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Citation How To

Tue Jun 17 11:26:12 -0700 2008

By: Kim Chapman

Categories: mla_citation_skills

F.I.L.M. - Finding Inspiration in Literature & Movies

Tue Jun 10 12:30:24 -0700 2008

By: John Hardy

FILM is curricula for youth that uses movies to promote literacy, learning and service.

Categories: curriculum film literacy service

Hoover Institution - Education Next - How Do We Transform Our Schools?

Wed Jun 04 11:00:27 -0700 2008

By: John Hardy

“The way to implement an innovation so that it will transform an organization is to implement it disruptively—not by using it to compete against the existing paradigm and serve existing customers, but to let it compete against “non-consumption,” where the alternative is nothing at all.”

Categories: disruptive_innovation ed_reform online_education online_learning

NACOL Forum -> By 2019, half of high school courses taught online

Wed Jun 04 10:55:35 -0700 2008

By: John Hardy

“Author and Harvard Business Professor Clayton Christensen and his colleagues are predicting that 50% of high school courses will be taught online by 2019.”

Categories: disruptive_innovation ed_reform online_education online_learning

Education Week: Online Education Cast as ‘Disruptive Innovation’

Wed Jun 04 10:52:12 -0700 2008

By: John Hardy

“Technology-based forces of ‘disruptive innovation’ are gathering around public education and will overhaul the way K-12 students learn – with potentially dramatic consequences for established public school.”

Categories: disruptive_innovation edweek ed_reform online_education

Education Week: How 'Disruptive Innovation' Will Change The Way We Learn

Wed Jun 04 10:45:36 -0700 2008

By: John Hardy

EdWeek article on theory of “disruptive innovation” (from the business sector) and how it can be applied to the education sector.

Categories: disruptive_innovation edweek ed_reform

netTrekker Image Search Engine

Mon Jun 02 16:59:27 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

netTrekker’s image search engine.

Categories: images

How to find images on the internet

Mon Jun 02 16:54:13 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

A list of image sites.

Categories: images

Natural Disasters -- Earthquake Pictures, Wallpapers, Downloads -- National Geographic

Mon Jun 02 16:54:11 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

Great site for images of earthquakes

Categories: earthquake images

Pics4Learning - Tech4Learning

Mon Jun 02 16:54:04 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

“Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
Pics4Learning is developed as part of the Partners in Education program by Tech4Learning, and the Orange County Public Schools Technology Development Unit.”

Categories: images

World War II Poster Collection from Northwestern University Library

Mon Jun 02 16:54:02 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

“The Government and Geographic Information and Data Services Department at Northwestern University Library has a comprehensive collection of over 300 posters issued by U.S. Federal agencies from the onset of war through 1945.”
Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: images world_war_ii

Uncle Sam's Photos - Stock Photo Collections

Mon Jun 02 16:53:58 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

Directory of Government photos

Categories: images

NOAA Photo Library

Mon Jun 02 16:53:56 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

Photos from the The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: earth earth_science images

The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth

Mon Jun 02 16:53:52 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

“The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.” Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: earth images nasa science space

NASA Multimedia Page

Mon Jun 02 16:53:42 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: images nasa science

Great Images in NASA (GRIN)

Mon Jun 02 16:53:37 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

“GRIN is a collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest scanned at high-resolution in several sizes.” Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: images nasa science space

Visible Earth: Home

Mon Jun 02 16:53:35 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

“A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.” Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: earth earth_science environment images

NASA Earth Observatory

Mon Jun 02 16:53:33 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

“The purpose of NASA’s Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet.” Source of copyright-free images. (via http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/11/there-are-many.html)

Categories: earth earth_science environment images science

netTrekker

Mon Jun 02 16:53:31 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

To find lesson plans and images

Categories: images lesson_plans

Periodic Tables and Related Images

Mon Jun 02 16:53:16 -0700 2008

By: Digital Learning Commons

Visual tables and images of chemistry, many of which are interactive.

Categories: chemistry