Thursday, July 19, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - July 19, 2012

http://www.classtools.net/ - ClassTools - create free ed games and activities in flash - free version has ads - ****
http://www.visuwords.com/ - Reminder: VisuWords - interactive visual dictionary and thesaurus - impressive - ****
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/07/10-apps-that-combine-learning-with-fun/ - GettingSmart - 10 Fun Learning Apps - ****
http://www.clayyourself.com/ - ClayYourself - create a claymation figure of yourself - clever animation site! - ****

http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page - OpenSIM - open source 3D simulator like second life - unix - ***
http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation - MIT+K12 - crowdsourced STEM video lessons - ***
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/dropbox-quickest-ways-share-file-si/ - Makeuseof - 6 Alternatives to DropBox - ***
http://au.millionshort.com/ - Removes top n hits from a search - like an "anti-Google" - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/the-13-must-know-professional.html - EdTechandMobile - 13 Must-know professional development websites for teachers - ***
http://www.yummymath.com/ - YummyMath - relevant math exercises and animations - nicely done - ***
http://jeopardylabs.com/ - JeopardyLabs - create Jeopardy quizzes online - ***
http://www.bitstrips.com/ - bitstrips - create your own comic strips - has school program - ***
http://www.twictnet.blogspot.com/ - Popup windows in Word - interesting animated presentation - Cool avatar - even "reads" her notes! - ***
http://www.twict.net/ - Google experiment using Google Apps as a learning management system - ***

http://www.bibme.org/ - Reminder: BibMe - bibliography maker - **
http://www.todaysmeet.com/ - TodaysMeet - for back channel communication during your presentation - **
http://www.polleverywhere.com/ - PollEverywhere - in-class polling via texting - **
http://qualityrubrics.pbworks.com/w/page/44244080/Tools%20for%20Writing%20Rubrics - Tools for writing rubrics - **

More:
http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation
http://groups.diigo.com/group/ed-tech-crew
http://groups.diigo.com/group/cooltools
mrhenryslz.blogspot.com