Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 25, 2012

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/21/youtube-interactive-quizzes-to-videos-beta/ - YouTube interactive quizzes beta - *****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC_T9ePzANg&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Future Learning Short Documentary - great video - dare you to watch it! - *****
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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/12-great-educational-videos-you-should.html - TED-Ed videos you should not miss - ****
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/09/20/3593847.htm - ABCScience - Great article on quantum computers - they're coming someday... - ****
http://captiontube.appspot.com/ - CaptionTube - easily add captions to YouTube videos - ****
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/08/the-top-educational-ipad-apps-every.html - EdTechandMobile - Top Ed iPad apps (100+) - ****
http://www.vle.monash.edu/supporttraining/learnbytech/moodle/index.html - MonashU - Learning topics for Moodle 2 - ****
http://blog.simplek12.com/education/top-10-ways-to-wake-up-students/ - ILoveEdTech - Top 10 ways to wake up students in class - funny and useful tips - ****
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4692 - Tech&Learning - Using word clouds in the classroom - ****
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4724 - Tech&Learning - 40 Sites for educational games - ****
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4798 - Tech&Learning - Bringing your textbook to life - with a webinar - ****
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http://wrangl.com/ - online debate site - build pro/con arguments - ***
http://techtoolsforschools.blogspot.com/2010/01/facebook-project-template.html - Facebook template - e.g. do a virtual performance of Shakespeare play - ***
http://www.storybird.com - image based story books to build and publish - pick an artist and use just their images - ***
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/09/twitter-tools-for-teachers.html - EdTechandMobile - Twitter tools for your professional development - ***
http://goo.gl/Ey7VG - NYTimes - Rules for Writing Well - ***
http://edudemic.com/2012/09/amsterdam-school-facebook-timeline-history-classes/ - Edudemic - Use Facebook timeline in history class - ***
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/07/35-sources-curated-educational-videos/ - GettingSmart - Sources for curated educational videos - ***
http://readlists.com/ - ReadList - bundle web pages into an eBook - export to your device - ***
http://www.procon.org/ - ProCon - Pros and cons of controversial issues - lots to work with these days... - ***
http://wikimindmap.org/ - Wiki Mind Map - pick a wikipedia, create a mind map to share/download - ***
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/kinect-classroom-andrew-miller - Edutopia - Kinect in the classroom - ***
http://blended.online.ucf.edu/ - UCF - Blended Learning Toolkit - resources for blended learning - ***
http://goo.gl/5nQiN - Lifehacker - Create resume templates to look personalized - ***
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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/chockadoc-catalog-of-online.html#.UFzLx1EQfCY - FreeTech4Teachers - Chocadoc - online free documentaries - **
http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education.html - TED - Coursera online learning for 100,000 at a time - **
http://www.sketchometry.com/ - Sketchometry - Intuitive math software for tablets, computers, and whiteboards (not very intuitive to me...) - **
http://tweetingearth.com/ - TweetingEarch - view live tweets by timezone and hashtag - **
https://sites.google.com/a/olds.ac.uk/oldsmooc/start - OLDSMooc - Register interest in MOOC on curriculum design using OER's - **
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators.aspx - ArtsEdge - Kennedy Center Art education site - **

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