Saturday, March 3, 2012

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

More:
http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation
http://groups.diigo.com/group/ed-tech-crew
mrhenryslz.blogspot.com