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April 2012 - Posts
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Screen Draw is a Firefox plugin that allows a user to type or draw on any webpage viewed in FF. This is ideal for those that want to annotate a web page and can be very handy when doing professional development or presenting to a class. These "drawings" Read More...
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PPT Palooza is a site I just found out about from David Andrade's excellent blog . This is a great site for 100's of free Powerpoints on American and European history. This is a great resource for History/SS teachers. I recommend checking out Poweroint Read More...
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Google Drive is the latest web application from Google that allows users to store 5 GB of files online for free. Also, it allows users to share and collaborate w/ others on these files as well and integrates w/ Google Doc's as well. For a price users Read More...
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Sploder is a new (beta) site that I learned about from Free Technology 4 Teachers . This is a great site for making games in 4 different categories: platform, puzzle, algorithm, or shooter. This is done through a user friendly drag-n-drop interface. I Read More...
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MentorMob one of my favorite Ed Tech sites of the year and is well known for creating innovative playlists. However, they just got better w/ the ability to create a test anywhere in the playlist. These tests can be multiple choice or T/F and can be inserted Read More...
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Websites Like is a fun search engine that finds similar sites to what you are looking for. I would recommend this for a student/teacher/blogger who is looking for a topic but have seemed to hit a road block on where to go. I recommend checking out Websites Read More...
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What do you love, is a great way to search by Google that I just found out about from ADE specialist, Sue Gorman. This is a great way to search by google that indexes terms by (are you ready for this?): maps, videos, events, blogs, books, languages (57 Read More...
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This is a great educational site to teach students 21st Century skills in electronics. Not only does this site offer free resources such as handouts and videos, but it offers up events and upcoming classes. Also, this site has nice tutorials for electronic Read More...
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Cookie is a wonderful site that I'm just becoming aware about that is excellent for educational games and more. This is a site dedicated to younger learners (Prek-1st grade) that focuses on a wide variety of skills: Math, Science, Phonics, Reading, etc. Read More...
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Tutoring Hut is a wonderful tutoring social community for educators and students. This is an ideal place for students to find tutors on any number subjects. Also, this is great for teachers as they can create a virtual classroom for $2.99 a month and Read More...
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History Engine is a site I just learned about from Free Technology 4 Teachers . This is a great site for History teachers & students to learn about history by searching events either in "search engine mode" w/ text, tag cloud, or map/location results. Read More...
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Moo-O is a site that has to be seen to be believed. This is a great site for digital storytelling that helps students w/ reading and engage them by putting them right into the story. What does this mean? It means a student can select a story, and then Read More...
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Airy Labs is a company dedicated to making educational social learning games for kids. These games can be web based as well as for mobile/tablet devices. I recommend checking out there wide variety of games as well as there community and freebies as well. Read More...
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Exalead is a new search engine which does a really good job of indexing images. Also, when searching for websites it brings up a nice summary as well as a thumbnail screen shot. However, keep in mind this is not a filtered search engine and will not meat Read More...
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NetHound is a wonderful site for the IT person managing a small network of 200 computers or less. This is great for monitoring network behavior w/ detailed reports and more. A person can see who's doing what, stop virus and spam, etc. I recommend checking Read More...
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A while back I did a top 10 sites for finding images and clip art for education. However, a lot of things have changed since then and a few of those sites no longer exist. That being said a handful of new and exciting sites have been developed for education Read More...
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Edshelf is a new (beta) site that I found out about from a member of my PLN on Twitter. Edshelf is a great site for finding and rating digital tools. This could be a website, an app, a mobile app, etc. Users can rate on any tool in 3 categories on a 5 Read More...
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ParentSquare is a new online communication tool designed for schools/parents/administrators etc. This is a wonderful online tool that allows parents to keep in touch w/ teachers via an online email/messaging system. Also, users can collaborate on a calendar, Read More...
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Is a free ebook that I just found out about. It is offered by the author of Edgalaxy , a wonderful blog. This is a wonderful resource that offers 13 tools that will help educators become familiar w/ an integrate technology into their teaching. Some of Read More...
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SlideShark is a free iPad app designed to allow users to edit/view/share a Powerpoint slideshow. This is a very useful app as w/out it the old school method was to convert to a PDF or video. The controls are simple to use such as swiping right to progress Read More...
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3D Toad is a site I just found out about from the award winning blog, Free Technology 4 Teachers. This is a great site for free interactive images for educators and students. A person can zoom in and rotate the image for a more engaging experience. Also, Read More...
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Today there has been lots of buzz on the internet regarding Facebook and their newly created group, Groups for Schools. Ideally, this is designed for college students/faculty but can be accessed by anyone who has a university/school email account. This Read More...
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TeacherCast is a Learning Community designed by teachers for teachers. This is a nice place to find blogs, reviews, resources, lesson plans, and more. This is also a nice site for those that use mobile technology w/ lots of educational app reviews too. Read More...
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Lessonopoly is a site I just learned about from the great blog, Educational Technology Guy . This is a new (beta) site for creating and sharing educational resources. They also have a a nice classroom planner for a registered account. I recommend checking Read More...
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Virtual Technology Teacher is a wonderful site created by a IT Coordinator dedicated to integrating technology into the classroom. On this site you will find a number of free videos on a number of different subjects in technology. These videos are in Read More...
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Picotool is a new (beta) site for creating pictograms and stickers. All a user has to do is select a image, add some text, and then choose what colors to use. Once that is done a picture can be generated and downloaded to a computer, inserted into a blog, Read More...
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Walkme is an interesting site that allows users to create walk-throughs of their site. This is done by installing a plugin and then going through your site and adding text/content to where you want the user to "get help". For the end user the walk-throughs Read More...
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Fixoodle is a new (beta) social network designed to help people learn a language. This is done by collaborating w/ others and typing sentences you want translated. Then a person who speaks that language can help translate and add corrections. Also, a Read More...
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VerticalSet is a new (beta) search engine that offers some nice features. It allows users to customize their browsing experience by installing extensions that are suggested upon searching. Also, there are some nice features for privacy and the way VS Read More...
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Codeacademy is a free site I just found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers . This is an ideal site to learn how to do html or CSS code. I've used Dreamweaver in the past and had to learn how to do code the hard way, this is an ideal tool to help Read More...
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MentorMob is a new (alpha) site that has been causing quite a stir lately in the education world, and for good reason! At first glance MM might seem just like a site for curating the web, but it is much much more. What it does differently from other sites Read More...
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IXL is a site I've known about for awhile but was reminded about it from a former coworker of mine. This is a great site for math on a wide variety of subjects and from Pre-K to 8th. It covers addition, multiplication, algebra, and more. Best of all it Read More...
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Meaki is a new (beta) site for curating the web. Meaki reminds me of other curation sites such as: Pinterest, MentorMob, Bag the Web, etc. It is very good at curating websites via a bookmarklet. This creates what is known as a "clipset" These clipsets Read More...
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Magna High is a wonderful site for educational math games that I found out about from a fellow IT specialist, Jill Minnich . This is a site designed for K-12th grade students that allows students to improve their math skills through a variety of online Read More...
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Flixel is a free iOS app that is fun for literally bringing photos to life. For example, if a person takes a pic of somebody playing the guitar the still photo would have the guitar players hands strumming the guitar. Also, this is a nice app for adding Read More...
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