Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Diigo Ed Picks - Sept 4, 2012

http://www.triptico.co.uk/ - Triptico - desktop app with over twenty interactive, fully-customizable resources - ****
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/245623 - EverNote for educators (a Livebinder) - ****
http://company.playonsports.com/school - PlayON - online school sports broadcast website - live and on-demand broadcasts (would Skype work...?) - ****
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/la-grammar.html - JCSchools - collection of games and resources for language arts - ****
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http://planetary.org/get-involved/contests/osirisrex/ - Planetary Society name that asteroid contest - ***
http://lightningbug.com.au/ - LightningBug - help with writing a story - ***
http://axon.wellcomeapps.com/ - Axon game - teaches about neurons and the brain - a bit noisy, but uses visual skills well - ***
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http://chemreference.com/ - periodic table - somewhat interactive - otherwise pretty boring... - **
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm - ABCya - word clouds for kids - nothing fancy - they could do a lot of fun things with it... - **

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