Diigo Ed Picks - May 15, 2012

http://goo.gl/IrmSX - High tech vs no tech - arguments for both

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EL_g0tyaIeE#t=145s - how a bad backup almost killed Toy Story 2
http://goo.gl/B7QSv - Is Google has us using Internet as our main memory
http://vodcasting.ning.com/ - network for vodcasting teachers
http://www.lightworksbeta.com/ - Lightworks - video editor - new Windows version on the way...
http://youtube.clea.nr/ - Youtube cleaner videos - much less clutter when viewing
http://www.tiki-toki.com/ - create beautiful interactive timelines
http://www.cosketch.com/ - simple whiteboard sharing
http://www.poissonrouge.com/schoolofchinese/ - children's animated Mandarin site
http://www.mathsonline.co.uk/nonmembers/gamesroom/bugs/bugrace3.html - interesting two-player math game - also teaches letters
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturemac/Screen_Capture_Utilities_for_Macintosh.htm - Mac screen capture utilities
http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/ - K12 tech tools - useful collection
http://www.123dapp.com/123d#download123D - Free Autodesk modeling program - can create STL files for 3D printers

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Diigo Ed Picks - May 14, 2012

http://edshelf.com/ - directory and personal library of digital tools for educators - incl reviews and ratings

http://goo.gl/cDWfk - Reminder of Scratch Day - May 19 - with some resources
http://goo.gl/cswVp - Plug for Wi Fi Chromebooks instead of tablets ($479 price - 10hr battery - notebook...)
http://seeme.org.au/ - promotes positive body image and more
http://fcit.usf.edu/matrix/gradelevel.php - technology integration matrix - videos about examples, categorized by grade and application
http://www.wikipaintings.org/ - the wiki of art and artists
http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/math-games.html#teachers - a ton of math games for elem/secondary school
http://www.convergemag.com/training/Googles-8020-Principle-New-Jersey-School.html - Give students 20% of time off to work on their own projects
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/parents-guide-to-twitter/ - parent's guide to twitter
https://burnnote.com/#/view - send a message that gets deleted after it is read (like for passwords, etc)
http://www.only2clicks.com/pages/ipadapps4education/464735 - like a livebinder - this on iPad apps
http://goo.gl/72rVF - picture editing apps that work in the Google Drive
http://www.zimmertwins.com/splash - cute animation site for kids - make cartoons
http://lifehacker.com/5909501/how-to-choose-the-best-chart-for-your-data - chosing the best chart for your data
http://searchenginereports.net/articlecheck.aspx - another plagiarism checker
http://goo.gl/gvXcG - 11 tech tools to teach to core standards
http://www.labnol.org/internet/rss-feeds-directory/21242/ - create rss feeds for common social sites

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Diigo Ed Picks - May 13, 2012

http://www.spreaker.com/ - record and broadcast yourself - also try http://www.recordmp3.org/

http://www.inudge.net/ - create music on a matrix - very cool and easy!
http://www.youtube.com/user/shakespeareanimated - stop action animation of Shakespeare - not Wallace & Grommet, but well done
http://www.ibuildapp.com/ - design your own mobile app online for free
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/monsters-learn-3d-sculpting-123d-sculpt-ipad/ - build 3D models on iPad
http://www.instantsfun.es/reallife - interesting - sound effect buttons - other categories - have to capture online to use
http://goo.gl/aNxnM - repeat: ICT Magic - a vast collection of Web 2.0 and computer tools

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Diigo Ed Picks - May 12, 2012

http://imagecharteditor.appspot.com/ - make connect the dot puzzles

http://kids.tate.org.uk/ - tate art gallery page for kids
http://www.paintmap.com/ - locate art of geographic places using Google Maps
http://www.sketch.odopod.com/ - sketch application - seems to respond to function keys to change line
http://kyucon.com/qblock/ - 3D pixel art designer
http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2012/05/12/the-ipad-as-a-research-tool/ - iPad as a research tool
http://www.numbersleuth.org/universe/ - magnify the universe - very cool big to little animations
http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/05/favorite-educational-ipad-apps-for-kids-reading-writing/ - Kids' iPad apps for reading/writing

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Diigo Ed Picks - May 11, 2012

http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/ - twitter tools for PowerPoint

http://www.3dtin.com/ - Repeat: 3Dtin - draw 3d models online
http://www.nearpod.com/ - Create interactive mobile presentations on iPod
http://www.tsaweb.org/ - Technology Students Association - society for students into tech
http://spotlight.macfound.org/featured-stories/entry/how-teachers-make-cell-phones-work-in-the-classroom - put cell phones to work in classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rexKqvgPVuA&feature=related - history of English in 10 min
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/games/string_thing/index.html - online string musical instrument

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Diigo Ed Picks - May 10, 2012

http://www.squidoo.com/speed-up-chrome - speed up chrome up to 40%

http://goo.gl/D6Pb1 - Solidoodle - 3D printer on a budget - great for makers
http://goo.gl/br8aN - Scratch 2.0 - not yet, but soon - maybe May 19 - Scratch Day
http://www.videojug.com/tag/school-subjects - videos for the home schooled
http://www.teachingvideos.co.uk/ - cross curricular teaching videos on various subjects - British humor
http://goo.gl/FA4KR - Amazon cloud drive - up to 5Gb
http://k12videos.mit.edu/ - MIT videos by students - science topics and experiments
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/50-qr-code-resources-for-the-classroom/16093 - QR code resources for the classroom
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/ - Scratch site for teachers - we're using Scratch in 6th right now...
http://www.ultimatetitanic.com/education - Titanic history, facts, classroom projects - also http://www.titanic-nautical.com/RMS-Titanic-Iceberg-FAQ.html
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/12-reasons-school-district-tweeting-joe-mazza - reasons to start tweeting this summer

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Diigo Ed Picks - May 9, 2012

http://e-learningforkids.org/index.html - Nice website for e-learning and home schooling

http://trainingmag.com/content/game-based-learning-corporate-world - guidelines for using game based learning
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92629651/Google-Drive-and-Docs-for-Teachers-2012 - Google Drive and Docs for teachers
http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/HTML_Tutorials.html - HTML tutorials - this one covers Google Earth
http://www.thejohnboyer.com/new-education/ - New Ed Approcahes from a college educator - interesting links
https://tricider.com/en/t - post an idea, share and collect votes - social voting tool
http://goo.gl/pSJb0 - nice TED talk on learning by gaming
http://ael.gatech.edu/lab/research/arspot/ - ARSpot - augmented reality for kids - uses Scratch - very cool...
http://www.easel.ly/ - create free infographics online - easy and free
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/cliplets/ - Cliplets - Microsoft video tool to combine still and video clips - plus other projects

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