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CiteULike: Technological Transparency: A Myth of Virtual Education
CiteULike: Technological Transparency: A Myth of Virtual Education: "Bulletin of Science Technology Society, Vol. 18, No. 3. (1 June 1998), pp. 180-186, doi:10.1177/027046769801800305 Key: citeulike:4163584"
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Google Award to the Khan Academy
Learn Math Free!
Google decided to participate in the "change the world" project and grant 10 million dollars to the best projects. Among 160, 000 submissions The Khan Academy was awarded with one of the five projects selected
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
COLLADA enables to export and save 2L products
One of the problems of Second Life is that it does not talk with other software very easily; it operates as a "closed system". Whatever assets are produced there cannot be stored or exported outside this platform. Some efforts have been made on this regard that led to the creation of SLOODE; the combination of Second Life and Moddle that makes possible the aggregation of asynchronous discussion
However, Apparently, COLLADA would enable Second Life to talk much more other 3D online worlds. Wagner James reports in his Blog that "SL developers will have a means of legitimately backing up their content outside of Second Life". Read more at New World Notes
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Second Life for Faculty Development training
West Virginia University has joined Marshall in using Second Life to guide students through the campus and train
aspiring elementary education teachers. See Details at West Virginia U.
aspiring elementary education teachers. See Details at West Virginia U.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Saturday, May 09, 2009
Argentina has a Digital Agenda
According to CLAD, Argentina's President, Dra. Cristina Fernandez signed Bill (512/09) approving the Digital Agenda for Argentina. This agenda addresses national sectors in which IT could improve the the overall development of the nation; that is, the digital agenda includes policies for health, education, commerce and governance
If you want to learn more about it, please, visit
Agenda Digital Argentina
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Open Access to Scientific Knowledge
I am pleased to inform my readers that the European Community is allocating resources to support a multi-year initiative for the growth and development of Scientific knowledge, available for al.
Details can be found atScientific Open Knowledge
Saturday, September 27, 2008
New Director of COL
On September 26, The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) a consortium of the British Comonwealth with the mission of supporting open learning and distance education in the member countries, has recently appointed Burchell Whiteman, as New Chair of Commonwealth of Learning. You can read about this at: New COL Chairman
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Second Life Embassies
On September 5, the Second Life of Sweden video streamed a conference on E-learning 2.0. The developer is going to offer free courses of Swedish language and give visitors the opportunity of developing their own Avatars
You can visit this interesting site at
Second House of Sweden
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
The New York Times as a Repository for Real Case Studies
An innovative way to bring into distance education a set of case studies has been developed by Professor Matt Cookson at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Cookson uses The New York Times as a vast learning repository posing real life dilemmas. The powerful search engines of this important newspaper help the students to track the chosen case. For the full story visit Inside HigherEd at:
insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/09/epsilen
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Learn Music at a distance
A group congregated under the name Magister music has put together an interesting site, open to the world, for whoever wants to learn music. Authors, instruments and techniques are easy to find after registering as members of this learning community.
Resources
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Writing Guidelines
Student Name:_____________________________
Reviewer Name: ___________________________
Date: _________________
Project: Rubric for writing
RESPONSIBILITIES | |||
| Ideas | I used brainstorming and a concept map or outline to create and organize my ideas. | ||
| My report is clear and focused. I stay on topic. | |||
| I can summarize my topic in just a few sentences. | |||
| I understand my topic and could explain it to someone else easily. | |||
| Details in my report give the reader important information. | |||
| My ideas relate to one another. | |||
| I have listened to suggestions from the teacher or peer writers. | |||
| I have cited my sources correctly and included a References page. | |||
| Conventions | My paragraphs have more than one sentence. | ||
| Each of my paragraphs has one main idea. | |||
| I have used correct grammar. | |||
| I have used correct punctuation. | |||
| I have checked my spelling. | |||
| Sylistic effects enhance the report. They do not distract the reader. | |||
| My handwriting is legible. | |||
| My printout contains no typographical errors. | |||
| Fluency | My sentences build logically upon the one(s) before. | ||
| My sentences are different lengths. | |||
| My sentences start in different ways. | |||
| The meaning of each of my sentences is clear. | |||
| My sentences flow easily from one to another. | |||
| There are no run-on sentences. | |||
| There are no incomplete sentences. | |||
| I maintain one verb tense, especially in summaries. | |||
| I express similar ideas using parallel construction. | |||
| Organization | Ideas are organized in a meaningful way. | ||
| The sequence of ideas is logical. | |||
| My introduction is interesting and inviting. | |||
| My ideas flow from one to another. | |||
| I used helpful transitions between main points, (e.g., "First of all," or "Similarly"). | |||
| I have a satisfying conclusion. | |||
| Punctuation | Commas surround parenthetical expressions and appositives. | ||
| Commas separate the items in a series. | |||
| A comma precedes "and" or "but" when introducing an independent clause. | |||
| A comma follows an introductory word or phrase. | |||
| A semicolon connects two sentences. | |||
| Closing quotation marks always follow commas or periods. | |||
| A question mark follows closing quotation marks unless part of quoted material. | |||
| Apostrophes are used correctly to show possession or to create contractions. | |||
| A colon is used for emphasis or to introduce a list. | |||
| A period, question mark, or exclamation mark ends every sentence. | |||
| Long quotations are set off (e.g., indented on both sides, single spaced, and/or italic font) from the text that is not a quote. | |||
| Foreign words not in common use are italicized or enclosed in quotes. | |||
| Citations use the prescribed format including correct capitalization, punctuation, and italicization. | |||
| Word Choice | My sentences begin in different ways. | ||
| Every word seems just right. | |||
| My words paint pictures in the reader's mind. | |||
| I use my own words or enclose other's words in quotation marks. | |||
| I use strong, active verbs. | |||
| I use synonyms and different verbs to add variety. | |||
| My pronouns match the nouns to which they refer. | |||
| I omitted needless words from the first draft. | |||
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