Learning Monitor, June 2009
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Mission to Learn’s Learning Monitor
June 2009
Volume 2, Issue 5
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IN THIS ISSUE
2. This Month’s Features
3. A Note from the Editor: High on Hashtags
4. Views, News, and Insights
5. The Learning Smorgasbord
–> Webinars
–> Science & Math
–> Libraries & Museums
–> Education
–> Computers & the Internet
–> Healthcare & Medicine
–> Customer Education
–> Business
–> Personal Finance
–> Language & Culture
–> Writing & Literature
–> Games
–> Odds & Ends
6. Contact Info
7. Subscription Management
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1. Quote of the Month
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The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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2. This Month’s Features
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Given that I write about hashtags in my Note from the Editor below, it seems only appropriate to feature Jane Hart’s Excellent slide show:
20 tasks to get started with Twitter.
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Note that Commoncraft has also recently introduced Twitter Search in Plain English, a very nice complement to the earlier Twitter in Plain English.
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3. A Note from the Editor
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I’ve become quite fond of Twitter hashtags over the past few months.
(Note: If you are feeling a little behind on Twitter in general, see the featured resources above.)
If you are not yet using Twitter as part of your learning mix, I encourage you to get into the flow. In the meantime, enjoy this issue of the Monitor and be sure to let me know about any free or low-cost learning opportunities you come across or are involved in creating.
All the best,
Jeff Cobb
Mission to Learn
http://www.missiontolearn.com
http://twitter.com/missiontolearn
4. Views, News, and Insights
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5 Ways You Can Support Self-Education on the Web
As you might guess, “free” and “open” are key concepts in this blog post from Self Made Scholar Jamie Littlefield
Learn Me Good: 25 Edu Blogs Worth Reading
Happy to say that Mission to Learn made the list!
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Who’s in the Market for Learning: Individuals or Organizations?
Michele Martin is insightful as always in pondering the question of whether individuals rather than organizations might have more to do with what and how professional development and training happens in the future.
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5. The Learning Smorgasbord
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An eclectic selection of delectable learning. All of it either free or at very low cost.
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Webinars
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I used to do a monthly round-up of Webinars, but it just never seemed to work very well with a monthly newsletter format. Going forward, I’ll be noting any interesting Webinars I come across in my tweets (missiontolearn) and will tag them with #learningmonitor. Here, however, are a couple of upcoming Webinars that look interesting:
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Blogging for Nonprofits: Tips, Traps, and Tales
Nonprofit Marketing Guide » July 9
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Science & Math
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Free Online Math Courses for Teachers
A good collection of just what the titles says
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Get great science fair projects, kids science projects & experiments, & science articles at Science Made Simple. Free Sample Projects. Learn how to choose science fair topics & ideas, plan and perform your science experiment using the scientific method, & present your results.
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Libraries & Museums
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Gaming in Libraries – The Course
Join Scott Nicholson to learn about Gaming in Libraries
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The Web 2.0 Challenge will provide a free, comprehensive, and social online learning opportunity designed for law librarians by directing them in hands-on use of these technologies. The course is intended for law librarians who have little experience with these technologies but are interested in learning more.
The online course will take place between July 21 and August 18.
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Education
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Edutunes.com produces a series of innovative music-based math, science and phonics learning tools for your kindergarten through third grade student.
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Computers & the Internet
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20 tasks to get started with Twitter.
More info at http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/twitter.html
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Techsoup’s Roadmap to Microsoft Training Resources
Recorded audio session and other resources to help nonprofits take advantage of free training available for Microsoft products.
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Healthcare & Medicine
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Physical Therapy Continuing Education – PT01 | The Management of Knee Osteoarthritis
Once you complete this course, you will be able to understand and discuss the epidemiology of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, discuss nonsurgical and surgical options for individuals with knee OA related to current evidence surrounding those options, including physical therapy treatment approaches, discuss the relationship and benefits of weight management related to knee OA and how physical therapy intervention can assist in weight reduction.
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ATSDR – Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services charged under the Superfund Act to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at specific Superfund sites and to help prevent or reduce further exposure and the illnesses that result from such exposures.
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Customer Education
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LoJack & NICB Kick Off Third Annual Vehicle Theft Protection Education Initiative
LoJack and NICB offer up a podcast, an eBook, and a tweet stream as part of “National Vehicle Theft Protection Month.”
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Brewing, Tasting, Cooking Coffee: Brought to you by Starbucks
Get educated about coffee, compliments of Starbucks and the Culinary Institute of America
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If you are interested in the concept of customer education, you might also want to see a blog post I did on the topic – Customer Education: 25 Sampler Sites
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Business
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I have no idea how much it would cost to participate in this – a pretty penny, I am assuming – but I’m including it because I like business professor Henry Mintzberg’s concept. He’s down on business schools and high on collaborative learning among actual business managers and executives. The resource page is pretty good.
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Personal Finance
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A free online financial education program from the FDIC.
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Free Coupon Ecourse – Choystercash.com
You have to register for this one, but hey, who couldn’t stand to save a little cash by using coupons?
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Language & Culture
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Learn Japanese in a new way! A fun Japanese reviewing tool for foreign learners and native speakers alike.
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Learn Spanish with SpanishPod. Get professional podcasts and advanced online tools to help you learn Spanish, and connect with thousands of other Spanish learners worldwide.
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20 Free English Language & Literature Courses
From EFL Geek 3.0, a blog about teaching EFL/ESL based in Seoul. Also discusses issues related to language and linguistics.
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Writing & Literature
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Ulysses – PublicLiterature.org
June brought us the annual Bloomsday celebration in Dublin, a day dedicated to the life of writer James Joyce and his great novel Ulysses. It seems only appropriate to include a link to the text of the novel in this month’s Monitor.
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Free Online Writing Courses for writers.
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Games
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(Note: Any games that appear in other sections are repeated here for convenience.)
Gaming in Libraries – The Course
Join Scott Nicholson to learn about Gaming in Libraries
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Odds & Ends
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Education / Training | Digital Literacy Project
Eradicating Digital Illiteracy One Automotive Technician at a Time
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Recorded Webinars on a variety of topics from the Hadley School for the Blind.
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Wondrous, curious, and bizarre locations around the world
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Meditation How-To: How to Meditate for Beginners in 5 Minutes
How to learn meditation in 5 minutes.
