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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." - Arthur C. Clarke
Thursday, April 26, 2012
1000's of Streaming Documentary Films
Many categories. History, Science, Nature, Society, Performing Arts, Mystery, Economics, Health, Conspiracy, Environment, Religion, Politics and News, Music, Business and Philosophy.
Go to: http://fulldocumentary.com/default.asp?action=all
TED Talks has an Education Site!
Created with educators in mind, go to http://education.ted.com/lessons
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Flex Books Replace Textbooks? Digital Science and Math Books Resource
Looking for collaborative, open-source textbooks in Science and Math that follow standards? Look no further than CK-12 Flexbooks. Watch this short video that demos the creation of a flexbook...
Website here: http://www.ck12.org/flexbook
Website here: http://www.ck12.org/flexbook
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A Deceptively Simple Concept For Keeping An Online Private Journal

I signed up right away and started journaling. I think it's a great way to get people who may not write to do so...
Go to ohlife.com
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Apple Education's Most Popular Apps

It may not look pretty but Apple has put together one page with all their "popular" education apps. You can find it by clicking right here.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
A Collection of Papers From "The World's Largest Study Group"

Find, read, print and download tons of quality
documents, exam and textbook solutions and
cheat-sheets for anything you study or teach.
Members can upload and share tons ofdocuments.
A veritable treasure trove of academic documents
just waiting or you to dive into them!
Go to wepapers.com
Monday, March 5, 2012
Fantastic database morphs countries according to data!

Oil reserves, alcohol consumption, population, armed forces spending and on and on. See countries relative sizes based on the data...
show.mappingworlds.com
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Truly "The Motherlode" of High School Math Sites

Links to tons of Algebra, Geometry, Graphing Tools, Number Sense, Probability and Statistics and more equations explained. Thanks to Emily for sharing this with me. It's quite extensive!
Go to:
classrooms.tacoma.k12.wa.us/stadium/eschlytter/index.php?section=links
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Ever want to watch a video at exactly the same time as someone else across the web?

Well you can do it here. Simply create a session and then paste your video link in and off you go. You're all watching the same video at the same time! Pretty cool. Go to watch2gether.com
Alternative to Facebook for Social Networking in School Environment

"Diipo connects you the teacher with your students by making it easy to communicate with your class. Diipo also connects you with other educators and your class with other classes. Featuring an easy-to-use and familiar user-interface similar to Facebook and Twitter, Diipo helps students stay connected and engaged."
Go to diipo.com
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Movie Maker for Dummies

"If you can type, you can make movies" is their motto. Suggested by Matt Ridenour whose high school "students used it to make animated movies about American imperialism." Go to xtranormal.com
Why do I love this site?

Because I just do!
"Designed to work as a free homeschool and organized according to traditional curriculum standards, CosmoLearning provides video lectures, courses, documentaries, books, quizzes, lecture notes and much more!" Check it out at cosmolearning.com
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Skype in the Classroom!

Awesome resource from Skype containing thousands of projects submitted by thousands of teachers on uses of Skype in the classroom. You wanted it. Now you've got it. Just go to education.skype.com
Did you know Youtube had a Teachers section?
A wonderful site designed to help teachers use educational videos in the classroom. See video below:
Webiste URL -www.youtube.com/teachers
Webiste URL -www.youtube.com/teachers
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
BBC Languages - a language resource not to be neglected

BBC Languages has courses for beginners on up in many different languages. There is even a neat section called "Quick Fix: Essential phrases in 40 languages" that was a fun basic resource. They even claim you can "Learn all the basics and get a certificate with the help of weekly e-mail tips." Available in French, Spanish, German and Italian. Check out BBC Languages here: bbc.co.uk/languages
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
"apptivities"
Want to know how people are using apps in the classroom? Here are lessons that involve apps.
They are models for successful instructional practices with mobile devices
It’s the application of apps for learning. Find out more at www.apptivities.org

Wednesday, December 21, 2011
WW II Real Time Tweets
A blast from the past and a unique way to use Twitter. Daily tweats with what's happening each day of World War II. Shared by Merry. Go here: twitter.com/realtimewwii
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Instant feedback and brainstorming tool. All you need are computers and a url!
willyou.typewith.me is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time. Just create a "pad", share the url and you're off and running brainstorming and collaborating in real time. Too simple, too cool, too effective! Go to willyou.typewith.me
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Another awesome resource for iPads in the classroom!
Probably the most extensive iPad for the classroom site I've come across. Go here: https://sites.google.com/site/schrockipad/
TIES Conference Favorites
Technology in Music Education: How to use iPhones, iPods, iPads, and other technology in music education. Go here: http://techinmusiced.wordpress.com
Weebly is a fantastic website creator. Easier and better than Google Sites. Go here: http://www.weebly.com/
Keynote Speaker Gabe Zichermann spoke on "gamification" and was very persuasive in arguing for including gaming in the learning process. Here he is at TED: http://youtu.be/O2N-5maKZ9Q
Coolest App was WordLens. It allows you to point you iPhone or iPad at another language and it translates it in real time. You have to see it to believe it. You can here: http://youtu.be/h2OfQdYrHRs
More to come as I sort though my notes!
Weebly is a fantastic website creator. Easier and better than Google Sites. Go here: http://www.weebly.com/
Keynote Speaker Gabe Zichermann spoke on "gamification" and was very persuasive in arguing for including gaming in the learning process. Here he is at TED: http://youtu.be/O2N-5maKZ9Q
Coolest App was WordLens. It allows you to point you iPhone or iPad at another language and it translates it in real time. You have to see it to believe it. You can here: http://youtu.be/h2OfQdYrHRs
More to come as I sort though my notes!
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