"Use this free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research."

The article provides information to current personal and nonprofessional video practices and on fair use.

iPad resources

"Just shut up and listen, expert tells teachers "

"What You Don't Know About Copyright, but Should"

Good brief article on copy right and fair use with links to additional helpful resources

"20+ Awesome & Unique Uses Of Google Reader You Probably Didn't Know"

Many of us use email signatures on our emails to promote yourself, by putting personal information, some quotas or they write some funny messages, WiseStamps allows you to put customize signatures on your email."

"Top 75 Apps for Enhancing Your Facebook Page"

A bit older might might still be useful to dig around in,

"Top five reasons why teachers love to rrripple 1 Makes connecting with students, parents, and other educators easy, meaningful, and secure. You can create groups comprised of people you know; no one can solicit membership, which makes sharing very secure. Moreover, teachers can moderate the groups to ensure appropriate online behavior. 2 Promotes creativity, collaboration and community by offering a fun and engaging digital platform. The media-rich interface makes viewing, uploading and downloading all sorts of media a fun experience. 3 Allows teachers and students away from the classroom to keep up-to-date and in-touch with classes, and to monitor progress on assignments. Even after you leave the school campus, or if a student is out of school sick, you and the student can access any of the media shared using various mobile devices. 4 Assists students with accessing, organizing and tracking materials and deadlines. The timeline interface helps students review lessons and assignments on their own terms, in their own way, at their own pace. 5 Provides web-savvy teachers the latest tools and technology to make class life more informative, fun, and exciting. Students have an insatiable desire to create digital content and to share it with others, yet public social networks are not safe venues for sharing and rrripple is ideal."

Vicki Davis 26 May 11 06:58:34 Google Cloud Connect is available in over 30 languages for PC's running Windows 7, Vista and XP. (Not available for Mac yet.) It integrators using Google Apps for domains should work on this over the summer.

Replacing your RSS reader with Twitter + Hootsuite

cell phones in education-resources and articles

The best ted talks for teachers

" These days, college students are burdened by higher costs than ever before. Tuition is at an all-time high and continues to skyrocket, making it more and more difficult to get a diploma without incurring serious debt. The incredibly unaffordable cost of textbooks just adds insult to injury. With textbook publishers holding a virtual monopoly in the market, students often have little choice in the matter. Luckily, a new paradigm is beginning to emerge: open textbooks. Giving the students the option of print or free digital copies, costs drop precipitously. The only problem: textbook companies don't want them on the market."

"Brain Rules video"