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First site I am thinking of is that of Faculty Focus - Click Here. This is a mailing (email) that I do receive and this does come with plenty of ideas for teaching. Some you have to pay for but there are enough free stuff coming in that is useful.

Questions on homework? Have a topic you want to discuss? Take a look at eNotes - One way to communicate information outside the classroom.

[] - This site has some very useful links to open source software.

A link to links - the LMS is always a question that comes up - how do we select one, how many are available and so much more - A list that FeatherCap has as they are a contender for the LMS market - [|click here] - the list includes authoring tools that help the faculty to design their lectures. Check the links out. You might find a useful tool.

From UNCW there is the Journal of Effective Teaching and you can review some of the journals that have been published - Click Here

At the University of Central Florida the Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning has a list of books for teaching - Click Here

Also from the UCF is a page with links, references, and documents for teaching methods - Click Here

3/21 I am looking up some information regarding the costs of developing online classes. Very interesting what some consider might be the figures for cost. I think 12,000 and others come up with 64,000. I want to be on that contract.

Well, Leah has her opinion about the things to think about when developing an online course - [|her link is here]. Along on her site she has linked to the Griff Guide to Teaching On-Line. This is located in Scribd.com. Looks like a product I need to download -[| take a look].

As for links and downloads, Scribd.com is a place where you can upload a text or book that you have written. I don't think that is a bad idea. I need to get to writing and being published.

I decided to check out Leah and found that her blog is quite the place to visit when looking for ideas or opinions. Her site is []. Take a look at her "tutorials and tools." These are areas that I have mentioned in various circles.

3/28 I was going through some old magazines and trying to catalog some articles. Ok, I am taking the articles out of the magazine and binding them together, getting rid of some paper and weight. One of the magazines that I had a subscription to was Syllabus. Well, the magazine is now part of Campus Technology. But just to see what is out there with Syllabus in the title I did come across a few sites that might be useful for faculty. Amy Balwin has a site for college instructors -@http://www.itsinthesyllabus.com/ - Now this is good, she has some links that might be useful to the instructor. @http://www.axissyllabus.com/ - now this takes some thinking - some articles that might be of benefit. Now this next one is a site that will provide a site that can be used in addition to the normal classroom -@http://www.socialsyllabus.com/index.php

New Horizons via John Hopkins U. - [|New Horizons link]

The Learning Edge from the NISOD - Learning Edge

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Word Processing is a challenge for both faculty and the student. There are some students that submit papers in formats that are not compatible with the school's system. Well, the programs are probably free. Many students can't afford the Office, but here is some free services. I would recommend that you keep this link on hand and maybe download a couple of these such as OpenOffice and AbiWord: [|The Link]

Always looking at new technology and information? - a good source can be Emerging Ed Tech - some very good information. One site I am interested in is the "Enter the Group." The link is here. If you are working with groups or classes that are not assigned a learning management system, this could be the way to go.

I found another site that was impressive - grade guru. Grade Guru is a place where students can meet and discuss the class they are in. Might want to look at this one.

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I hear from various faculty that they do not want to share their material. Not sure exactly why. I guess the material is so superior that only they can interpret or teach the information. Or it is because they "benchmarked" another professor and they do not want to be found out. Well, whatever the reason some people do publish their materials and courses in an "open source" format such as Merlot and other groups. Here is [|Sofia] - Sharing of Free Intellectual Assets. This site was created by Foothill De Anza Community College District. The school follows the model of [|MIT open source]. Other Open Source sites: Yale : Harvard - This is a site for software that a school can use to develop open source courses; Harvard Open Collection; An Open Source Listing.

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><><><><>< Something to share with faculty as well, they can develop a non sanctioned wiki or blog. Blogs/wikis to consider: Article on wikis - [] How many wikis? - [] - some still exist and others do not Articles and resources - http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Articles+and+Resources A list of wikis by catagory - []

Blogs Wordpress.com Blogger.com thoughts.com [] typepad.com Posterous.com and Tumblr.com Educational blogs - []; []; []; []

What can be considered a pro of several blogs - I can email my post from my phone or office without actually logging in to the blog. See this mashable article @ []

Another product is Disqus - a bit more to this than being a wiki or a blog. It fits the framework of a discussion or forum based platform but is able to access other media such as twitter and facebook.

Other forums include proboards.com or many on that are listed here - []

Wikis Wetpaint.com Wikispaces.com Examples of educational wikis http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis http://scholarship4faculty.wikispaces.com

Wiki vs Blog [] [] An interesting blog about blogs and wikis - []

**BOOKS - Free Books** I love the smell of an used bookstore. I enjoy books. I like to read. But I can't have every book for my library. So the second option is to go online, but where? Some public libraries have online versions of books so check out your local one. You can buy online books and texts from a number of sources such as Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Borders, and others. Several publishers have links to the online section of books. But do I have to purchase a special reader? No, and in some cases you can download the reader software to your computer - desktop or laptop - for free. So where are some of the books out there? Better yet, here is a link to the 20 Best websites for ebooks. And Harlequin always has that tantalizing book but I do not recommend reading an ebook in the bubble bath and candles. A lot of science and engineering texts are available. Of course there are a could of sites where you can self-publish.
 * Gutenberg.org is probably the largest libraries of free books. Several down-loadable formats in a number of genres and topics
 * ManyBooks.net is another source for free books
 * Free-ebooks.net offers up a selection

The best of the best web sites - Now if you are looking for ways to be organized or need a way to have yourself paged during a board meeting - check out the link of the 100 best webpages.