Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Jan 18, 2012

https://www.mugeda.com/ - HTML5-based drawing platform - rather cool!
http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-firefox-addons - best Firefox addons - add all these and it may start up by March...
http://anaface.com/ - facial beauty score - upload your pic - pick the points - get a laugh...
http://www.oercommons.org/ - free online education resources
http://goo.gl/SSmZI - technology and student success - not there yet - mentions some interesting uses of technology for assessment
http://soundcloud.com/ - share your sounds - I've got plenty I could share, esp. after a good meal...
http://rhymenlearn.com/ - interesting!  They make raps to explain concepts - dare you to try it in your class!
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-06/st_thompson - future of reading in a digital world - from science/tech writer of note
http://www.carla.umn.edu/cobaltt/modules/strategies/gorganizers/index.html - rather pedantic overview of graphic organizers
http://cybraryman.com/byod.html - primer on BYOD - also http://kathycassidy.com/2012/01/18/byod-for-six-year-olds/ - 6-year olds bring their Nintendos to school to learn
http://misstiina.com/fonts/go/freefonts/ - free fun fonts to download and use
http://www.mguhlin.org/2012/01/embedding-videos-in-moodle-22.html - steps to embed videos in Moodle 2.2
and just for Jon:
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Kennewick+WA+99336

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