Saturday, September 1, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 1, 2012

http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/08/5-apps-to-efficiently-increase-student-engagement/ - GettingSmart - 5 apps to lower teacher anxiety and raise student voices - ****
http://smartblogs.com/education/2012/08/17/are-kids-really-motivated-technology/ - SmartBlogonEd - Kids are not motivated by technology - ****
http://goo.gl/nvisI - FreeTech4Teachers - best blogs of the month - nice list from this popular site - ****
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/one-to-one-ipad-reflection-andrew-marcinek - Edutopia - What we learned - a 1:1 iPad Reflection - ****
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http://lore.com/about/ - LORE for students - a social network for learners - ***
http://goo.gl/9lXK9 - EdTechandMobile - 25 Tech Tips every teacher should know (slideshare) - also http://goo.gl/fGqmL - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/free-teacher-video-tutorials.html - EdTechandMobile - Websites for Ed Video Tutorials - ***
http://goo.gl/FFSiU - edudemic - 50 ways to use Google+ Hangouts - ***
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index.html - Review of constructivism - also http://www.ndt-ed.org/TeachingResources/ClassroomTips/Constructivist%20_Learning.htm - ***
http://www.readthewords.com/TestTeachers.aspx - ReadTheWords - text to speech for educators - ***
http://blog.fetchnotes.com/ - FetchNotes - Cloud-based notepad and file storage - very easy to use - 25Gb of storage - ***
http://www.aplusclick.com/index.html - A+Click - math and logic problems - rather challenging - ***
http://goo.gl/Sf5Gj - ScienceDaily - intentionally unvaccinated students put other children at risk - ***
http://sqworl.com/vec8xd - sqworl - nice collection of math sites/groups - ***
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http://unusedwords.com/ - UnusedWords - learn a new word a day - **
http://presentationtube.net/index_record.php - PresentationTube - add video window to PowerPoint presentation - download - free version avaiable - **
http://www.scanmyessay.com/ - Viper plagiarism checker - **
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