Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Aug 15, 2012

http://wwwatanabe.blogspot.com/2012/08/tips-for-ipads-in-classroom.html - Reminder: Tips for iPads in the classroom - ****
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/what-you-need-to-know-before-buying-tablet/ - MakeUseOf - tips for buying a tablet - useful - ****
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/10-great-free-web-tools-for-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - Short collection of interesting tools (unshorten, HTML to doc, ...) - ****
http://support.google.com/webmasters/?hl=en - Google webmaster academy - heady but useful stuff - ****
http://www.slimekids.com/ - Slime kids - school library media for kids - neat website - ****
http://www.learnitin5.com/Blogging-on-KidBlog - LearnItIn5 - blogging on KidBlog - ****
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http://goo.gl/cEGaj - Education Week - Hybrid home schooling catching on - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/the-top-27-free-tools-to-collaborate.html - EdTechandMobile - Tools to backchannel, chat, and communicate - ***
http://readlists.com/ - readlist - collected web pages bundled into an eBook - ***
http://esl-library.com/blog/2011/08/09/tips-for-engaging-parents/ - ESLlibrary - tips for engaging parents this school year - ***
http://goo.gl/00Q61 - SmartTeaching - 50 ways to use wikis - ***
http://curriculumict.weebly.com/1/post/2012/08/timelines.html - List of timeline websites - ***
http://dosketch.com/ - dosketch - simple sketch and share online app - ***
https://mi.learnport.org/Kview/CustomCodeBehind/Customization/Login/MILPLogin.aspx - Michigan Dept Ed LearnPort - free online professional development for teachers - ***
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/08/5-fun-ways-to-use-facebook-in-your-lesson-plans-and-teaching/ - EmergingEdTech - using FaceBook in your lesson plans and teaching - ***
http://www.utah3d.net/ - Panoramic pics from Utah - be neat if every state had this! - ***
http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ - CAST - Mass state ed digital book builder site - ***
http://www.incredibox.com/en/#/application - Incredibox - drag/drop beat music producer with cartoon character that sings - cute! - ***
http://www.mastersketchup.com/ - Sketchup tips and tutorials for creative minds - ***
http://www.helloslide.com/ - HelloSlide - type your narration and it adds it to your slideshow - this would make sense as a powerpoint addon (ps: already is one - Speech-over) - ***
http://instant-eyedropper.com/ - instant eyedropper - sample color anywhere on your screen - ***
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/02/how-to-choose-the-right-words-for-best-search-results/ - KQED - Choosing search keywords - ***
http://goo.gl/9kaXU - ReadWriteThink - alphabiography - would be more personal if you use letters in your name - ***
http://www.hackerhighschool.org/ - Hacker High School - Internet security lessons for students - also http://opensource.com/life/12/8/hacker-highschool-students-learn-redesign-future - ***
http://goo.gl/3tIkN - A taxonomy of motivation and game design - ***
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-replicating-pbl-resources - edutopia - project based learning resources - mainly pdf's - ***
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2012/9-data-visualization-tools-for-librarians-and-educators/ - OEDB - data visualization tools for librarians and educators - good stuff - ***
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/08/how-to-build-basic-toolbox-21st-century-learning/ - gettingSmart - basic toolbox for 21st century learning - ***
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2012/08/tech/gaming.series/teachers.html?hpt=hp_c3 - CNN - school where gaming is integrated into the learning - ***
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/tools_technologies/5_places_find_web_20_resources - places to find web 2.0 resources - ***
http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Mini+Maker+Faire - Mini Maker Faire ideas and lesson plan - Grades 3-4 - ***
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http://www.educational-freeware.com/freeware/minisebran.aspx - EducationalFreeware - Minisebran - exercises and doodle activities for toddlers - free download - **
http://www.ladyada.net/learn/arduino/index.html - Arduino tutorials - learning electronics and programming with a RISC nanocomputer - **
https://blog.mozilla.org/theden/2012/07/30/the-best-of-3-billion-add-on-downloads/ - best of the Firefox add-ons - **
http://processing.org/ - Processing - programming language to teach programming in a visual environment - **
http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/GamesandActivities/OnlineGames/index.html - Fisher-Price - Online games for preschoolers - **
http://www.threering.com/ - ThreeRing - instantly upload photos of student work to a portfolio in the cloud - **
http://goo.gl/x6eOE - Techwire - top 50 STEM apps for iPad - but no links! (have to sign in) - **
http://mashe.hawksey.info/2011/11/twitter-how-to-archive-event-hashtags-and-visualize-conversation/ - TagsExplorer - real time mapping of twitter interactions - **

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