Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 30, 2012

http://www.algebra.com/services/rendering/simplifier.mpl - free algebra solver that shows work - also http://www.mathway.com - not free

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/449163977/galileo-your-ios-in-motion - clever... gives iOS devices remote-controlled motion
http://www.screenleap.com/ - instant screen sharing - no sign up, free (secure?)
http://www.microsoft.com/education/en-us/teachers/guides/Pages/index.aspx - (repeat) Microsoft Ed teacher guides on various topics
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/financial-literacy-high-school-students-brian-page - financial literacy for HS students
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new/3-big-rules-your-kids-may-be-breaking-online - 3 rules your kids may be breaking online
http://www.teachbuzz.com/ - find lessons using age, keywords, etc. - online ideas
https://sites.google.com/a/rlsms.com/knowledge-quest/ - warcraft-like MMP game with learning tasks and rewards - interesting twist
http://www.android4schools.com/2012/03/27/digitize-student-work-with-the-three-ring-app - "digitize" student work by taking pics of it on a mobile
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/01/list-of-great-educational-infographics.html - list of educational infographics - some are very useful...
http://appitic.com/ - collection of educational apps - emphasis on pedagogy
http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ - music categorized by instrument, genre, artist, etc.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/videos/ - SD zoo live web cams for various animals
http://www.thatquiz.org/ - random quizzes on math, vocabulary, etc - simple format but effective
http://au.ixl.com/ - Math help/tutoring from Australia - good collection of topics
http://bluestacks.com/ - run Android apps on PC
http://myths.e2bn.org/index.php - myths and legends - easily create your own animated stories - looks like fun

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 26, 2012

http://voicethread.wistia.com/m/lO4Bdy - excellent webinar on using VoiceThread in Moodle

http://piktochart.com/ - interesting infographic creation site - looks easy to use
http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=2796 - integrating infographics in the classroom
http://vimeo.com/31098764 - video about games to change the world - winners of Microsoft Tech award
http://www.videogamesandkids.com/index.html - Modern Parents' Guide to Kids and Video Games - PDF and eBooks
http://www.heapr.com/#l=web&q= - Heapr - search aggregator - fast searching on multiple engines
http://lifehacker.com/5895808/callnote-records-skype-calls-and-saves-the-audio-to-evernote-automatically - record Skype calls to Evernote
http://movietom.wordpress.com/ - MovieTom - blog with videos about making short movies in classroom
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/chronozoom/ - Microsoft Research ChronoZoom - visualize the history of everything
http://goo.gl/I5Gcl - 80 alternatives to Youtube - google doc - not very convenient to view

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 25, 2012

http://justcrosswords.com/ - crossword site - I use Eclipse Crossword maker - http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new - new phet simulations from UColo - chemistry and physics
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/40730/best-google-search-tips - 38 tips to get better Google Search Results - handy!
http://www.myweb4ed.com/?p=902 - links to preferred apps for education - also http://edudemic.com/2012/02/1000-apps/
https://www.speakpipe.com/ - voicemail link on your website - very cool...!  Free while in beta (ides: use Google Chrome speech widget to generate a text message...)
http://mrspripp.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/you-teach-child-to-blogcommon-concerns.html - concerns about student blogging - also: http://mrspripp.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/14-steps-to-meaningful-student-blogging.html
http://appsineducation.blogspot.com/2012/03/jackpot-ipad-lessons.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter - iPad training lessons by Lisa Johnson now in Pinterest

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 24, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDVSw54VU1A - 3rd graders on writing quality comments in blogs

Ideas from webinar: Have students earn a personal blog by participating in a class blog; have parents administer their students' blog...
http://techieang.edublogs.org/2012/03/23/byod-in-primary/ - BYOD in primary school - at least not yet in utero...!
http://www.projectperfect.com.au/student.htm - help for students when planning a project - tips and resources you can download
http://clea.nr/ - install a browser extension that cleans up Amazon and YouTube pages - I'm a bit cautious about this one...
http://wikisummarizer.com/Pages/Default.aspx - Wikipedia summarizer - good for generating keywords - didn't work for "swimming"
http://www.goofram.com/ - Search Google and Wolfram at once - gives a nice clean page of hits...
http://kulowiectech.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/paperless-research-paper-x-ipads.html#comment-form - paperless research project using iPads
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/ - Accidental Scientist: the science of cooking
http://vocaroo.com/ - simple online voice recording - generates an online link you can share - a bit scratchy for me
https://sites.google.com/site/amslerclassroom/ - working with Google Sites in education
http://planbookedu.com/ - online free planning book for teachers
http://classroomtalk.com/?p=839 - 40 best iPad apps for young learners
http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=3962 - 50 Web 2.0 sites for schools

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 23, 2012

https://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=12820340213487254111 - Useful Google Docs Templates

http://www.androidzoom.com/ - thousands of Android apps
http://climateinteractive.wordpress.com/2012/03/09/19-climate-games-that-could-change-the-future/ - climate games that could change the future
http://www.centerforfiction.org/ - resources for readers and writers - very nice pages
http://tpreskett.blogspot.com/2012/03/collaborative-bookmarking-in-education.html - collaborative bookmarking in education
http://graphwords.com/word#name - cool hyperbolic tree based on words - like visual thesaurus
http://www.openculture.com/free_ebooks - 300 free eBooks - lots of classics and old SF

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 22, 2012

http://goo.gl/DyUnW - Second Life Quickstart - handy reference

http://www.mchumor.com/science_weather_toons.html - cartoon web pages - this one is weather
http://mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.ca/2011/10/38-sites-on-using-ipads-in-classroom.html#.T2tEK9WfiZc - 39 iPad in the classroom sites
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/press_corps/index.asp - Scholastic news by and for kids - also see http://www.weeklyreader.com/subcategory/74
http://edudemic.com/2012/03/best-101-web-tools/ - 101 web 2.0 tpols every teacher should know about
http://sk19math.blogspot.com.au/ - math concepts explained - kind of random selection

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Diigo Ed Picks - Mar 21, 2012

http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/03/what-is-dart.html - Google has a scripting language for web apps

http://www.instagrok.com/ - innovative search and notetaking portal that can be adjusted according to ability.
http://search.carrot2.org/stable/search - cluster your search results - builds a tree with folders - cool!
http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/03/real-world-math-ideas-for-using-google.html - using Google Earth in math class
http://dotepub.com/ - convert any web page to ePub
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/magazine/19video-t.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&fb_source=message - NYTimes: video games in the classroom
http://goo.gl/5UnOX - making your own eBooks - some specific instructions
http://blog.edmodo.com/2012/03/20/video-ceo-nic-borgs-presentation-at-sxswedu/ - update on Edmodo

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