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Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. We tried to step back and design an interaction model that accommodates the complexity and scale of information rather than the traditional structure of the Web. Watch the TED Talk video. Only about 6 minutes http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration.html

Play JamParty is for all ages, all abilities, and all levels - beginner to advanced. It is a musical sandbox where even beginners can discover their own musical creativity. Create Create your own original music for multimedia projects, poetry, lyrics, dance routines, and much more. Share Turn your original music into an mp3 with a click of a button, use a screen recorder to record a video of your jam, and share your jam on a social network. Learn Learn about musical/sound awareness, rhythm, song structure, etc. and More: See how other educators plan to use JamParty at school.

The Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) project at Tufts is focused on creating flexible tools for managing and integrating digital resources in support of teaching, learning and research. VUE provides a flexible visual environment for structuring, presenting, and sharing digital information.

WordSift is a tool that was created primarily for teachers. Mainly, think of it playfully - as a toy in a linguistic playground that is available to instantly capture and display the vocabulary structure of texts, and to help create an opportunity to talk and play with language.

Description: Using the Frayer Model, students will activate their prior knowledge of a topic, organize knowledge into categories, and apply their new knowledge to the compartmentalized structure.

Microsoft sends flowers to Internet Explorer 6 funeral