http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 02:19:58 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 02:19:58 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=380339 This module describes: Three ways to use source material: quote it, paraphrase it, or summarize it; Three essential techniques for managing source materials: introduce it, cite it, and list a reference to it; Eight important guidelines to help you avoid plagiarism mistakes. At the end of the module, users can take a short quiz. If every question is answered correctly, users receive a "Certificate of Completion." Unless otherwise noted, this module uses the American Psychological Association (APA) style. This style is being adopted for the sake of consistency and because it is used most often in UMUC courses. The APA style is called an "author-date" style because of its emphasis on the date of publication, which immediately follows the author's name. This style commonly supports medical, research and technical writing found in scientific journals and papers. 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=328967 Librarians, teachers and parents know how hard it is for students to understand web searching. Boolify makes it easier to for students to understand their web search by illustrating the logic of their search, and by showing them how each change to their search instantly changes their results. It's simple, immediate and flexible to use with a class, no matter the subject matter. Search results are presented through Google's "Safe Search STRICT" technology. However, no filtering technology is 100% secure. Created by Public Learning Media Lab Participants. The MIT Media Lab's Scratch Project served as an initial reference for their work. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=545241 exercise ideas for teaching all grade levels the basics of contouring and topo maps. This seems to be a harder topic for kids to grasp, and this set up allows you to start teaching them much earlier on.