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Saturday, January 7, 2012

http://sciencepond.com/ - scientists on Twitter - by discipline - but they missed Michelle Bachmann!
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/kidsite/ - Lawrence Hall of Science kidsite - mostly activities, not many visuals
http://www.seterra.net/ - download - geography game with 100+ exercises

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http://goo.gl/GiqPE - Mindomo - very fancy mind mapping - plays like a movie
http://goo.gl/Fq97a - Web 2.0 tools to support faculty research (maybe student research, too...?)
http://www.slimekids.com/games/spelling-games/spellingfiles/whizz.swf - neat game - make words from letters
http://www.drawastickman.com/ - draw and animate a stick man and take on an adventure (see it before...)
http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Getting_Started.html and http://googlelittrips2010.pbworks.com/w/page/27805092/Home - Google littrips are free downloadable files that mark the journeys of characters from famous literature on the surface of Google Earth
http://www.districtadministration.com/article/flipped-class-method-gaining-ground - Michigan schools are flipping classrooms

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http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/software/tc1000/jarnal.htm - java note taker and PDF annotator - open source, has handwriting recognition, etc.
http://gifgear.com/ - make animated gifs online - looks handy!
http://www.neok12.com/ - large collection of videos on dozens of subjects - appear to be well-made - YouTube vids are cleaned up...
http://theedublogger.com/2011/11/07/the-complete-educators-guide-to-using-google-reader/ - Guide to popular RSS tool
http://goo.gl/zcNfV - Gapminder - dynamic data displays - now has educational link: http://www.gapminder.org/for-teachers/
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/12/20/den-scicon-2012/ - DEN-SCIon - conference on transforming science instruction

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h ttp://www.scoop.it/t/teachers-rock/p/381810997/teacher-reboot-camp - collection of online articles and links - "99 reasons why teachers rock!"

http://timkastelle.org/blog/2011/12/thirty-great-free-ebooks-for-innovators - from the Innovation Leadership Network (makes me want to rename my blogs...)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ - Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - lots of info - could be more visual presentation...
http://www.uta.edu/huma/agger/fastcapitalism/8_2/Daniels8_2.html - from Univ of Texas at Austin - The Coming Social Media Revolution in the Academy - collection of technologies that will mold teaching in the near future
http://socialmediatoday.com/pammoore/247258/green-eggs-facebook-15-social-media-tips-dr-suess - social media tips from Dr. Seuss - cute presentation idea, but a bit hard to follow
http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2012/01/9-youtube-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers/ - very nice collection of YouTube tips
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/1Yy1jb9z4TA - Homemade Internet tether - use your phone's data connection to get internet access on your desktop or laptop - can download for various systems

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http://www.tonybates.ca/2011/12/30/skys-the-limit-the-worlds-cheapest-touch-screen-tablet/ - from Canada/India - 7 in. Android tablet costs $52 to make! I think I'll skip the Fire...

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/01/144550920/physicists-seek-to-lose-the-lecture-as-teaching-tool - college profs find ways better than lecturing to impart and share learning
http://www.wifliresponse.com/ - Google docs response form - collect instant feedback, display, make decisions - looks cool!
http://goo.gl/NzcEL - MyFakeWall - make Facebook-like page of a famous person, your pet, etc
http://edu.memiary.com/ - Students record up to five things they learn everyday - notice it's "up to..."
http://www.jotform.com/ - Easy form builder - looks interesting...
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ - nctm resources for teaching math
http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/all_productions.html - Nobel prize website - seen this before - also don't forget the Ignobel prize site: http://improbable.com/ig/
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new/how-video-games-helped-my-kids-get-along - some recommended video games

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http://calme.mecoding.com/ - easy planners/calendars, including photos - download

http://www.voxopop.com/ - voice-based e-learning tool - talkgroups
http://mrsmatott.wordpress.com/ and http://artlady.janishenderson.com/?m=201101 - a couple of artsy-blogs - second has excellent learning materials
http://catchfree.com/#cat=utilities - handy collections (ranked...) of common computer and Internet tasks - looks pretty useful
http://www.edutecher.net/links.php?id=1462 - mail dodo - simplified email messaging service
http://issuu.com/mrburrettsclass/docs/ictmagic_show_jan_2012?mode=embed&showFlipBtn=true - ICT "magic show online magazine" - fortunately, has a pdf download...
http://labs.dinahmoe.com/plink/ - online collaborative music maker - Chrome only
http://www.spotzi.com/ - world map you can color by several geopolitical aspects (don't click the google ad links along the top...)

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