link]

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MARCH 23, 2009

There's a roadmap for development and learning: [link] The site including a variety of activities, videos, whitepapers, recommended books, hands-on labs as well as a community area for developers to upload their own projects and a Q&A forum area. Check it out: [link]

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Radica Brain Games - low tech game for those not ready for a Nintendo DS The iBrain book also suggests some low tech ideas like learning how to play chess, taking up the tuba and volunteering at a local hospital. [link] Hoop Nut is an exercise that will test your auditory processing speed and ability to focus your attention.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

The questions display on screen and the information is a pop-up book that you page through. Check out the Sandwiches of time game - if you get the answer correct, you build parts of a sandwich. Put it back Jack is a research game. It has an interesting twist. You can read the information, find the answer and then enter it.

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JANUARY 4, 2009

Comic Life is an award winning application for creating not just comics (obviously), but also annotated images, story books, instruction guides, and brochures. In the last several years, the comics art form has flourished, generating much interest from the literary, art and educational communities. The software costs $29.95

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Local + your address book, and many more possibilities and permutations. Check it out: [link] Example: [link] Another Tool: Operator from Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4106 Operator lets you combine pieces of information on Web sites with applications in ways that are useful.

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JANUARY 6, 2009

Tags: books Google brain.

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