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Useful Sites to Surf
By Liz Wheeler

Here are some resources we’ve found while scouring the Internet doing very useful thinks like blogging and updating our facebook status.

 

Learning Styles 1

Memletics learning style inventory: you can find out your own learning style preferences or just get a refresher on the seven styles.

http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/

 

Learning Styles 2

In case you want more than one option, here is more information on four learning styles which will also help you find your own learning preferences.

http://www.teachingforachange.com/Learning%20Styles/index.htm

 

Reliable Sources and Research

Here are some specific and reliable sites/tips on documenting your online research so you can find your information again (which makes it faster when citing sources later) and verifying that the information is reliable.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_evalsource4.html

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm

http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

 

Online Art and Backgrounds: Designed to a T

Backgrounds, bullets, clipart and more that are free for personal OR commercial use—you just need to provide a link back to this site.

www.designedtoat.com/freegraphics.htm

 

Typing Shortcuts for Word, PowerPoint and More

Resources for shortcuts when using information technology and tips for online teaching.

http://tltgroup.wordpress.com/low-threshold-applications/

 

Bookmarking Gone Right

Over the last three years, we’ve found some pretty neat training and development resources while surfing. We’ve actually remembered to bookmark a lot of them and tagged them as relevantly as we could. Click on the link below and get a plethora of additional great resources on the web. If you have some others we haven’t discovered yet, send us your bookmark so we can help spread the word.

http://delicious.com/ezineeditor

 


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