http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:31:14 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 02:31:14 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82078 This free service provided by the World Wide Web Consortium is used to check the source code of Web pages for conformance with W3C standards. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77012 Originally set up as a single Reusable Learning Object, it is a companion piece to the Teaching/Learning Philosophy Chart where faculty can view options about their philosophy and decide how they may want to articulate those philosophies to their learners. Since many faculty aren't well versed in these philosophies, the companion chart provides a quick explanation of options and how they may be viewed in online learning. Students can be given both the Philosophy Chart and the Learner Role chart for analysis. Go to http://www.towson.edu/~mcmahon/generic/philosophychart.pdf Faculty can use this Student Role tool in a variety of ways and can post their own directions for use. It can be used as an assessment to match online learning potential with faculty/courses/programs. It can be used to help students understand and value why their learning style may be different from a professors instead of just grumbling about it. Appreciating style differences is part of learning about one's learning preferences.In faculty development and online training sessions, faculty can use these two tools to raise their consciousness of learning and teaching theories. In adult learning a goal is usually student inquiry and student directed learning so that students learn to take responsibility for their own learning. Using these charts will help students choose assignments and construct their own if faculty structure their courses to do so. Faculty from Parsons School of Design in New York, Brevard Community College in Florida, and Towson University in Maryland are early participants in using these tools which they use to improve online course development and teaching based on the student responses. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=682793 'Paper is where ideas begin. It’s the easiest and most beautiful way to create on iPad. Capture your ideas as sketches, diagrams, illustrations, notes or drawings and share them across the web. Try it free—buy additional tools from the in-App Store. MOBILE CREATION DONE RIGHTPaper was designed from the ground up for touch and creating on the go. No fussy buttons, settings or other distractions. Paper works the way you think, like a familiar notebook or journal. Have all of your ideas with you in one place. ESSENTIAL TOOLS, SETTINGS-FREEProductivity meets beauty. No settings. Always beautiful—like great tools should be. Just pick up a tool and instantly begin to Sketch, Write, Draw, Outline and Color. Draw comes free with Paper.EXPRESSIVE INK ENGINEOur custom ink engine reacts to your movements to optimize each tool for the process of creation. Get a range of expressions from a single tool without fussing with settings for great handwriting, beautiful coloring, and sketching that just works.RETINA RESOLUTIONBuilt for the new iPad's brilliant display. With a full 2048x1536 canvas, see stunning details in your creations you couldn’t before—like pencil texture and watercolor edge bleed.PAPER THE WEBShare your ideas instantly. Stream pages to Tumblr, send them over email, or share pages with your friends on Facebook and Twitter.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=682877 'TeacherKit is a personal organizer for the teacher. It enables the teacher to organize classes, and students. Its simple and intuitive interface enables teachers to track the attendance, grades and behavior of students.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=78565 Evaluating Web Resources is a resource site that explains, in great detail, how to evaluate a website for high quality information. This site provides a checklist to help students determine whether or not their Internet research has produced useful, reliable results. What I particularly like about this site is that it differentiates among the different types of webpages (.com, .edu., .org) and provides a step-by-step outline for each type of website, taking into consideration the different goals of each. Each type of website is evaluated for the same five categories (authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage), but the evaluation differs, somewhat, depending on the type page it is. Students are guided through a series of questions that help them determine whether or not a website is a valid source to use. There are also useful links to other web evaluation sites, a powerpoint presentation, many examples of sample webpages, and a bibliography of web evaluation articles and books. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=82656 Twisted Jeopardy is an application/program for Macintosh, Windows and Linux computers. The game be used in or out of your classroom (although IN CLASS as a reading review tool is recommended) for about any discipline area. It provides a fun way to introduce facts. Categories & question/answer content can be imported into the game so that the game can be adapted for use in almost any discipline area. Use your imagination! Media including jpegs, gifs, audio and video files can be included in your question/stimulis as a link to a web resource. The instructor acts as the game host and judge as the game between two sides (players/teams) is played. The "stuffed" file includes, the program file, a PDF manual, and a few sample resouces to get you started. Users must register a password to access the game editing mode. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79829 This is a reusable learning object that is NOT content specific. The game is our version of the Jeopardy game. Content is easily changed by filling out a form that, when the save button is clicked, will automatically populate the game. This eliminates the need for the faculty/designer to know any kind of computer coding. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80943 Criterion is a Web-based service developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to evaluate student writing skills and provide instant score reporting and diagnostic feedback to both instructor and student. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79828 This is a reusable learning object that is NOT content specific. The game is our version of the Hangman game. Content is easily changed by filling out a form that, when the save button is clicked, will automatically populate the game. This eliminates the need for the faculty/designer to know any kind of computer coding. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=736291 'Listen to PDF and Word documents, eBooks, articles, and Web pages anywhere with offline text-to-speech. Built-in integration with Dropbox, Bookshare, Pocket, Instapaper, and Gutenberg makes it easy to import read material. Sophisticated controls, silky-smooth synchronized word highlighting and autoscrolling puts you in charge of the listening experience. 60 amazing, life-like voices in 20 languages available. This app is fully accessible with VoiceOver.People from all walks of life use Voice Dream Reader to learn, work, and play: - Graduate student listens to scientific journal articles on her morning jog. - Teacher lets his brilliant student with severe dyslexia take exams. - Retiree listens to Web articles while doing chores around the house. - College student with ADHD listens using synchronized highlighting to focus. - Elementary school student's comprehension improves by 4 grade levels. - Lawyer listens to case material during his long commute. Customers who have tried many text-to-speech apps say this: Voice Dream Reader is the best mobile TTS, period. And we still constantly add new features and improve usability. We're committed to the goal that you will never need to buy another TTS app. Voices- Includes Heather, a fantastic female American English voice- 60 voices in 20 languages from Acapela and NeoSpeech available through in-app purchase- Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Catalan, Polish, Turkish, Greek, and Arabic.'This app costs $9.99