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JournalTOCs and other “pushy” scholarly tools

NeverEndingSearch

But first, a little library history. I continued this practice in school libraries, sending TOCs from incoming journals and magazines to our science, art, social studies teachers, reading specialists and administrators. Microsoft Academic offers more that 150 million entities. Here’s a little current awareness tip.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

But you can own access to the full library by buying the Summit all-access pass, which is $99, a $50 savings from the price after the 25th. Lenore has lectured internationally from Microsoft to DreamWorks to the Sydney Opera House, and been profiled everywhere from The New York Times to The New Yorker. See you "online!"

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The History of the Future of Learning Objects and Intelligent Machines

Hack Education

One of the earliest flight simulators – and yes, this predates the Microsoft software program by over fifty years, but postdates the Wright Brothers by only about twenty – was developed by Edwin Link. The military has also led the development and adoption of educational technologies. Take the flight simulator, for example.