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Creative Commons – CC License Definitions, Search for Materials, & Share Your Work

The links below explain the various levels of permissions and Creative Commons licenses, enable searching for Creative Commons licensed materials, and provide information to those who wish to share their work using Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons Website Creative Commons Licenses Search Creative Commons Materials Share Your Work using Creative Commons Licenses Keywords:…
Atavist for Education

..and as you leave you say goodbye to the place with a very heavy heart….promising to come back for even longer next year.
Using the Outline Feature in Microsoft Word

The Microsoft Office Word program has and Outline feature that makes it very easy to organize, and reorganize long documents. It allows you to generate an automatic Table of Contents as well. Microsoft Office Word Outline View This 5-minute video reviews the ways you can use this feature in your work. Keywords:…
PBWorks

PBWorks offers a variety of collaboration tools including free wikis for education. Editing and formatting of the wiki is very easy and needs only minimal instruction. Students can collaborate on projects outside of the classroom. Student accounts can be created without email addresses. Educators can get automated notifications to see when and how often students…
Web2Access (Disabilities and Tests)

Web2Access is a resource that aims to help those making decisions about their use of freely available ‘Web 2.0’ interactive and collaborate e-learning tools. The website provides rankings based on its accessibility. Web2Access Web2Access (Disabilities and Tests) – tests the accessibility of Web 2.0 tools based on different disabilities. Using the results, they then rank…
W3C Markup Validation Service

W3C Markup Validation Service can check the markup of Web documents. This website provides information about accessibility and links to other validator tools for checking specific aspects of the HTML code of a website. W3C is the gold standard of accessibility standards. W3C Markup Validation Service Keywords: Accessibility, Websites
SUNY FACT2 Online Accessibility

This website created by the Online Accessibility SUNY Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT2) Task Group to provide recommendations and tips on making software and educational resources more accessible and to ensure they comply with Section 508. SUNY FACT2 Online Accessibility Why Does Accessibility Matter? Keywords: Accessibility, Websites
Google Keep

Google Keep is like using post-it notes for your phone. It’s a great way to mind dump tasks as they come into your head. Simply create a note, write down the task and pin it onto your screen. It’ll stay there until you complete the task and delete the note. You can also set a…
Flora

Flora is an app that utilizes the Pomodoro technique to keep your focus on one task at a time. Once you set the timer, you may not check messages, answer calls or visit sites on your phone for that period of time. If you stick to your task without getting distracted by your phone, you…
FocusList

FocusList is a way to improve the Pomodoro technique, forcing you to focus on one task without getting distracted. It tracks the time you spend on a task and helps deepen your concentration while you do it. FocusList Pomodoro Technique Keywords: Mobile Apps, Productivity Tools
OneDrive

OneDrive is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a web browser or their local device. OneDrive OneDrive Help Center Keywords: Collaboration, File Management, Productivity Tools
Flipboard

Flipboard is is your personal e-magazine, at your desk, in your back pocket or on your wrist. Filled with stories, photos, and videos on any interest, it’s a single place to keep up with your world. And now, the top ten stories can be sent right to your Apple Watch. Flipboard Keywords:…
Shadow Health

Shadow Health is a fee-based virtual clinical patient simulation experience. It is a robust experience which simulates virtual patient examination for courses across the Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum. Shadow Health Video demonstration Keywords: 3D, Simulations, Virtual Labs
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)

LinkedIn Learning is an online education company that offers thousands of video courses and tutorials on various topics like, software, technology, business skills, and tutorials to enhance creativity. LinkedIn recently merged with Lynda.com. LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) Note: New York state residents are eligible to request a New York Public Library (NYPL) card…
Credly

Credly is one of many digital badge platforms that can be used to design and award custom badges. Credly badges can be displayed on personal ePortfolios, social media sites (such as Facebook and LinkedIn), on websites, and in your Credly profile. Credly’s platform is the badging system that SUNY and #EmTech use to issue our…
TED Talk: Creative collaboration — a 21st century imperative

“Paul Roe plays the clarinet and has particular musical interests in performance, coaching, research, education and participative music making. Paul’s talk is entitled Creative Collaboration — A 21st Century Imperative. His talk begins with a short performance. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people…
Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers

This electronic book helps readers learn how to fact-check claims made on the Internet on a variety of topics. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers The author, Michael Caulfield, also has a companion blog: Four moves Keywords: Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Media, Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access, Searching
The 10 Best Fact Checking Sites

This list of the top 10 sites helps students, or anyone, determine the bias and accuracy of information, which is published by International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). This site introduces you to 10 fact-checking sites. Top 10 sites to help students check their facts Keywords: Digital Literacy, Lifelong Learning
ALA Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

The Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education which has been published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The Framework is organized into six frames, each consisting of a concept central to information literacy, a set of knowledge practices, and a set of dispositions. The six concepts that anchor the frames are presented alphabetically: Authority…
How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital world?

This article, published by Trudi Jacobson and Tom Mackey in the journal “The Publication,” talks about what it means to be a metaliterate person in today’s society that is filled with fake news. It also provides strategies to become a critical consumer of information. How can we learn to reject fake news in the digital…