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"Embeds a Google Map into your site and lets you add map markers with custom icons and information windows."

" home embed plus Billions of videos are being shared across the web. EmbedPlus lets you easily watch upgraded video embeds with enhanced playback and relevant content. "

"12 Puzzle and Quiz Creation Tools for Teachers"

ScreenChomp is a digital whiteboard that users can write and draw on with the touch of a finger. You can draw using twelve different pen colors. All activity on ScreenChomp can be easily recorded and then if you want, edited through Camtasia for Mac or Camtasia Studio. The videos produced in ScreenChomp can be downloaded as MP4 files, making them easy to share on ScreenChomp.com, Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, Blackboard and other video hosting platforms.

Branching scenarios can be a pain to design. Happily, you can use a simple tool called Twine to easily draft the scenario and produce it. In this post we'll look at a scenario that I wrote to demonstrate Twine's basic features and to make a point about teaching through stories. In the scenario, you're a journalist in a hurry to get to a hot story in Zekostan, and your "guide" can't speak English or drive. You have to quickly learn the necessary Zeko terms to navigate the roads and respond to events along the way. The scenario was inspired by a language-learning activity designed by Kinection. Try the activity, keeping in mind that it's a casual, unfinished experiment. Then come back here for more about Twine and my design decisions.

Since I haven't invested the time needed to really learn Google+, I was excited to run across this Google+ cheatsheet by Technostreak. I plan to keep it handy for awhile and test out some of these tips.

news aggregator

FeedDude lets you create an RSS feed from any web site on the Internet. If your favorite web site doesn't provide an RSS feed, you can generate one here for free. The service is easy to use and free for non commercial use. Try it out now!

create speaking avatars

Flickr is a fantastic site for sharing photographs with others, and as such it's also a brilliant resource for finding and using photographs to use in a lesson.

"Design tools to die for "

to create toons parents must accept the terms of agreement for kids under 18.

" lets you create a simple survey that can include two photos (you can either upload them or grab them from the Web) and a question."