Tim Childers’ Blog

• Education, Social Media, and Ethics: Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education on Vimeo

  Howard Gardner, Learning Style Guru, discusses digital media and today’s youth. You have to see this…

  Tags: no_tag

• That’s Not Cool

  Tags: cyberbullying, internetsafety, middleschool, cool, digital_citizenship, onlinesafety, bullying, stalking

• The New Twhirl (preview release) for Team Seesmic-Twhirl

  A new version of Twhirl hidden away while its in Beta. Lots of cool new features! Post to Ping.fm. Create Seesmic videos right in Twhirl. More!

  Tags: twhirl, twitter, ping.fm, seesmic, video, text, microblog

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• 10×10 / 100 Words and Pictures that Define the Time / by Jonathan J. Harris

  Tags: no_tag

• Pipl - People Search

  Tags: search, people, searchengine, reference, tools, identity, searchengines, directory

• Public Performance Site Licenses for Schools - Show Copyrighted Movies in your School Legally

  Movie Licensing USA provides one-time and annual Public Performance Site Licenses so that K-12 schools can show movies legally for non-teaching activities such as Family Movie Nights, Before- After-School programs, Student Rewards, Holiday Events and more.

  Tags: copyright, legally, licenses, copyrighted, movies, legal

• BigPictureSmallWorld: Home

  Inspired Learning for the world. Serious Fun.

  Experiential programs for your school include:

  Tags: education, environment, issues, movies, fun, games, students, teachers, video, classroom

• Huffduffer

  Tags: links, podcast, create, generate, make, podcasting, subscribe, podcasts

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• Clay Animator How To Site: Clay Menu

  This site has many tips and dirctions for filming claymation.

  Tags: animator, claymation

• ScribbleLive | Liveblog live blogging

  Live blogging tool with Facebook, Twitter integration, lots of useful tools.

  Tags: liveblogging, blogging, blog, microblogging, collaboration, scribblelive, web2.0, technology

• Give Your Professional Development a Second Life Technology & Learning - February 2009 - (28)

  Tags: education, den, deninsl, sl, secondlife, discoveryeducatornetwork

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• Portrait Illustration Maker : Free Illustration Generater!

  Best ‘n’ Free Avatar Generater! Available for blogs and SNS!

  Tags: avatar, graphics, fun, icons, avatars, generator

• Dummies Book Cover Generator/Maker 2009

  Tags: generator, fun, humor, books, graphics, dummies, book, funny, web_2.0, classroom, technology, images

• Kids’ Vid: Video Production for Students

  An online site to help with student video development.

  Tags: digital_storytelling, tools, digitalstorytelling, education, storyboard, web, 2.0

• Listingly

  Online to-do lists — iPhone integration

  Tags: iphone, list, grocery, lists, education, technology

• Panoramic photography of the world.

  Wow imagine this one in a geography class…. virtual field trips on demand…

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• Yotify - My Scouts

  Tags: web2.0, socialnetworking, search, yotify, alerts, tracking, ALERT, tools, education, technology, web_2.0, social_networking

• Where is Your Username registered

  Tags: username, tools, Web2.0, search, social, socialnetworking, check, utilities, blogs, web_2.0, learning, education, technology, classroom

• Product Planner - View and Create User Flows, Viral Loops, and More.

  Tags: loops, flows, education, technology, web_2.0, collaboration, planning, spreadsheet, charts, brainstorming, projects

• Creative Web Tools For and By Kids / FrontPage

  Tags: technology, web2, curriculum, education, web_2.0

• Real talk video

  Louis C.K. talks about modern day society on Conan O’Brien.

  Tags: technology, education, comedy

• aMap

  aMap maps an argument

  Tags: writing, web2.0, visualization, amap, debate, arguments, Mindmapping, technology, education, web_2.0, learning, classroom

• tweentribune.com

  News for teens/tweens with ability to customize for classes. Blog format with printable student comments. Well-organized, topical, current events of interest to middle/high school. Teacher lounge, with lesson plans, to be added soon.

  Tags: currentevents, news, middleschool, highschool, newspaper, lessonplans

• ISTE | Giving Second Life a Second Chance

  Tags: iste, education, DEN, deninsl, discoveryeducation, discoveryeducator, secondlife, sl, teachers

• View | aMap

  visually map your arguments ….

  Tags: no_tag

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• 21cif.info

  Tags: QuickD

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• World History

  Tags: World_History, history, education, video, images, technology, maps, interactive, learning, classroom

• Visual Fractions - A Fraction Tutorial

  FRACTIONITIS frak’sheni’tis An increase in anxiety caused by the appearance of a numeral in fraction form.
  Symptoms: A blank stare, avoidance of math courses and math teachers.
  Cure: Associate fractions with a pleasant object, such as 1/4 of a pizza.

  Tags: fractions, math, manipulatives, interactive, education, Mathematics, tutorial, Lessons, worksheets

• spy :: visualizes the conversations on Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, Blogs and more.

  Tags: twitter, friendfeed, tools, spy, socialnetworking, google, web2.0, search, social_networking, technology, aggregators

  • spy can listen in on the social media conversations you’re interested in

• DashBlog

  FireFox plugin for blogging videos

  Tags: dashblog, blogs, technology, web_2.0, videos, FireFox

• Introducing Webspiration | myWebspiration

  Inspiration on the web. Still in Beta form.

  Tags: inspiration, Web2.0, collaboration, mindmap, curriculum, technology

• GenoPal - Color Schemes

  create color schemes for design products from any image

  Tags: genopal, photos, images, colors, technology, design, formatting, education

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• Motivator: Create your own customized motivational poster

  Tags: photos, tools, poster, fun, generator, humor, web2.0, posters, classroom, learning, images, education

• Yoowalk - Free virtual world to walk around the web and chat in 3D.

  Tags: web, web2.0, tools, visualization, virtual

• Online Coloring

  Tags: no_tag

• PhotoJoy – Amazing Photo Widgets, 3D Screensavers & Collages that display your personal photos!

  Tags: photos, widgets, wallpaper

• Classwish

  ClassWish, a nonprofit, makes it easy for teachers and schools to create Wish Lists of the supplies they need for students to excel. Parents and others in the community see exactly what is needed and contribute online. Together, we can make a powerful difference in our children’s lives

  Tags: grants, classwish, supplies, teachers, teacherresources, education, elementary, money, funding

  • ClassWish, a nonprofit, makes it easy for teachers and schools to create Wish Lists of the supplies they need for students to excel. Parents and others in the community see exactly what is needed and contribute online. Together, we can make a powerful difference in our children’s lives

• Academic Earth

  Tags: video, videos, lectures, academic, university

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• Free printable staff paper @ Blank Sheet Music .net

  Tags: music, blank_sheet, music_sheets, education, teaching

• spreeder.com - Free online speed reading application

  improve reading speed or fluency…

  Tags: no_tag

• The Secret Life of the Brain : 3-D Brain Anatomy

  Take a three-dimensional tour of the brain

  Tags: Brain, anatomy, education, learning, images, brain

• udtechtoolkit » home

  Tags: UDL, literacy, tools, bestpractices, technology, curriculum, education

• Vocaroo | Record and send voice emails

  Tags: vocaroo, voice, email, recording, technology, web_2.0

• Grown Up Digital

  Newest book by Don Tapscott

  Tags: technology, digital, book, Tapscott, Grown_Up_Digital, Digital_Natives, Net_Geners, digital_age, learning, education

• thisMoment

  Tags: timeline, thismoment, thismoment.com, web2.0, lifestream, microblog, video, social_networking

• Education Week: Students Turn Their Cellphones On for Classroom Lessons

  Students Turn Their Cellphones On for Classroom Lessons

  Tags: podcasts, cellphones, classroom, learning, technology

• The T-Bird Times - Middle School Newspaper / Multimedia Club!

  Great example of taking the school newspaper online

  Tags: newspaper, journalism, middleschool, educon

  • Great example of a digital school newspaper. - By Rob Jacklin

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These are my links for January 16th through January 22nd:

• Free wifi airports - SmallBusiness - Small Business Resources - Find airports with free wifi.
• Washington, DC Reagan National Airport - AirPower Wiki - Need to find a power outlet at the airport? Check out this wiki before you leave home!
• Literacy Help - Distributing inexpensive books to schools, groups and reading programs - Matching books for each order placed.
• Purple Planet Music - Great, free, royalty-free music for everyone. Three versions of each track available.
• Programs / Resources -

These are my links for December 29th through January 13th:

• Pixton? - Comic Strip Creator - Make Your Own Web Comics Online - No drawing necessary. Simply click and drag.
• Real World Math - Using Google Earth in the math classroom.
• Listen to Fables, Nursery Rhymes, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Lullabies, and More! | Speakaboos -
• California Library Literacy Services (CLLS) -
• Unite the Deeqs : A Free Online Game from Dairy Queen -