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= Explore = ====An assortment of sites, articles, and resources that we found useful and/or interesting. Click on the EDIT tab at the top right of the page to go into edit mode and add your own resources to this list (then click on Save).====

Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Texts of Christian classics in the public domain. http://www.ccel.org/

Open Culture: "The best free educational and cultural media on the web". Videos, books, audio. www.openculture.com

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design). Short videos from creative thinkers. http://www.ted.com

Digital Ethnography. Prof's perspective on tech. Includes two videos below. @http://www.youtube.com/user/mwesch?feature=results_main

YouTube. A Vision of Students Today. @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

YouTube. A Vision of K-12 Students Today. @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8&feature=related

The Miniature Earth. The earth as a village of 100 people. http://www.miniature-earth.com/

ProfHacker. A technology blog from the Chronicle of Higher Education. Very interesting. Great ideas @http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/

Grooveshark. Free streaming music online. @http://grooveshark.com/

The Flipped Classroom (ning) @http://flippedclassroom.org/

** Online Education **
What We are Learning from Online Education 20:41 @http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education.html

The 100,000-Student Classroom 6:12 []

The Self-Organizing Computer Course (MOOC) 16:26 [] MOOC referred to in the video: [] Info on the app referred to: []

How Web Video Empowers Global Innovation 18:53 []

Lets Use Video to Reinvent Education (Khan Academy) 20:27 []

Just How Small is an Atom? 5:28 []

** Games and Learning **
How Games Make Kids Smarter 16:42 []

Seven Ways That Games Reward the Brain 16:29 []

Gaming Can Make a Better World 20:04 [] World Without Oil [] Evoke []

Gaming to Re-engage Boys in Learning 12:30 []

The Demise of Guys 4:59 []

** Issues in Education **
Schools Kill Creativity. Ken Robinson @http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Bring on the Learning Revolution. Ken Robinson @http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html

Changing Educational Paradigms. Ken Robinson. RSA Animation @http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms.html

The Power of Introverts @http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html

College, Inc. For profit higher education. @http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/collegeinc/view/?autoplay

@http://chronicle.com/article/On-Becoming-a-Phoenix-/134658/
 * Article**--College professor takes University of Phoenix course. Very interesting.

Article--Senate report on for-profit higher education. @http://chronicle.com/article/A-Damning-Portrait-of/133253/

This was interesting. open culture [|www.openculture.com]
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