academic technology

Google guide to accessibility http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/a-google-guide-to-google-apps.html#.UFsIMY1lSyo

U south florida press release Bb to Canvas

The Community of Scientists project seeks to pair up NH classrooms for inquiry-based science co-investigations, using technology for video and voice communication.  Teachers at Winchester School (K-8) in Winchester, NH, are working out initial technology questions by creating a Community of Scientists with Elementary Education Methods II students at Keene State College. The pilot project is to co-investigate hydroponics as a sustainable option for growing food rapidly in smaller areas. It entails setting up a simple classroom hydroponics station where students will explore how to best grow plants hydroponically.  KSC students will conduct and monitor their hydroponics experiments while students in Winchester School conduct similar experiment in their own hydroponic station in their classroom.  Students will then video chat with their co-investigators and share their findings.

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Explore the surprising side of color with Color Uncovered, an interactive book for the iPad, featuring fascinating illusions, articles, and videos developed by the Exploratorium.

During World War II, the United States government crafted hundreds of different posters to promote military service, the conservation of natural resources, and so on. The Northwestern University Libraries has collected and digitized 338 of these posters for close consideration by the curious public. The majority of the items here were issued between 1941 and 1945, and they can be searched by keyword, issuing agency, description, and artist. First-time visitors may do well to look over the two excellent posters created by the celebrated artist Ben Shahn. Both of these posters capture the drama and the difficulty of this age and they are representative of his fine work. This a remarkable collection and one that will be of great use to art historians and those with a passion for American history

can combine with maps 

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Nice overview  on how Twitter works for for people new to Twitter

9 topics for students

Twitter hashtag search

"Google Sites is a powerful but easy to use tool to create great websites. In this class we will cover the basics of setting up a classroom or organization website using Google Sites including a welcome page, calendar page, files page, links page, pictures page, announcement (blog) page, and more. This class will help you transition your existing site over to Google Sites, or help you start a new Site from scratch, or just give you a great introduction to what can be done with Google Sites."

record video from ipad and upload to camtasia relay.

options, mostly for audio only

"What does it cost? You can use most features* free for a 14 day trial period. There are no call time limits during the trial. After the 14 day trial, these features continue to be free for all calls to people running the VodBurner free or licensed version. If you wish to use VodBurner for calls to non-VodBurner users after the 14 day free trial, a purchase is required." $99