Monday, October 22, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Oct 22, 2012

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411117,00.asp - PCMag - Basices of Online Security (infographic) - ****
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/a-list-of-awesome-art-and-drawing-apps.html - ET&M - Art and drawing apps for iPad - ****
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/teaching-tools-for-parents/ - 20 Must-have digital teaching tools for parents - ****
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/features/ - Google Inside search site - incl voice search, knowledge graph, etc - ****
http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation/content/byod-increase-chances-for-success-7160026 - BYOD considerations wiki - ****
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http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/10/augmented-reality-and-applications-for-education-part-2/ - AR applications for education - ***
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/54156/ - Digital tools for kids with special needs - ***
http://goo.gl/0HqiS - Restorative Practices - an alternative approach to discipline - ***
http://lifehacker.com/5700743/how-to-get-student-discounts-forever - Lifehacker - Get student discounts forever - ***
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-10/new-fractal-tree-life-zooms-earths-entire-evolutionary-history - Popsci - Interactive fractal tree of life - ***
http://www.cs4fn.org/ - Computer science for fun! - ***
http://findpdf.net/ - find free PDF books, articles, tutorials - ***
http://ipadeducators.ning.com/forum/topics/collecting-work?xg_source=activity - iPads in Ed - sharing iPad work with Printopia virtual printer - ***
http://www.webadvantage.net/webadblog/30-really-useful-infographic-tools-resources-4453 - 30+ Really useful infographics tools and resources - ***
http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoStarterKitGallery - Arduino starter kit gallery - looks like fun! - ***
http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/ - Ithaca College - Media literacy lessons and resources - ***
http://www.trakax.com/support/ - trakaxpc - like Garage Band for PC - ***
http://mozillapopcorn.org/ - Mozilla popcorn video editor - also http://goo.gl/X3NSH (TED talk) - ***
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/bb-bb/brisebuffetbusters/buffetbusters-eng.php - Buffet busters - disease outbreak scenario game and resources - ***
http://framework.latimes.com/2012/10/15/time-lapse-video-space-shuttle-endeavours-trek-across-l-a/ - Endeavor "flies" thru LA - time lapse movie - ***
http://www.Digress.it - WordPress plugin that offers paragraph-level commenting in the margins of a text. - ***
http://mediasmarts.ca/ - Canadian media literacy site - ***
http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html - mobygratis - music free for noncommercial film/video uses - ***
http://goo.gl/3sDKO - Bozeman Biology - well made videos on biology - ***
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http://fireftp.mozdev.org/help.html - FireFTP support page - **
http://vbscript-macro-template.blogspot.com/ - VBscript macro template - **
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakit/pgeolalilifpodheeocdmbhehgnkkbak - Speakit - Chrome reader - **
http://image.online-convert.com/convert-to-svg - jpg to svg online converter - **
http://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/siteASCD/publications/UbD_WhitePaper0312.pdf - Understanding by design - PDF - **

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Monday, October 15, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Oct 15, 2012

http://presentationtube.net/index_record.php - PresentationTube - tool to record PPT presentations - interesting! - ****
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDoDk4D2RAw - ASKAP timelapse - radiotelescopes against the milky way - breathtaking - ****
http://acreelman.blogspot.ca/2012/10/publish-your-own-interactive-e-book.html - interactive eBook publishing - ****
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/a-new-list-of-great-web-tools-for.html - ET&ML - New list of great web tools - like text2mindmap - ****
http://edudemic.com/2012/10/50-search-engines/ - Edudemic - 50 search engines you probably don't use - ****
http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/tech-tools - EdTechTeacher - Techtools - nice list, integrated with goals - ****
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/top-20-data-visualisation-tools - .net - top 20 visualization tools - ****
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http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/ - Doublekiller - remove duplicate files - ***
http://www.youtube.com - search for hexaflexagon - lots of interesting math/origami videos - ***
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/how-tos/google_chrome_optimization_guide - MaximumPC - Google chrome optimization - ***
http://goo.gl/jX85H - email security tips - ***
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hide-your-personal-information-on-facebook/ - Hide your Facebook info - ***
http://openlibrary.org/ - OpenLibrary - like the name says... - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/dont-miss-these-awesome-note-taking.html - ET&ML - Note taking apps for iPad - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/10/a-list-of-great-google-apps-for-your.html - ET&ML - Google apps for your iPad - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/18-free-mind-mapping-tools-for-teachers.html - ET&ML - Mind mapping apps for iPad - ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-CDkJuo_LYs - 9-layer density tower - different liquids - **
http://www.easybib.com/ - EasyBib - automatic bibliographies - ***
http://playfic.com/ - Playfic - interactive online community for text based games - ***
http://excelforeducators.blogspot.co.uk/ - Excel for Educators - a blog - ***
http://goo.gl/hYVwp - Wired - MakerBot Replicator 3D printer - ***
http://www.techshout.com/features/2012/06/best-science-apps-for-android/ - techshout - best science apps for Android - ***
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jim-taylor/healthy-children_b_1791166.html - Huffington - Kids 3.0: Healthy children in a Tech World - ***
http://www.learnerstv.com/ - LearnersTV - huge collection of video lectures - ***
http://www.free-ocr.com/ - FreeOCR - another free OCR service - ***
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http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=41475 - Livebinder on Comic creator programs - **
http://goo.gl/wVJc1 - FreeTech4Teachers - 11 free tools for creating websites and pages - **
http://goo.gl/zHZR9 - engadget - print your own headphones in 3D - **
http://adafruit.com/ - adafruit - arduino, raspberry pi, other electronic kits - **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDMyTR7cO-4 - Formlabs 3D printer - **
http://devhammer.net/blog/exploring-html5-canvas-part-1---introduction - DevhammersDen - exploring HTML5 Canvas - **
http://preview.tryfsharp.org/ - Microsoft - Try F# from Microsoft - **
http://drtechniko.com/2012/04/09/how-to-train-your-robot/ - DrTechniko - how to train your robot - programming for kids - **
http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/1018/ - LearningSolutions - Designing Content for Multiple Mobile Devices - **
http://worrydream.com/LearnableProgramming/ - Getting people to understand programming - **

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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Oct 1, 2012

http://goo.gl/H4mIS - WeekendHacker - Awesome photo tips - ****
http://goo.gl/et3nj - EdTechandMobile - Set up a Wiki for your classroom - ****
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/the-ultimate-guide-to-flipping-your-classroom/ - TeachThought - Ultimate guide to flipping your classroom - ****
http://www.21stcenturyfluency.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=2980 - 21stCenturyFluency - 8 Unique Online Presentation tools for students - gorgeous blog... - ****
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/scaffolding-education-technology/ - Edudemic - Integrate Ed Tech with Scaffolding - ****
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2012/09/21/the-20-best-blogs-about-mobile-learning/ - OnlineColleges - 20 best blogs about mobile learning - ****
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/17-free-tools-for-creating-screen.html#.UGnSHVHIb5l - FreeTech4Teachers - 17 Screen Capture tools for images and videos - ****
http://goo.gl/Q0oko - MrGOnline - What to use iPads for and what not - ****
http://new-to-teaching.blogspot.fr/2012/09/7-web-20-tools-for-students.html - MathTech - 7 Web 2.0 math tools for students - ****
https://sites.google.com/site/team8project9440/project-definition - Social Bookmarking and Diigo - short and informative - ****
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https://bay002.mail.live.com/default.aspx#n=1426992750&fid=1&mid=3fa76d83-08b2-11e2-953f-00215ad7ea6c&fv=1 - Makeuseof - Guide to going paperless - ***
http://goo.gl/zgjFL - EdWeek - Personalizing Algebra - ***
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/scientific-spirit-7-websites-science-questions-answers/ - Makeuseof - 7 websites for science Q&A - ***
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/buying-a-new-computer-our-definitive-guide-on-how-to-pick-the-best-parts/?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_source=2012-09-28 - MakeUseOf - tips for buying computer parts - ***
http://goo.gl/VhdxG - EdTechandMobile - 6 New Web Tools for teachers - beeclip, citelighter, loopster, etc - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/parents-guide-on-use-of-pinterest.html - EdTechandMobile - Parents guide to using Pinterest - ***
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2011/09/09/20-ways-to-increase-your-facebook-likes-and-engagement/ - Increase Facebook likes and engagement (marketing) - ***
http://goo.gl/Erp1Z - TechRadar - Android apps to run on AMD-powered Windows 8 devices - ***
http://critical-thinking.iste.wikispaces.net/ - ISTE - Critical thinking compendium - ***
http://www.mentormob.com/splash - MentorMob - Create and share playlists of videos and pics - ***
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=100736 - Livebinders - 3rd graders making their own digital textbooks - ***
http://goo.gl/C6njm - Wired - 3D printing and copyright/patent law - interesting - ***
https://tricider.com/en/t/ - Tricider - Social voting tool - collect ideas and vote - brainstorming online - also http://strawpoll.me/ - ***
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how-to-get-your-youtube-videos-back-from-google.php - ReadWriteWeb - Get your YouTube videos back from Google - ***
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/ - BBC - Ancient History in Depth - articles, photos, videos - for older grades - ***
http://goo.gl/Xhvfu - ReadWriteThink - Profile publisher - students can mock up social network profiles - guidelines by grade - ***
http://duolingo.com/ - duolingo - learn a foreign language while helping to translate the web - ***
http://goo.gl/s5hE9 - TheAtlantic - Why American Students Can't write - ***
http://teachinghistory.org/civil-war - TeachingHistory.org - Interactive poster about the Civil War - nicely made - ***
http://www.jasonohler.com/resources/NomeDST.cfm - JasonOhler - Greenscreen story telling - using chromakey - ***
http://mashable.com/2012/08/29/plagiarism-online-services/#841779-CheckForPlagiarismnet - Mashable - 10 sites to detect plagiarism - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/google-forms-for-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - Using Google Forms - video tutorials - ***
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http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/ - Information is Beautiful Awards - **
http://goo.gl/wIO4M - ElearningGuild - Devlearn 11 - Las Vegas symposium Nov 2-4 - program and handouts - **
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp - W3Schools - HTML(5) tutorial - from the best - **

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 25, 2012

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/21/youtube-interactive-quizzes-to-videos-beta/ - YouTube interactive quizzes beta - *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_T9ePzANg&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Future Learning Short Documentary - great video - dare you to watch it! - *****
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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/12-great-educational-videos-you-should.html - TED-Ed videos you should not miss - ****
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/09/20/3593847.htm - ABCScience - Great article on quantum computers - they're coming someday... - ****
http://captiontube.appspot.com/ - CaptionTube - easily add captions to YouTube videos - ****
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/the-top-educational-ipad-apps-every.html - EdTechandMobile - Top Ed iPad apps (100+) - ****
http://www.vle.monash.edu/supporttraining/learnbytech/moodle/index.html - MonashU - Learning topics for Moodle 2 - ****
http://blog.simplek12.com/education/top-10-ways-to-wake-up-students/ - ILoveEdTech - Top 10 ways to wake up students in class - funny and useful tips - ****
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4692 - Tech&Learning - Using word clouds in the classroom - ****
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4724 - Tech&Learning - 40 Sites for educational games - ****
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4798 - Tech&Learning - Bringing your textbook to life - with a webinar - ****
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http://wrangl.com/ - online debate site - build pro/con arguments - ***
http://techtoolsforschools.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-project-template.html - Facebook template - e.g. do a virtual performance of Shakespeare play - ***
http://www.storybird.com - image based story books to build and publish - pick an artist and use just their images - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/twitter-tools-for-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - Twitter tools for your professional development - ***
http://goo.gl/Ey7VG - NYTimes - Rules for Writing Well - ***
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/amsterdam-school-facebook-timeline-history-classes/ - Edudemic - Use Facebook timeline in history class - ***
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/07/35-sources-curated-educational-videos/ - GettingSmart - Sources for curated educational videos - ***
http://readlists.com/ - ReadList - bundle web pages into an eBook - export to your device - ***
http://www.procon.org/ - ProCon - Pros and cons of controversial issues - lots to work with these days... - ***
http://wikimindmap.org/ - Wiki Mind Map - pick a wikipedia, create a mind map to share/download - ***
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/kinect-classroom-andrew-miller - Edutopia - Kinect in the classroom - ***
http://blended.online.ucf.edu/ - UCF - Blended Learning Toolkit - resources for blended learning - ***
http://goo.gl/5nQiN - Lifehacker - Create resume templates to look personalized - ***
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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/chockadoc-catalog-of-online.html#.UFzLx1EQfCY - FreeTech4Teachers - Chocadoc - online free documentaries - **
http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education.html - TED - Coursera online learning for 100,000 at a time - **
http://www.sketchometry.com/ - Sketchometry - Intuitive math software for tablets, computers, and whiteboards (not very intuitive to me...) - **
http://tweetingearth.com/ - TweetingEarch - view live tweets by timezone and hashtag - **
https://sites.google.com/a/olds.ac.uk/oldsmooc/start - OLDSMooc - Register interest in MOOC on curriculum design using OER's - **
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx - ArtsEdge - Kennedy Center Art education site - **

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Friday, September 21, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 21, 2012

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/4-great-guides-for-21st-century-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - 4 Edutopia Guides for 21st century teachers - ****
http://teacherswithapps.com/50-best-ipad-apps-for-reading-disabilities/ - TeachersWithApps - iPad apps for reading disabilities - also http://edudemic.com/2012/09/the-50-best-ipad-apps-for-students-with-reading-disabilities/ - ****
http://www.schoolcio.com/Default.aspx?tabid=136&EntryId=4879 - SchoolCIO - iPad deployment tips from an IT perspective - ****
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2012/09/18/15-free-learning-sites-you-havent-heard-yet/ - OnlineCollege.org - Free Learning Sites you haven't heard of - ****
http://www.arkive.org/ - ARKive - Discover worlds most endangered species - great photos and info - ****
http://goo.gl/2hQlM - EduBlogs - Fair Use, copyright, using images - an activity - ****
http://presurfer.blogspot.fr/2012/09/banned-books.html - PreSurfer - Video of phrases from banned books - very clever! - ****
http://www.agoogleaday.com/ - Embedded search lessons with Google - rather cool and fun - ****
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/learningstyles/a/leftbrain.htm - About - Study advice for left-brain students (organized, math/science, critical...) - ****
http://donalomahony.edublogs.org/2012/09/17/the-first-ever-byod-not-byot-class-i-taught/ - ElearningIsland - First experience with BYOD in a middleschool class - ****
http://ebookfriendly.com/2012/09/15/writing-tips-by-famous-authors-that-you-can-share-as-images/ - Slideshow of posters of famous writers - very cool! - ****
http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html - MakerBot - Replicator 2 desktop 3D printer (I want one!) - ****
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http://www.jotform.com/ - JotForm - easy online form building - responses by email - ***
http://goo.gl/D8Fvg - Password protect your USB drive - ***
http://transcribe.wreally.com/ - transcribe from audio file to text (Chrome) - ***
http://captiontube.appspot.com/help/ - CaptionTube - easily caption YouTube videos (Note: YT has an automatic caption - audio must be clear...) - ***
http://www.myhistro.com/story/olympic-games/4951#!london-summer-olympics-13581 - MyHistro - map-based timelines - ***
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/17/new-e-book-export-feature-enabled-on-wikipedia/ - eBook export from Wikipedia - ***
http://elearnmag.acm.org/best-practices-tips.cfm - ELearn by ACM - best practices and tips for elearning - online articles - ***
http://goo.gl/UBLYv - LearnerWeblog - Creatology - slideshow reflections on the creative process - ***
http://answergarden.ch/ - AnswerGarden - Type an 'answer' and online users contribute questions - e.g. "A creative classroom activity"... - ***
http://www.freewritingprompts.net/ - FreeWritingPrompts - 55 sets of writing prompts for various grades and lessons - PDF and .doc formats - ***
http://goo.gl/9QDzF - FreeTech4Teachers - Skitch - iOS and Android photo/sketch app with blurring, annotation, etc. - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/a-step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-find.html - EdTechandMobile - Guide to find licensed images for classroom use - ***
http://www.airpano.com/ - AirPano - 360deg aerial panoramas of world locations - ***
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collabracam-collaborative/id415466771?mt=8 - CollabraCAM - multi-camera video collaboration app - ***
http://lisahistory.net/wordpress/2012/09/escape-the-complexity-by-looking-backward/ - Lisa's Blog - Simplify by looking backward - reflections on Moodle, Engrade, etc - ***
http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/interactive-pres - Creating Interactive Google Presentations for quizzes and stories (Classroom 2.0 webinar) - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/5-awesome-examples-of-how-students-can.html?m=1 - EdTechandMobile - Students Using iBooks Author for Learning - ***
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/puppet-lab-safety-video/ - Wired - Puppets teaching Lab Safety - ***
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http://jqfundamentals.com/ - fundamentals of JQuery - **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyjKRW1FkM - Video Games for learning - research with handheld game designs - **
http://yttm.tv/ - yttm - pick a year, click and travel back to watch videos from the past - cute - some YouTube links missing - **
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ - mutopia - free sheet music for everyone - **
http://www.gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/basic/ - Gaming accessibility design document - **
http://www.ibiblio.org/ - Ibiblio - One of the largest free info databases online - **

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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 15, 2012

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/6-great-video-tools-for-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - 6 great video tools for teachers - ****
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/teachers-simple-guide-to-teaching-with.html - EdTechandMobile - Teachers guide to teaching with videos - ****
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Creativity+Tools - CoolTools4Schools - Creativity tools - many unusual ones - ****
http://www.creativebloq.com/iphone/photos-3d-models-iphone-912732 - Autodesk - online photos to 3D model app - send photos, get 3D model back - cool! - also http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/123d-catch/id513913018?mt=8 - ****
http://store.makerbot.com/replicator.html - MakerBot - Replicator - a 3D printer you can buy now - $1-2K - ****
http://musghillss.eq.edu.au/home/jfewt3/ipadproject/ - MusgraveHillSchool - iPad reflections - great web page.. - ****.
http://www.picturetopeople.org/ - PictureToPeople - Online graphic effects for images and text - cool! - ****
http://www.google.com/alerts - Google Alerts - set your own - ****
http://goo.gl/7oAg6 - Lifehacker - You should be using a VPN - ****
http://goo.gl/rWwoY - MicrosoftatHome - Top 14 websites for students - ****
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-youtube-url-tricks-you-should-know-about/ - MakeUseOf - 10 Youtube URL tricks you should know - ****
http://goo.gl/EAIsi - FreeTech4Teachers - ScreenLeap - share your screen - no signup - ****
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http://goo.gl/Tp5Y6 - MakeUseOf - password protect your flash drive - ***
http://www.easel.ly/ - create and share visuals online - infographics... - ***
https://code.google.com/p/course-builder/ - Google Course Builder - online course creater from Google - ***
http://class2go.stanford.edu/ - Class2Go - Stanford online learning software coming soon - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/5-great-infographic-creation-tools-for.html - EdTechandMobile - 5 great infographic creation tools for teachers - ***
http://venturelab.stanford.edu/education - designing a new learning environment - Stanford free online course starting Oct 15 - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/what-teachers-need-to-know-about-byod.html - EdTechandMobile - What to know about BYOD - ***
http://meetings.io/ - effortless video meetings - no signup or software needed - ***
http://www.hamstersoft.com/ - free video and ebook creation software for the Mac - ***
http://www.booktango.com/ - free eBook creation - ***
http://goo.gl/uDyFj - PCAdvisor - Use MS Word to create an eBook - ***
http://www.totalrecorder.com/index.htm - TotalRecorder - record, edit, convert any video, audio - $17 to $99 - ***
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/5-must-have-ios-apps-for-writers/ - Edudemic - iOS apps for writers - ***
http://www.factmonster.com/ - InformationPlease - Fact Moster - facts and lessons in all areas - ***
http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/info_literacy/ - Information literacy modules from U of Idaho - ***
http://www.musictheory.net/ - Music theory site with lessons, tools, apps - ***
http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks - openCulture - 375 free eBooks - ***
http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/index.html - Parade of PowerPoint Games - ***
http://www.oercommons.org/ - OER commons - Open Educational Resources - ***
http://soundgecko.com/ - SoundGecko - text to audio on any device - ***
http://app.groupmap.com.au/ - GroupMap - Group Mind Mapping - Chrome/Safari only - ***
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http://www.iconarchive.com/ - Icon archive 400K icons - **
http://jqfundamentals.com/ - fundamentals of JQuery - **
http://cropper.codeplex.com/ - cropper - screen capture in C# - example of a coding project - **
http://goo.gl/EUeCI - Are QR codes on the way out? - **
http://www.spicynodes.org/index.html - SpicyNodes - build interactive tree web pages to spice up your website - **
http://vihart.com/doodling/ - Doodling in Math class - cute videos - **
http://www.mygalaxies.co.uk/qzr2an/ - Spell words using thumbnails of galaxies - **
http://jimhough.com/cf/ibquestions.html - Icebreaker questions - good for online discussions - **

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 4, 2012

http://www.triptico.co.uk/ - Triptico - desktop app with over twenty interactive, fully-customizable resources - ****
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/245623 - EverNote for educators (a Livebinder) - ****
http://company.playonsports.com/school - PlayON - online school sports broadcast website - live and on-demand broadcasts (would Skype work...?) - ****
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html - JCSchools - collection of games and resources for language arts - ****
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http://planetary.org/get-involved/contests/osirisrex/ - Planetary Society name that asteroid contest - ***
http://lightningbug.com.au/ - LightningBug - help with writing a story - ***
http://axon.wellcomeapps.com/ - Axon game - teaches about neurons and the brain - a bit noisy, but uses visual skills well - ***
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http://chemreference.com/ - periodic table - somewhat interactive - otherwise pretty boring... - **
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm - ABCya - word clouds for kids - nothing fancy - they could do a lot of fun things with it... - **

More:
http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation
http://groups.diigo.com/group/ed-tech-crew
http://groups.diigo.com/group/cooltools
mrhenryslz.blogspot.com