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• Reference, Facts, News – Free and Family-friendly Resources – Refdesk.com

  Refdesk is a free and family friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based reference resources.

  Tags: reference, search, research, information, resources

• Physical Reference Data-Physics Laboratory (National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Tags: physrefdata, physics, chemistry, data, science

• Free PowerPoint Templates and Backgrounds

  Tags: powerpoint, templates, presentation, template, ppt, resources, backgrounds

• Connect: Microsoft SharedView

  Tags: microsoft, tools, collaboration, sharing, remote, software, desktop, windows, education, technology, web_2.0, PLN, PLC

• GPS Activities & Lesson Plans

  Using GPS and Geocaching in the core curriculum has become a powerful tool in enhancing student understanding of geography, scientific inquiry, math concepts, physical education, problem solving, and language arts. Students in this picture are mapping a local park. It was an easy 5 minute walk to the park. The teacher planned out waypoints for the student to log as part of a larger introduction to how GPS units work.

  Tags: gps, geocaching, lessons, lesson, geography, technologyintegration, geocache, lessonplans

  • via Joe Castillo – By Fred Delventhal

  • Using GPS and Geocaching in the core curriculum has become a powerful tool in enhancing student understanding of geography, scientific inquiry, math concepts, physical education, problem solving, and language arts. Students in this picture are mapping a local park. It was an easy 5 minute walk to the park. The teacher planned out waypoints for the student to log as part of a larger introduction to how GPS units work.

• The Problem Site: Problem Solving and Educational Games

  lay Educational Games, Solve Problems & Puzzles!
  At The Problem Site, you can play educational games and daily puzzles, find interesting reference pages, and engage in fun problem solving activities. There are word games, math games, math problems, mystery quests, and many other free educational resources.

  Tags: math, interactive, education, solving, puzzles, problem_solving, fun, maths

• The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites – Apps and Services – Reviews by PC Magazine

  Tags: undiscovered, tools, websites, top100

• Planbook by Hellmansoft

  Now teachers can put their lesson plans online for easy access anywhere.

  Tags: teaching, planning, lessonplans

• SoundJay.com – Free Sound Effects

  Welcome to Sound Jay’s free sound effects web site! You are allowed to use the sounds on our website free of charge and royalty free in your projects but you are NOT allowed to post the sounds on any web site for others to download, link directly to individual sound files, or sell the sounds to anyone else. Remember to read Terms of Use before downloading and using the sound effects or music tracks. Most files are 16 bit stereo 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz high quality sound effects. Remember to bookmark us, as we will often add new sounds.

  Tags: soundeffects, audio, sounds, music, mp3, resources, freeware, sound

• BioKIDS – Kids’ Inquiry of Diverse Species, Welcome

  Tags: science, biokids, animals, education, biology

• ..:: Glomera ::..

  Create free web TV broadcasts

  Tags: webtv, glomera, tv, web2.0, Internet, tools, video, streaming

• Send a Fax for Free – Try e-Faxing with MyFax.com

  Tags: fax, efaxing

• Download YouTube Videos as an MP3, WMV, AVI, MOV, WAV for FREE!

  Tags: youtube, converter, download, flash

• Més que tapes – Inicia

  Tags: crafts, education, classroom, classroom displays, carteles, muraldaula, mural, images

• Eric Blue’s Blog » Blog Archive » 15 Effective Tools for Visual Knowledge Management

  Tags: visualization, mindmapping, tools, education, technology, classroom

• GizaPage

  Upload your email lists and instantly discover more profiles of your friends

  Tags: web2.0, social_networking

• TwitVid – Share Videos on Twitter

  The easiest way to share video on Twitter.

  Tags: twitter, video

• Google Calculator Funny Tricks

  Google search box not only analyze our search string and display perfect results but also provide variety of features such as currency conversions, movie timings, weather forecasts, calculator etc.

  Tags: google, google_search, search, calculator, education, tips, tricks

• Top News – New search tool gives pause to some

  Tags: walfromAplha, trends, search, education, edtech

  • A new search tool that is set to launch formally May 18 allows users to input queries and receive answers to fact-based questions. If it works as advertised, the web site, called WolframAlpha, could be another useful tool for students and researchers — though some educators say they are skeptical about the search tool.
  • Champaign, Ill.-based Wolfram Research develops the advanced math and analysis software Mathematica, and because the software includes data that have been “curated”–found and verified–by more than 100 Wolfram employees, over the years the company has built a wide knowledge base. Now, WolframAlpha lets the wider world have a crack at it–something that gives pause to some in education.

• Texting May Be Taking a Toll on Teenagers – NYTimes.com

  Texting May Be Taking a Toll

  Tags: texting, stress, teenagers, digitalcitizenship, digital_citizenship, nytimes, teens, social_networking

• Psykopaint – Online photo painting tool

  Tags: classroom, classroom displays, muraldaula, crafts, photography, psykopaint

• Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English

  Tags: math, education, videos, science, learning

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