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"These education apps are designed to take advantage of the digital capabilities of iPod Touches and iPhones. They also reduce or even eliminate the need for other digital devices, such as a Netbook computer. One example is an app which turns an iPod Touch into a graphing calculator. There are also several EBook applications which allow you to read books and documents in plain text, PDF, html, Kindle, or Nook formats. "

"If you ask a student, "'Do you want to learn how to program in HTML, PHP or Android?' They'll run away," says Lapinski. "But when we say, 'Do you want to solve a problem you're passionate about, one that's relevant to you?' You reach them. Apps are the new Rock 'n' Roll." It's similar to Dean Kamen's FIRST program, which hooks kids on engineering with robotics instead for mobile apps. The resulting 50-70 hour course includes 5 steps: Identify the problem; market research; solutions through business models, technical ability and marketing models; product design; and build and test."

Lectures play a vital role in teaching. There will always be a place for lectures in the curriculum -- to give technical material or factual information, to provide structure to material or an argument, to display a method or example of how one thinks in a given field, or even to inspire and motivate students to explore further. At the same time, it often enhances both your presentation of the material and students' learning when students are able to participate in some way. When students engage actively with material, they generally understand it better and remember it longer.

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Custom Google Search based manuals search engine that aggregates direct links to free manuals in PDF or HTML format from across the web, with an index of more than 5 million manuals in wide variety of topics. You can search from the website or directly from your browser search bar by installing the plugin.

Found via Clarence Fisher's Remote Access blog: http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2009/05/cell-phone-safety-resources.html

Online Diagramming and Design. Characterized by its ease of use and collaborative nature. Along with Aviary, FlashMoto, Konductor & Yooba, Creately was in top five in poll of best RIAs in '09 http://www.insideria.com/2009/08/new-poll-the-best-of-ria-2009-1.html

Found via Clarence Fisher's Remote Access blog: http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/2009/05/cell-phone-safety-resources.html

This virtual manipulative allows you to solve simple linear equations through the use of a balance beam.