Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 29, 2012

http://www.tammypayton.net/courses/print/evalweb.shtml - Rubric and practice for evaluating web sites

http://www.teachthecloud.com/ - Teach the Cloud blog - short, pointed discussions and references from an Alabama teacher
http://groups.diigo.com/group/YouTubeEducation - Diigo group for exploring ed uses of YouTube
http://www.techfridge.com/ - the "coolest" ed tech ideas for you - looks like they mine Diigo, too...
http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ - blog with Project Based Learning flavor
http://tryengineering.org/ - explore engineering - incl. lesson plans for various age groups
http://dabbleboard.com/ - free no signup whiteboard
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/ - juicy blog of ed tech topics
http://ipadeducators.ning.com/ - extensive iPad/ed site - weekly discussions, blogs, tips, resources
http://www.wylio.com/ - Free picture search for bloggers
http://nrich.maths.org/thismonth/2and3 - Cambridge enriching mathematics site - monthly topics/puzzles
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-glen-ellyn-kids-tweet-20120228,0,7378048.story - 1st graders use twitter to send newsletters, updates, and reminders their parents can read
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/best-of-breed-tools-2011/ - categorizing of top 100 tools for learning
https://etherpad.mozilla.org/ - etherpad at Mozilla - shared text - like a Google doc
http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/?p=12009 - the sad state of social media privacy (infographic)
http://www.worldhistoryteacher.org/student_forum/projects.htm - world history project ideas - beautiful website...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 28, 2012

http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html - free Algebra I worksheets

https://sites.google.com/a/sdcoe.net/online-resources/ - more google apps training
http://www.google.com/doubleclick/studio/swiffy - converts swf files to HTML5 - worth a try! - also http://www.google.com/doubleclick/studio/swiffy/extension.html - swiffy extension to Flash Pro
http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/mobile-technology-apps/ipad-as#audio - iPad as... apps listed by study activity - also http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/ - Apps in education, science, math, music, art, etc...
http://pinterest.com/patpack/teaching/ - posters and infographs on teaching - some good ones for classroom...
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/ - PBSkids ZoomSci - lots of science and engineering demos/videos, etc.
http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/2012/02/visual-design-quick-tips.html - quick visual design tips - these look handy...
http://edudemic.com/2012/02/blog-with-students/ - 8 tips for blogging with students - has link to top student blogs
http://goo.gl/5hrpR - College students say yes to course pages in Facebook

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 27, 2012

http://boinx.com/istopmotion/ipad/ - stop motion for iPad

http://goo.gl/ZunGC - QuickOffice Pro now does Office 2010 - iPad
http://goo.gl/yjHwG - building an effective BYOD school plan - 64 slides - useful ideas
http://www.googlegooru.com/ - video tutorials on Google apps
http://www.digitalcitizenship.nsw.edu.au/index.htm - digital citizenship site from Australia
http://www.corestandards.org/frequently-asked-questions - Common core standards FAQ

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 26, 2012

http://www.21stcenturyfluency.com/blogpost.cfm?blogID=2503 - 21st Century Fluencies Project - Preparing Students to Learn Without Us

http://playpowerlabs.org/bsnl/v21/brainpop/BSNL.html - cool little game - numberline battleships - blow up ships if your guess is close
http://ebird.org/content/ebird - neat little website for bird watchers
http://www.brainpop.com/educators/home/ - we used Brainpop for a while - I liked it...
http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/teaching-technology/mobile-technology-apps/ipad-as - collection of iPad apps by usage category
http://csunplugged.org/activities - Computer Science Unplugged - learning modules - very useful for CS training - has kid-level activities
http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-docs-email-form/20884/ - How to get Google Docs form to send you an email with the data
http://vimeo.com/31342192 - a video: The Math Universe - very nicely made
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Teller-Reveals-His-Secrets.html - Teller the magician reveals his magic/psych secrets to fool people
http://usefulcharts.com/ - interesting collection of useful charts for lesson plans and study
http://ipadsinart.weebly.com/ - iPads in art education

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 25, 2012

http://cybraryman.com/youtube.html - internet catalog by a 30-yr veteran of teaching

http://davidpriceblog.posterous.com/the-5-deadly-diseases-of-education - parallels between "deadly diseases" of industry and of education - Deming was a famous statistician and industrialist

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 24, 2012

http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-apps.html - guide to online and mobile apps with their Bloom's competencies - other nice links

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/austin-kleon-newspaper-blackout-poetry - clever way to create poetry by subtracting text
https://audioeditor.filelab.com/app/ - online sound editor - lots of effects
https://videoeditor.filelab.com/app/ - online video editor - pretty good list of effects - but only one layer of video
http://edudemic.com/2011/12/student-blogs/ - incredible student blogs by K-8 kids
http://www.edulicious.com/blog/2012/2/24/fv-28-facilitating-critical-thinking-by-using-visualizations.html - using visuals to help critical thinking
http://www.sourcefabric.org/en/booktype - Open source publishing platform - would be nice if it weren't just Unix!
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/20-must-see-movies-educators-nicholas-provenzano - 20 movies every educator should see (Stand By Me made it!)
http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/81992/Bloom-s-Taxonomy-A-Parent-s-Guide - a parent's guide to Blooms - could be handy
http://www.easyprompter.com/ - free teleprompter - just what everybody needs... esp if you're a Presidential Candidate!

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 23, 2012

http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/migration.html - Forbes interactive map of migrations by US county

http://www.thebestclass.org/rtscripts.html - theater scripts by the number of parts
http://goo.gl/JrLKZ - video tools and ideas from Edutopia
http://www.teacherricks.com/apps-worth-every-penny.html - Apps worth every penny - lists of useful apps
http://goo.gl/7WfNE - 100 greatest books for kids today
http://edtechtoolbox.blogspot.com/p/web-2-tools-by-task.html - nice list of Web 2.0 tools by task - other lists, too
http://pbl-online.org/ProjectPlanning/PlanningForm.htm - Project based learning forms
http://missnoor.visibli.com/share/9Hjmrf - 8 great sites for reluctant writers
http://www.edmodo.com/ - Edmodo now described as "free private microblogging for education" - impressive...
http://www.alfiekohn.org/parenting/gj.htm - Five good reasons to stop saying "Good Job" - I need these...
http://bagtheweb.com/b/JaKUw4 - list of search engines for kids

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 22, 2012

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/02/10-tips-for-using-evernote-eff.php - tips on Evernote

http://www.risd.k12.nm.us/potd/index.cfm - algeba problem of the day
http://edtechzone.blogspot.com/2012/02/publishing-with-ibooks-author.html - produce quality ebooks for iPad
http://designtaxi.com/news/351687/Ira-Glass-On-Creativity-Told-In-Kinetic-Typography - very cool video - "kinetic typography"
http://gosoapbox.com/ - another backchannel site - get students chatting while you're talking (???)
http://www.commoncraft.com/video/copyright-and-creative-commons - copyright by common craft (repeat)
http://blog.simplek12.com/social-media/13-reasons-teachers-should-use-diigo/ - using Diigo in education (like this...)
http://www.risd.k12.nm.us/potd/index.cfm - algebra problem of the day - PDF - with answers - Roswell School District
http://simplek12.com/tlc/webinars/#tools - webinars from simplek12 - many topics
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222837 - little known social media tools you should be using (might be a reason why they're little-known...)
http://goo.gl/pkJa4 - student success courses catching on in community colleges

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 21, 2012

http://goo.gl/30Yb3 - Negroponte on the $10 tablet (MIT Media lab)

http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/02/dont-lecture-me-rethinking-how-college-students-learn-2/ - don't lecture me - Rethinking  how students learn (repeat)
http://www.purposegames.com/create - create simple animated educational games - players score points
http://goo.gl/H30U1 - Project based learning and core standards
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/Courses/EDTEC470/s12/resources/pls.htm - personal learning system assignment in Tech for Teachers course at San Diego State
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/ - Library of Congress teachers' page - looks understated, but must have great content...
http://edudemic.com/2012/02/internet-classrooms-using-second-life-for-virtual-learning/ - using Second Life for Digital Learning (we need Third Life - where your avatar creates an avatar that looks and acts like you!)
http://trap.it/ - you define keywords, it looks for new links and serves them to you automatically (vs Diigo, which is 'manual')
http://edudemic.com/2010/12/the-ultimate-guide-to-using-ipads-in-the-classroom/ - slide presentation on iPads in the classroom
http://www.go2web20.net/ - very extensive tree of web 20 applications, with simple interface and links to the apps
http://enthread.com/ - really easy photo editor with a smooth interface
http://playfic.com/ - interesting - collaborate to produce a story
http://tewt.org/ - Teaching English with Technology - well-made site with lessons, discussions, assessments, even mobile stuff

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 20, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IbllMjkIIM&feature=youtube_gdata_player - Jesse Schell, a game developer: Learning is Beautiful

http://www.helloslide.com/ - slideshow + typed text = narrated presentation - different accents available
http://goo.gl/NYvR - 100 tips for teaching students about social media
http://socialfolders.me/evernote/import/ - social folders - import everything social into Evernote
http://www.apple.com/education/resources/ - Apple education site
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/7-strategies-make-your-online-teaching-better - Inside Higher Ed - making your online teaching better
http://littlebits.cc/ - opensource library of electronic modules that snap together for prototyping and play - lookd like fun!
http://entri.co/ - entri. a free collaborative tool for writing and sharing documents
http://backchan.nl/ - involve audiences in presentations by letting them suggest questions and vote on others'
http://soundcloud.com/ - fast sharing of voice, music, sounds captured on a mobile device

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 19, 2012

http://goo.gl/fyvZ7 - start developing iOS apps today... (iPad, etc) Apple developer site

http://goo.gl/w4Z2B - teachers guide to project based learning (pdf)
http://physicscentral.com/explore/action/nailpolish1.cfm - magnets: where physics meets high fashion
http://www.multiplication-games.org/swf/knights-of-math.swf - cute math animation/game
http://ismashphone.com/2010/10/15-awesome-iphone-controlled-robots.html - videos showing iPhone-controlled robots of various types

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 18, 2012

http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/02/11/30-online-multimedia-resources-for-pbl-and-flipped-classrooms/ - multimedia sites for project-based-learning and flipped classrooms

http://wwcsd.net/groups/behaviorresource/ - another behavior intervention resource
http://www.spongelab.com/slxdev/interactives/buildabody/en/whole/index.html - build-a-body (human)
http://www.gingerlabs.com/cont/notability.php - note everything - make and share whiteboard notes
http://www.saveyourself.com.au/content/comps/byor/sy_byor_design.swf - build your own robot - cool game
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/google.htm - Google apps resources - lots of stuff!
http://www.edulicious.com/blog/2012/2/17/fv-27-subway-visuals.html - cool - make "subway" maps for history, and more... (maybe more meaningful for urban learners...)
http://www.getloupe.com/ - build photo mosaics in shapes
http://playkidsgames.com/games/pinball/pinbal4.swf - vocab pinball - spells a word and you have to define it - noisy but cute!
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/02/30-web-20-tools-for-teachers.html - 30 web 2.0 tools for teachers from a pro
http://www.educationnation.com/index.cfm?objectid=9085A0C6-4EB1-11E1-B607000C296BA163 - top 5 websites for the classroom
http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html - from Google: posters on searching - perfect for ed tech classes!
http://mashable.com/2011/12/09/new-twitter-tricks-tips/ - 25 tips for tweeters - how tweet it is...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 15, 2012

http://creately.com/ - draw beautiful diagrams online - no registration needed

http://www.quixey.com/ - search engine for apps
http://www.teachhub.com/free-interactive-whiteboard-resources - 65 free interactive whiteboard resources
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/02/7-online-resources-for-finding-grants-for-educators/ - Grant finding resources
http://www.schrockguide.net/literacy-in-the-digital-age.html - digital literacy blog - looks well done...
http://www.realclearhistory.com/about.html - RealClearHistory - daily history lessons presented clearly
http://www.airpano.com/ - 360 deg panoramas of exciting places all over the world
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/station_spacewalk_game.html - Spacewalk game (requires viewer download)
http://www.freereading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page - open source free reading intervention for PK-6
http://gosoapbox.com/ - app tells what your students are thinking - when they are confused...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 14, 2012

http://www.1001freefonts.com/ - source of free fonts

http://www.scoop.it/t/infographics-and-mathematics - scoop.it: Infographics on math - looks useful
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/26195 - iPads in schools LiveBinder
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/awesome-free-tools-infographics/ - 10 Awesome Tools to Make Infographics
http://classroom.4teachers.org/FloorPlanR.swf - Floor Plan game/animation - included drawing tools
http://color.method.ac/ - cute app to teach color, hue, brightness, color blindness assist, etc
http://www.yasiv.com/ - cool Amazon products visualization - type a search term, get an interactive tree of results with icons - cute - not sure how useful...
http://gotfriends.com/meet-our-staff.aspx - CA site that matches disabled students with online friends
http://historytech.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/tip-of-the-week-six-great-ways-to-publish-student-work/ - 6 Great Ways to publish student work (Flipsnack, etc)
http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2012/02/top-10-apps-for-digital-storytelling_12.html - 10 apps for digital storytelling

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 13, 2012

http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/Math+6-8#x-8th%20Grade - K12 tech tools - math

http://www.themathlab.com/geometry/section13/trigtest/treeofmysteries.htm - clever "tree of mysteries" with password decoder
http://goo.gl/0OMeo - iPad apps for primary reading skills
http://misternorris.com/2011/11/paperless/ - teacher describes how he went paperless by teaching from the cloud
http://budd-e.staysmartonline.gov.au/teachers/primary/index.html - Australian cyber security education site for teachers
http://lendmeyourliteracy.org/ - transform the way children view writing - uses Flipsnack
http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=zDZFcDGpL4U - RSA animate video of one of Ken Robinson's talks (on ADHD) - clever presentation - lot of work!
http://theedublogger.com/2012/02/09/the-educators-guide-to-copyright-fair-use-and-creative-commons/ - educator's guide to copyright, etc.
http://www.smashingapps.com/2010/07/15/10-collaborative-brainstorming-web-apps-when-you-work-as-a-group.html - collaborative brainstorming apps - also http://www.forensicsciencetechnician.org/100-online-brainstorming-tools-to-help-you-think-outside-the-box/ - 100 BS apps (probably some are BS...)
http://www.a.freshbrain.com/solvr/help - Interesting... online help for structuring your thoughts and solving problems

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 11

http://geteach.com/ - view Google Earth images with various info highlighted

http://prezi.com/xizyhpryd3sw/evernote-a-teachers-perspective/ - cute presentation on EverNote
http://technyou.edu.au/about-us/ - TechNyou - technology information service from Australia
http://creativitygames.net/ - classroom activities that promote creativity
http://goo.gl/kqcZi - 5 online sites to store, sync, and share your files
http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry - Royal Society chemistry resources
http://kaleidolism.com/ - kaleidoscope  - cute but slow
http://www.mad4maths.com/ - fun website uses cartoons to teach math

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 10, 2012

http://simplebooklet.com/index-sb.php - simple web booklets you can post anywhere

http://www.thinglink.com/ - post images with interactive hot spots (like a <map> in html...)
http://www.documentaryz.com/ - online documentaries organized by topic
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bretswanson/2012/01/20/apple-and-the-education-information-chasm/ - the price of information falls, but the cost of education rises - what's wrong?
http://www.google.com/cse/ - build a custom Google search engine - lots of possibilities
http://westylish.blogspot.com/2012/02/getting-student-feedback-on-my-teaching.html - cool idea: turn a survey into a tag cloud
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses - 400 free online courses from top universities - I'll take 'em all!
http://goo.gl/v3tnR - six vintage-inspired animations on critical thinking
http://wobzip.org/ - uncompress packaged files online
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm - rubrics for assessment from U of Wisc

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 9, 2012

http://www.humanbrainproject.eu/goals.html - Eu consortium seeks to simulate the human brain (good luck!)

http://thinkbinder.com/ - collaborative study groups
http://www.po-motion.com/ - use webcam + projector to interact with floor and wall projected videos
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jotnot-scanner-pro/id307868751?mt=8 - turn iPhone into scanner
http://www.webexhibits.org/ - interactive museum of science, humanities, and culture
http://www.sxc.hu/ - royalty free stock images
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf - very cool animation of the scale of the universe - ever heard of a "yoctometer...?"
https://sites.google.com/site/cybersafetyresources/presentation - Google site on cyber safety - OK, but don't know where it's from...!
http://www.emergingedtech.com/2012/02/apple-tv-in-the-classroom-the-new-smart-board/ - Apple TV + iPad = inexpensive whiteboard...
http://goo.gl/K4eRc - OneNote comes to Android market

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 8, 2012

http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web/50-totally-free-lessons-in-graphic-design-theory/ - Graphic design lessons - something I need...

http://yollisclassblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-earth-geometry.html - hands-on geometry lessons using Google Earth and DC monuments
http://www.sitepoint.com/online-presentation-tools/ - top notch online presentation tools - some start with PPT, others let you edit
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/websites-for-science-teachers-eric-brunsell - ten websites for science teachers - guy must be good, he looks like me...
http://en.bab.la/wording/ - Interesting!  Type a sentence for which your wording is in question, it searches and tally's various other wordings
http://www.slideshare.net/ictmagic/20-in-120-seconds-the-slowed-down-version - 20 ed resources in 120 seconds - worth checking out
http://www.slideshare.net/ictmagic/augmented-reality-in-education-11470069 - Augmented reality in education - it's coming...
http://www.educationalrap.com/ - educational rap songs (seems like an oxymoron...) - interesting.
https://sites.google.com/site/gwebsearcheducation/ - Google web search lessons - from the ones who know...
http://www.spongelab.com/browse/index.cfm#0 - new biology videos, simulations, activities - looks fancy...
http://www.google.com.au/familysafety/ - Google family safety centre - seen before
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/history-of-weather-on-google-maps.html - Google Maps Mania - weather on Google Maps
http://www.shapeways.com/ - 3D printing site - looks like you can send them a model, and they'll 3Dprint it... also http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-wants-you-to-really-download-a-car-120124/ - download 3D print models

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 7, 2012

http://audioliterate.com/ - free audio books - better quality than Librivox

http://blog.wikispaces.com/2012/01/best-educational-wikis-of-2011.html - best educational Wikis
http://indianajen.com/2012/02/03/learning-is-an-epic-win-jane-mcgonigal/ - Jane McGonigal's speech at the 2012 Biennial ISAS Speech on gaming and education - links to other presentations
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ - reminder about cool tools for schools
http://www.android4schools.com/2011/12/25/10-apps-to-try-on-your-new-android-device - cool ed apps for android - I can appreciate this now!
http://www.goorulearning.org/aboutgooru.php - online study tool
http://techtoolsforschools.blogspot.com/2011/04/wikipedia-project.html - example Wikipedia project for students
https://sites.google.com/site/team8project9440/using-diigo-in-the-classroom-2 - using Diigo in the Classroom
http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/augmented-reality/ - Horizon report on Augmented Reality - 2-3 yrs in the future yet...

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 6, 2012

http://www.printyourbrackets.com/ - print bracket diagrams for sports pairings

http://www.brainshark.com/mybrainshark - create, share, track your online presentations
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/top-web-annotation-and-markup-tools/ - includes Diigo but much more - annotate and markup web pages
http://stevefulton.blogspot.com/2012/02/finding-new-hope-for-research-papers.html - teaching technology in the middle school - research papers
http://goo.gl/ensma - 10 tech skills every student should know - looks pretty good
http://www.timetoast.com/ - simple, intuitive timelines easy to create and share

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 5, 2012

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/ - reminder about this free ed video site

http://www.mathalicious.com/2012/02/04/khan-academy-its-different-this-time/ - from Mathilicious - a plug for Khan
http://dyslexia.yale.edu/index.html - center for dyslexia and creativity
http://nightskyonline.info/ - astronomy and flight website - lots of activities
http://www.seasky.org/ - explore the sea and the sky - games, etc

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 4, 2012

http://www.pinterest.com - pinboard - stickpin notes online

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/guide.html - blobs guide to electronic circuits
http://www.nanowrimo.org/ - national novel writing month
http://ipad366.posterous.com/ - daily iPad tips in audio podcasts
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html?page=home - Math 6 Spy Guys - lessons, strategies, glossary, fun (why not Spy Gyles...)
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/2012/02/writing-25-word-stories-handout.html - 25 word story - interesting
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/500words/2012/ - BBC 500-words contest - age 13 and under
http://www.mylearning.org/learning/super-bugs/superbugs.swf - Fun! Build a super bug by combining body parts

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 3, 2012

http://tips.webdesign10.com/portable-software-windows - Run progs with Admin access, and more

http://goo.gl/SYpNA - ASCD - curriculum development society - blogs on various topics
http://www.sageonstage.com/?p=52%2C%2Bhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.sageonstage.com%2F%3Fp%3D52 - teach large classes with an iPad
http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/02/02/are-ipads-cybersafe-enough-for-school/ - are iPads cyber safe for schools?
http://fold.it/portal/ - donate unused CPU cycles to the search for new drugs...
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/ - useful writing tips and more
http://www.mathplayground.com/ - math games for elem and middle school - games are old hat - need a math social networkng site

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 2, 2012

http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/ - Game to join Peace Corps and solve world challenges

https://trello.com/ - organize things collaboratively
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/ - Kids contest to create Google logo - theme: If I could time travel, I'd go... - $30K to winner, $50K to school
http://search-by-drawing.franz-enzenhofer.com/ - draw an image, search Google images for a "match" - plus much more info
http://inkscape.org/ - open source vector graphic program like Corel Draw or Illustrator - also http://www.digitalartforall.com/category/inkscapetutorials/ - Inkscape tutorials
http://mw.concord.org/modeler/ - molecular workbench - Java simulations and modeling
http://www.thencat.org/PlanRes/R2R_ModCrsRed.htm - models of course redesign - good source of ideas
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/ - lots of astronomy animations, games, etc
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science - science animations from ICTMagic
http://remind101.com/ - safe way to text students/parents and stay in touch

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Diigo Ed Picks - Feb 1, 2012

http://max.adobe.com/online/?trackingid=JORHU - Adobe MAX online sessions - videos from this 3-day media event

http://androidheart.com/how-to-use-google-music-outside-the-united-states/ - access Google Music outside the US (what's Google music...?)
http://openbadges.org/About/ - Mozilla Open Badges - looks like a merit badge program for 21st century learning skills
http://www.badgestack.com/ - a badge-based way to connect and reward learners
http://www.onlinecharttool.com/ - create charts online
http://www.odiogo.com/ - transform online text into audio
http://goo.gl/3cNvB - 79 ways to use google forms in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokm9RUr4ME - why students don't read what is assigned in class
http://oneword.com/ - a word at the top of the screen - 60 sec to write about it - clever!
http://www.edutopia.org/stw-kipp-critical-thinking-10-tips-for-teaching - tips for teaching critical thinking
http://goo.gl/BcXkL - ADD drugs don't work long term (NY Times)
http://diipo.net/site/account/dhe_login.php?url=%2F - Diipo - education social network for teachers/students
http://applicant.com/60-resources-for-anyone-looking-for-a-job/ - Job hunting resources
http://langwitches.org/blog/ - ed tech blog by Silvia Rosenthal
http://labsafety.flinnsci.com/Home.aspx - Flynn Scientific online lab safety videos - middle school, etc.
http://www.pbisworld.com/ - student behavior problems - identifying and correcting - looks useful

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