Saturday, June 30, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - June 30, 2012

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/28/bluestacks-allows-you-to-run-android-apps-on-a-mac/ - BlueStacks - run Android apps on a Mac - ***
http://xkcd.com/ - webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - **
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/educators-guide-to-use-of-pinterest-in.html - using Pinterest in Education - **
http://qrvoice.net/ - QRVoice - type text - becomes a QR code - look at QR, get voice - **
http://markpleasance.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/create-your-owncloud/ - ownCloud - create your own cloud sharing service - **
http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/teaching-guides/25516 - TeachingHistory - teach students to develop historical questions for their papers - **
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/professional-development - CommonSense course on Digital Literacy - based on Howard Gardner's work - can incorporate into any curricula - ****
http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/ - virtualCave - visit caves and learn about them - **
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/ - the White House fact pages - **
http://blabberize.com/ - Blabberize - upload picture, locate the mouth, record speech, get a link - like Voki with images - ***
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/education/school-services.aspx#fbid=9M-3eE7426- Office 365 for education - also http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/marketplacek12/2012/06/microsoft_will_offer_its_office.html - *****
http://www.safesearchkids.com/ - Google safe search for kids - *****
http://pivotanimator.net/ - Replay: pivot stick figure animator - ***
http://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/skeletal-system#6/1 - human cutaway body images - ***

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