Saturday, May 26, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - May 26, 2012

http://www.brainpickings.org/ - BrainPickings - daily scientific blogs and links - great stuff
http://openclipart.org - nice collection of free clip art
http://www.infogr.am/ - infogram - create interactive infographics - requires twitter or facebook login
http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/04/10/typing-in-the-age-of-ipads.aspx - Typing practice in the age of iPads
http://goo.gl/X7BTC - Bump from your iDevice to your computer
http://adulted.about.com/od/teachers/tp/warmupsforlessonplans.htm - Icebreakers for warmups in lessons and discussions
http://www.soungle.com/ - sound search engine
http://advanced.aviary.com/tools/music-creator - Music creator by Aviary - music with a beat
http://musicteachtech.wikispaces.com/ictev2012 - MusicTeachTech - teach music online with digital tools
http://www.teachhub.com/obsolete-lessons-for-modern-students - Things you learned in school that your students won't - interesting list
http://ifttt.com/ - Internet task manager - triggers and tasks that run in the background
http://bundlr.com/ - organize and bundle your web - create topic pages
http://www.homestyler.com/home - Autodesk Home Styler - design online
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-project-based-learning-best-practices - Edutopia on Project Based Learning
http://edudemic.com/2012/05/new-pedagogies-for-the-digital-age/ - great Slideshares on Web 20 and learning
http://www.2epub.com/ - PDF to ePub converter
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/05/list-of-20-free-tools-for-teachers-to.html - presentation tools for teachers
http://www.thynkalittle.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=74 - interesting but poorly formatted list of Second Life resources

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