udutu | Create simulations online with ease. Teaching, Learning and Technology There was another breakout session at the e-fair that might be of interest. Making intelligent use of data. RSC East Midlands has a microsite dedicated to data dashboards, where you can find lots of useful information on this topic. Visit it here. On this Moodle there are event resources from an event earlier this year - "Data dashboards - their uses and alternatives for decision making". There are lots of case studies on the Excellence Gateway website covering data and databases. Here are a few examples: West Nottinghamshire College: 'Data dashboard' drives delivery, decision-making and developmentAn Excellence Gateway case study In order to overcome problems with multiple data systems within individual departments, West Nottinghamshire College took the approach of getting its existing data out into the hands of staff by creating an in-house data dashboard. Read the case study. Doncaster College: Saving minutes to save moneyAn Excellence Gateway case study
andykirk.eLearning January 11 EtherPad - real-time collaboration tool. First there was Etherpad . Then Google bought the software and released it as Open Source. There are now a wide range of sites running EtherPad, so it really is your choice which one to use. Whichever you settle on it provides a great tool for instant collaboration, group activities and brainstorming, with a group of learners or work colleagues. July 10 Yammer Think social networking and the workplace don't mix? June 10 Voices of the Holocaust This digital archive from the Illinois Institute of Technology presents the work of Dr David Boder who interviewed survivors of the Holocaust in refugee and displaced peoples camps across Europe over a three month period in 1946. May 10 If you are looking for an interesting way of presenting images in presentations or course resources, one approach is to create a Polaroid effect. If you are looking for something to do the hard work for you though, Poladroid is a great free tool. April 10 February 10
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Moodle 2.0 Plugin and Module Reviews There are already quite a few plugins available in the Moodle community plugins database, so I have started to install and review the plugins. The review will be an overall usability review and not at all focused on the technical side. This is the list of plugins which I have reviewed so far: Activity Modules Remote Learner Adobe Connect Pro ModuleThis module enables the teacher to create and manage sessions for the Adobe Connect Pro Virtual Classroom system from within Moodle 2.0. CertificateThis module enables the student to download a a course certificate when they have completed the requirements. ChecklistThis module enables the teacher/trainer to monitor and track the students progress as they tick off the different items on a course specific todo list. Committee ManagerThis module a nice intuitive interface for managing the workings of a committee members, events, files and meetings agendas. BigBlueButton. Blocks Configurable Reports Course Format Integration Other Local Resource Type
100 Incredible YouTube Channels YouTube has earned a reputation for featuring brain cell-slaughtering fare such as the truly abysmal Fred and playing host to the some of the most depressingly stupid comments this side of Yahoo! News. But for every participant liberally dishing out misspelled racist, sexist and homophobic talking points, there is at least one whose channel genuinely offers something provocative and educational. For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Multidisciplinary and General Education Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Technology Social Sciences, History and World Issues BarackObama.com: Love him or hate him, Barack Obama is still America’s president. Visual, Performing and Liberal Arts
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Moodle 2.0 Sandbox Livestream web-TV Livestream, formerly known as Mogulus,[4] is a live streaming video platform that allows users to view and broadcast video content using a camera and a computer through the internet. It offers a free ad-supported service and multi-tiered premium services.[5] Livestream also offers wireless HD broadcasting in the form of a device combination called Livepack, described as "a satellite television truck in a backpack."[6] History[edit] Livestream was cofounded as Mogulus in 2007 by Max Haot, Dayananda Nanjundappa, Phil Worthington, and Mark Kornfilt, and has offices in New York, Los Angeles and Bangalore.[11] It launched with a free streaming service, and introduced its white label “pro” service in April 2008 with Gannett Newspapers as its first customer. Services[edit] Livestream[13] is both a virtual television studio and embeddable video player, offering users the opportunity to produce and broadcast Web video in the manner of a television network. Concerts[edit] Twitcam[edit] See also[edit]
LiveStream Podcaster Live streaming is hardly new on the web. And a lot of startups are focused on it. One of them, Mogulus, now hopes to simplify the process, while upping the quality and adding new options. Mogulus’ is launching a new desktop application tonight called Procaster. On the front end, it’s a simple app that offers one-button streaming of video out to the web. But behind its simple exterior, the tool has the ability to stream high definition quality video that isn’t possible when encoding on the fly over its current web-based Flash player. But much more interesting are the side features of the new app. You can also zoom in on any area of a screen to highlight it with the click of a button. Even more interesting may be the game-casting feature. With Procaster, all of this can be done using any standard computer. Procaster is being unveiled right now at the NY Video Meetup.
Websites It is estimated the wild population of Siberian tigers at around 350-450 tigers. Almost all wild Siberian tigers live the Southeast corner of Russia in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range east of the Amur River. Their former range included northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula, and as far west as Mongolia. They are the largest of the tiger species and can grow up to 13 feet in length and weigh up to 700 lbs. The Siberian –or Amur- tiger is considered a critically endangered species with the primary threats to its’ survival in the wild being poaching and habitat loss from intensive logging and development. Tigers are most commonly poached for their fur and for their body parts used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1993 the State Council of the People’s Republic of China issued a notice declaring the use of tiger bone for medicinal purposes to be illegal. The other vital concern for the survival of the Siberian tiger in the wild is habitat loss. These are formidable requirements.