Wild and Wacky Friday: Video appears in paper magazines

The first-ever video advertisement will be published in a traditional paper magazine in September.

The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of Entertainment Weekly. The slim-line screens – around the size of a mobile phone display – also have rechargeable batteries.The chip technology used to store the video – described as similar to that used in singing greeting cards – is activated when the page is turned. Each chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video.


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100+ Smart Ways to Use LinkedIn

Good resources for folks using LinkedIn and for newbies.

Check it out: http://www.linkedintelligence.com/smart-ways-to-use-linkedin/

Communicate Visually

SmartDraw is used to create business graphics such as flowcharts, organization charts, Gantt charts,tinelines, mind maps, floorplans and other diagrams.

SmartDraw is also available in two industry-specific solutions: the SmartDraw Legal Edition and the SmartDraw Healthcare Edition.


Check it out: http://www.smartdraw.com/

What Is Creativity?

Using Play-Doh and the Apple iPod as examples, Robert Sutton, Co-Director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Organization at Stanford University, explains that often creativity is simply making new things out of old ones.

Check it out: http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1187

Quotes websites

http://quotations.about.com/
http://www.quotationz.com/
http://www.quotableonline.com/
http://www.cybernation.com/quotationcenter/
http://en.thinkexist.com/quotes/top

Qedoc Quiz Maker

The authoring tools is free for contributors and the quiz player is free for everyone.

Check it out: http://www.qedoc.com/

MS Office sample quiz: http://www.qedoc.org/en/index.php?title=Microsoft_Office_2007

Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared. Include Interactive mini-lessons and simulations about a specific topic, such as math or physics.

Check it out: http://www.oercommons.org/