Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 30, 2012

http://www.algebra.com/services/rendering/simplifier.mpl - free algebra solver that shows work - also http://www.mathway.com - not free

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/449163977/galileo-your-ios-in-motion - clever... gives iOS devices remote-controlled motion
http://www.screenleap.com/ - instant screen sharing - no sign up, free (secure?)
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/index.aspx - (repeat) Microsoft Ed teacher guides on various topics
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/financial-literacy-high-school-students-brian-page - financial literacy for HS students
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new/3-big-rules-your-kids-may-be-breaking-online - 3 rules your kids may be breaking online
http://www.teachbuzz.com/ - find lessons using age, keywords, etc. - online ideas
https://sites.google.com/a/rlsms.com/knowledge-quest/ - warcraft-like MMP game with learning tasks and rewards - interesting twist
http://www.android4schools.com/2012/03/27/digitize-student-work-with-the-three-ring-app - "digitize" student work by taking pics of it on a mobile
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/01/list-of-great-educational-infographics.html - list of educational infographics - some are very useful...
http://appitic.com/ - collection of educational apps - emphasis on pedagogy
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ - music categorized by instrument, genre, artist, etc.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/videos/ - SD zoo live web cams for various animals
http://www.thatquiz.org/ - random quizzes on math, vocabulary, etc - simple format but effective
http://au.ixl.com/ - Math help/tutoring from Australia - good collection of topics
http://bluestacks.com/ - run Android apps on PC
http://myths.e2bn.org/index.php - myths and legends - easily create your own animated stories - looks like fun

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 26, 2012

http://voicethread.wistia.com/m/lO4Bdy - excellent webinar on using VoiceThread in Moodle

http://piktochart.com/ - interesting infographic creation site - looks easy to use
http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=2796 - integrating infographics in the classroom
http://vimeo.com/31098764 - video about games to change the world - winners of Microsoft Tech award
http://www.videogamesandkids.com/index.html - Modern Parents' Guide to Kids and Video Games - PDF and eBooks
http://www.heapr.com/#l=web&q= - Heapr - search aggregator - fast searching on multiple engines
http://lifehacker.com/5895808/callnote-records-skype-calls-and-saves-the-audio-to-evernote-automatically - record Skype calls to Evernote
http://movietom.wordpress.com/ - MovieTom - blog with videos about making short movies in classroom
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chronozoom/ - Microsoft Research ChronoZoom - visualize the history of everything
http://goo.gl/I5Gcl - 80 alternatives to Youtube - google doc - not very convenient to view

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 25, 2012

http://justcrosswords.com/ - crossword site - I use Eclipse Crossword maker - http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new - new phet simulations from UColo - chemistry and physics
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/40730/best-google-search-tips - 38 tips to get better Google Search Results - handy!
http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=902 - links to preferred apps for education - also http://edudemic.com/2012/02/1000-apps/
https://www.speakpipe.com/ - voicemail link on your website - very cool...!  Free while in beta (ides: use Google Chrome speech widget to generate a text message...)
http://mrspripp.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/you-teach-child-to-blogcommon-concerns.html - concerns about student blogging - also: http://mrspripp.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/14-steps-to-meaningful-student-blogging.html
http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/03/jackpot-ipad-lessons.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter - iPad training lessons by Lisa Johnson now in Pinterest

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 24, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDVSw54VU1A - 3rd graders on writing quality comments in blogs

Ideas from webinar: Have students earn a personal blog by participating in a class blog; have parents administer their students' blog...
http://techieang.edublogs.org/2012/03/23/byod-in-primary/ - BYOD in primary school - at least not yet in utero...!
http://www.projectperfect.com.au/student.htm - help for students when planning a project - tips and resources you can download
http://clea.nr/ - install a browser extension that cleans up Amazon and YouTube pages - I'm a bit cautious about this one...
http://wikisummarizer.com/Pages/Default.aspx - Wikipedia summarizer - good for generating keywords - didn't work for "swimming"
http://www.goofram.com/ - Search Google and Wolfram at once - gives a nice clean page of hits...
http://kulowiectech.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/paperless-research-paper-x-ipads.html#comment-form - paperless research project using iPads
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/ - Accidental Scientist: the science of cooking
http://vocaroo.com/ - simple online voice recording - generates an online link you can share - a bit scratchy for me
https://sites.google.com/site/amslerclassroom/ - working with Google Sites in education
http://planbookedu.com/ - online free planning book for teachers
http://classroomtalk.com/?p=839 - 40 best iPad apps for young learners
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3962 - 50 Web 2.0 sites for schools

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 23, 2012

https://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=12820340213487254111 - Useful Google Docs Templates

http://www.androidzoom.com/ - thousands of Android apps
http://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/19-climate-games-that-could-change-the-future/ - climate games that could change the future
http://www.centerforfiction.org/ - resources for readers and writers - very nice pages
http://tpreskett.blogspot.com/2012/03/collaborative-bookmarking-in-education.html - collaborative bookmarking in education
http://graphwords.com/word#name - cool hyperbolic tree based on words - like visual thesaurus
http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks - 300 free eBooks - lots of classics and old SF

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 22, 2012

http://goo.gl/DyUnW - Second Life Quickstart - handy reference

http://www.mchumor.com/science_weather_toons.html - cartoon web pages - this one is weather
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.ca/2011/10/38-sites-on-using-ipads-in-classroom.html#.T2tEK9WfiZc - 39 iPad in the classroom sites
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/press_corps/index.asp - Scholastic news by and for kids - also see http://www.weeklyreader.com/subcategory/74
http://edudemic.com/2012/03/best-101-web-tools/ - 101 web 2.0 tpols every teacher should know about
http://sk19math.blogspot.com.au/ - math concepts explained - kind of random selection

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 21, 2012

http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/03/what-is-dart.html - Google has a scripting language for web apps

http://www.instagrok.com/ - innovative search and notetaking portal that can be adjusted according to ability.
http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search - cluster your search results - builds a tree with folders - cool!
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/03/real-world-math-ideas-for-using-google.html - using Google Earth in math class
http://dotepub.com/ - convert any web page to ePub
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&fb_source=message - NYTimes: video games in the classroom
http://goo.gl/5UnOX - making your own eBooks - some specific instructions
http://blog.edmodo.com/2012/03/20/video-ceo-nic-borgs-presentation-at-sxswedu/ - update on Edmodo

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 20, 2012

http://crocodoc.com/ - crocodoc - add comments and markups to any document

http://www.bundlenut.com/ - create bundles of links - good idea... also: http://stich.it/
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/03/android-overtake-apple-2016 - will Android overtake iPad by 2016?
http://www.discoveringegypt.com/hieroglyphic-typewriter.html - cute hieroglyphic typewriter - so hard to fit the stone tablets into it...
http://ipadsatburley.blogspot.fr/2012/02/making-assessment-meaningful.html - iPads at Burley - K-5 experience
http://goo.gl/4nKuS - collection of thoughtful videos to help you rethink education, learning, & school
http://www.toolsforenglish.com/tools/scramble-paragraphs/ - enter several paragraphs - it scrambles their order and generates a worksheet to fix them
http://readwriteweb.wikispaces.com/socialbookmarks - social bookmarking in Ed - videos, tools, etc

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 18, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZIlQcZJ_-w - Aaron Sams chemistry video sampler (corrected link)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-0ufifqEk - What I do in my "spare" time - teaching online at OTC - their monthly video
http://www.embedplus.com/ - easily edit and watch upgraded video embeds with slow mo, annotations, etc - looks promising
http://neave.com/webcam/ - webcam toy - video effects on your webcam - looks like fun!
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Hyperconnected-lives.aspx - Pew Report on effects of Internet on Millenials by 2020
http://www.edulicious.com/blog/2012/3/16/fv-30-32-tools-to-grow-your-pln.html - 32 tools to grow your Personal Learning Network
http://www.scoop.it/t/digital-citizenship-in-schools - Scoop.it collection of links on digital citizenship
http://edleaderlounge.blogspot.com/2012/03/3-reasons-students-have-trouble-setting.html - Some reasons students have trouble setting goals
http://code.google.com/p/sigil/ - Sigil - an open source WYSIWYG eBook editor
http://www.aft.org/pdfs/americaneducator/spring2012/Clark.pdf - Article by Clark debating full explanation vs constructivism in teaching experts and novices
http://www.schoolleadership20.com/video/blended-learning-real-learning - short, pointed video on blended learning in middle school
http://www.ldonline.org/experts/techexpert/current#5 - Site about learning disabilities (or "differences")
http://www.teachertechvids.com/ - teacher tech videos - tech tutorials
http://edte.ch/blog/?page_id=424 - presentations on various "Using..." topics - crowdsourcing quality classroom ideas
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2010/09/19/magazine/index.html?ref=magazine - NY Times ed tech page - short articles
http://marynabadenhorst.global2.vic.edu.au/2010/04/01/to-flip-or-not-to-flip/ - Badenhorst on flipping - nice collection of resources and blogs on education
http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/03/18/infographics-presenting-data-and-statistics-in-the-21st-century/ - tips on making infographics
http://www.schrockguide.net/index.html - nice collection of tools and articles by gifted educator

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 17, 2012

http://goo.gl/lj4xs - dynamic chart libraries

http://youtu.be/2H4RkudFzlc - Aaron Sams flipped classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZIlQcZJ_-w - cool example of teacher's homemade chemistry video
http://blog.edmodo.com/2012/03/16/google-docs-integration-is-now-available/ - Google docs fully integrated into Edmodo
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - Audacity 2.0 just released - open source audio record/edit - Win, Mac, Unix
http://www.ams.org/notices/201010/rtx101001303p.pdf - Why general problem solving isn't good for teaching math
http://bentekalsnes.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/16-technology-books-you-should-read/ - 16 Tech books you should read
http://langwitches.org/blog/2012/03/11/my-ten-most-used-ipad-apps-to-become-fluent/ - Ten most used iPad apps to become fluent using iPad apps!
http://popplet.com/ - reminder: a platform for your ideas
http://www.oldmapsonline.org - old maps online
http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/resources - NBCLearn science website

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 16, 2012

https://hackpad.com/ - Hackpad is a new, simple wiki service which builds on lthe etherpad interface

http://play.google.com/about/ - google entertainment site
http://goo.gl/9qVtz - 5 ways to control your privacy on Google
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/03/16/25-free-resources-from-discovery-education-2/ - free resources from Discovery Education
http://simplek12.com/tlc/h07321od/ - Right Tools for the Right Job webinar - 30 tools in 50 min
http://duolingo.com/ - learn a language free, and help translate the Web.
http://web2.0calc.com/ - online calculator - has 3x3 and 4x4 matrix operations
https://www.rcampus.com/ - RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment.
http://www.teachengineering.org/ - reminder about this engineering site for K12
http://www.kerpoof.com/ - learning through creativity - projects to create something

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 15, 2012

http://openclipart.org/ - free clipart from Open Clipart Library OCAL

http://interactivesites.weebly.com/math.html - Interactive math lessons and games - look like fun!
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ - create a comix strip - multilingual, too...
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/enterprise/ - Apple support site for schools using iPads
http://www.fluency21.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=2402 - 100 iPad apps perfect for middle school
http://plpnetwork.com/2012/03/09/pocket-based-learning-my-cellphone-classroom/ - one teacher's account of cellphones in a BYOD classroom
http://ahead.com/#view/lilaspaces/main/welcome?scene=HOME - create impressive zooming presentations and websites
http://www.storyjumper.com/ - publish your own children's e-book
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/ - create "cubes" to manage reading/writing tasks and others
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2011/11/the-future-of-e-learning-is-crowdsourcing/ - crowdsourcing as source of eLearning content
http://goo.gl/U4ZD9 - social media skills for K12 teachers
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/how-computer-games-help-children-learn/ - How games help children learn
http://goo.gl/7UjNe - video format tutorial..
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/25/tech/web/50-tech-tools/index.html - 50 new tech tools you should know about

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 14, 2012

http://goo.gl/sve9T - how many preteens on Facebook? (infographic)

http://educationisphysical.com/2012/03/06/twitter-in-the-classroom/ - video about using Twitter in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile - video from the numberphile - what is pi? Clever...
http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-video-demos/quick-demo-airplay-mirroring-ipad-2-to-mac - Airplay on Mac - mirror iPad to Mac desktop (and projector...)
http://gigaom.com/mobile/apple-airplay-android-doubletwist/ - (Airplay works for Android, too...)
http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=825 - plug for Symbaloo - a web search mashup application
http://goo.gl/l1ES0 - Khan academy launches iPad training videos website
http://www.dositey.com/2008/addsub/Mystery11.htm#s - Dositey - easy-to-use math games and tutorials for K thru Algebra
http://setilive.org/ - SETI site - sign up to listen for aliens (very popular in Arizona...)
http://www.picmonkey.com/ - easy to use photo editor - very smooth...
http://www.drawzit.com/drawzitLoader.swf - draw it - share it - free collaborative whiteboard
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/03/13/four-keys-to-creating-successful-elearning-programs/ - creating successful e-learning programs in school
http://blendmylearning.com/2011/12/06/white-paper/ - blended learning whitepaper - consortium of industry & educators - looks useful

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 13, 2012

http://free.ed.gov/keywords.cfm - free educational resources - government site - looks pretty useful...

http://www.wordwebonline.com/ - online dictionary that accepts "fuzzy" spellings
http://goo.gl/I302S - TammyW's tip of the week - various topics
http://www.forgefx.com/casestudies/prenticehall/ph/topo/topo.htm - interactively build a topo and a 3D map by pushing and pulling - pretty cool...
http://visual.ly/ - infographic creation and sharing site - wasn't intuitive to me...
http://www.photoshop.com/tools/expresseditor - photoshop express - online photo editor with subset of Photoshop tools
http://www.followupthen.com/ - schedule email follow-ups (is this like Robo-calling...?)
http://quadblogging.net/ - quad blogging - arrange with other schools to have classes produce, and then comment on each others' blogs
http://eductechalogy.org/swfapp/blooms/wheel/engage.swf - blooms taxonomy - an interactive wheel swf - impressive!
http://goo.gl/GsB62 - Comparison of Google Sites, Weebly, and Page-o-Rama - instant website builders

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 12, 2012

http://hnyctt.me/cr20live-FlippedClassroom - cr20 flipped classroom presentation - watch this if you plan to flip

http://education.ted.com/ - TED-Ed video channel
http://chemorphesis.ucsd.edu/ - comics to make chemistry more interesting - fantasy stories that anthropomorphize chemical concepts
http://photosynth.net/default.aspx - 360 panoramas by category - very nice presentations
http://goo.gl/fsJZ5 - 5 traits of exceptional bosses - can apply well to teaching...
http://www.thestorystarter.com/ - random story first lines - uses diverse and interesting words
http://innovativeedu.visibli.com/share/xejLZL - Top 10 tech blogs for educators

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 11, 2012

http://bannernow.com/ - another banner maker - fancier... - swf and effectshttp://www.storyjumper.com/ - publish your own children's books

http://laboutloud.com/ - podcasts by science teachers
http://wowinschool.pbworks.com/w/page/5268731/FrontPage - World of Warcraft in School - develop instructional items for WOW in a school setting
http://tln.typepad.com/middleweb/2012/03/middlewebs-new-resources-445.html - unassuming middle school resource website - looks useful
http://www.androidapps.com/ - Android apps - ho hum...
http://goo.gl/Z6YB1 - Microsoft Illumishare - share and interact with objects on your others' desktops

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 9, 2012

http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm - blooms taxonomy pyramid with web sites

http://www.creazaeducation.com/ - all-in-one site - creative work toolbox - audio, video, cartoon, mindmodo - awesome video editor...
http://goo.gl/0tjaU - generate QR codes in Google spreadsheet
http://digitalkindergarten.blogspot.com/2011/12/11-ipad-use-in-full-day-kindergarten.html - 1:1 iPad in Kindergarten
http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-35-best-web-2-0-classroom-tools-chosen-by-you/ - reminder of these web 20 sites
http://www.famousscientists.org/ - short quips on many famous scientists
http://digitalkindergarten.blogspot.com/ - digital kindergarten site

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 8, 2012

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chem4word/ - chemistry add-in for Word

http://goo.gl/Gajzu - how a google search really works
http://www.tonybates.ca/2012/02/29/a-student-guide-to-studying-online/ - Checking how online-ready you are
http://goo.gl/fDWlT - grunge fonts you can download
http://goo.gl/hoonf - Apple "configurator" app - configure your Apple network
http://www.inaturalist.org/ - "superb" science site - explore, learn, record
http://newmedz.com/first-aid/index.html - search "first aid" kit - step-by-step help with information fluency
http://www.do2learn.com/organizationtools/EmotionsColorWheel/index.htm - clever "emotions color wheel" - assistive learning - understand emotions
http://goo.gl/zNaad - free web services to edit video - some are new to me...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 7, 2012

http://appinventor.mit.edu/ - MIT program to simplify creating mobile apps

http://www.teachengineering.org/engrdesignprocess.php - using an engineering design process with your students - a different approach to solving problems
goo.gl/pC0az - Teachingbooks.net plays young award winning authors reading their works
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/ - Scholastic.com StudyJams - learn and test on math and science - elem and middle
goo.gl/EIBfa - New Scientist TV video on hidden equations - famous equations that govern our lives - upper grades
http://www.pil-network.com/resources/tools - microsoft partners in learning - all the tools in one place - good resource
http://www.mathtv.com/videos_by_topic - videos about math, different students and teachers explain a concept or problem, in playlists - interesting approach: a variety of teachers for a given problem
http://www.historyworld.net/ - History website - timelines, quizzes, etc
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/sites/kids/files/sf.swf - Kids "write" a sci-fi story - younger
http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm - storystarter - over 2000 story starters for kids - generates first lines
http://www.techlearning.com/article/52260 - 21st Cent Student Handbook: Teaching Today's Web-Centric Kids - short, interesting article
http://www.safeshare.tv/ - generate a safe link to a YouTube video - good idea!
http://edtechzone.blogspot.com/2012/03/screencast-o-matic.html - blog about ScreenCast-O-Matic - screen recorder - good for assignment feedback - free hosting for 15min videos - publish to YouTube, Google Docs, etc

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 6, 2012

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-tech-skills-every-student-should.html - tech skills needed by every student

http://edudemic.com/2012/03/20-web-resources/ - video - 20 little-known web resources for teachers (from ICTmagic)
http://www.mactrast.com/2012/03/reflection-app-brings-ios-device-mirroring-to-the-mac/ - reflection app lets you view iPhone on your Mac
http://hubblesite.org - interesting links, videos, etc on Hubble
http://edjudo.com/web-2-0-teaching-tools-links - EdJudo web 20 teaching tools - a few new ones...
http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/7256 - 15 awesome interactive field trips - this country and abroad
http://pinterest.com/alwayslearning/technology-smartboard-interactive-boards/ - Pinterest site on Smartboards
http://www.peterpappas.com/2010/01/taxonomy-reflection-critical-thinking-students-teachers-principals-.html - Peter Pappas blog on critical thinking
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/referenc.html - copyright and citation resources - tiny format, but looks useful

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 5, 2012

http://richlambert.edublogs.org/2012/02/07/evernote-the-definitive-post/ - teacher uses for Evernote - well-done tutorial

http://goo.gl/Y038f - free apps to support higher level thinking
http://qwips.com/ - audio tags for tweets, videos, photos, emoticons, emails
http://learninginhand.com/blog/ways-to-evaluate-educational-apps.html - ways to evaluate educational apps - Tony Vincent - looks like a great blog...
https://bitly.com/bundles/ideasfactory/k - story generators to inspire learning
http://www.moglue.com/ - make your own interactive ebooks
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html - Flash cartoons about math concepts - tutorials and exercises
http://science360.gov/series/Chalk+Talk/5c0481f2-b758-4bc0-ab05-b79b6f34cb3f - video "chalk talks" about science - range of topics - NSF sponsored
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=lessons - Grade 6 math - cool videos on math concepts
http://www.thoughtfullearning.com/node/2523 - Figures illustrate critical vs creative thinking, and compare with respiration - interesting

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 4, 2012

http://www.appitic.com/ - about 1300 apps for education for iPad

http://esheninger.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/moving-schools-forward-with-byod.html - Report on one school district's BYOD efforts
http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2012/02/21/3432588.htm - advice for parents to avoid the homework hassle
http://au.ixl.com/math/year-7 - Pre-9th math quizzes - short, graded math quizzes with a uniform format - Excellent
http://ipaddiction.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/teaching-teachers-who-will-experience.html - Slideshow: Teaching Teachers who will experience 1:1 iPads in 2012
http://generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard - Storyboard generator - has templates, or build your own
http://canvastic.net/assets/codes/Canvastic_up.swf - drawing tool that records your strokes in a movie you can download
http://eductechalogy.org/index/?p=285 - 10 videos every educator should watch

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 3, 2012

http://www.helloslide.com/ - upload slideshow with narration and it's available in 20 languages...

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/ - old maps - interesting
http://www.bluehornet.com/reveal - "decoder glasses" built into your mouse to reveal secret messages on web page and
http://css-tricks.com/designing-for-decoder-glasses-print-and-web/ - how it's done
http://fold.it/portal/ - foldit - collaborate to solve protein folding problems
http://www.texthelp.com/North-America - to support special needs such as dyslexia, particularly in reading and writing area.
http://www.socialbrite.org/sharing-center/free-music-directory/ - interesting free music site
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/blended-learning-research-eric-brunsell - blended learning: add online discussions to f2f classrooms
http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/03/teaching-and-modeling-good-digital-citizenship/ - teaching and practicing good digital citizenship - lots of inline links - also http://m.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum/k-5
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Technology-for-Elementary-Educators/177408478981015 - tech for elem teachers group in FB - this one has a cute preview of iPad 3.
http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_a_tweet - MLA on how to cite a tweet - could be useful, but I don't think it should elevate this medium
http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/03/03/the-ipad-and-maths-are-we-there-yet-pt-2-non-math-apps-do-the-job/ - nice blog on iPads and math

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 2, 2012

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/infographic-shocking-effects-google-driverless-car/ - more about the Google robot car

http://www.stikkymedia.com/articles/what-the-heck-is-electronic-mail-11-vintage-computer-ads - nostalgic computer ads (sigh...)
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/consumer-preview - Windows 8 preview - looks cuter than 7...
http://gamestarmechanic.com/ - focuses on making your own games
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index.html - constructivism as a paradigm for teaching and learning (maybe it's getting old...?)
http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/02/1000-recommended-apps-sorted-by-subject.html?spref=tw - 1000 Ed Apps - (poor Google spreadsheet!)
http://www.wufoo.com/ - online form builder (I wonder if you could borrow/modify the HTML after you use the service...?)
http://www.iroc2.org/ - Inst. for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone communication - digital responsibility site with resources and even an annoying Voki!
http://skitch.com/ - annotate, edit, share images on mobile devices

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