I am trying to build a blended learning web-app for a professor to replace his Blackboard-based discussion forum. I think a great model is RapGenius's annotation system. Do open-source clones exist for this? Any out-of-the-box tools I can quickly hack together to mimic RapGenius's annotation system?
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posted by shotgunbooty
on May 2, 2013 -
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I have the opportunity to pursue
this master's in software program for free. I jumped on the opportunity, but now as my first semester winds to a close, I'm beginning to wonder just how valuable this actually is.
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posted by COBRA!
on Apr 26, 2013 -
11 answers
Are there online trainings/tutorials for...well, creating online trainings/tutorials? (Books or other resources also welcome.)
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posted by Stacey
on Dec 18, 2012 -
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My pre-k boy LOVES video games and adventure/superhero TV shows. It would be great to harness some of that love for learning purposes. What are your recommendations for software or online games that do that? We're a Mac household.
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posted by michaeldunaway
on Aug 24, 2012 -
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I'm teaching a minicourse about networks, graphs, and computation to a non-technical audience (mostly grad students in the humanities.) What's the right software platform?
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posted by escabeche
on Jun 18, 2012 -
7 answers
My favorite study website removed its note-taking feature. I want to find another virtual backpack service with as many options as studyblue used to have. Any recommendations?
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posted by mekko
on May 11, 2012 -
5 answers
Is there any software (online or Mac) that will help me to make clean, simple custom maps for a classroom? Ideally, I'd start with a simple, blank outline map, then be able to add features one at a time. (For example, perhaps I'd select "Ohio River" from a dropdown menu, and then it would appear on the map.)
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posted by SpiralT
on Nov 20, 2011 -
10 answers
Are you a schoolteacher? Or an IT person working for a school? Which version of Flash do you use? (I'm especially looking for answers from the UK, but anything is helpful.)
posted by the latin mouse
on Dec 21, 2010 -
4 answers
What was the name of a 1980s educational software package for the Apple ][ series that gave stories to read and asked multiple choice questions to test your knowledge?
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posted by NBJack
on Oct 8, 2010 -
4 answers
Perhaps this is just a fantasy, but is there any application or online tool that could search through the references of an article I have saved as a PDF, in order to check whether I have those cited articles in my larger PDF library? It would be perfect if it would highlight, link, or somehow display cross-referenced relationships between all my articles. I am already familiar with many referencing/PDF organization software such as
Papers (Mekentosj),
Sente, and
Devonthink. I suppose what I have in mind is a similar tool, but with the additional power of something like ISI Indexes. I have a fairly large library (about 300 references that I'm actively using, and more than 2000 total) and I'm just trying to get some "big-picture" grasp of how all these sources relate to one another.
posted by samac
on Jun 20, 2010 -
5 answers
I'm looking for software or a website that let's you easily create interactive lessons.
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posted by pallen123
on Apr 27, 2010 -
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How do I make videos like the ones at
http://www.khanacademy.org/ (i.e., real-time voice and free-hand virtual blackboard with colors?) Windows suggestions and Mac suggestions and hardware suggestions, please! (I understand he's doing all sorts of analytics and javascript stuff, but I'm just interested in the screencasting workflow basics.)
posted by zeek321
on Apr 18, 2010 -
4 answers
Is there anything out there to help me manage the data for a small private language school? We don't need timetable software but rather something simple to help us produce monthly records, attendance sheets, teacher hours. Bonus for cross platform or web based. Extra bonus for something in Spanish too...
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posted by itsjustanalias
on Feb 12, 2010 -
3 answers
Please help me find software for creating tests from a bank of questions, ideally open-source and even more ideally Linux.
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posted by fogovonslack
on Oct 5, 2009 -
6 answers
What iPhone flashcard application will best help me study for the bar?
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posted by yesno
on May 16, 2009 -
6 answers
I need a free and robust math worksheet generator, and don't care whether or not it's a script, web-based, or software.
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posted by booksherpa
on Apr 28, 2009 -
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I've looked through most of the AskMe threads on various CMSes, and gotten a lot of good information on free and open source solutions, but I really want to know what I can get if I spend some money!
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posted by alas
on Feb 22, 2007 -
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Can anyone recommend easy to install, cross platform monitoring software for Mac OS X - that is, something that would allow a parent, employer or teacher to, from their PC, monitor the screen of a Macintosh? Will remote desktop do this? Is it relatively easy to install?
posted by luriete
on Dec 28, 2006 -
13 answers
I am a school-based speech pathologist with a long list of kids to schedule. They are best grouped by a) grade and 2) type of impairment. Each kid needs one or two half-hour appointment(s) per week. They are scattered across separate classes with various schedules, each with preferred, acceptable, and unacceptable blocks of time in which I can see them. Free or low-cost scheduling app?
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posted by kmel
on Aug 18, 2006 -
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I'm about to enter a graduate program in economics, but as an undergrad, I studied anthropology and sociology. I'm feeling really out of the loop. What do I need to do, learn, or get to be ready for econ at the graduate level?
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posted by laura763
on Jul 27, 2006 -
9 answers
Has anyone around here used
Rosetta Stone software for learning foreign languages? Did it work well for you?
posted by Prospero
on Feb 24, 2004 -
7 answers
