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Have a question about something? Ask Aardvark. This service allows you to ask a question and typically within a day, you’ll get an answer.

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At the Web site Alltop (http://www.alltop.com) you can create a Web page that contains RSS feeds of your choosing. You can see the Alltop page I created related to various anatomy and physiology topics by going to http://my.alltop.com/jjohnsonwbc.

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If you are like some software but would like something that has different features and/or is cheaper, check out Alternative To at http://alternativeto.net/

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SharedCopy is a free Web-based service that allows you place annotations and various other markups (highlight, lines, box, arrow) to a Web page and then share it with others. Go to http://sharedcopy.com/

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The Pulse SmartPen created by Livescribe may be *the* thing for students to consider, especially if they take a lot of notes or if they can’t write very fast (or at least can’t keep up with the teacher). I recently purchased one and will give students turns in using it during a course. With this pen, files which contain the corresponding audio can be uploaded and viewed by others at the Community site.

Some interesting scenarios in the form of videos, including the ability of the SmartPen to translate words to other languages can be seen on this page called Sneekpeek.

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I learned today about a Web service called Drop Box (found at www.getdropbox.com), which has a number of features that will be beneficial to both individuals and groups. The Tour explains the features or you can watch the video.

For individuals who have more than one computer and they need to keep file synchronized, Drop Box allows you to easily keep the files in synch.

If you work with others, you can create a Shared folder, which will allow others to access the files. They can be shared with either Drop Box members or non-members. See this Web page for more details.

Free accounts come with 2MB of storage.

One of the things to think about is that if you put a file in the Drop Box that will be on your computer, you will have moved it from its original location so it would be best to put the original in the Drop Box and then put an alias in the folder where it was originally.

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An interesting comment from the Tony Bates in the article below is this:

“…technology has not yet transformed education:
- Student expectations about the educational experiences (e.g., connected, participatory, engaging) are not being realized
- Rather than introducing 21st century skills, technology is often being used to automate outdated education paradigms

In other words, technology is in the main just being added-on to the traditional classroom experience. Thus, while there are ‘pockets’ of innovation, technology is not being used for systematic change.”

Later, Bates states “Where are the ‘pockets’ of innovation? The area with the most potential is the use of Web 2.0 tools, such as blogs, wikis, virtual worlds, and mobile technologies such as phones, cameras, and iPods, that allow learners to collect, create, share and evaluate their own learning materials.”

The state of e-learning, 2008

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