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		<title>Joe’s Guide to Free Elearning Tools: Firefox Environment Backup Extension</title>
		<link>http://phlesig.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/joe%e2%80%99s-guide-to-free-elearning-tools-firefox-environment-backup-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: Firefox Environment Backup Extension
Category: Utilities
It&#8217;s not something you often think of but a pc is not just a computer, it&#8217;s personal computer.  Think about it:  How easy or difficult would it be to log in and get your work done on a colleague&#8217;s machine?  We’re not talking about defeating the password, just being a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=463&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boredom-Proofing Learning Content: Making Learning Content Compelling</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Lubrecht</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to view the recording. Use the slider in the lower left to skip the intro and jump to the 12-minute marker where Patti&#8217;s presentation begins, and use the slider in the lower right to turn up the volume.
Download the handouts, handout 1 , notes (1.7 MB pdf) and handout 2 , slide deck, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=428&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joe&#8217;s Guide to Free Elearning Tools: Bulk Rename Utility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmullock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: Bulk File Renamer
Category: Utilities
I was fortunate  to be able to get out of town with “Mrs. Free eLearning Tools” for a few days before the beginning of the new school year. Of course, getting away no longer means leaving the digital world behind. In fact, in addition to our usual day-to-day electronic gear, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=393&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Synchronous Shootout</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Archambeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we held a synchronous shootout at Penn State Great Valley. Participants were divided into groups and asked to complete the challenge below. All of the teams came up with great ideas, and the classes they developed are posted below.
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Web conferencing giant, iLinc Communications, would like to teach a “Best Practices for Virtual Instructors” class. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=377&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Archambeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks again to Robert Penn, CEO of Suddenly Smart, for a wonderful presentation today on building immersive e-learning.

Download the PowerPoint slides (2.6 MB pdf) that Rob used
View the session recording (1 hour) — thanks to iLinc Communications for sponsoring the session
Take a closer look at all of the great examples Rob demoed

Click the following links to learn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=359&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joe&#8217;s Guide to Free eLearning Tools: Pixton &#8211; Interactive Comic Creator</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmullock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: Pixton – Interactive Web Comic Creator
Category: Graphic Tools &#38; Resources
I never had more than a passing interest in comic books when I was growing up, but several years ago I picked up a book called “Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art,” by Scott McCloud.  Fans of the genre will  recognize the name, but at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=345&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joe&#8217;s Guide to Free eLearning Tools: GIMP (Graphic Tools &amp; Resources)</title>
		<link>http://phlesig.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/joes-guide-to-free-elearning-tools-gimp-graphic-tools-resources/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmullock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
 
Category: Graphic Tools &#38; Resources
GIMP is an open-source, freeware image manipulation program developed on the GNU/Linux Operating System.  That is to say,  GIMP is a free, Photoshop-type program that works on multiple computer platforms.  It wouldn’t even be fair to call it  “Photoshop-lite” as it is much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=335&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joe’s Guide to Free eLearning Tools: Twitter</title>
		<link>http://phlesig.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/joe%e2%80%99s-guide-to-free-elearning-tools-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmullock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: Twitter
Category: Microblogger /Short Messaging Service (SMS)
For those (one or two) of you who may never have heard of Twitter, take a moment and go to www.twitter.com to have a quick look.  It shouldn’t take you very long to look around the site, so I’ll wait here until you get back.  For the brief overview, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=326&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization &amp; E-Learning</title>
		<link>http://phlesig.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/globalization-e-learning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noelle Archambeau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A big thanks to Dr. Guido Minaya, Managing Partner of Minaya &#38; Associates, for a wonderful virtual workshop today on globalization and e-learning.

Download the PowerPoint slides (1 MB) that Guido used
View the session recording (1 hour) &#8212; thanks to iLinc Communications for sponsoring the session
Download a best practices guide (200K pdf) on how to translate and localize your content [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=314&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joe&#8217;s Guide to Free eLearning Tools: My StuDIYo</title>
		<link>http://phlesig.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/joes-guide-to-free-elearning-tools-my-studiyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jmullock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: My StuDIYo (beta), Web-based Interactive Quizzes
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My StuDIYo (beta), is a web-based quiz creation tool that provides a free &#8220;channel&#8221; (home page) for your quizzes and allows you to embed created quizzes into your own home page.  The revenue model for the company is (at least in part) ad-based.  The free version does [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=phlesig.wordpress.com&blog=574457&post=303&subd=phlesig&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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