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MACUL JOU RN AL
A publication of the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning Winter 2010/11 | Volume 31, Issue 2
CONTENTS
Calendar .......................................................................................................... 4 MACUL Officers and Board of Directors ........................................................... 5 Special Interest Group Directors and LISTSERV groups .................................... 6 The “So What” of Technology in Learning ........................................................ 7 36 Years of Supporting Educators .................................................................... 7 Project Based Learning in the Cloud ................................................................ 8 Michigan Virtual University Offers Online Teaching & Mastery Program ........ 11 Promote Student Choice with Project Based Learning .................................... 12 Nineteen Ways to Successfully Launch Project Based Learning ..................... 14 Videoconferencing for Project Based Learning ................................................ 18 Introducing Project Based Learning to Pre-Service Teachers .......................... 20 One Graduate Student’s Perspective on Project Based Learning .................... 22 Screen Capture Software in the Classroom...Why and How ............................ 24 Flash Drives Enhance Portfolio Process ......................................................... 27 Cooking in Spanish and Upping Your Game .................................................... 28 Electronic Portfolios: The Weebly Wonders of the World ................................. 31 Show What You Know — Hollywood Style ..................................................... 32 Macul Grant Recipients.................................................................................. 35
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