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		<title>So Out Of Date!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My blog is so out of date &#8230; apologies.  So much online course development, teaching part-time and picking up web work here and there.  Not enough time.  Will return shortly!]]></description>
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		<title>Audio Tutorials and Tools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across this blog entry on recording audio.   It has tons of tutorials on working with audio, free web based tools and creative commons audio sites.  This is the best collection I have seen so far on the topic for elearning: http://www.articulate.com/blog/50-tutorials-to-help-you-achieve-e-learning-awesomeness/]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive Online Characters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A challenge in co-teaching ORLD 5055 &#8211; Staff Development and Training has been to have students explore other possibilities than Powerpoint for training.  This year I decided to infuse the course with examples of other choices, especially with content where students had questions or did not do well. This week I created a little movie on FAQ&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prezi for Education</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on gathering resources for our TLTC Summer Series day Stand Out in a Crowd &#8211; Effective Presentations to be held on June 30 and I came across this example of a Prezi created by Paul Hill. It is the best example of a Prezi I have seen that demonstrates how Prezi can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an introduction to ORLD 5055 &#8211; Staff Development and Training I made this evening using Crazy Talk and an image of my Second Life avatar.  Our challenge in this course at Teacher&#8217;s College has been to get students to try different, more creative approaches for their final project, a training module.  This semester I thought I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All Fired Up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I returned from the Savannah School of Art and Design story and the user experience have been on my mind.  I have always known how important these concepts are in design and communication but they live and breath it there.  What an amazing place and an inspiration to me personally.  Typography, image, interaction are so very important but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Example of eLearning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Tom Kuhlmann published a post on how to make effective &#8220;Flash&#8221; elearning tutorials using PowerPoint.  I have to say this is the best elearning tutorial I have seen so far.  The blog entry can be found here. The tutorial can be found here &#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Illustrator Tutorials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I follow the Rapid eLearning Blog by Tom Kuhlmann who runs the community for Articulate.  What I enjoy about his blog is the tutorials and resources he offers regarding developing elearning tutorials that are graphically pleasing.  He shared this resource for Illustrator tutorials I want to remember. Vectips]]></description>
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		<title>Share What You Know</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video was so well done &#8230; I want to remember to use it in a presention. The user experience enhances and supports the message so well. This was done by a BYU student who won the Sparky People Choice Awards. Clueless Discovery from Aaron Ludwig on Vimeo.]]></description>
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		<title>First Twitter Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is our first Twitter Design for my dear friend at Para L&#8217; elle in Mendham, a small women&#8217;s boutique.  Her Twitter icon is from her business card.  Her main design element to the far left is made from a stamp (purchased at Michaels Crafts) that was then brought into Illustrator and altered in color.  The [...]]]></description>
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