• DonorsChoose.org: Discovery Educator Network Giving Page

  tags: edtech

  • Discovery Educator Network Giving Page

  • Discovery Education supporters, please donate to one of the creative projects below submitted by STAR Discovery Educators from across the country!

• STOP cyberbullying: Cyberbullying - what it is, how it works and how to understand and deal with cyberbullies

  tags: edtech, cyberbullying, cybersafety

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• Use PollDaddy survey software to create your online surveys and polls!

  tags: edtech, poll, survey

  • Polldaddy Polls - Engage your visitors

    With your free account from PollDaddy you can start creating polls and place
    them on your website in minutes. Our polls are simple and flexible, allowing you
    to customize our styles to match your website social networking profile or email
    campaign.

• SlideRocket - The Best Online Presentation Software.

  tags: edtech, presentation, collaboration, slideshow, web2.0, powerpoint

  • Sounds worth a try. - post by etalbert
  • SlideRocket is a web application that provides everything you need to design professional quality presentations, manage and share libraries of slides and assets, and to deliver presentations in person or remotely over the web. - post by alanpoon
  • Un outil de création de présentations / diaporama en ligne. Un des meilleurs et des plus esthétiques. En flash…
    - post by sylvaincomte
  • 線上製作幻燈投影片的工具網站。設計師作品集、攝影師相集、企業資料、產品簡介…適用。 - post by anoranor
  • 

    Watch a demo or signup and get started now

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• Top News - Schools soon required to teach web safety

  tags: edtech

  • Bill passed by Congress also calls on federal officials to track broadband penetration
  • Schools receiving e-Rate discounts on their telecommunications services and internet access soon will have to educate their students about online safety, sexual predators, and cyber bullying, thanks to federal legislation passed in both the Senate and the House.

• Top News - Schools mull digital TV’s implications

  tags: edtech

  • The federally mandated switch to DTV in February raises technical questions involving schools’ coaxial cables and network capacities

• moourl.com

  tags: bookmarklet, edtech

  • Welcome to the web’s cutest URL shortening service. If you have a really loooong URL, just paste it in the text field below, and we’ll milk it, creating a moourl for you. It lasts forever, It’s automatically copied to your clipboard, and It’s really cute.
  • Welcome to the web’s cutest URL shortening service. If you have a really loooong URL, just paste it in the text field below, and we’ll milk it, creating a moourl for you. It lasts forever, It’s automatically copied to your clipboard, and It’s really cute.
  • Welcome to the web’s cutest URL shortening service. If you have a really loooong URL, just paste it in the text field below, and we’ll milk it, creating a moourl for you. It lasts forever, It’s automatically copied to your clipboard, and It’s really cute.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• Doodle: Easy Scheduling

  tags: edtech

  • Schedule an event…

    … such as a board meeting, business lunch, conference call, family reunion, movie night, or any other group event.

  • Make a choice…

    … among movies, menus, travel destinations, or among any other selection.

  • How does Doodle work?

    1. Create a poll.
    2. Forward the link to the poll to the participants.
    3. Follow online what the participants vote for

  • PowerDoodle with even more features

    Hidden polls, Ifneedbe polls, polls with time-zone support, and even more. More on that

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• Bitty Browser Home Page — Picture-in-Picture for the Web

  tags: edtech

  • “A browser in a widget,” which makes me wonder what’s meant by “widget.” - post by jaydugger
  • Was macht das? Klingt irgendwie cool, aber was macht das? - post by bernhard
  • Bitty is the little browser that goes on any Web page. It’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by stumax
  • web上のミニwebブラウザ - post by nibushibu
  • 网页的画中画功能 - post by jackie
  • 网页的画中画功能 - post by minimo
  • 网页的画中画功能 - post by jackiege
  • 一个可以在页面内嵌的浏览器，功能还算比较全，可以在网站上随意设置您的喜好，看上去比直接加入框架好看多了，真佩服作者的创意。不过遗憾的是底下的广告没办法去掉 - post by mingqing
  • Make your choice of Web site, RSS feed or podcast (including Flickr and del.icio.us) directly available from within any Web page. It’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by jcbuffington
  • Bitty is the little browser that goes on any Web page, it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by zhesto
  • It’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by svartling
  • Bitty is the little browser that goes on any Web page, it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by pixelator
  • Bitty is the little browser that goes on any Web page, it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by rickdog
  • Bitty is the little browser that goes on any Web page, it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by rickdog
  • Bitty is the little browser that goes on any Web page, it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. - post by geneboy
  • "Picture-in picture for the Web." I can’t quite see how to apply this, but it SEEMS nifty! - post by wroush
  • The tiny browser you can embed in pages - post by panickedthumb
  • Bitty Browser helps you keep track of your favorite Web stuff by enabling navigable windows directly within your favorite sites — it’s like Picture-in-Picture for the Web. More info…
  • For Web developers, bloggers, advertisers, publishers — Bitty Browser is the smart way to widgetize and syndicate interactivity. More info…

• Get Started with Jing! (Jing Blog)

  tags: edtech

  • The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• Professional Development for Teachers Initiative

  tags: edtech, professional development

  • Professional Standards and Learning

• New Jersey Department of Education

  tags: edtech

  • Calendar of Technical Assistance Sessions

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

• SpinSpotter: A newsrooms tool for exposing bias and spin? - editorsweblog

  tags: edtech

  • How objective and spin-free is our news? There is much conjecture that media spin is damaging the relationship newspapers have with their audience, with a recent UK survey indicating that just 43% of the population trust newspapers. With the armies of Communication Directors, PR professionals, lobby groups and political parties battling the press with dizzying budgets and ready-made press releases, is the truth getting through?
  • With this problem in mind, a new online tool called “SpinSpotter” has been launched. It promises to - once it is fully launched and out of beta testing - scan articles and expose bias, misreporting and spin in the news online, for example a political piece that gives a one sided story or uses colourful language that exaggerates the facts.

• kwout | A brilliant way to quote

  tags: edtech

  • Javascript bookmarklet that copies a piece of any screen into a web image
    Bookmarklet en javascript que copia un trozo de cualquier pantalla en una imagen web

    - post by chanio

  • About

    “kwout” is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use this service, all you need is to add our bookmarklet to your favorite browser.

• NetSmartz.org

  tags: edtech

  • New applications and programs are being released over the Internet everyday. As a parent or guardian it might seem impossible to keep up with all of the programs that your kids are using—the good news is you don’t need to! Understanding what programs your children are using is not nearly as important as understanding why they are using them. And no matter how the technology has changed, children today really aren’t behaving any differently than their predecessors. A few examples:

    • Do you remember slam books? Those trendy little journals let kids comment on each others’ appearance and behavior under the radar of adults. Today, kids are using the message boards on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to accomplish the same thing.
    • Have you ever received a chain letter?Been the victim of a pyramid scheme?Spam and scams sent through e-mail, IM, or text messages may be attempting to trick your children into revealing sensitive personal or financial information.
    • Were you curious about sex? One factor that has remained consistent among children of all generations is curiosity about sex. However, the access that the Internet has given children to adult material surpasses anything previously available.
    • Were you ever tempted to shoplift? Downloading copyrighted materials without permission is the equivalent of shoplifting.

    Discussing these new technologies with your children and the responsibilities associated with using them is a good way to make your point without sounding old fashioned. You actually can relate!

• Top News - On the way: Nation’s first tech-literacy exam

  tags: edtech

  • Tech literacy to be added to Nation’s Report Card beginning in 2012
  • For the first time ever, technological literacy will become part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, the test’s governing board has announced.
  • Beginning in 2012, the test will measure students’ proficiency with technology in addition to reading, math, science, history, writing, and other subjects. The new test will mark the first time students’ technology literacy has been assessed on a national level.

Connect with DEN members from all over the country during this unique professional development experience where you can attend in-person, online or both!  The DEN Virtual Conference provides a unique opportunity to learn powerful ways to integrate digital media and Web 2.0 tools into your instruction as well as discover an abundance of resources to expand your own personal learning network.
You have the flexibility to attend the DEN Virtual Conference online or in-person at one of many regional events hosted by the DEN Leadership Councils.The day will feature presentations from the DEN team and a special spotlight session from STAR Discovery Educator Jennifer Dorman.
Registration opens on Friday, October 10, 2008.  Check the Fall Virtual Conference blog page for updated information.

• Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free | Open Culture

  tags: edtech

  • Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free