Thursday, January 26, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Jan 26, 2012

http://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm - periodic table of videos about the elements - some pretty heavy accents here...
http://www.youtube.com/numberphile - Numberphile video channel - interesting videos about numbers
http://indianajen.com/2012/01/26/15-opportunities-for-free-online-education/ - lots of open ed sites - Wikiversity... great name!
http://watchknowlearn.org/ - free educational videos - organized
http://sketchpad.cc/ - sketchpad is a code-add on to EtherPad, an online collaborative whiteboard.
http://www.weavinghistory.org/ - timeline plus map combo - offline (and asking for money) at the moment...
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/01/seven-tools-for-creating-data.html#.TyGWORstn4o.facebook - tools for data visualization - good to combine with PowerPoint lessons...
http://fraboom.com/ - fun online kids museum - noisy and frantic...
http://taggalaxy.com/ - cool!  live solar system of tags - a bit tedious to drill down, but when you get to the end, look out...!

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http://groups.diigo.com/group/ed-tech-crew
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