Here's another neat tool from eLearning Enhanced - allows students to take notes while in an Articulate Presenter Course.  Purchase and download the Printable User Slide Notes tool ($25) and copy the files in a published Articulate Course.  On the side navigation, you will see a new tab called "My Notes".  The student can enter notes for each page in the course and then print them.  The widget remembers the notes between sessions as well so that the user can leave the course and come back later.  If you want to call the tab something different, edit the art_plugins.xml file.The widget didn't work with a course on my local drive but once I put the course on a web server and in an LMS, it worked great.Check it out:  http://elearningenhanced.com/products/printable-user-slide-notes

Cathy Moore has a good blog article on the need for narration in elearning.  As one person who commented on the article said, it's one to save.There’s a lot more on this topic at the Learning Circuits blog and in two previous posts on her blog: Addicted to Audio? and Should We Narrate On-Screen Text?Check it out:  http://tiny.cc/gzo0s

Successful women in technology show the same attributes of success, the same human capital, and the same work values as senior level men.  Women hold 24 percent of technology jobs, yet represent half the total workforce.  Here's an interesting white paper from the Anita Borg Institute.  Since 1997, ABI has developed tools and programs designed to help industry, academia and government recruit, retain and develop women technology leaders.Check it out:  http://anitaborg.org/files/Senior-Technical-Women-A-Profile-of-Success.pdf

Knol is a Google project that aims to include user-written articles on a range of topics.  A knol is an introductory article about a specific subject. To write a successful knol, focus on the first things a reader would want to know about your topic.  Some Knol pages are opinion papers of one or more authors, and others describe products for sale. Some articles are how-to articles or explain product use.Check it out: http://knol.google.com/k/

Surviving in this day and age is as much about activities in Cyberspace as it is one’s physical health and safety. Even if you are not a regular online user, the Internet may provide information about you or your family to others in areas such as association Web sites newsletters, extended family Web sites, and public directory services. The bottom line is that everyone needs to be aware of the potentials for Internet safety and security problems, and to determine how to limit personal risk. i-SAFE has created a series of instruction especially for adults who use the Internet.i-SAFE Inc. is a leading publisher of media literacy and digital citizenship education materials and programming with worldwide distribution channels. Founded in 1998 and supported by the U.S. Congress and various executive agencies of the U.S. government,  I found the program, iFifty, to be of particular interest, when teaching my mom about the Internet.  She's almost 80 and is just learning to use the computer.    Access to the program is free.  There are five options with five different users in mind. Those registered as educators with i-SAFE have the greatest access to view the modules because you work closely with students and parents. Those registered as parents and fifty+ have access to either of those modules since many users fit both categories. However, students are limited to the i-MENTOR Training Network. And the Operation i-SHIELD module is reserved for those in law enforcement.   Check it out:  http://ilearn.isafe.org/

According to a research report from Ball State University titled "A Play Date with the iPad," the iPad is best for leisure activities. It found that content creation is too difficult on the device but ideal for content consumption. The free white paper is available for download through BSU.Check it out:  https://www.bsu.edu/webapps2/cmdreports/product_select.asp?product_id=30

Interesting interview with VS Girish Kumar - Center Training Manager in Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) Training and Knowledge Management department.Check it out:  http://tiny.cc/z0rha

Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository (images, sounds and videos) making available public domain and freely-licensed education media content as long as the source and authors are credited.Check it out:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Join 1,600+ government, corporate and learning executives to hear the experts share their case studies, technology implementations and best practices at this live virtual event.The summit is free of charge to industry professionals. No travel. No cost.  Check it out:  http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=630&seid=31

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