Check These Out Pt. 2

• History Globe

  tags: jamestown, history, studies, social_studies, socialstudies, education, interactive, social

• Flashcards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games | Quizlet

  tags: flashcards, vocabulary, education, web2.0, quiz, tools, learning, memory

• OLogy

  tags: science

• Visual Fractions - A Fraction Tutorial

  tags: fractions, Lessons, math, manipulatives, interactive, tutorial, Mathematics, education

• WordSift - Visualize Text

  tags: visualization, wordsift

• Lovely Charts | Online diagramming application

  tags: no_tag

• FREE -- Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans from the Federal Government

  tags: resources, lessons, education, curriculum, teaching, science, math, lessonplans

• Pixton™ - Comic Strip Creator - Make Your Own Web Comics Online

  tags: comics, cartoon, web2.0, tools, pixton

• BBC - KS2 Bitesize - Games - Questionaut

  tags: game, math, quiz, Games, science, interactive, ptm

• Grant Wrangler Grants for Teachers

  tags: grants

• Free Technology for Teachers: Understanding the Water Cycle

  tags: water, science

• Printables: Printable Checklist Makes Quick, Printer-Friendly Checklists Online

  tags: no_tag

• Wildlife Filmmaker, Video Mashups, Animal Videos, Wildlife Footage - National Geographic

  tags: animals, education, science, web2.0, nationalgeographic, editor, film, mashup, ptm

• Kerpoof® Home

  tags: collaboration, web2.0, digitalstorytelling, creativity, animation, kids, comics, fun

• Read & Create Children's Picture Books Online - BigUniverse.com

  tags: Books, reading, ebooks, web2.0, children, Library, Online, kids, ptm

• KidRex - Kid Safe Search

  tags: search, kidrex, searchengines, kids, ptm

• Online Coloring

  tags: coloring, elementary, fun, kids, color, Art

• YourFonts - Generate Your Own Fonts Online

  tags: fonts, yourfonts

• Record by phone with Gabcast.com

  tags: podcasting, podcast, audio, web2.0, tools, blogging, podcasts, blog

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

Check These Out - Links from Mid Jan to Now pt 1

• Rain Forest at Night--From National Geographic (Rain Forest)

  tags: rain, rainforest, forest

• Welcome to Route 21

  tags: 21stcenturyskills, informationliteracy, education, resources, web2.0, curriculum, skills, 21st

• Cost To Drive

  tags: travel, web2.0, cost, estimate, driving, tool, mileage, drive

• Sheppard Software - educational games and activities for kids of all ages.

  tags: geography, education, science, math, game, IWB, maps, health

• The Bakery Shop r017

  tags: math

• World Maths Day 09

  tags: math, collaboration, maths, elearning, mathematics, education, tools

• Hit the button v9.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

  tags: numeracy, v9.swf

• 4L Puzzle Maths | multiplication and division machine

  tags: math, 4l, division, multiplication

• Adding Bricks

  tags: math, bricks, addition

• Saxon Math

  tags: Math, saxon, coins

• TinyChat.com - Create a free chatroom

  tags: chat, chatroom, twitter

• Prezi.com - The zooming presentation editor

  tags: presentation, presentations, animation, prezi, tool, web 2.0, web, prezi.com

• Create A Photo Book Online For Free With Mixbook

  tags: web2.0, printing, photos, books, collaboration, photography, publishing, tools

• xtimeline - Explore and Create Free Timelines

  tags: timeline, xtimeline, web2.0, history, tools, timelines, digitalstorytelling, social

• PrezQuest

  tags: president

• Congress for Kids - Interactive, Fun-filled Experiences About the Federal Government

  tags: government, socialstudies

• bomomo

  tags: fun, flash, painting, graphics, tools, cool, kids, bomomo

• SHOW®/USA - A New Way To Look At The USA

  tags: maps

• Lizzer :: Linking made simple :: Be a genius

  tags: lizzer, blogging, embed

• Kitzu - Find, Learn, Create

  tags: education, lessonplans, resource, storytelling, digital, tools, kits, media

• Math Videos

  tags: Math, Videos, education, Maths

• Start building a jeopardy template

  tags: jeopardy

• PicLits.com - Create a PicLit

  tags: writing, piclits.com, poetry, languagearts, piclits, education, pictureprompt, piclit

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

President's Day is Coming!

Check out these great videos about some of the presidents!

• PrezQuest

  tags: president

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

How to Create Great PowerPoints

Credit where credit is due.   I found this shared by Wesley Fryer who got it from Alvin Trust’ys site.  I’ve not watched this whole presentation, but thought others might be interested.

How to Create a Great PowerPoint - Take 2.0 from Alvin Trusty on Vimeo.

Lincoln Websites and Resources

• Smithsonian Education - Educators

  tags: resources, teacherresources, education, lessonplans, history, science, Smithsonian, curriculum, Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Teacher Resources

  tags: lincoln, Lincoln

• YouTube - Abraham Lincoln - A Tribute (Ashokan Farewell)

  tags: Lincoln

• YouTube - Abraham Lincoln

  tags: Lincoln

• KET | Lincoln Bicentennial | KET Education Resources on Lincoln

  tags: Lincoln

• Home

  tags: Lincoln

• Lincoln.IN.gov: Bicentennial 1809-2009

  tags: Lincoln

• Lincoln Bicentennial | 1809-2009 | Live the Legacy

  tags: Lincoln

• Literature hails Lincoln on his bicentennial - USATODAY.com

  tags: Lincoln

• Abraham Lincoln Portal

  tags: Lincoln

• Information

  tags: Lincoln

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

Google Earth 5.0

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_earth_now_maps_the_ocea.php

The folks at Read Write Web have summarized some of the great new content in Google Earth 5.0.  An application like this can truly bring learning alive!  I would love to see Skype integration layer within Google Earth.  Imagine calling a classroom in NYC within Google Earth and students you are calling navigating your earth to take you places while you chat.  Who knows there may even already be such a layer. 

 

Word Cloud Analysis of Obama's Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Lincoln's - ReadWriteWeb

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tag_clouds_of_obamas_inaugural_speech_compared_to_bushs.php

Interesting post on the word analysis of inauguration speeches.  I think the word clouds are much mor einteresting then the article.

Word Cloud Analysis of Obama's Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush, Clinton, Reagan, Lincoln's - ReadWriteWeb

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tag_clouds_of_obamas_inaugural_speech_compared_to_bushs.php

This is an intresting word analysis of presidential inaugural speeches.

More Inaugural Resources

• Hulu - Inaugural Speeches

  tags: inauguration

• Inauguration Day - 44th President - Politics - The New York Times

  tags: inauguration

• Interactive: Test your inauguration knowledge

  tags: inauguration

• CNN.com - Special Reports - The 44th President - The Moment

  tags: inauguration

• Flickr: The Inauguration 2009 Pool

  tags: inauguration

• CNN.com - Special Reports - The 44th President

  tags: inauguration

• 6a00e3981e8fb68833010536dea37d970b-pi (PNG Image, 562x346 pixels)

  tags: inauguration

• YouTube - Did You Know?: The 2009 Inauguration Edition

  tags: inauguration

• Watch the Swearing-in Ceremony on the Web | The Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden

  tags: inauguration

Posted from Diigo.

Free Technology for Teachers: What is RSS?

This is a great post from Technology for teachers on what RSS feeds are.  How do you use them?  I subscribe through Goggle Reader and my subscriptions keep me in the loop with the news and much more!

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/01/what-is-rss.html