Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Diigo Ed Picks - Nov 23, 2011

http://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editor - online audio editor - Myna - looks impressive
http://edudemic.com/2011/11/app-review-rubric/ - education app review rubric - sounds useful...
http://www.edcomsteachers.com/free-resources/secondary/Science - 8 free secondary science teaching resources - carbon, engineering, organ donation (most 2ndary students have already given their brains...)
http://www.pebblepad.com.au/essentialquestions.asp - considerations for implementing an e-portfolio system - questions that are good for other personal content systems, too
http://www.webook.com/911writersblock - overcoming writer's block - really clever phone-pad format on page.  Wonder if they have one for grader's block...
http://labs.microsofttranslator.com/bookmarklet/ - translator bookmarklet - click to translate any page you're on - we need a translator from bad English to English...
https://www.filelab.com/ - user-friendly online video and audio editors - basic operations - suitable for kid-use - I'm impressed!
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams - Video, Animation, Film, and Webcam sites - plus good short summaries
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/high_school_v_college.htm - Some crucial differences between high school and college writing - from a noted source...
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/11/st_thompson_searchresults - why kids can't search.  And from the looks of it, Republican presidential candidates are not so good at it either... (Taliban in Libya...? afraid not, Herman...)
http://vimeo.com/32001208 - time lapse earth fly-over - Very Awesome - esp. the auroras and lightning storms!
http://goo.gl/nisMq - 10 Facebook pages for Educators
http://www.fosi.org/fosi-publications.html - Family Online Safety Institute publications
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/11/ten-search-tools-and-tactics-teachers.html - Search tools and tactics teachers and students need to know - from a great ed-tech blog

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