Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 22, 2012

http://goo.gl/uaBN2 - Social Media strategy for your classroom
https://live.leapmotion.com/ - Mini sized Kinect-like control for your Mac computer - my arms would get tired...
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/05/teachers-transform-commercial-video-game-for-class-use/ - teaching with Minecraft
http://connected-mind.appspot.com/ - Chrome app to save files to the cloud by drag/drop
http://makeprojects.com/ - online library of make projects - lots of fun!
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/moodle1/index.html - bunch of Moodle training videos
http://timemachine.gigapan.org/wiki/Main_Page - high detail time lapse/slice movies of a variety of processes - needs Chrome
http://www.cast.org/ - Universal Design for learning - useful tools for educators
http://goo.gl/LrHmu - free eBooks from Microsoft - latest stuff
http://ndesign-studio.com/tutorials - Illustrator tutorials - make stunning graphics - also http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Illustrator/1 and http://vector.tutsplus.com/page/3/
http://goo.gl/VnvYw - 50 must-read higher-ed tech blogs - incomplete from my POV
http://goo.gl/ZIyqh - Teacher development starter kit for teaching online
http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/ - K12 Tech Tools Home
http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html - Tagxedo word cloud creator - lots of parameters to tweak
http://www.flubaroo.com - Flubaroo Grading script for Google Docs - looks very handy
http://www.joinopenclass.com/open/home/index - OpenClass LMS
http://testprepwi.org/ - Test Prep Wisconsin - tutorials, practice sessions, test-taking tips, and a vocabulary builder
http://play.storybricks.com/play.php - StoryBricks - 3D role-playing game designer/player - tell a story in a game
http://www.criticallayouts.com/Generators/photo-cube-3d/loader.html - make a 3D photocube for your web page
http://www.filmstory.org/ - FilmStory - explore history/film relationships - like an educational Netflix
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/frig.swf - Fridg - drag words to the refrigerator door
http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/menu.html - British Museum site on Ancient India

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