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Fujitsu Wireless Scanner. What companies offer teacher discounts? Smoke Show on USTREAM: Streaming tech workshops. Educational. Watch without ads Ustream © Search Log in / Sign up With Facebook (faster) Log in or sign up with Facebook See what your friends like and watch, get awesome recommendations Instant login, no passwords.

Smoke Show on USTREAM: Streaming tech workshops. Educational

Myspace Generators - Flash Toys. Your photos, automatically in 3D. Academic Earth - Video lectures from the world's top scholars. Welcome to the University of iTunesdelicious. LONDON, England (CNN) -- The wisdom of business professors, once only available to MBAs and business students, can now be accessed by anybody with an Internet connection.

Welcome to the University of iTunesdelicious

At HEC Paris, MBA students are given an iPod Touch so they can download podcasts of lectures. Hundreds of universities, and a growing number of business schools, are making recordings of lectures, seminars and conferences available to the general public via Web sites such as iTunes and YouTube. Leading business schools including University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Fuqua School of Business, and Yale School of Management make course content available for download through iTunes University (iTunes U), part of the of the iTunes online store. That means those whose budget won't stretch to a two-year MBA can simulate the experience at home -- or at work, in the gym or anywhere else they choose.

Screen Capture Tools: 40+ Free Tools and Techniques. Screen capture, or print screen is perhaps the most efficient way to share whatever appears on your desktop.

Screen Capture Tools: 40+ Free Tools and Techniques

They help tech users like us to share and communicate better with friends and peers. Major operating systems today comes with basic screen capture and print screen function, but if these can’t fulfill what you need from a screen capture then you are probably looking for a screen capturing tool. Screen capturing tools do what the basic tool don’t. What these tools could do varies, including the ability to include sketches and text, instantly upload image online, audio capturing, dimension-specific capturing and more. Make your screen capture and sharing experience more interesting, here’s a showcase of 40+ Free Screen Capturing Tools and Related Techniques. Cross Platform We love cross platform tools. The faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes. Copyright-free English texts and recordings. What Caught my Eye this Week.

0 Comments November 10, 2009 By: Cheryl Oakes Nov 9 Written by: 11/9/2009 9:30 PM ShareThis.

What Caught my Eye this Week

Web English Teacher. Teacher Tech Tuesday Webcast: Microsoft Education. Helping teachers create paperless classrooms. Common thinking about what kinds of folks make good 21st century teachers generally runs as follows: “They’re constantly in the process of being trained and being a lifelong learner,” he says.

helping teachers create paperless classrooms

The 'he' saying this is Jeff Murphy, a director of instruction for the Florida Virtual School and he's being quoted in a recent article from Education Week. I cannot tell you how tired I am of hearing this sort of talk. The last thing I want is to be 'trained' more. And, I'm sorry, but 'lifelong learner' has just worn out its welcome as a catch phrase.

I want teachers who are curious, experimental, sophisticated, and engaged. Technology Tools to Get Teachers Started. A mini-manual to Web readiness shows that immersion, with guidance, is key.

Technology Tools to Get Teachers Started

Credit: iStock Photo The culture of learning is changing, and technology is playing a major role in the transformation. Technology Tools to Get Teachers Started. Classroom 2.0. Free photos for education. By Carolyn Keeney Grades: 9-12 Duration: Will vary Objective Students will learn about Edgar Allan Poe’s, The Raven, by illustrating different verses of the poem using an image editor.

Free photos for education

Students will then combine the images and illustrations into a multimedia authoring tool to showcase to others. Materials Needed. Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom's Taxonomy. The internet has revolutionized information collection.

Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom's Taxonomy

The answer to virtually any question or problem is at our fingertips. Google has made this possible. For Educators. Google Books 2.0: Smarter Search and Easy Embeds. Google Books has quietly been one of Google's most interesting project to date.

Google Books 2.0: Smarter Search and Easy Embeds

It has involved the scanning of millions of books (which has been a point of contention with book publishers) and allows users to not only read books but to search them, embed printed words, and even access them on mobile phones. Today, Google launched a ton additional improvements. Download Stopwatch - Stay On Top Stopwatch. Finally! An online quiz worth taking. March 4, 2010 by Claire Knight Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Tech Trends.

Finally! An online quiz worth taking

RANDOM.ORG - True Random Number Service. Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff – TechLearning.com. Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff – TechLearning.com. Creating a Culture of Collaboration Through Technology Integration by Kim Cofino, Earl Grier. Welcome to C3. Free online diagram software - Flowchart & process diagram, Network diagram, BPMN diagrams, Sitemap, Organisation chart, Wireframe, business drawing software.

Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff – TechLearning.com. 0 Comments November 30, 2010 By: Tech Learning Blog Staff Nov 30 Written by: 11/30/2010 1:04 AM ShareThis Animations have already been so popular even before internet; and with the developing Web 2.0 applications, it has become an effective and an engaging tool in the classrooms. ZimmerTwins is a simple site to make great and fun animated stories. Cybraryman Catalogue of Educational WebSites - Educational Web sites for Teachers, Educators, Parents, Students. Tech Learning TL Advisor Blog and Ed Tech Ticker Blogs from TL Blog Staff – TechLearning.com.

0 Comments. Ignite Talk Videos. Khan Academy. Fakebook: Mr. Lee Coker. Create educational games and quizzes at classtools.net. Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles. Student Book Publishing, Classroom Writing - Tikatok.

Punched Out Font. Carbonmade. Carbonmade : Your online portfolio. CTAP 4 Flip Camera Workshop ‎(CTAP4-FLIPIt)‎ 20 iTunes Feeds for the 2.0 Teacher. Facebook Templates for Education. Study Finds the Internet Makes Youth More Engaged Citizens. Arguably, the upheaval, activism and revolutions in of the last two months may serve to counter what has been a longstanding stereotype: youth are largely apolitical. Moreover, those that do participate in politics and activism online do so in shallow ways, the so-called "slacktivism. " But recent findings from a longitudinal study of high school-age students challenges these notions, suggesting that youth who pursue their interests online are more likely to be engaged in civic issues.

The study surveyed over 2,500 youth from school districts within California, more than 400 of whom were followed for over three years. The study examined whether particular kinds of online activities were associated with changes to their level of civic or political activity. Internet Encourages Engagement With Society The study found that spending time in online communities appears to promote engagement with broader society. Importance of Digital Literacy Education Photo credits: ASU via Flickr. TeachEng.us. TeachEng.us. Mr. Coker’s English Class › Dashboard — WordPress. Blogging About The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom. Directory of over 2,000 E-Learning Tools - Free and Commercial.

Read & Create Children's Picture Books Online - BigUniverse.com. Building a Bridge to Summer with Projects. Culture Teaching Strategies Marin Country Day. WebTools4u2use » home. Literature: Summary, Analysis, Themes, Characters, Paper. So...You Wanna Start Texting.

More and more students have access to mobile devices. Think.com, Oracle Education Foundation, Projects. Teachweb2 » home. Internet Archive. Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School. Daily Lesson Plan. QR Code Generator: QR Stuff Free Online QR Code Creator And Encoder For T-Shirts, Business Cards & Stickers.

Super Teacher Tools. Assignment Calendar - 4teachers.org. Tools. Expand your curriculum with our timesaving educational resources that use technology to improve instruction across all content areas and grade levels. Find current resources that align with standards, promote higher-order thinking, and support the development of writing skills. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives.

QR Code Tracking and Promotional Pages. 5 Tech-Friendly Lessons to Encourage Higher-Order Thinking. Welcome to MyRocketbook.com. ProQuest K-12 Teaching & Learning Solutions. A Short Guide to Copyright for Educators. Copyright and Creative Commons can be confusing topics. There are many variables that apply to every situation so it is hard to layout hard and fast rules that apply to every scenario. To help educators understand and navigate the landscape of Copyright and Creative Commons, I've put together a short list of helpful resources.

Dr. Wesley Fryer's presentation Copyright for Educators is the absolute best presentation I've seen on the topic. The Slideshare presentation is available with audio from his presentation. For my Canadian friends the rules of copyright are different than they are for me in the United States. Rubrics home - Rubric Studio Home - RCampus.