Friday, April 6, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Apr 6, 2012

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/ - discover who's tracking you online
http://cx.adobe.com/rd?1=AvUG~wq~Dv8StaT~Gk4e~yL~Jvsq~33~3aBMHTr~&2=146 - cool example of acid-base titration game - shoot the molecules, watch the pH change!
http://asciimator.net/ - animation the old fashioned way, using ascii characters
http://kottke.org/12/04/the-real-google-glasses - informative and humorous videos about Google's eyeglasses with heads-up display
http://mashe.hawksey.info/2011/11/twitter-how-to-archive-event-hashtags-and-visualize-conversation/ - interesting extension of Twitter
http://goo.gl/APJlm - IT teacher explains the right way to teach computers to kids
http://thetechcurve.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/managing-google-docs-in-classroom.html?m=1 - example of managing Google Docs in the classroom
http://webvideofetcher.com/ - like keepvid, but handles more websites
http://labs.greenbush.us/moodle/course/view.php?id=15 - prepared lessons in Scratch - programming and game development (gonna try these with 6ths...)
http://simplek12.com/tlc/webinars/#OEC - very interesting collection of April webinars from SimpleK12 - I'll try some of these...
http://www.quipper.com/ - use/create quizzes for mobile devices
http://www.educause.edu/Resources/Browse/HybridorBlendedLearning/33312 - handsome collection of blended learning resources from Educause
http://edudemic.com/2012/04/50-little-known-ways-google-docs-can-help-in-education/ - using Google docs in education
https://www.dropcam.com/ - Dropcam: portable camera hooks to the Internet - monitor online from anywhere. Love the video of the guy monitoring his kid at home - and he's doing it on his iPhone - while he's driving!!!

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