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August 2011 - Posts
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Ge.tt might be my new (beta) site for file sharing. This site is excellent for the fact that is file sharing in real time and a user can keep adding more files after a URL is shared. Another great feature is the ability to share the URL even while files Read More...
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Search Cube is a innovative search engine that I found out about from a member of PLN on Twitter. This engine displays results in a 3D cube that contains images and videos. A cube can display 96 sites at once. I highly recommend checking out Search Cube Read More...
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Appzerk is an awesome site for Mac users. This site is a collection of all free Mac apps that you can download. Another great feature is that you can browse apps by category and even search through educational apps. I highly recommend checking out Appzerk Read More...
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Watch2gether is a great site for watching YouTube videos w/ others. This site allows users to discuss YouTube videos via a text chat that opens up on the right side of the window. All a user has to do is create a session, enter a URL of a YouTube video Read More...
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Grab Tube is a great site for downloading and converting video. This is especially to do w/ YouTube videos just by copying/pasting a URL. GT is also good for converting MP3 files. I recommend giving Grab Tube a try by clicking here !! For my top 10 sites Read More...
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Brightstorm is a great site for finding free math and science videos. These videos cover all sorts of content and are great for preparing teens for ACT/SAT. I recommend checking out Brightstorm by clicking here !! Read More...
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Metascan is a free simple site to use for scanning your files for virus or mal-ware. This site uses over 19 engines and is very thorough at catching those pesky viruses. I recommend checking out Metscan by clicking here !! Read More...
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Any Making is a great site for photo editing. On this site users can either add fun effects to their photos (a la Big Huge Labs ) or they can edit their photo w/ tools such as: cropping, borders, filters etc. I highly recommend checking out Any Making Read More...
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Course Smart is a great site for students looking to find a textbook in eBook format. This site is geared toward higher ed students and they can browse by category and top content. I recommend checking out Course Smart by clicking here ! Read More...
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Top Web is a search engine close to my heart ;-). The reason for this is it is designed to give results of the 10 best sites on the term that you search. For a fun and interesting in searching, I recommend checking out Top Web by clicking here !! Read More...
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Story Blocks is a great site for Pre-K and KDG students which help prepare students to learn how to read. This is a very engaging site and has lots of videos that students can sing/read a long to. I highly recommend checking out Story Blocks by clicking Read More...
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Class Dojo is a site I just fount out about from a member of my PLN on Twitter. This is a site that acts as a content management system for classroom management. This is a wonderful site for tracking, acknowledging behavior, and engaging students. This Read More...
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Dragon Dictation is a free iPad/iPhone app that reminds me of the app that was used in the beginning of the movie, Body of Lies (when Russel Crowe is wearing a head piece and talking and is dictating an email and his computer is typing what he says). Read More...
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Collaborize Classroom is a site I just found out about from one of my readers (thanks Lisa) that garnered quite a bit of press at ISTE this year. After looking at CC it looks to be an excellent tool for educators for creating a safe environment for students Read More...
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The skill of being able to edit a photo is a must for anyone fluent in technology. It can help speed up the process of uploading photos for a project, correcting mistakes, and even help "spice" up the mundane. While newer computers might come w/ a photo Read More...
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Visual Thesaurus is an excellent site that for a visual thesaurus but w/ a paid account includes: Spelling Bee, VocabGrabber, and Online Magazine. Think Map's Visual Thesaurus is simple to use and creates a mind map of any term that is searched as well Read More...
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Zoomr is a nice site for photo sharing w/ a flare of web 2.0. This means that users can add comments and share photos in real time. Also, these photos can be turned into slideshows w/ audio/commented on. I recommend checking out Zoomr by clicking here Read More...
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Gickr is a nice site for making a animated GIF similar to Gifup . All a user has to do is upload photos either from their computer or favorite photo sharing site and then customize their settings such as size and time. I highly recommend checking out Read More...
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Explain Everything is a great paid ($2.99) app for the iPad that is wonderful for creating screen casts. This application adds a lot more features then ShowMe or Screen Chomp and allows the user more options in exporting their finished product. A movie Read More...
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Screen Chomp is a nice free app for the iPad that is ideal for creating a screen cast. A user has the ability to upload a photo into a background and then draw all over the image/screen. Once the recording of the movie is done it will be uploaded to Screen Read More...
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ShowMe is an app for the iPad I just learned about from the award nominated blog, Langwitches . This is a great site for creating a screen cast because of its simplicity. It is very user friendly, and a user has the ability to draw or upload an image. Read More...
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PhotoShow is a nice free site for creating slideshows. All a user has to do is upload their photos from their computer or favorite photo sharing site (a la Flickr, Picasa, etc) and the personalize it and share it w/ others. Also, w/ upgrading to a paid Read More...
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Queeky is a fun site for creating digital. Not only can a user draw on here, there are a whole bunch of tools to enjoy. This site is also a social community where others can comment/share art, create animations, chat, or even use the paint studio. I highly Read More...
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Startaid is a site for social bookmarking that allows users to track and share their favorite sites. A nice feature is the home page that shows the top lists of sites bookmarked. Check out Startaid by clicking here . For my top 10 sites for social bookmarking Read More...
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Instacalc is a nice shareable calculator that can be embedded into a site. Also, a user can create colored charts and look up formulas which is an excellent feature of most spreadsheets. I highly recommend checking out Instacalc by clicking here !!! Read More...
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Splicd is an excellent site for editing YouTube videos that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers . All a user has to do is enter a URL and then select their start/stop times to grab the clip of the video that they want. I highly recommend Read More...
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Atlas is a nice site for creating acustomized embeddable Google Map. This map is made up of markers that can contain: links, images, and video. I recommend checking out Atlas by clicking here !! Read More...
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ChaCha is an interesting site that reminds me a bit of Answer Garden . This is a site where people ask questions and then get responses from other users. Another nice feature is the mobility as everything can be done from a mobile device. Click here to Read More...
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Vidipedia is a video encyclopedia that is similar to Wikipedia in that users can edit the content. It's a very nice looking site and lets users rate their videos as well. I highly recommend checking out Vidipedia by clicking here !! Read More...
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Woofiles is nice site for online file storage/sharing. What I like about WF is that it allows users to store and share up to 1 gig of data which is more then most file sharing sites. I highly recommend checking out Woofiles by clicking here !! For my Read More...
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Phixr is a nice site for editing photos online similar to Cloud Canvas . A user can either upload a photo from their computer or website, or decide to create one from scratch. Once the photo is uploaded they can add some effects such as objects/text or Read More...
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Listio is a great directory of web 2.0 sites/applications. Not only can person browse through the many choices but submit their own and have others vote on them. I highly recommend checking out Listio by clicking here !!! Read More...
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Twiigs is a new (beta) site for creating online polls. This is done w/ a nice user interface and can be shared online or embedded into a site/blog. I recommend giving Twiigs a try by clicking here !! For my top 10 sites on creating surveys/polls click Read More...
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Buddy School is a site that is a similar to Tutorhub that allows teachers to tutor students online. This is done by posting your area of expertise so students can request a lesson. A schedule is then set and tutoring is done via an online video chat (ie, Read More...
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Screencast-O-Matic is a great site for creating screencasts for all platforms. All a user has to do is click start recording and then adjust the size of their recording window. The finished product can be downloaded, uploaded to YouTube or shared on SOM. Read More...
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FixPicture is a nice new (beta) free online photo editor. It works similar to Pic Lab in that a user can upload a photo and then crop, convert, or adjust photo levels. I recommend checking out FixPicture by clicking here !! Read More...
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Bounce Base is a search engine that lets users share and save their results. Also, a user can specify which engines they do/don't want to search. Give Bounce Base a try by clicking here . Read More...
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Wiki MindMap is a cool site for searching through wikipedia in a mind map style. All a user has to do is enter a term and results are returned in a mind map format. I highly recommend giving Mind Map a try by clicking here !! For my top 10 sites on creating Read More...
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Behold is a nice new search engine that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers . This engine searches for free creative common images on Flickr. I highly recommend checking out Behold by clicking here !!! For my top 10 sites for finding Read More...
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Having recently received an iPad and joining the iOS game, I decided to do some research on how to learn the "ins" and "outs" of this device. While, I have ample experience working on a Mac and their different operating systems, I knew there had to be Read More...
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My Drawings is a fun site that creates an online gallery of children's art. This is a nice site to use for schools as it is a safe environment where teachers can upload students art to their site (via a scanner). Once the art is uploaded a URL is generated Read More...
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Clip Blast is a site I've known about for a long time but never got around to reviewing. This is a great site for finding video clips on any topic from around the world. Once the videos are found you can create your own video library, share them w/ others Read More...
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Pix.ie is a fun site for photo sharing that resembles Flickr in a way. Once photos are uploaded then can then be set to public or private to control who can view them. Give Pix.ie a try by clicking here . Read More...
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WebSlides is an interesting site powered by Diigo which turns bookmarks into a slideshow. This is done in a very easy way by taking visual bookmarks and turning them into slides that can be narrated or accompanied by music. When done these slideshows Read More...
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Map Skip is a very interesting site that is a mash-up of Google Maps and other types of media. This site is made up of stories that relate to place on Google Maps, these stories are told through, videos, photos, and text. I highly recommend checking out Read More...
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Cozimo is an excellent site that offers a lot of services for real time collaboration. A user can collaborate on various things such as: drawings, videos, PDF's etc. This is done in a nice online environment where a user can invite other people and then Read More...
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Springnote is a great site for creating an online notebook in a wiki style. What makes this ideal for education is the group notebooks that you can create for collaboration. This is done by assigning members for editing similar to a wiki. I highly recommend Read More...
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Songza is a super fun site that I've been hooked on a lot lately. This is a great site that not only acts a search engine for music, but it also creates a "radio station" that you can share w/ others to enjoy your play lists. Also, it interacts nicely Read More...
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Arcademic is one of the best educational gaming sites to come around in a long time. It focuses on skill building in a number of different subjects such as: math, money, time, etc. Also, one can upgrade their account to a "plus" account which allows for Read More...
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Gliffy is a an excellent site for creating amazing looking, flow charts, graph, venn diagrams, etc. This is done through a very nice drag-n-drop interface and is easy to use. Once a chart/graph is done it can then be published online or embedded into Read More...
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GIFup is a cool site for creating animated gifs. This is done by uploading a pic (or from Flickr) and then editing it. A pic can be cloned and then timings can be set to make the gif animate. For those people familiar w/ stop motion animation the process Read More...
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Loonapix is a fun site for adding photo effects to a picture. This reminds me a bit of Big Huge Labs and how you can upload a pic then select the effect you want to add. Below is an example... I recommend checking out Loonapix by clicking here !! Read More...
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It's that time again, another Free Raffle (#4) this time brought to you from Bookmark Soft the creators of Bookmark Docs. This is a raffle for all Window users who want to win a free copy of the app Bookmark Docs. To enter the raffle click here !!! The Read More...
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Overstream is a wonderful site for adding subtitles/comments to a video. This is done w/ a very innovative user interface that looks a bit like iMovie HD. For example, a user can upload a web video via URL, and then select the start/stop time of adding Read More...
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Bookmark Docs is a very cool application that lets a user bookmark inside of any local or web documents. This becomes very handy when working on a long document or if it's been a long time between working on projects and you want to get back to the place Read More...
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Ice Rocket is a cool real-time search engine that is ideal when trying to find out information about a blog/blogger. However, IR is great for also searching through Facebook and Twitter. I highly recommend checking out Ice Rocket by clicking here !!! Read More...
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SpaceTime 3D is a visual search engine that searches Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube. The results come in a "3D" visual style similar to Cover Flow. Give SpaceTime a try by clicking here . Read More...
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Yapa Capa is an interesting site that is a 100% free for teachers and students. This is a site that allows teachers to create: quizzes, surveys, tests, etc. Teachers can then use the online assessment tools to grade and analyze student's work. This is Read More...
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RedZee is one of many new visual search engines that is a lot of fun to use. All a user has to do is type in their query and then scroll through the thumbnails that are displayed. Give RedZee a try by clicking here !! Read More...
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Fliiby is very interesting site that is like file sharing meets a social network. This is an ideal place for a person to find files on all sorts of things such as: video, photos, documents etc etc. Also, a person can upload their own files for storage Read More...
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Blank Sheet Music is a great site for getting free printable sheet music that is ideal for any music teacher/student. I'd like to thank Free Technology 4 Teachers for the heads up. Click here to give Blank Sheet Music a try!! Read More...
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Wikisend is a nice site for file sharing. It's simple to use just upload the data/file and then share the URL to have others download. There is a max size of a 100 megs one can upload. I recommend checking out Wikisend by clicking here !! For my top 10 Read More...
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KidZui is a free browser for kids where all content is evaluated by teachers and parents. This is a really good and safe way to teach your kids how to browse the web and do it in a safe way. Kids can play games, watch videos, browse photos, etc etc all Read More...
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I've already done a post on Amazon's audiobook site Audible , but wanted to point out that there is a great section for kids too. This section is ideal for kids of all ages to find audiobooks to listen to and then rate/share reviews. I highly recommend Read More...
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Pikikids is a fun site for creating an online digital comic. Like most digital comic creators a user can upload photos, add speech bubbles, and even effects. Once a comic is created it can be shared online or printed out (even on a shirt). I highly recommend Read More...
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Linkasa is a new (beta) site that is simple to use for shortening a URL. There are lots of sites that do this but what I like about Linkasa is that it gives you stats for the compression of the URL. I recommend checking out Linkasa by clicking here !! Read More...
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Timetoast is a cool site for creating interactive online timelines. This is done through a nice user interface and the finished product can then be embedded into a site to share w/ others. I highly recommend checking out Timetoast by clicking here !!! Read More...
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Picjuice is a simple online photo editor that allows users to upload photos and then edit them. A user can crop, resize, adjust colors, rotate etc. For a more robust online photo editor I recommend checking out Sumo Paint or Cloud Canvas . I recommend Read More...
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iCharts is a wonderful site for creating online interactive charts. This is done by either creating a chart from scratch or uploading one via Excel, Google Spreadsheet, etc. Once the chart is uploading a user can then customize their chart into how they Read More...
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Video Surf is a super cool visual search engine for videos. Not only does it search text but it searches images to find the best videos available for a topic. Also, there is a nice split display screen on searches w/ the left being the meta-data of the Read More...
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Spific is a nice customizable search engine that allows users to filter criteria on how they want to search. This helps speed up searching by specifying exactly what type of results a user will get. I recommend checking out Spific by clicking here !! Read More...
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Kidoz is a free desktop application that acts like a safe content management system and turns one's computer safe for their kids. There are a bunch of features to like here such as filtering the internet for kids, allowing safe links and videos to pass Read More...
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MelZoo is a new (beta) visual search engine that splits the display screen in half. The screen on the left are term results and on the right are visual images of the term. I recommend checking out MelZoo by clicking here . Read More...
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Soshiku is a cool site for keeping track of high school or college school work. This is done w/ a nice user interface that allows users to access a calendar, collaborate w/ other students, and even get reminders sent via email or a mobile device. I recommend Read More...
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Flubaroo is a great script that uses Google Doc's that I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers . Richard does a great job of using Flubaroo and shows how in his latest workshop. Below is a demo video on Flubaroo is used... I highly recommend Read More...
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Speedtile is a nice little site for collecting and managing bookmarks. This is done in a nice visual way of the thumbnails and looks a little bit like the start page of Chrome or Safari. I recommend checking out Speedtile by clicking here . For my top Read More...
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Typing Web is a brilliant free site that is great for teaching typing skills. Also, there is a free teacher portal which allows for student tracking and class management. Plus, once a user has finished a course certifications can then be printed out for Read More...
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Viewbix is a cool new (beta) site that I just found out about from the equally cool blog from Larry Ferlazzo . Viewbix allows users to upload a YouTube or Facebook video and then make it interactive by adding a linkable button. I highly recommend checking Read More...
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Springo Kids is a fun visual search engine that is safe for kids ages 5-12. This is done by seeing thumbnail pictures that are linked to sites. This site is very similar to Yahooligans. There is a standard version of Springo that users can choose to use Read More...
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Kideos is a great site to find online kid friendly videos that are safe. Also, these videos are organized by age level and abide by COPPA compliance. I highly recommend checking out Kideos by clicking here !! Read More...
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"A social network is a social structure made up of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency , such as friendship , kinship , common interest, financial exchange, dislike, Read More...
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TipTop is an interesting new search engine that is based on Twitter. The way this works is by searching in TipTop it filter Twitter conversations/tweets and then display insightful information. I like this site for how easy it is to use and the nice visual Read More...
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Tal.ki is a wonderful site for creating forums. What makes this so great is not only can you embed the forum right into your site via a code, but you can make the forum public or private for control (a must for education). It kind of reminds me of a more Read More...
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Cloud App is a nice site to use for file sharing. This is done in a simple drag-n-drop interface from dragging files (photos, videos, etc) to the Cloud App web interface. Once the file is done uploading a unique URL is generated to share w/ others. I Read More...
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Threddie is cool site for brainstorming that uses a post and comment system that is not unlike Google's Wave thread discussion, as it is done in real time. While this site might not be as visual as other brainstorming tools, it is effective in its simplicity. Read More...
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Rstat.us is a new simple to use microblogging tool that is similar to Runt.ly & Twitter. All a user has to do is login w/ their FB or Twitter username and then type their post to publish it. It doesn't have all the features of Twitter such as retweeting Read More...
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Much Enough is a nice site for online teaching/tutoring that is simlar to Wiziq and Tutorhub . All a user has to do to teach a subject is have a web cam. The web interface of ME allows for video and text chat and an area to display a document. Instructors Read More...
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Bre.ad is a cool way to "toast" sites that you like in a visual way. This is done by signing up (FB account works) and then uploading a pic of any site. Once a picture is uploaded you can add text to your "billboard". Then to make the link go to the URL Read More...
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Tutorhub is a site/network designed to help students w/ homework and tutoring. This is done by posting a question and then getting free answers (similar to an online forum). Also, a student can look through previous questions/answers and even find an Read More...
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Doxie is a new scanner for teachers and students that I just found out about. It has a nice user interface and scanned documents can be scanned right into the "cloud" (aka web), which makes it ideal for collaboration and education. I recommend checking Read More...
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Uploader Box is a site I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers that is ideal for uploading/downloading large files. This is done uploading the file and then adding your email and another user's. Once this is a done a unique URL is generated Read More...
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Pinterest is a cool new site for taking notes that I just found out about from iLearn Technology . Printerest reminds me a bit of Pindax , where a user can create sticky notes by pinning them. Once a note is pinned it can be tagged or typed in to add Read More...
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Due to the recent release of my mobile app, I decided to create a FB fan page for the blog. Please join/like and keep up to date on posts that will focus on different content from my blog such as: raffle winners, sites I like but don't review, and top Read More...
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I just wanted to give another reminder of my free mobile app which is now available by clicking here... http://technologytidbits.mobapp.at/ Soon to follow will be iPhone/iPad availability once I pay the required IOS developers kit fee. If you'd like to Read More...
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Fresh Brain is a site I just learned about from Richard Byrne's award winning blog, Free Technology 4 Teachers . This is a great site for educators and students for developing technology projects such as: building a FB app, creating a game, or making Read More...
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