Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 31, 2011

http://edudemic.com/2011/11/palm-beach-apps/ - 65+ iPad Apps for elementary school - many look useful

http://www.sciencesupport.net/pblgen.htm - problem-based learning - Making Science Relevant - interesting and challenging projects - Some High School, turning ordinary science labs into more interesting mystery/game experiences
http://www.google-weekly.net/2011/12/episode-9-multiple-user-snyc-in-chrome.html - Google tips - this one is how to sync Chrome settings across your network (this stuff turns geeks on...)
http://www.nsta.org/about/positions/liability.aspx - Official position of NSTA on liability of science educators for laboratory safety - maybe I need a safety shower in the computer lab!
http://dotepub.com/ - download any webpage as an eBook
http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html - using Google Earth and Sketchup in the Math curriculum - lessons, tutorials, etc - looks very interesting...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 30, 2011

http://www.digilibraries.com/ - download free eBooks - probably where all the rejected ones end up...

http://www.cubeecraft.com/ - download foldable boxy-characters for different genres
http://www.theartstory.org/ - art movements, artists, theory (art has theory?) etc.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/101-useful-websites/18078/ - another list of useful websites (Zzzz....) - wait, it's just like my blog!
http://tholman.com/experiments/html5/beautiful-curves/ - cool - draw curves and they grow on their own
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ - jpl photo journal - lots of spacey pics and info
http://www.adorama.com/ALC/Article.aspx?id=11780 - wiggle 3D images

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 29, 2011

http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/edutopianews122811.html - Edutopia's favorite educational resources

http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2011/10/6-reasons-edleaders-should-let-kids-bring-devices-to-school/ - allowing kids to bring their own devices
http://www.viewbix.com/ - add interactive apps to your videos that engage viewers and drive calls to action.
http://www.cubeecraft.com/ - site for finding, printing and making cubic paper characters.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/50094930/How-to-Do-11-Techy-Things-in-the-New-School-Year - tech guides to download

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 29, 2011

http://www.edutopia.org/files/existing/edutopianews122811.html - Edutopia's favorite educational resources
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2011/10/6-reasons-edleaders-should-let-kids-bring-devices-to-school/ - allowing kids to bring their own devices
http://www.viewbix.com/ - add interactive apps to your videos that engage viewers and drive calls to action.
http://www.cubeecraft.com/ - site for finding, printing and making cubic paper characters.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/50094930/How-to-Do-11-Techy-Things-in-the-New-School-Year - tech guides to download

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 28, 2011

http://newspapermap.com/#slat=21.14599216495789&slong=151.490478515625&zoom=2 - world newspaper maps - and who reads newspapers...?

http://mysimplesurface.com/ - project planning whiteboard
http://www.hepg.org/hel/article/507 - from "Hahvahd"... the question formulation technique
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2011/12/overcoming-divide-between-curriculum-and-technology-leaders - name says it - it links to this ASCD book: http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/101010.aspx
http://www.livebinders.com/ - reminder about livebinders - to collect and organize
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=259021 - Livebinders example - 30 web tools
http://www.solarsystemscope.com/scope.swf - pretty cool interactive solar system - http://www.sunmoonscope.com/Preloader.swf - similar for sun and moon
http://www.sandfields.co.uk/games/ - collection of Flash games and learning resources
http://www.printablepaper.net/ - lots of printable forms
Total English book - I won't honor it with a link (see the attachment to see why - spelling of resources?...)

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 27, 2011

http://www.readingbear.org/default.aspx - listen to reading free (I'm still looking for the grownup site Reading Bare...)

http://www.poraora.com/home.html - 3D virtual world for young learners
http://writingfix.com/index.htm - home of interactive writing groups - Northern Nevada Writing Project

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 26, 2011

http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com/classroom-tw - Free online learning management system - complement classroom instruction

http://webstore.limexgames.net/cargo_bridge/index.html - blueprint and tools to design a bridge to transport cargo over a chasm - good, but annoying ad at the beginning
http://www.fdlrs.org/docs/ent2010web.pdf - pdf with lots of Web 2.0 links - very graphical and many links that were new to me - Looks like a keeper
http://splaysoft.com/CCL4s/Welcome.html - App with Common Core Look-for's
http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/ - seen this before - cool art projects
http://lubinarts.blogspot.com/2011/08/may-2011.html - Sacramento Elem school's art blog

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 24, 2011

http://www.guidingtech.com/9070/share-word-ppt-pdf-documents-image-files-using-qr-codes/ - share docs using QR codes

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm - assessment rubrics from Univ of Wisconsin
http://edreach.us/google-educast/ - Google Educast - weekly roundup of the newest Ed tools from Google
http://www.creativeapplications.net/processing/augmented-reality-with-processing-tutorial-processing/ - Augmented reality toolkit - neat video - I might try this one...
http://junoed.com/ - online platform for tests, documents, eBooks, etc.
http://www.hotfreebooks.com/ - free books but no pictures!  Can click any word to get definition
http://wikihood.com/web/#-13,-14,10000 - seems to be fact summary linked to a Google Map - I'd want to be able to customize it

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 23, 2011

http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/ - plagiarism checker (probably a rerun...)

http://www.teacherled.com/resources/difftri/fifteenload.html - difference triangle puzzle - not trivial...
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/index.asp - Illinois Online Network - more and more are doing it...
http://www.commoncraft.com/ - source of the "xxx in Plain English" videos - simple well-made training videos

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 23, 2011

http://esheninger.blogspot.com/2011/12/social-media-is-not-just-for-students.html - a principal's reflections on how schools can use social media to stay in touch

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/197166/chapters/Developing-a-Problem.aspx - PBL - Problem-Based Learning - sounds interesting - makes me think what we need is... more acronyms!
http://www.inkling.com/ - interactive eBooks for iPad - maybe I should spell my name dOug hEnry... - neat web page, though
http://projeqt.com/ - create slide show presentations - has a neat one on Burning Man - the festival looks like something out of a Mad Max movie...
http://www.caffein.tv - video chat room - like Skype
http://goo.gl/6mJSn - what students want from online and f2f teachers - the lists look the same to me...
http://www.techi.com/2011/12/technology-use-on-american-college-campuses - infographic on college technology use - it usually filters down to elementary & secondary ed with time
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/12/polishing-the-students-image-on-facebook-timeline/ - using Timeline feature in FB

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 21, 2011

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computers - free computer training - seems to be slides instead of videos - look pretty well-made - not too much text

http://substance.io/ - looks like a simpler Google Docs... nice interface
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-websites - remember the test question "describe the universe and give two examples..."?  How about describe the Internet...
http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/abc - have to spell what you want in your picture
http://qikpad.co.uk/ - online real time collaboration tool (but it was having technical problems this morning...)
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/webcast/5-reasons-faculty-shouldnt-fear-lecture-capture?fullscreen=1 - I only fear it on bad hair days...
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp - cool! - shows front pages of daily newspapers

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 20, 2011

http://www.doodle.com/tIndex.html - easy scheduling of events, meetings, etc

http://www.superteachertools.com/instantclassroom/ - seating chart maker - also random name maker, classroom group maker
Idea: Use student traits (http://www.intime.uni.edu/model/teacher/teac1.html) to build groups of similar (or different) students - I once saw an article about this but lost it... there are lots of clustering algorithms that could do it (k-nearest neighbor is one)
http://www.instructables.com/ - projects to make - like a Popular Electronics online

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 19, 2011

http://www.fun4thebrain.com/English/treasureHunt2b.swf - reading/adventure game for kids

http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=11686 - 83 (count 'em!) EdTech Resources you may have missed in 2011 - as if they were gone forever...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 18, 2011

http://www.heroengine.com/ - build games in the cloud - if they sell, you make royalty (and they make commission...)

http://sociologysource.squarespace.com/home/2011/12/11/grading-group-work-effectively.html - Online group work is challenging, I think
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/index.htm - print handwriting worksheets (did you know Win 7 has handwriting recognition...?)
http://static.learn4good.com/cms/upload/games/mathforkids/swf/the_eyeballing_game.swf - cool geometry game - move corners to make named geometric shapes - it grades you...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/gut_instinct/play_popup.shtml - viral vinnie - bbc learning games - gross enough for kids!
http://ipadeducators.ning.com/profiles/blogs/create-your-own-ipad-keyboard-for-less-than-10?xg_source=msg_mes_network - make your own iPad keyboard for <$10 - add a monitor and you almost have a real computer!
http://www.twurdy.com/index.php - twurdy (too wordy...) - searches web pages and colors the links by wordiness - could use to select for younger, older kids
http://www.joebower.org/2010/07/grading-without-grading.html - ideas about making grading easier and more effective
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12783558/ode-to-pencilchat-technology-intergration-in-the-classroom - well-made Xtranormal cartoon making fun of technology - let's ban pencils!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 17, 2011

http://www.openeducationweek.org/ - I guess that's what it is...

http://ribbot.com/ - simple, "beautiful" discussion forums - the free version has small ads - but, you can have up to 1 million discussers!
http://www.digitallearningday.org/ - why have a whole website for just one day?  Of course, there is a mole-day website...
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm - visual elements toolkit - elements of art explained and explored

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 16, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL060EC1536B6A4BB2 - playlist of Google tutorials on YouTube

http://www.businessinsider.com/finland-education-school-2011-12?op=1 - 'Amazing' facts about Finland's Education System - a few good ideas here, I think
https://sites.google.com/site/webtoolsbox/ecards/christmas - Christmas web tools and games for kids (and some are even broken!)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8949090/50-things-killed-by-technology.html - 50 things 'killed' by technology (maybe some should have been euthanized long ago...?)
http://goo.gl/Dhqza - notes from an iPad teacher
http://code.google.com/more/table/ - Google's own periodic table (is nothing sacred...?)
http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/matrix.php - technology integration matrix - huge amount of work put into this, but not easy to navigate...
http://goo.gl/l6pYF - PowerPoint SchmowerPoint - teach kids how to make really engaging presentations - good links!
http://prezi.com/aww2hjfyil0u/math-is-not-linear/ - Very cool Prezi presentation - uses zoom and pan with just text and simple diagrams - and it makes a point...
http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/ - a design thinking approach to education - downloadable toolkit
iPad apps - reminds me of the outdoor bulletin boards on a college campus - packed with offers and notices...:

http://www.thenerdyteacher.com/2011/11/in-next-few-days-i-will-be-rolling-out.html
http://www.edgalaxy.com/journal/2011/11/19/5-ipad-apps-every-teacher-should-have.html
http://apps4schools.blogspot.com/

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 15, 2011

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ - reminder of a great edtech site - winner of an Edublog award - there are some great links here: http://www.edublogawards.com/announcing-the-2011-winners-congrats-to-all/

http://www.6wunderkinder.com/wunderlist/ - task manager to organize your life
http://crocodoc.com/ - view and markup any document - the sample document is quite interesting reading
http://teachinghistory.org/ - lesson plans and resources by age level and topic - even chemistry (Linus Pauling's notebooks, etc)
https://cacoo.com/ - online drawing and collaborating tool - esp for diagrams
http://www.paperrater.com/ - Yet another paper checker - grammar, plagiarism, writing suggestions
http://www.youtube.com/schools - YouTube for schools - lots of school-appropriate offerings, customizable, etc
http://www.readcube.com/ - create a library of references - looks pretty useful if you need to research literature
http://etc.usf.edu/ - edtech clearing house from Florida schools - lots of clip art, maps, other resources by subject - well presented - seen it before

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 14, 2011

http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps - teach with iPad - includes some App databases

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/educreations-interactive-whiteboard/id478617061?mt=8 - nice looking whiteboard App
http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/main/articles_pbl - good info on Project Based Learning
http://www.ixl.com/math/algebra-1 - short online math questions by grade and topic
http://lockmar.es.brevard.k12.fl.us/TEACHERS/BryantK/Multiplication%20Tube.pdf - build a multiplication tube
http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-Your-Own-Slide-Rule - build your own slide rule (I do this with 5ths)
http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Wikid+Wide+Walls - info and examples of using wikis

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 13, 2011

http://www.wegivebooks.org/ - read online and share new paperback books with nonprofits

http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2011/12/content-as-curriculum.html - discussion of the value of declarative knowledge - I used to agree, but after reading Willingham's "Why Don't Children Like School", I have more appreciation of rote learning as practice and foundation building
http://www.creativitypost.com/ - blog devoted to creativity in many disciplines - looks like a neat website
http://goo.gl/NM28Q - design your own gingerbread house (for little ones...)
http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/home - French Interactive - Univ of Texas French language site
http://logotypemaker.com/ - type a header, and it generates logos you can edit and save
http://www.emaths.co.uk/tutorials/geometrytoolbox.swf - interesting - draw shapes and lines and use compass, protractor to measure

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 12, 2011

http://www.succeedingwithscience.com/resources/swf.php?id=19 - award winning heat on the move animation (physics)

http://www.classroomblogging.com/streaming-media - stream an audio production from your computer using Ustream
http://www.jefflebow.net/streaming-recording-google-plus-hangout - stream and record a Google+ hangout

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 11, 2011

http://search-ebooks.eu/ - search and download ebooks

http://www.sunderlandschools.org/mfl-sunderland/resources.htm - foreign language resources - French, Spanish, German, Italian
http://www.mathplayground.com/PartyDesigner/PartyDesigner.swf - party designer game - plan your next party!
http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TextFlake/index.html - snowflake wordle
http://www.quickscreenshare.com - QuickScreenShare.com is the simplest way to share screens with anybody (I have to screenshare in the lab because teachers steal my projector!)
http://qrvoice.net/faq_en-US.html - audio in a QR code

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 10, 2011

http://hackety-hack.com/ - learn Ruby programming easily (sorry, for me...)

http://www.explania.com/en - animated explanations - mostly mundane items...
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html - PT of visualization methods - good info, but popups can get annoying...
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2011/12/06/18-ways-teachers-google-hangouts/ - using Google+ hangouts in teaching
http://www.projectnoah.org/ - explore and document wildlife as a citizen scientist
https://www.classpager.com/ - broadcast updates to parents and students  - any mobile device - individually or groups
http://www.brainshark.com/mybrainshark - transfer PowerPoint to mobile presentation with narration
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ - Microsoft Academic Search - follow reference links - kind of arcane...
http://www.windows2universe.org/ - space and solar system website - not high tech, but interesting

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 9

http://todo.ly/ - simple online todo list

http://www.picozu.com/editor - online image editor
http://freezeray.com/ - Great Barr College science resource site - science etc. - has a link to a plug-in modeling program VnR modeler - http://www.sycd.co.uk/primary/ict/vnr-modelling-package.htm
http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/Pages/default.aspx - HS cyber security contest - must be a great way to train hackers!
http://www.searcheeze.com/en/home - search collaboration and sharing
http://dropmark.com/ - drag/drop items from web into a shortcut on your desktop - organize them in the cloud - looks pretty cool

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 8, 2011

http://goo.gl/xZ7f3 - spelling city video tutorials - we use it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbLz9-riRGM - White Stripes "We're Going To Be Friends" Produced by D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network - neat video by deaf kids - good message
http://kitchenpantryscientist.com/ - kitchen pantry scientist - neat experiments
http://teachtec.cloudapp.net/ - collection of Microsoft Partners in Education websites - include virtual telescope, robotics, chemistry add-in for word, etc
http://www.slimekids.com/games/typing-games/typingfiles/abcshoot.swf - alphabet shoot - combine physics + spelling
http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/video-gallery/93/ - National Geo live videos - features, interviews, etc
http://www.vom-hau.de/Javascript/ - German Javascript site (for me - and Google Translate!)

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 6, 2011

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/apple_tv?afid=p219|GOUS&cid=AOS-US-KWG - Apple TV - new toy - $99

http://theteachingpalette.com/ - art teaching blog - well-made
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2011/11/23/survey-reveals-teens-experiences-on-social-networking-sites/ - survey of teens on social networking sites
http://www.sd25.org/~tfuglestad/art/Fugleblog/Fugleblog.html - artsy blog by Mrs Fuglestad - pretty good...
http://mastersinarteducation.com/2010/top-50-art-education-blogs/ - collection of artsy blogs - must be a trend
http://digitalarttutorials.blogspot.com/ - digital art tutorials - now, This is Art...
http://mrsmatott.wordpress.com/ - best art blog I found... interesting "squirt" art etc
http://www.worldology.com/ - interactive world maps - be better if you could make them - could use PowerPoint - lot of work...
http://letspocket.com/ - cross platform tool to help you remember stuff - of course, you have to remember how to get to Pocket...
http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/Math#.Tt5cetUkLTr - tech tools for math
http://collabracam.com/ - shared video clips can be edited into a movie - could be used like a video Google-doc...
http://www.howtosmile.org/ - science and math activities - even search by chemical!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 5, 2011

http://www.slimekids.com/games/typing-games/typingfiles/tidepool.swf - typing game from slimekids - well-made

https://workflowy.com/ - information organization program - based on outlines
http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/10-ways-to-encourage-student-reflection-2/ - encourage student reflection - other 10-ways links, too

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 4, 2011

http://www.scivee.tv/ - making science visible - leading supplier of science videos, journals, etc

http://blueblots.com/design/websites-that-will-let-you-create-digital-magazines-and-newspapers/ - list of self-publishing websites like issuu
http://www.curriki.org/ - K12 open curricula community - well-organized collection of shared learning objects - include member ratings
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/bee/play - spell a word, see the visual thesaurus for it - OK, but a shame visual thesaurus doesn't have ed version - cf http://www.visuwords.com
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/embed.cfm - my story maker - interactive story building for little ones - cute!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 3, 2011

http://wazmac.com/ - ICT (info, comm, tech) website (for me)

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/place/mapCollection/All - socioeconomic data and applications center - maps, links, societies
http://kwout.com/ - quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map - good for links, news items, etc
http://bomomo.com/ - cute drawing app - little moving "things" follow your mouse in patterns you can set
http://showyou.com/v/y:V2rVYvylvZc?u=ericmiltsch - stand-up comedy about the misuse of QR codes - funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H61WvxOm1AM - Social Media in 2011 - video infographic - pretty impressive presentation
http://goo.gl/LoJVf - spreadsheet of TED talks thru Nov 2011

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 2, 2011

http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/11/27/20-ways-siri-may-forever-change-education/ - iPhone personal assistant may change education (Tim showed us some of this...)

http://vyew.com/s/ - continuous meeting rooms for real-time and visual collaboration anytime - one wonders how secure these are...
http://primarypad.com/ - web-based word processor designed for schools - pupils and teachers work together ("pupils" - quaint terminology... nevertheless looks useful)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayW032sKtj8 - how one school district is using QR codes
http://learningblog.org/2010/06/16/twitter-for-teachers-a-professional-development-tool/ - twitter as a professional development tool for teachers
http://www.authorstream.com/ - PowerPoint online viewer - makes a movie - preserves animations, narration, videos... - worth looking at - but PPT 2010 does have export to WMV...
http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-35-best-web-2-0-classroom-tools-chosen-by-you/ - cute wordle - most of the tools look familiar.  We should make a wordle of all the "best tools" lists, and use just the biggest tags!
http://www.tagxedo.com/ - reminder - you can design some fancy tag clouds - next step would be animation - a tag-cloud head turns to you and smiles!  Could be done with animated gif...
http://www.gliffy.com/examples/flow-charts/ - Flow charts in Gliffy (software developers used to use flow charts - not much anymore...)
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/12/vidque-create-library-of-educational.html - vidque - build your own library of educational videos, pulling from various sources - it helps you find similar videos
http://www.slimekids.com/games/spelling-games/spellingfiles/whizz.swf - create words from given letters - slimekids has some pretty good games...
http://www.krunch.us/ - crunch multiple url's into one - a bit tedious to use
http://www.filmstreet.co.uk/flashapps/stopframeanimator/ - stop frame animator - pose, capture, animate - clever mannequin approach (maybe create swim tutorials...?) - idea - automatically match swim video frames to a mannequin...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Dec 1, 2011

https://www.wevideo.com/ - online video editor/sharing - looks pretty capable

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/physics-of-angry-birds - the physics of angry birds
http://www.cabrillo.edu/~dbrown/tracker/ - free video analysis and modeling - looks like a lot of fun - maybe even apply to swim videos? Other sports?
http://goo.gl/6EgJs - edcamphbg smackdown - list of misc ed tech sites - some are new to me
http://goo.gl/mgWcg - Microsoft digital literacy curriculum (for me...)
http://goo.gl/TdMyq - 12 things you didn't know Facebook could do (and... do you care?)
http://edapps.ca/2011/11/13-ways-to-use-imovie-in-the-classroom/ - if you use iMovie (and don't use a Real Computer...)
http://www5.scholastic.co.uk/static/mgm/mgm2.swf - pick the correct spelling - timed game - could do with other facts...
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/dress_up_flash.html - historical dressing-doll game - I see the kids playing these kinds of games
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/games/bullies_flash.html - pbskids beat the bully game - Careful, it might get bloody...
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/woods/index.html - walk in the woods adventure - for urban urchins, I guess - we need a walk in the ghetto for rural kids!
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/intro/flashgame.html - Find the bat with a satellite game - explains remote sensing
http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ - teachers' list of web 2.0 tools - lots of new ones
http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/z1O1GPxm4bCR/Web-2.0-Tools-for-Kids - web 2.0 tools for kids - useful list, not too big
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/ipad-apps-elementary-blooms-taxomony-creating-diane-darrow - K-5 iPad Apps for creativity - pretty soon we'll see pre-K apps!

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