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Documentation And E-Learning (Part 4): Make Your Courses Real For Students

Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
Learn Html
by osunick

Documentation And E-Learning (Part 4): Make Your Courses Real For Students

School teachers know that reality is one of the greatest instructors. Chem-class explosions, telescope observations, and biology field trips can generate faster real learning than textbooks. And the discovery and adventure that accompany such experiences are powerful drivers for inspiring students to continue learning. Some e-Learning products and materials might even be more effective if they also pulled real-time, real-world data and videos into student training.

 

The challenge, of course, is doing it! Several techniques can help:

Tapping real-world web sites and cams.
Merging streaming real-world videos with online LMS training screens.
Bringing reality into course reference materials.

 

This article discusses the first of these. And when they appear in the future, Documentation and e-Learning (Parts 5 and 6) will present the others.

 

To date, documentation and e-Learning developers have come closest to bringing reality into their products when they include Flash animations that show how to perform procedures. But these are predesigned presentations. They may look interactive, but their presentation of information and reaction to user actions are all pre-planned. There is no real exploration in them to fire student interest.

 

Tapping Real-World Web Sites and Cams

 

If you already play Flash movies in online course pages, it won’t be a huge technical leap to similarly stream real-time web sites or live video to them. It could even be quite easy.

 

Are air traffic controllers your target audience? Here are a few live ATC displays that could be useful in ATC courses:

 

All traffic over the U.S. at any time: natca.org/flight-explorer/united-states.aspx
Atlanta Center (animation builds over time): atcmonitor.com/
New York JFK (click on a plane to see its details): passur.com/jfk.html

 

Are eye doctors your training target?  Then tell your students to log into the following site on Wednesdays between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. EST, for feeds of live Lasik procedures. They can click “Control the Camera” at the top of the page, to select their view (even one through the surgeon’s own camera) and to control camera tilt, pan, zoom, and focus. (When I zoomed the main camera, the doctor and nurse heard it, turned, and waved.): lasiktv.com/

 

Earth-sciences students can access this live demo of the Earth’s rotation at any time. Tell them to note how the Foucault pendulum’s swing direction appears to rotate above the compass points due to the Earth’s actual rotation: pendelcam.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/view/index.shtml

 

Meteorology? This Delray Beach, Florida shore cam lets students watch tropical storms and even hurricanes live, as they approach, hit, and pass. The site also offers links to past storm videos: hurricanecity.com/cam.htm

 

If you’re creating online training about vulcanology, here’s a list of volcano-cams that display in near real time: volcanolive.com/volcanocams.html

 

Zoology? This site lists pages of cams that might be fun in courses for kids. (And yes, the Smithsonian’s “Invertebrate Microscope Cam” can be icky!): search.earthcam.com/search/ec_kids_search.php?cat=ANI&vars=0:128:1

 

Astronomy and space science? You’re in luck!:

 

NASA’s live Space Shuttle Countdown page: countdown.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/countdown/cdt/

 

NASA web-TV channels about space exploration often play canned videos, but sometimes broadcast live views of Earth and of real-time space projects from the International Space Station itself: nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

 

The latest images from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Orbiter: webservices.esa.int/blog/blog/6

 

Recent views of day and night on Earth from hundreds of orbiting satellites (you can also view the Earth from the direction of the sun or moon): fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p

 

Just a few real-time and near-real-time solar data/imaging sites:

sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/shine/suntoday.html

swpc.noaa.gov/solar_sites.html

sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/

sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html

solarmonitor.org/

 

And these two eye-popping sites allow students to explore the entire visible (and invisible) universe under their own power… using the latest photos from telescopes in space and around the world:

 

Microsoft WorldWide Telescope: worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx

Google Sky (Google has a similar earth/ocean site): google.com/sky/

 

Also check the WorldWide Telescope site’s educational content (“Guided Tours”) that have been created through the site… plus its instructional videos about making your own.

The above are just a tiny fraction of the content that’s out there about almost any subject. A little searching may reveal resources for your use as well. (But even if content is freely available over the Internet, and its supplier should be thrilled to have more viewers brought to it, be sure to ask about any required permissions and credit.)

And if you have your own real-time video content, you can use a video-streaming service to make it available to multiple web-based students.

Web-cam “telepresence” isn’t always as good as being there (which may not even be possible). But it can be almost as good, and sometimes better. For a web site or cam to be useful for e-Learning, though, it would ideally:

Refresh in real-time or near-real-time (cams that refresh slower than every 30 seconds may strain viewers’ patience).
Offer data and images suited to your needs (some cams even webcast in HD now).
Focus on subjects that will be on-screen much of the time (this eliminates “UFO-cams” and “ghost-cams”).
Be findable (it can take a lot of searching to find useful content on the web).
Be online (webcams are easy to take out of service).
Permit users to control camera movement and focus (usually, through a web queue that grants each viewer a short period of control).
Be viewable through at least FireFox and Internet Explorer (some cams still don’t work well with Firefox)… and Safari wouldn’t hurt either.

Next time, in Part 5 of my Documentation and e-Learning series, I’ll describe an amazing new tool that e-Learning content creators and documentation writers may all be using within the next few years. So stay tuned!

Dave Powell is Documentation Manager for SyberWorks Inc., a privately-held supplier of e-Learning software and training. For the past 15 years, he has written award-winning marketing collateral and user documentation for hardware/software companies like PictureTel, 3Com, Philips Medical Systems, Polaroid, and SyberWorks. Prior to that, he edited and wrote for publications like Computerworld, Infosecurity News, Networking Management, Digital Design, LightWave, Popular Computing, Harvard Business Review, and Leaders. (During that time, he also served as an author and Editorial Advisor for Sesame Street.)


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Tips To Grab Expired Domains Through Back Ordering Process- Part I

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Domain Names
by ivanpw

Tips To Grab Expired Domains Through Back Ordering Process- Part I

In general, domain expiry and deletion cycle is a different process with different registrars and domain name registers. It is a well known fact that a number of registrars enter into partnership with different domain auctioning services. Before a domain name expires, the registrars will keep it in an expired status for 35 days.


Under the usual circumstances, the domain that expires will not be visible in a WHOIS database, as the registrars will add an extra year to the registration. If you want to check whether the domain in question has expired or not, just make a search in the domain name server’s database. In the last stages of expiration, the registrars will place the domain in a pre-release section. On the 36th day, the domain auctioning service firm will start auctioning off the domains, if there are any backorders pending before the service.


Let us say that there are backordering orders for a domain. Then, the said domain will fall in the normal process of domain expiry cycle. There is a fierce competition among thousands of expired domain traders to catch the most feasible domains.


Expired domain name traders use a standard acquisition process by closely following the domain expiry cycle and its selling process. When a domain enters a stage called “Pending Delete”, the domain will fall and enters a stage called “drop”. Every top level domain will have a predetermined “time duration” when a particular domain will become available for purchase. Here are some examples of top level domains that drop at a particular time slot:


Dotcom and Dotnet: Dropping between 1 PM and 1.30 PM CST


Dotorg names : Dropping between 8.30 AM and 9 AM CST


Dotinfo names : Dropping between 3.30 AM and 4 AM CST


Dotbiz names : Dropping between 1.30 AM and 2 PM CST


Dotus names : Dropping between 12 AM and 12.30 AM CST


Catching a domain is a relatively simple and straightforward process. You will just need to register a domain when it drops or whenever it becomes available for purchase. How you do it, is an intricate and important part of the process.


Most of the domains get registered very quickly and thousands of domain names are registered within milliseconds. Under a normal domain dropping and catching process, well known firms like Pool, SnapName and eNom have close contacts with a number of domain registrars. These firms send automatic “Buy Request” commands to the registry right at the dropping stages. These firms create a comprehensive list to find out which one of the names drop each day and later place an order for all dropping names.


Catching dropping names is an adventurous game and a thrilling act. As a domain trader, you may wish to focus on buying good domain names at most economical process by using the domain dropping process. Once you learn the process of domain name dropping and its subsequent buying process, you can easily start accumulating good expired domains.

John Khu is an author and also a seasoned professional with vast experience in expired domain name business. He is the owner of the path breaking web sites called
http://www.expireddomainsecret.com which provides complete and up-to-date information on expired domains and their eternal secrets.

In this video you will see how to search for available domain names based on the keyword research done earlier.

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How to Backorder For a Domain Name – Part I

Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Domain Names
by chrisfullman

How to Backorder For a Domain Name – Part I

Backordering for a domain name is a well-known process used by a number of expired domain traders. At present, domain backordering service firms offer five different types of model that focus on targeting different stages of domain deletion cycle. Each one of these models has its own weaknesses and merits. Domain backordering is also a preferred process that can yield you very good results. However, there may be a small glitch in the standard backordering process, as the success or failure depends entirely on the level and efficiency of coordination and assistance between different registrars, the cost of backordering and the inclination of an expired domain traders in using such a service.

Tip: If you want to enhance your domain backordering success rate, you may wish to subscribe to a number of backordering services.

Let us know what exactly domain backordering is! It is a useful service that tries to register and grab an expired domain for and on behalf of a subscriber before others grab and registers it. Backordering is an extreme natured process, when you want to buy a very good domain name before other pounces on it. However, not all expiring domains can be backordered as the owner of the domain might renew a particular domain before its final deletion or the domain might be even under the Hold status facing a trademark or intellectual property ownership dispute.

Domain Backordering process:

All domain names are registered for a predetermined period of one to ten years and the owner of the domain can renew his or her domain within this period. If the owner fails to renew the domain name, then the domain in question will go through a series of processes until its final deletion from the registry. Here are the stages of a domain deletion cycle:

Expiration of domain name registration: Once the owner fails to renew a particular domain, the registrar will place that domain under the Register-Hold status when the said domain can only be renewed. The grace period offered by registrar vary from 30 and 45 days. But, the domain will be disabled, so that the owner will not be able to use more common features of the portal like e mail and links. To get back these features, the owner must pay the renewal fees along with penalty fees.

Deletion of domain name: At this stage, the registrar will delete the non-renewed domain names.

Redemption Period status: At this stage, the expired domain name can only be restored and not modified or ejected. Requests for any changes will not be entertained at this stage. The domain will remain in this stage for a maximum of a month, during which the owner of the domain can get back the domain by:

Contacting the registrar

Paying off the required fees including a penalty fee of around 0. Once the required fees are paid, the domain will enter a stage called “Pending Restore” that be in vogue for a period of seven days. At this juncture, all features like email access and web pages are restored back to the owner of the web site. Soon, the registrar will submit a restore certificate to the Registry. Soon after the Restore command and Restore reports are approved, the domain will go back the active status.

Pending Delete Stage: If a domain stays in the Redemption period even after five days, the said domain name will be move over to the Pending Delete stage that lasts for about 5 days. At this stage, the domain will be deleted finally; either the registry or the registrar cannot change the status of the domain.

Deletion Stage: Soon after the sixth day, the registrar will delete the name from the registry. At this stage, the major registrars will release their stock of expired domain names in batches at 6.30 AM.

Hint: Registrars will have in insider information about the deleted names five days in advance and some of them may even pass on this sensitive information to speculators around the world. The batch release is unique and special to VeriSign, while others delete expired domains in a real-time mode within 45 days after the original expiry date.

The last one or two phase are the most critical time period for an expired domain trader, as it is the occasion when most of the good domain names are grabbed by smart domain name traders. Domain name back ordering process comes to your immediate help during this time and you can also grab very good domain names by using this process.

John Khu is a author and also a seasoned professional with vast experience in expired domain name business. He is also the owner of the path breaking web site called http://www.ExpiredDomainSecret.com which provides complete and up-to-date information on expired domains and their eternal secrets.

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101 Website Creation – Easy Steps to Success! – Part 2

Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Website Creation
by Akbar Simonse (slowly during summer)

101 Website Creation – Easy Steps to Success! – Part 2

101 Website Creation – Easy steps to success! – part 2

We’re going to be looking at the process of creating a web site and how to make money online with your site. We’ll take you through the steps of choosing a domain name, web site hosting, designing your pages with web site templates, adding content and making money online with google adsense and affiliate programs.

STEP 3: THE DESIGNING OF YOUR WEBSITE BY YOURSELF WITH WEBSITE TEMPLATES OR USE A PROFESSIONAL DESIGNER!

If you have the skills you can design your website yourself by learning HTML or use web design software. Otherwise hire a web site designer to create your site. If you design yourself, there is a range of software available that is freeware and shareware, although we recommend buying Macromedia Studio 8 as a professional web design package. You can take shortcuts in your design by using web site templates. Pre-designed sites that have navigation and colour schemes already created. These can save hours of time, lots of money and make your websites easier & enjoyable to design. 1000′s of free and professional templates are available on the internet.

Top 5 Tips:

* Create the website yourself or hire a designer.

* Choose suitable design software.

* Surf the internet to get ideas and learn from other websites.

* Use free or professional website templates.

* Search for free scripts and tools.

STEP 4: ADD SITE CONTENT AND PROFIT WITH GOOGLE ADSENSE!

Google adsense is a great way to earn money online and add content to your web site. Google makes it easy for website designers to display relevant Google ads on their site. Because the ads match your keywords and content, your visitors have will be interested in the links, plus you will profit from the links they click on. It’s as simply as that. You can also make extra money by referring others to the program. The first time they make 0US, your account is credited with 0US. Additional to this you can be credited for every download and install of the Firefox web browser.

Top 5 Tips:

* Use text ad units for best results.

* Blend link colours to match your site.

* Place the google ads amongst content.

* Have links for referral signups.

* Place ads on all your pages and websites.

STEP 5: MAKING MONEY WITH AFFILIATE PROGRAMS!

Affiliate programs are a great way to make money online. You simply have links to products and services on your website. Once a visitor makes a purchase through your link your can receive some great commissions on sales or even simply by people clicking on your links.

Top 5 Tips:

* Signup to a selected few good programs.

* Create your own affiliate program for your products.

* Signup with Google Adsense to create profit fast & easy.

* Create multiple streams of income on different sites.

* Use your mailing lists to advertise your affiliate programs.

To discover more on this topic please visit:
http://www.makemoneyonline.co.nz

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101 Website Creation – Easy Steps to Success! – Part 1

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Website Creation
by Akbar Simonse

101 Website Creation – Easy Steps to Success! – Part 1

101 Website Creation – Easy steps to success! – part 1

We’re going to be looking at the process of creating a web site and how to make money online with your site. We’ll take you through the steps of choosing a domain name, web site hosting, designing your pages with web site templates, adding content and making money online with google adsense and affiliate programs.

STEP 1: CHOOSING A DOMAIN NAME/WEB SITE ADDRESS

To begin the creation of your website you will need to come up with a domain name or website addresss. Try to get an address that has specific keywords for what your business or website is about. This will make it easier to remember and will also benefit with keywords searched for on search engines. There are a lot of additional domain extensions to choose from .com .co.uk .co.nz .net .biz .tv etc.. A new domain extension is recently available .ws WorldSite or WebSite) Try this domain name extension as there may be more names available than the .com’s.

Top 5 Tips:

* Make the address easy to remember.

* Choose an original domain thats reflects what you are about.

* Include keywords in the domain for what your site or business is about.

* Decide what domain extension to use (.com .ws etc.) a local or international domain.

* Buy multiple domains if required. Similar wording for the domain names.

STEP 2: SETTING UP YOUR WEB SITE HOSTING AND EMAIL ACCOUNTS

Once you have your domain name, you can signup with a hosting account web server. There are many hosting account deals out there on the web. Search around for something suitable for your website and business. It can sometimes be best to get a hosting account that is within your country. There are even hosting deals called ‘resellers accounts’ where you can create hosting for unlimited domains plus divide and sell webspace!

Top 5 Tips:

* Search online for an appropriate hosting provider.

* Choose hosting that is within your country.

* Check details for MB allowance, email accounts, databases etc.

* See if the hosting account has an easy to use control panel.

* Decide if you want to run a ‘hosting resellers account’.

Lookout for the next part “101 Website Creation – Easy steps to success! – part 2″ where we’ll look at making money from the website you’ve created..

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Selling Domain Names On Ebay Part Ii

Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Domain Names
by ﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿ /streetart#+_♥.tk www.ALT3.tk

Selling Domain Names On Ebay Part Ii

Analyzing eBay completed listing of domain sales for last two weeks in -00 price range.
The main difficulty is to determine if the actual sales are real, especially at the high end of the range. In fact, the very first reported sale 9 for “Google Nexus One Premier Domain Pack” (the title itself scares me away, suggesting the bad names with trademark violation) is not valid, as this “super domain pack” gets relisted with 0 price tag.  However, the next  “official” sale, make you realize that  “Google Pack” is not that bad… How about biloud123456789.com selling for 9? You do not need to be an eBay or domainer expert to say: “ain’t real “, without wasting the time by checking out  whois history data.   There are many amusing sales in ebay “domain names” category.  Sometimes I think that if you’re starting as a domainer, you just need to check out eBay’s completed at the high range 0+, to learn what domain names should not be bought.

 
Back to Earth: let’s categorize what domains names are selling, or pretending to be sold on eBay

Celebrity names: see my previous blog entry on ebay’s domain name sales
Trademark names: a lot of iPad.com sales for last two weeks  on Apple news
3-4 letter names: many of not all sales records in this category can be trusted
One dictionary word names: for example RABID.net this week for 0, very rare on Ebay
Two-three dictionary word names:  BillPaymentCenter.com 4
IDN Names: names containing localized non-English characters ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name  for better explanation ), very rare
Really bad names, no one is going to look at, not only type in the address bar of a web browser.  You can take biloud123456789.com as an example.  Unfortunately, the volume of the names in this category is much higher than all other categories combined

 

A small comment for Trademark name lovers who are hoping to make a quick buck of well-known names: do you know what happened to forbes.ru and some Apple related domains about a month ago? No need to click on the link, just read the titles: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/forbes-gets-300000-from-cybersquatter/397561.html Forbes Gets 0,000 From Cybersquatter, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/07/AR2010010704421.html Apple Seizes 16 Domain Names From A Guy In One Fell Swoop

Do you think spending -0 on a domain name containing iPad\iPod is a good investment?  Use your own judgment, but I personally would stick to generic names.

In general terms, eBay market place for domains today is a bit twisted reflection of large specific domain name markets.  Yes, I believe, you can make a sale on eBay faster; more patience and additional investments (buying feature listings, appraisals, etc ) are needed when working on a sale with Sedo, AftreNic and GoDaddy auctions.  The common side effect of a quick sale is that the price which you get for your domain might be much lower than you expected.  If you’re ready to accept this, work with good names, do your research: keyword tools, domain history, past sales for similar names, existing in-links, Google ranking, etc. and you will do just fine with the domain sales on any market place.

Expired domains since my last posting, hope these are still available:
Establishedwebsite.com
macaroni.com
analystlabs.com
artworkdomain.com
temporaryarea.com
dealsexpert.com
sketchmaps.com
sportsecret.com
This is the one which makes me smile at first, though the name may not be as bad as it seems at the first sight: toiletdesigner.com

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Free Website Builder That Makes the Most of Web 2.0 ? Part 1

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Website Builder
by origamidon

Free Website Builder That Makes the Most of Web 2.0 ? Part 1

Free Website Building and Web 2.0 – an Introduction

Web 2.0 is the Internet’s latest buzz word. But what exactly does it mean? And how what can it do for you? We’re going to take a look at how a free website builder from Webeden.co.uk can help you to get involved with Web 2.0 and use it to make your website even better.

What is Webeden.co.uk?

Webeden.co.uk is a free website building tool that allows you to create your own website from any computer with an internet connection. Making a website with Webeden.co.uk is childs play, but that doesn’t mean that your site will look like a child has designed it! Many top website designers use Webeden.co.uk to build websites for their customers.

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 describes a type of website where the communication between website and visitor is two way. ‘Old’ websites (web 1.0!) were platforms for an individual or company to distribute information to website visitors about a product, service or idea. Web 2.0 allows those website visitors to contribute to the website, whether in the form of leaving comments, posting suggestions, or interacting with other visitors. This contribution by the website visitor is often called ‘user generated content’ or UCG.

How can Webeden.co.uk help me with Web 2.0?

Quite simply, the Webeden.co.uk website builder has hundreds of built in widgets that the website owner can add to their website with a click of the mouse. These widgets let website visitors interact with each other and the website owner. There’s nothing new and exciting about these interactive tools, the key difference is that with webeden.co.uk they can be added to your website by simply clicking on a button, whereas previously you needed to be a technical wizard to install and run them on your website. Here’s some more details about the most common ones.

Chat feature
This allows you to instantly answer any questions that your website visitor might have. They can click ‘chat with an advisor’ whereupon a box will appear on their screen. Any question they type into that box is sent immediately to the screen of the website owners – it’s the equivalent of having a shop assistant on hand to answer any question. You, the website owner, can also do the shop assistant thing and ‘prompt’ your visitors by asking if they need any help. Of course, some people find this intrusive in real life, so you can bet they will also find it intrusive when they’re on a website. So use sparingly!

Comment Widget
Visitors often don’t want to communicate just to you (the site owner) but want to speak to other visitors to your website. That’s where the comments widget comes in. If your website visitors want to leave a note on your website about any articles, products, or ideas, they can use the comments box. If you want to allow visitors to your website the opportunity to add comments, all you need to do is click ‘add comments widget’ from within your control panel, and then select a place on your website for the widget to be. Build a website with Webeden and watch the comments roll in!

Mail to a friend

This is one of the oldest ideas on the web, a real forerunner of Web 2.0. One of the best ways that you can get recommendations about your site, is by adding a ‘mail to a friend’ feature. Its an opportunity for visitors to your website to directly market your site to their nearest and dearest. And don’t forgot, a personal recommendation is worth ten times that an article or advert. This makes ‘mail to a friend one of the best features you can add to your webeden website. Just click click ‘add’ from your webeden control panel and then select a place for it to go. And that’s it – all done.

cument.write(getResources());

Ken Builder is the Webmaster at www.webeden.co.uk and wants everyone to build a website for free. Getting access is great Web 2.0 tools has is now easy open to everyone – try the website builder now.

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