Friday, September 21, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 21, 2012

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/4-great-guides-for-21st-century-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - 4 Edutopia Guides for 21st century teachers - ****
http://teacherswithapps.com/50-best-ipad-apps-for-reading-disabilities/ - TeachersWithApps - iPad apps for reading disabilities - also http://edudemic.com/2012/09/the-50-best-ipad-apps-for-students-with-reading-disabilities/ - ****
http://www.schoolcio.com/Default.aspx?tabid=136&EntryId=4879 - SchoolCIO - iPad deployment tips from an IT perspective - ****
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2012/09/18/15-free-learning-sites-you-havent-heard-yet/ - OnlineCollege.org - Free Learning Sites you haven't heard of - ****
http://www.arkive.org/ - ARKive - Discover worlds most endangered species - great photos and info - ****
http://goo.gl/2hQlM - EduBlogs - Fair Use, copyright, using images - an activity - ****
http://presurfer.blogspot.fr/2012/09/banned-books.html - PreSurfer - Video of phrases from banned books - very clever! - ****
http://www.agoogleaday.com/ - Embedded search lessons with Google - rather cool and fun - ****
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/learningstyles/a/leftbrain.htm - About - Study advice for left-brain students (organized, math/science, critical...) - ****
http://donalomahony.edublogs.org/2012/09/17/the-first-ever-byod-not-byot-class-i-taught/ - ElearningIsland - First experience with BYOD in a middleschool class - ****
http://ebookfriendly.com/2012/09/15/writing-tips-by-famous-authors-that-you-can-share-as-images/ - Slideshow of posters of famous writers - very cool! - ****
http://store.makerbot.com/replicator2.html - MakerBot - Replicator 2 desktop 3D printer (I want one!) - ****
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http://www.jotform.com/ - JotForm - easy online form building - responses by email - ***
http://goo.gl/D8Fvg - Password protect your USB drive - ***
http://transcribe.wreally.com/ - transcribe from audio file to text (Chrome) - ***
http://captiontube.appspot.com/help/ - CaptionTube - easily caption YouTube videos (Note: YT has an automatic caption - audio must be clear...) - ***
http://www.myhistro.com/story/olympic-games/4951#!london-summer-olympics-13581 - MyHistro - map-based timelines - ***
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/17/new-e-book-export-feature-enabled-on-wikipedia/ - eBook export from Wikipedia - ***
http://elearnmag.acm.org/best-practices-tips.cfm - ELearn by ACM - best practices and tips for elearning - online articles - ***
http://goo.gl/UBLYv - LearnerWeblog - Creatology - slideshow reflections on the creative process - ***
http://answergarden.ch/ - AnswerGarden - Type an 'answer' and online users contribute questions - e.g. "A creative classroom activity"... - ***
http://www.freewritingprompts.net/ - FreeWritingPrompts - 55 sets of writing prompts for various grades and lessons - PDF and .doc formats - ***
http://goo.gl/9QDzF - FreeTech4Teachers - Skitch - iOS and Android photo/sketch app with blurring, annotation, etc. - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/a-step-by-step-guide-on-how-to-find.html - EdTechandMobile - Guide to find licensed images for classroom use - ***
http://www.airpano.com/ - AirPano - 360deg aerial panoramas of world locations - ***
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collabracam-collaborative/id415466771?mt=8 - CollabraCAM - multi-camera video collaboration app - ***
http://lisahistory.net/wordpress/2012/09/escape-the-complexity-by-looking-backward/ - Lisa's Blog - Simplify by looking backward - reflections on Moodle, Engrade, etc - ***
http://www.appsusergroup.org/presentations/interactive-pres - Creating Interactive Google Presentations for quizzes and stories (Classroom 2.0 webinar) - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/07/5-awesome-examples-of-how-students-can.html?m=1 - EdTechandMobile - Students Using iBooks Author for Learning - ***
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/10/puppet-lab-safety-video/ - Wired - Puppets teaching Lab Safety - ***
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http://jqfundamentals.com/ - fundamentals of JQuery - **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyjKRW1FkM - Video Games for learning - research with handheld game designs - **
http://yttm.tv/ - yttm - pick a year, click and travel back to watch videos from the past - cute - some YouTube links missing - **
http://www.mutopiaproject.org/ - mutopia - free sheet music for everyone - **
http://www.gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/basic/ - Gaming accessibility design document - **
http://www.ibiblio.org/ - Ibiblio - One of the largest free info databases online - **

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