Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - July 17, 2012

http://www.gapminder.org/upload-data/motion-chart/ - Gapminder - add a Gapminder motion chart to a Google spreadsheet - ****
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html - TED video on data visualization - *****
http://engageny.org/resource/shifts-for-students-and-parents/ - EngageNY - PDF on involving parents in common core - ****
http://www.scistarter.com/ - collaborative science projects - ****
http://www.planethunters.org/ - finding exoplanets using SETI-like collaboration - ****
https://plus.google.com/u/0/109780686446922422512/posts - Google+ maker camp - ****
http://goo.gl/dLT2s - more 3D street art - might make a neat classroom project - use a projector to layout image - reverse top to bottom - ****
http://www.gapminder.org/ - Update: Gapminder visualization application - ***
http://science.kqed.org/quest/education/professional-development/science-based-google-maps/ - KQED - Science-based Google maps - ***
http://edudemic.com/2012/07/intellerum-ipads-education/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed - Edudemic - practical iPad considerations - ***
http://googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html - Google LitTrips - using Google Earth - ***
http://www.filamentgames.com/games/citizen-science - CitizenScience game - ecology of a lake - ***
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/07/asana-shared-task-management.html - FreeTech4Teachers - Asana task management application - ***
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental - ICTMagic - site on world citizenship resources - ***
http://happyclassapp.com/ - Automated seating chart generator - ***
http://3dparks.wr.usgs.gov/ - Geology of national parks - interactive maps, 3D images, etc - ***
http://cropp.me/ - automatic image cropper - **

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