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Clarence Fisher’s blog and resources
tags: blog, clarence, fisher, web2.0 - JakesOnline!
David Jakes blog and resources
tags: education, web2.0, technology, edtech, blog, presenter, davidjakes - Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org
Miguel Guhlin’s blog and resources
tags: mguhlin, moodle, education, Blog, edtech, presenter, miguelguhlin - Global Voices Online
“Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online – shining light on places and people other media often ignore.”
tags: web2.0, blog, global, activism, world, media - DAYTUM
Daytum helps you collect, categorize, and communicate your everyday data.
tags: web2.0, data, visualization, tracking, infographics, design - Swebapps
The easy way to build your own app. » Create an iPhone application for your business in minutes. » Track your mobile application usage with the App Tracker. » Update your mobile app content in real time.
tags: iphone, generator, swebapps, apps, Development - Readability – An Arc90 Lab Experiment
Simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you’re reading.
tags: readability, reading, tools, web - Skoffer
“With Skoffer you can build in a screencast-recorder, that runs without installation directly from the browser, into your website. ” The Skoffer project provides a free service which allows you to build in “One Click Screencasting” into your website. The goal of Skoffer is to make the web more user friendly and easy by enabling weblogs, PC support forums, wikis etc. to use screencasting
tags: screencasting, screencast, skoffer, tools, web2.0, resources, technology - Stupeflix – Video production made easy
Stupeflix is a REST web service that turns your pictures, videos, and text into professional videos.
tags: tools, web2.0, multimedia, presentation, video, resources, technology - Kideos.com – The Online Kids Video Network | Safe Videos for Children
Kideos is the premier destination for kids to safely watch videos online. Each video on Kideos has been screened by our Video Advisory Council before it makes it onto our site. Our goal is to empower parents to feel comfortable allowing their child to spend time on Kideos, while also making sure children have a thoroughly entertaining experience.
tags: kids, YouTube, videos for kids, kideos, resources - Wiffiti
“Wiffiti publishes real time messages to screens in thousands of locations from jumbotrons to jukeboxes, bars to bowling alleys and cafes to colleges. You can interact with Wiffiti from your mobile phone or the web.”
tags: web2.0, wiffiti, text, resources, mobile - Welcome to CalcEnstein – The Ultimate Web Based Calculator
Ultimate online calculators for all types of math/science
tags: education, tools, resources, technology, math, kids, online, calculators - Posterous
The place to post everything. Just email us. Really simple blog by email.
tags: blog, web2.0, tools, posterous, social, service - Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick
Online Notice Board maker–post notes to make announcements, send well-wishes, keep notes, etc…
tags: web2.0, wallwisher, technology, tools, stickies - Fliggo
“Fliggo is an out-of-the-box, all-in-one, solution for creating your own video website. Whether it’s a video blog, a YouTube-like community, a private site for your company or family, Fliggo is the most flexible platform for your needs. ”
tags: fliggo, video, website, web2.0, tools, resources
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0063 TCT – Another not-quite-mobile podcast
- Write rhymes
Write whatever and get words that rhyme!
tags: poetry, writing, rhymes, tools, generator, web2.0, resources, language - Magnetic Poetry Kids’ Poetry Pages
Magnetic Poetry has found its way into the classroom. This is a fun “manipulative,” allowing students to play with language and improve their writing skills in the process. Choose “play” to choose a kit and play online. Choose “poetry” to ready poetry created by kids around the world!
tags: poetry, magnetic, interactive, kids, writing, tools, web2.0, language, resources - Storybird – Collaborative storytelling
Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids and families. Two (or more) people create a Storybird in a round robin fashion by writing their own text and inserting pictures. They then have the option of sharing their Storybird privately or publicly on the network. The final product can be printed (soon), watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library. Storybird is also a simple publishing platform for writers and artists that allows them to experiment, publish their stories, and connect with their fans.
tags: writing, storytelling, digitalstorytelling, collaborative, story, storybird - Science Pirates: The Curse of Brownbeard
Science Pirates: The Curse of Brownbeard is a 3D educational computer game that communicates scientific processes and food safety knowledge in an environment of scientific exploration. Download required. Mac and Windows compatible.
tags: science, games, education, tools, technology - tutpup – play, compete, learn
Our aim is to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge.
tags: math, interactive, spelling, elementary, education, tutpup, web2.0, games, tools - Welcome to Youth Voices | Youth Voices
Youth Voices is a meeting place where students and their teachers share, distribute, and discuss their inquiries and digital work online. It’s a space where teachers nurture student-to-student conversations, collaborations, and civic actions that result from publishing and commenting on each others texts, images, audio and video.
tags: youth, youthvoices, socialnetworking, students, voices, blog - Wiggio – Makes it easy to work in groups.
“Free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. On Wiggio, you can share and edit files, manage a group calendar, poll your group, post links, set up conference calls, chat online and send mass text, voice and email messages to your group members. Each group member can define how they want to keep informed of group activity.
tags: collaboration, web2.0, groups, wiggio - Aardvark
“Aardvark is a new kind of tool that lets you tap into the knowledge and experience of friends and friends-of-friends. Send Aardvark a question (from the web, IM, email, Twitter, or iPhone) and you’ll get a quick, helpful response from someone with… * The right knowledge * Similar tastes * Friends in common”
tags: aardvark, collaboration, search, collaborative, knowledge - CandyCaneApps – Fling
“The latest #1 selling hit from CandyCane, Fling! features 10,000s of unique puzzles split into 19 levels of increasing difficulty, guaranteeing many hours of puzzling fun! Each puzzle has a single, unique solution, and is solved by simply flinging (pushing) the furballs, and watching them bump each other off the edge of the screen, until only one is left.”
tags: fling, iApps, game, strategy - Aardvark
Aardvark app for iPhone/iPod Touch
tags: aardvark, iphone, iApps, collaboration
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0062 TCT – No peanut butter required!
- SecretBuilders – A Fun, Free, Cool Online Virtual World MMO for Kids!
SecretBuilders is a safe, virtual world for children 6 to 14 years old where they can explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends as well as famous real and fictional characters from history and the humanities. Children will also be able to publish and share their writings and artwork with each other and have tons of fun doing it all! tags: interactive, secretbuilders, virtualworlds, kids, learning - Screenjelly – What’s on your screen?
Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it via Twitter or email. Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like. tags: screencapture, screencast, screencasting, screenjelly, webapp, record, web2.0, video - Doodle: easy scheduling
Doodle helps finding suitable dates and times for group events, e.g., an appointment, a conference call, a family reunion, etc. Doodle is particularly easy to use – and passes the „grandma-test“. In addition to scheduling events, Doodle also supports polls in general. That is, groups can conveniently decide on options other than dates. tags: polls, tools, collaboration, calendar, doodle, online, poll, voting, scheduling - The Art Of Storytelling » Home
The Art of Storytelling website was created by The Delaware Art Museum to allow online visitors to engage with our collections in a unique and creative way. Beyond experiencing our rich variety of art works in the traditional museum setting, this online project – the Art of Storytelling – allows visitors to create their own pictures and stories inspired by works in the museum. These visitor creations can then be shared, both as an email to a friend and published to this site as an entry for all to experience. In addition to creating pictures and writing stories, visitors with microphones enabled on their computers can also record their stories for others to hear. tags: storytelling, digitalstorytelling, digital_storytelling, writing, literacy, web2.0 - Teacher Tap: Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and Student Use Images and Media
This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources. The advice on this page is not a legal opinion. The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects. NOTE: Not all of these resources are copyright free, but most allow student to use and cite the projects in their assignments. tags: copyright, media, publicdomain, copyrightfriendly, photos, music, Graphics, Resources, education - Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly is a climate change education initiative offered by TakingITGlobal with the generous support of the Staples Foundation for Learning. The first Tread Lightly project, “Staples® and Students Together for a Smaller Footprint,” incorporates artistic expression, online tools and resources, along with a global 40-day challenge to engage secondary school students in minimizing their ecological footprints. tags: TIG, global, ecological, footprint - ABCya! The Leader in Kids Educational Computer Games & Activities
ABCya!!! is a leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. The activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading while introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade games are equipped with sound to enhance understanding. tags: interactive, elementary, abcya, webapps, IWB, applications - Geocaching – The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
Geocaching is a global treasure hunting game where participants locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share their experiences online. The iPhone 3G uses a combination of GPS, Wi-Fi positioning and cell towers to determine your approximate location. Groundspeak’s iPhone Application then queries the Geocaching.com database in real-time and provides a list of geocaches near you. tags: geocaching, gps, maps, geography, geocache, fun, travel, iApps - Number Line
Educational game app that helps students learn about fractions, decimals, and percents by ordering equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents on a number line. tags: iApps, math, number, line, mathematics
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0061 TCT – Not about a pharmacy
Holy COW but our mouse clicks are LOUD! Sorry about that! But stick around for the content!
- BigHugeLabs and Education
Are you using BigHugeLabs in the classroom? Sign up for a free Educator account and get the following benefits: * Pre-register your students so they can sign in without requiring an email address. * View and download content created by your students. * Use the site advertising-free. * Ready to print ID cards for your students (tags: bighugelabs, creativity, fun, education, create, generate) - 12 Sites To Create Cartoon Characters of Yourself | Web 2.0
Have kids that aren’t allowed to share photos of themselves for their avatar? Cartoonize them! (tags: avatar, cartoon, tools, create, design, students, kids) - I Am What I Learn
Video contest for students age 13 and up. (tags: contest, obama, education, learning) - eFieldTrips.org
Virtual field trips with opportunities to discuss with experts (tags: science, virtualfieldtrips, geography, FieldTrips, education, virtual) - Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English
LOTS of videos broken down by subject for use in the classroom (tags: education, science, math, resources, kids, english, video, free, lessons) - Online Polls | Real Time | Geolocation
A new polling web app! Initial reaction is an A for sure, but we haven’t really put it to the test yet. (tags: polls) - Student Blogging Guidelines by Kim Cofino
Guidelines to give your students on responsible blog posting (tags: literacy, blogging, student, guidelines, education)
- pcs-tech / Document Cameras in the Classroom
Links upon links upon links on using document cameras in the classroom (tags: documentcamera, document camera, resources, links) - iApp – Words with Friends
It’s Scrabble! Well… LIKE Scrabble (tags: iapp, ipod, touch, iphone) - iApp – Bathtub Letters App
Place letters on a virtual bathtub wall and hear a voice tell you the letters and the simple words you make (tags: iapp, ipod, touch, iphone)