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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/05/sciencefix-videos-of-middle-school.html In March I shared 7 Useful YouTube Channels for Science Students and Teachers .

ScienceFix - Videos of Middle School Science Lessons

7 Useful YouTube Channels for Science Students and Teachers

Last month I posted a list of useful YouTube channels for history teachers and students. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/03/7-useful-youtube-channels-for-science.html

Main Page - GigaPan Time Machine

http://timemachine.gigapan.org/wiki/Main_Page Each Time Machine on this page captures a process in extreme detail over space and time, with billions of pixels of explorable resolution. Choose a time machine and zoom into the image while traveling backwards or forwards through time. Select a Time Warp and the time machine's authors will take you on a guided space-time tour with text annotations explaining what you are viewing. You can even learn how to create your own Time Machines and Warps.
http://mashable.com/2012/05/15/pentametron/#64025-7 Meet Pentametron, a robot that is a literature nerd’s dream. It uses an algorithm to find and retweet rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter.

Meet Pentametron, A Bot That Only Tweets In Iambic Pentameter

This list of six resources aims to help special-education stakeholders. According to some education stakeholders, it’s not always easy finding information on special education, especially when it comes to technology tools. That’s why we’ve compiled this list of six special-education resources that provide vetted tools and technology that can help in many aspects of a child’s learning. http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/05/11/six-great-special-education-resources-for-parents-and-teachers/

Six great special-education resources for parents and teachers

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Creating Assignments That Work for Digital Learning Environments

Teachers who spend time actually thinking through assignments that align with the learning outcomes of a course are the most effective at assessing the learning that has taken place. http://thejournal.com/articles/2012/05/03/creating-assignments-that-work-for-digital-learning-environments.aspx?=THEEL
http://www.onlinelearningexchange.com/content/products/election2012.html

OLE Products: Election 2012

What are your political views?
Yesterday we gave you a fine BBC adaptation of Hamlet starring David Tennant ( Doctor Who ), not realizing that it happened to be Shakespeare’s deathday — the day when the Bard died in 1616. http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/12_animated_plays_by_william_shakespeare_macbeth_julius_caesar_romeo_juliet_and_more.html

12 Animated Plays by William Shakespeare: Macbeth, Othello and Other Great Tales Brought to Life | Open Culture

http://techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4129

- Eight ways to create screencasts and slideshares

I know that so much of my library business is remote. I know from my stats that my LibGuides are heavily used.
http://www.cambio.com/cliffsnotes-films/

Watch CliffsNotes Episodes - Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and More | Cambio TV

Oct 3rd 2011 11:30PM Imagining Love in A Midsummer Night's Dream As Lysander tells Hermia, the course of true love never did run smooth. Often swift, short, and brief, love is besieged by class differences, by age differences, by war, by death, and by sickness. ... Read More »

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Recently I've been experimenting with a number of curation sites that are beneficial for creating and sharing lists. While exploring these tools, I've been "fine tuning" my Web 2.0 list for schools.

- 50 Web 2.0 Sites for Schools

(CNN) -- You may have dozens of apps on your phone and scores of websites bookmarked on your laptop, but that doesn't mean you have all the latest tech tools at your fingertips. New mobile apps, services, social networks and other digital tools pop up so frequently that keeping up with them is a nearly impossible task. Just when you think you're up to date, something newer and hipper comes along.

50 new tech tools you should know about - CNN.com

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