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There is a new export option for glossaries in the open dictionary — PowerPoint presentations. To use this, just build a glossary and select the PPT option when you build. (If you just want to try this out, you can

One of my frustrations with mass collaboration in general and some wikis in specific is the lack of editorial direction. As a former book editor and software executive producer, I appreciate the role of a guiding vision and someone to

I’m finishing up a great book that I would highly recommend for anyone involved in teaching and learning: Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, and Jane Pollock. In it, the authors

The kids open dictionary has produced many interesting statistics to examine. The first stage of producing a word list led to a look at how many words are in a “good” dictionary, how many words have gone out of common

This is a very interesting project that looks at the use of mass collaboration as a tool for education. Specifically, it is a study that takes various math problems using the Pythagorean Theorem and lets users rate and then improve