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1st update on 10 Tools Challenge 2013

Jane Hart

So, if you are looking for some ideas, then here are the Top 100 Tools 2012 , organised into 12 different categories. 16- Google Reader. 4- Google Search 10- Wikipedia 52- Google Scholar 62- Bing. 38- Google Maps 51- SurveyMonkey 57- Google Translate. 1. Social Media dashboards.

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How humor helps + Powtoon review

Making Change

I poked around Google Scholar and found studies that seem to agree that (relevant!) book Design for How People Learn , “If something is exactly the way we thought it would be, there’s really no reason to allocate mental resources to reinforcing that thought or idea.” What research says about humor.

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Taking Time to Learn with Alex Salas

TechSmith Camtasia

That’s the challenge today … learning to express ideas through visuals takes work.”. I follow Google Scholar, instead of doing a Google search. Because with Google you get you anybody and their mother. Go to google scholar and you’re going to get academic papers.”.

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Sharpest tools in the box

Learning with e's

My blog is my publishing tool , allowing me to get my thoughts and ideas out into the public where they can be discussed with others in my PLN. Many of the Google suite of tools have become quite important in my working day. It''s all about connection. 4) Blogger, my blogging tool which hosts this blog and several more I run.

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The intentional marginalization of blogging in the corporate learning sector

Janet Clarey

Longtime blogger Jim Groom , an Instructional Technology Specialist and adjunct professor at the University of Mary Washington , wrote about giving credit where credit is due (in traditional academic journals) when it comes to using ideas authored in “unconventional academic media,&# i.e. blogging, etc. I digress again.

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Tools of my trade

Learning with e's

Google Scholar - I come back to Scholar time and time again, often several times in one day, particularly when I'm doing some literature searching for an article, or simply to see who has cited who on a particular topic.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2014

OpenSesame

Google Scholar - Google takes on the likes of EbscoHost and LexisNexis. Ember - A visual scrapbook of ideas and inspiration. Google Think Insights - The ultimate tool for marketers—trends, ad collections, sample objectives for any stage of a campaign and more. XMind - Struggle with explaining complex ideas?