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Join us this Wednesday for “Chatting it Up with EdTechTalk.”  Presenters include: Leesa Biedermann (Lisa Parisi) Edith Halderman (Lisa Durff) and Hoser Rhode (Jose Rodriguez)

EdTechTalk is the premiere online site for free live shows by educators for educators. This home-grown webcasting site has weekly shows dealing with a variety of educational issues.  Come learn how to get involved and increase your learning and your PLN.  Find out about starting your own show.

SLT TIME:  5 p.m. SLT ( 7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST)

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• 10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About

  Tags: youtube, tools, tricks, embed, hacks, blogging, list, hack

Posted from Diigo. The rest of APS ITCs group favorite links are here.

These are my links for August 29th through August 30th:

• 10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About -
• Home of the Free online gradebook for teachers students parents - GradeBookPortal - GradeBookPortal is an educational portal that is free for educational professionals to utilize to manage their class work online in a secure environment. The software is dedicated to remaining free and relevant with the changes in technology. Compare out features and functions to the subscription based applications that cost hundreds of dollars yearly.

  Via RJ

• Why I Didn?t Do Homework « Education On The Plate -
• Teaching With Humor -
• Diagrammr - Create and share diagrams by writing sentences!

• Why I Didn’t Do Homework « Education On The Plate

  Tags: education, homework, teachers, teaching, learning, students

• Teaching With Humor

  Tags: lessonplans, humor, teaching, resources, lessons, Fun, humour, education

  • From Mr. Byrne - By Fred Delventhal

Posted from Diigo. The rest of APS ITCs group favorite links are here.

• EconEdLink | a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic education lesson plans for K-12 teachers and their students

  Tags: math, socialstudies, economics

• Xpeditions @ nationalgeographic.com

  Tags: geography, maps, socialstudies, education, science, resources, teaching, lessons

• EDSITEment - The Best of the Humanities on the Web

  Tags: humanities, education, lessonplans, history, literature, teaching, resources, reference

• Illuminations: Welcome to Illuminations

  Tags: math, interactive, resources, lessons, education

• ReadWriteThink

  Tags: reading, literacy, earlychildhood

• ARTSEDGE: ARTSEDGE Home

  Tags: education, arts, resources, music, teaching, lessonplans, thinkfinity, theater

• Picnik

  Tags: photos, photography, tools, editing, editor

• Encyclopedia of Life

  The Encyclopedia will be an online reference and database on all 1.8 million species currently known to science and will stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. The Encyclopedia of Life will help all of us better understand life on our planet.

  Tags: science, biology, encyclopedia, reference, education, nature, animals, wiki, social

  • The Encyclopedia will be an online reference and database on all 1.8 million species currently known to science and will stay current by capturing information on newly discovered and formally described species. The Encyclopedia of Life will help all of us better understand life on our planet. - By Randy Rodgers

• The Alphabetizer puts just about any list in alphabetical order. Alphabetize words, songs, titles, email addresses, phrases, sentences. Sort your library today!

  Alphabetize lists and much more. The Alphabetizer puts just about any list in alphabetical order. A great tool for alphabetizing song lists. An online alphabetizer.

  Tags: tools, alphabetize, alphabetizer, web2.0, list, tool, lists

• iLoveSchools.com

  iLoveSchools.com works with teachers, schools and districts, encouraging kids to stay in school while helping them gain a lifelong love for learning. We match America’s school teachers with individual, group and corporate donors of new, used or in-kind classroom resources. Donors select the classrooms receiving their donation as well as tell us how much we can use to cover our administrative costs.

  Tags: education, supplies, grants, donations, donation, funding, teacher, iloveschools.com, web_2.0, classroom, learning

• Main Page - SalamanderWiki

  SaLamander Wiki

  Tags: secondlife, education, salamanderwiki, Wiki, sled

  • SaLamander Wiki - By Jackie Gerstein

• Multiple email addresses for one Gmail Account at Sean Deasy

  Handy tip that lets teachers register students on sites requiring email addresses, even if student do not have email accounts.

  Tags: gmail, google, email, accounts, tips

  • Handy tip that lets teachers register students on sites requiring email addresses, even if student do not have email accounts. - By Randy Rodgers

• Free teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive activities

  Tags: thinkfinity, teaching, lessonplans, technology, resources

• Thinkfinity Literacy Network | Achieving Literacy Across the Lifespan

  Tags: literacy, resources, lessons, thinkfinity, professional_development, literature, education

• Free Online Lesson Plan Software for Teachers of All Grade Levels

  Tags: no_tag

• FunPhotoBox - Best Photo Effects and Gif Animations. Photo Fun online. Create funny pictures.

  Tags: photos, editor, effect, funphotobox, image, montage, photography, fun, mashups, web_2.0, technology, images, education

• Welcome | Teaching Copyright

  Tags: copyright, education, fairuse, teaching, curriculum, creativecommons, technology, fair_use

• Html Comment Box - Comment Box Code

  Create a comment box on your wiki or other site.

  Tags: commentbox, comment, html

  • Create a comment box on your wiki or other site. - By Louise Maine

• ZuiTube - The largest collection of online videos for kids

  Tags: zuitube, children, youtube, kids, education, technology, web_2.0, video

• Infloox - Literary search engine/wiki

  Website devoted to literature research; combines a search engine with wiki-style pages and artificial intelligence. Use it to find an author’s favourite influences, as well as who they in turn influenced.

  Tags: infloox, influences, influence, inspiration, books, literature, authors, literary, writers, web, 2.0, librarians, academic, research

• Free Printable Sample Document Templates, Calendar, Invitation, Card

  This site has lots of free downloadable and printable templates including some educational worksheets.

  Tags: letter, calendar, resume, organizer, education, math, worksheets, cards, templates, print, download

  • This site has lots of free downloadable and printable templates including some educational worksheets. - By Jennifer Dorman

• Home | MyPlantId : Find, Identify, and Post Plants

  Tags: botany, plants, identification, maps, mashup, images, education, technology, web_2.0, classroom, learning, PLN, PLC

• #Edchat: Join the Conversation | Teacher Reboot Camp

  Tags: no_tag

  • Over 60 educators have participated in #edchat discussions. Will you collaborate with us to create educational change?
  • Although relatively new, #edchat has become an incredible collaborative tool for educators to debate and evaluate solutions to various problems through Twitter. Over 60 educators and administrators have contributed to the #edchat discussions from various countries around the world. In what other forum would this be possible?

• Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

  Tags: education, moodle

  • Mr. Regier sees things evolving fairly rapidly, accelerated by the increasing use of social networking technolo

  • The real promise of online education, experts say, is providing learning experiences that are more tailored to individual students than is possible in classrooms. That enables more “learning by doing,” which many students find more engaging and useful.

• Home of the Free online gradebook for teachers students parents - GradeBookPortal

  gradebookportal.com free online gradebook system, free web based tools for teachers, free homework calendar, free student & parent messaging, free attendance tool

  Tags: online gradebook, gradebook, gradebookportal

• Discovery Educator Network Details - Twibbon.com - Start Something!

  Twibbon - Start something!

  Tags: twitter, den, pictures

  • Twibbon - Start something! - By Heather Sullivan

• Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom: Does Homework Raise Attainment?

  Tags: no_tag

  • Does Homework Raise Attainment?

• animoto - Using video clips in Animoto videos

  Animoto now takes video clips! This is awesome for quick, slick video publishing.

  Tags: PLC, mashups, PLN, images, video, education, technology, web_2.0, learning, classroom

  • Animoto now takes video clips! This is awesome for quick, slick video publishing. - By Jennifer Dorman

• TubeChop - Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes (01:13)

  Tags: tubechop, music, benjamin_zander, classical, education, conductor, teacher, shining_eyes

• Collaboration Projects | How I Spent My Summer Vacation

  The focal point for this project is How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague. Participating classrooms can write their own summer vacation adventure story or calculate the miles traveled during their vacation. Both activities will be shared via the Internet. Project begins August 31st.

  Tags: collaboration, online, backtoschool, collaborate, web2.0, art, reading, writing, math, K-6, elementary, technology, integration

  • The focal point for this project is How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague. Participating classrooms can write their own summer vacation adventure story or calculate the miles traveled during their vacation. Both activities will be shared via the Internet. Project begins August 31st. - By Jennifer Jensen
  • I love this project .. thanks for sharing! :0) - By eva harvell

• Food Nutrition Comparisons | twofoods

  Tags: nutrition, food

• Home | MyPlantId : Find, Identify, and Post Plants

  Tags: classification, botany, plants

Posted from Diigo. The rest of Discovery Educator Network group favorite links are here.

These are my links for August 27th:

• Socializr - Free Online Invitations, Party Planning, and Event Sharing -
• Create group plans // Which Date Works // www.WhichDateWorks.com -
• twtvite :: a simple event manager twitter app. -
• Online Invitations -
• Online Invitations, party planning and event management from pingg -
• Free Online Invitations, Party Planning and Guest List Management from Anyvite -
• Google Tutor: Tutorials and Tips for Google Users -
• Create Windows 7 USB using WinToFlash -

• 10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download

  Tags: reference, tools, gmail, cheatsheet, firefox, cheat_sheets, howto, tips, tricks, printables

• Free Online Lesson Plan Software for Teachers of All Grade Levels

  Tags: no_tag

• My StoryMaker : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

  Tags: writing, storymaker, interactive, digitalstorytelling, story

• Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students

  Tags: iphone, ipod, ipodtouch, education, school, apps

• Top 10 Free Online Tycoon Games You Should Try

  Tags: tycoon, games, education, learning

  • Depending on the Tycoon game it can be very educational. If you remember the old lemonade stand, that could be thought of as a tycoon game. - By Fred Delventhal

• TechPosters

  Tags: techposters, posters, howto, tech, printables

Posted from Diigo. The rest of APS ITCs group favorite links are here.

These are my links for August 26th:

• Top 10 Free Online Tycoon Games You Should Try -
• MakeUseOf Downloads | MakeUseOf.com -
• 20 Recommended Bookmarklets For Your Web Browser - Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makeuseof.com%2Ftag%2F20-must-have-bookmarklets-for-your-web-browser
• 10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download -
• TechPosters -
• Back to School: Top 10 iPhone Apps for Students -

Demb Oh presenting on Discovery Education Student Adventures.
posted by Riptide Furse on Eduisland 2 using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

DATE: Aug 26

WORKSHOP: Pack your Curiosity and GO! Part 2

PRESENTER: Demb Oh

DESCRIPTION:  3 trips, 9 teachers, 36 students, and the adventure of a
lifetime! From Cape Town to Johannesburg, and then on to the African
bush, come see what happened to STAR Discovery Educators as they
journeyed around the world and used technology to share their
experiences in real time.  And then learn how you can begin your own
Discovery Student Adventure!

SLT TIME:  5 p.m. SLT ( 7 p.m. CST, 8 p.m. EST)

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• SMART Board Templates

  Tags: smartboard, templates, resources, iwb

• Teach Your Teachers Well - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

  Tags: nytimes, freakonomics, teachers, peers, education, testing

• Google Apps EDU - All of the Above

  Building a 21st century school now has an easy answer:
  Google Apps Education Edition
  Google Message Security, powered by Postini, is included free for K-12 schools who sign-up by July 2010.
  No hardware to maintain, no software to install, no ads, and no cost for schools.

  Tags: education, google, googleapps, email, postini, schools

  • Building a 21st century school now has an easy answer:
    Google Apps Education Edition - By Fred Delventhal

Posted from Diigo. The rest of APS ITCs group favorite links are here.

These are my links for August 25th:

• Teach Your Teachers Well - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com -
• Google Apps EDU - All of the Above - Building a 21st century school now has an easy answer:
  Google Apps Education Edition
  Google Message Security, powered by Postini, is included free for K-12 schools who sign-up by July 2010.
  No hardware to maintain, no software to install, no ads, and no cost for schools.
• Tech Support Cheat Sheet -

• How we Do What we Do

  Tags: edtech, computers, teachers, techsupport

  • Just a bit of humor. - By Fred Delventhal

Posted from Diigo. The rest of APS ITCs group favorite links are here.

These are my links for August 24th:

• How we Do What we Do -
• Must Pop Words -
• Rentoni Home - Rentoni keeps track of your lent and borrowed things related to people you deal with together with deadline dates for you. When a deadline date is coming Rentoni sends email reminders to you and related people. This helps things go back to their owners. No more your favourites lost!

• StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers

  Tags: science, solarsystem, space, astronomy, elementary, education, nasa, solar_system

• Printable Maps - Reference

  Tags: maps, geography, reference, map, travel, printable, download, pdf, states, counties, cities, county, city, state, atlas, education, technology, classroom, learning

• Welcome to Bubble Guru

  Tags: Tools, widget, bubble, webmaster, blog, webcam, recording, cool

• Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs

  2009-2010 National Special Education, Disability and Assistive Technology Conferences of Interest

  Tags: blog, Blogs, aac, specialeducation, resources, Curriculum, accessibility

• precipitate - Project Hosting on Google Code

  Precipitate for Mac OS 10.4 and greater lets you search for an launch information you have stored on the cloud from within Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac including: Google Docs (and apps accounts), Google Bookmarks, and Picasa Web Albums.

  Tags: google_docs, google_bookmarks, picasa

  • Precipitate for Mac OS 10.4 and greater lets you search for an launch information you have stored on the cloud from within Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac including: Google Docs (and apps accounts), Google Bookmarks, and Picasa Web Albums. - By Ann Oro

• Bubble Comment - Add A Personal Video To Your Web Page In Seconds

  Tags: web2.0, tools, bubble, comments, collaboration, web, software, webcam, web_2.0, technology, PLC, PLN, mashups, video

• Talkinator - talk like crazy!

  Add chat to your web site or profile page in seconds! Just copy and paste the code, and start typing!

  Tags: chat, IM, widgets, talkinator

• 25 (Free) 3D Modeling Applications You Should Not Miss | Tools

  Tags: 3D, application, 3dmodels, modeling

• Web 2.0 in Education (UK) Home - Web 2.0 in Education (UK)

  Tags: tools, web2.0, education, resources, edtech

• Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education | Media Education Lab

  Tags: copyright, literacy, fairuse, medialiteracy, creativecommons

• The Knowledge Sharing Place - LiveBinders

  Tags: education, technology, web_2.0, learning, classroom, mashups, PLC, PLN, images, aggregators, video

• KMLFactBook

  KmlFactBook is a unique site which lets you load data sets from CIA Factbook and WRI Earthtrends into Google Maps and create cool presentations from them. You can view facts such as population of various countries, their GDP, immigration rate and a lot more on Google Maps and on Google Earth. If you would like to view the data offline then you can download it in kml format and open it with the desktop version of Google Earth.

  Tags: maps, googleearth, Google, Google_Earth, geography, data, visualization, Factbook, KML, gis, education, technology, web_2.0, learning, classroom, mashups, images

  • KmlFactBook is a unique site which lets you load data sets from CIA Factbook and WRI Earthtrends into Google Maps and create cool presentations from them. You can view facts such as population of various countries, their GDP, immigration rate and a lot more on Google Maps and on Google Earth. If you would like to view the data offline then you can download it in kml format and open it with the desktop version of Google Earth. - By Jennifer Dorman

• Exploring Web 2.0 Teaching Ideas - Exploring Web 2.0 Teaching Ideas

  Tags: Web2.0, resources, teaching, education, PLN, exploring, ideas

• Lights At Night

  Tags: lights

• Atmosphere Design Lab

  Tags: atmosphere, Science

• SignApp Now - Simple Sign Up Sheets

  SignApp Now is the dead simple way of creating sign up sheets. It’s so simple you don’t need to register to use it. Just create a sign up sheet and email its unique link (URL) to everyone you’d like to sign up. They just need to go to the link and sign up. They don’t need to register too. It’s that simple and easy.

  Tags: signup, signapp, sign up, web2.0, signupsheet

• Google Apps K-12 Lesson Plans using Docs, Sites, and Calendar.

  Tags: google_apps, google, lessonplans

• HOW TO: Use Facebook for Professional Networking

  Tags: facebook, networking, pln, pd, professionallearningnetworks

• iNet - Investigate

  This online conference for students will explore why it is important for students to connect with other students from around the world, and how schools can support you to do this. Students are invited to submit resources around the conference theme which could include films, poems or essays.

  Tags: inet, education, technology, web_2.0, learning, classroom, students, conference

  • This online conference for students will explore why it is important for students to connect with other students from around the world, and how schools can support you to do this. Students are invited to submit resources around the conference theme which could include films, poems or essays. - By Jennifer Dorman

• Seth’s Blog: Education at the crossroads

  Actually, there isn’t one, there are three choices that anyone offering higher education is going to have to make. Should this be scarce or abundant? MIT and Stanford are starting to make classes available for free online. The marginal cost…

  Tags: education, school, learning, school v. learning, crossroads, future, sethgodin

• Interactive Language Arts Skill Builders for 4th Grade at I4C

  Language Art Games upper elementary, middle school

  Tags: no_tag

  • Language Art Games upper elementary, middle school - By dani hall

• Developing Questions for Critical Thinking

  Tags: Bloom’s Taxonomy, critical_thinking, bloomstaxonomy, thinking, critical, taxonomy, pedagogy

• Teacher attends national event - Bedford, MA - Bedford Minuteman

  Discovery Educator’s Network National Institute 2009

  Tags: DEN, DENNI, *Bedford, MA*

• AudioPal | Home

  Tags: audio, audiopal, education, technology, web_2.0, learning, PLN, PLC, mashups

• MyMoon

  Tags: mymoon

Posted from Diigo. The rest of Discovery Educator Network group favorite links are here.