Distance Learning Workshop 2012 Links and More

Thanks to everyone for your participation in the 2012 Distance Learning Workshop.  Linked below are a number of sites, topics and technologies that were mentioned in the Workshop.  Good luck, everyone, getting ready for Bb SP8!

• List of Open Textbooks: www.scoop.it/t/open-textbooks
• List of Social Media Tools: www.scoop.it/t/social-media-learning-tools
• Ducklink, a screen capture tool:  http://www.ducklink.com/ 
• Jing, a screen capture tool:  http://www.techsmith.com/jing 
• Moodle, an open-source Course Management System:  http://moodle.org/ 
• CafeScribe, a commercial digital textbook company:  http://www.cafescribe.com 
• Authentic Assessment, a general time referring to assessments where students create products to demonstrate learning as opposed to taking tests.  Read more here, here, and here. 
• Khan Academy, online instructional videos in math, science, history and more:  http://www.khanacademy.org/
• TweetChat, prearranged discussions that occur on Twitter:  http://tweetchat.com/.
• Blackboard Drive, manage Bb files on your computer, not in Bb.  Watch here.
• Bb Rubrics, create grading evaluation criteria to grade Bb assignments.