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Share What You Got!


2010
02.04

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Three new student films on information sharing have been voted the best by a panel of new media experts, students, and librarians in the third annual Sparky Awards. Organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and adopted by campuses everywhere, the Sparky Awards contest calls on entrants to creatively illustrate in a short video the value of openly sharing
ideas.

The winning videos offer another glimpse of the compelling student perspective on how open sharing fosters creativity, innovation, and solves problems. This year’s winners are:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Share what you’ve got

(http://www.vimeo.com/8006296).

Share What You’ve Got from Kazuyuki Ishii on Vimeo (Produced by Kazuyuki Ishii; sound and music by Jesse Cook – Savannah College of Art and Design).

RUNNER UP: Ideas come together

(http://www.vimeo.com/7921707)


ideas come together from Dani Johnson on Vimeo ( Produced by Danielle Johnson  – Savannah College of Art and Design).

HONORABLE MENTION: Grow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp3JM5JyUkY

Produced by Lyle Hawthorne; music, “Colors all around me” (2009) by Hillary Chase. (Goucher College).

Our personal favorite?  The RUNNER UP: Ideas come together
(http://www.vimeo.com/7921707) exemplifies the goals behind the LITE sessions, including the light bulb logo!

VOTE NOW for the Sparky People’s Choice Award–Deadline is March 7, 2010!

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LITE Discussions@Addlestone Workshop Tomorrow@3


2010
02.03

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We hope to see you there!  Download the Session Flyer as a PDF to handout at class or send to friends:)

Campus Flyer, Sara Davis LITE Discussions@Addlestone Session

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How to Stop Getting Junk Mail


2010
02.01

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I received this today and I thought I would pass the information along.

Did you know more than 41.5 billion pieces of mail advertisements were produced and distributed in the U.S in 2005, and it took more than 100 million trees to create all this bulk mail?  That’s the equivalent of deforesting the entire Rocky Mountain National Park every four months, according to www.ecocycle.org.

It is critical that we do our part by stopping junk mail at work. Reducing junk mail eliminates the problem at hand. It also has an additional benefit of reducing our waste disposal expenses, which helps lower our operating costs. Also, of course, helps preserve the world’s natural resources.

Want to participant in “Junk Mail Elimination?” Go to http://www.ecocycle.org/junkmail/index.cfm to learn how you can take an active role.  You can also stop catalogs at home via http://www.catalogchoice.org/.

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Free and Open Educational Resources


2010
02.01

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Lately I have been researching how other institutions deliver online or hybrid courses.  In my search I ran across an interesting and informative article on makeuseof.com by Justin Pot titled “6 Really Good Sites with FREE Video Lectures from Top US Colleges. In his conclusion he states,
The Internet’s changed the world, and the availability of free university courses on the Internet is one of the greatest examples of this I can think of.    Not so long ago the knowledge imparted on students during university lectures was accessible only to those who could afford to pay tuition. Today information is increasingly free, and I for one think society is better for it.
I have to say I agree.  In his article Pot reviewed the following sites that offer free video lectures from Top US colleges that I have looked at and found very useful:
I thought I would add to the list and mention a few other resources I have reviewed recently.
Along with the resources mentioned above, I also want to note a few other great resources I often use when looking for educational materials.

As I find more resources for online educational resources, I will continue adding them.  If you have one that is not on the list, let me know!

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