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via http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/2008/12/secret-builders-virtual-world-for-ages.html SecretBuilders is a virtual world for children 5 to 14 years old powered by a web 2.0 community of children, parents, educators, writers, artists and game developers. On SecretBuilders, children will explore virtual lands, undertake quests, play games, maintain a home, nurture a pet, and interact with their friends. Three features which form the backdrop for SecretBuilders distinguish it from other online worlds: * Children learn through immersing themselves in the stories, themes, and concepts from the best in literature, arts and humanities. They will interact with famous historical and fictional figures and be introduced to content and characters from world civilization and the great thoughts and ideas of human creativity. * Children will create this site, not just consume it. They are directly involved in creating this world with their ideas, critiques and contributions on virtually every aspect of the site and many of their ideas will be implemented! * Children publish their works - writings, art, videos - making SecretBuilders their own personal store of creativity. They can invite friends and family to view their works, and comment upon them. Seeing their works published and enjoyed by others instills tremendous for self-confidence as well as motivation to do more.

"If the world were a village of 100 people, how would the composition be? This set of 20 posters is built on statistics about the spread of population around the world under various classifications. The numbers are turned into graphics to give another sense a touch - Look, this is the world we are living in."

Shidonni is an innovative startup, developing the next generation of creative 'virtual' worlds for kids. Shidonni is providing a safe environment where kids and their parents can create imaginary worlds and animals, play games and interact with friends. Shidonni is based on unique proprietary patented algorithms and using Microsoft Silverlight.

Plagium is a service, now in beta test, of Septet Systems Inc. Septet Systems Inc. focuses on the development of innovative information search solutions for consumers, enterprises, government, academics, and healthcare. Much of our work is based on Septet's proprietary TX Miner engine, which employs advanced search technology for deep mining of documents on the public World Wide Web or within private repositories. The TX Miner engine is also the core technology behind Septet's patent-pending Personal Search Syndication, which enables anybody anywhere to build and post onto the World Wide Web customer search engines and Web directories (see www.k-sync.com).

via http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/05/world-wonders-project-is-must-bookmark.html

provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today …

Forvo is an online pronouncing dictionary. We want to have all the words that exist in the world pronounced and recorded, including names.

"Make the World Your Study Group Get live help from other students. Be a hero to your peers."

It runs better than any other browser and is built by a community of developers around the world who are passionate about improving the browser and the Web. Best of all, Firefox is free.

Get the story creation App that's getting great reviews from parents, teachers and kids all around the world!

Play me a story? Welcome to Playfic, the online community that lets you write, remix, share, and play interactive text-based games with the world.

Automatically turn your photos into amazing 3D models with Autodesk 123D Catch. Capture the world around you in a whole new way!  ✓ Take photos with your camera-equipped iPad and submit them for processing on the Autodesk Cloud where they are automatically converted into a realistic 3D model that you can view, share, and download. ✓ Take up to 40 photos and upload them to the Autodesk Cloud for processing ✓ Connect with the 123D Catch Community Gallery to see the amazing captures other users have shared and to submit your own! ✓ Included example gallery to explore! ✓ Interactive startup guides you through the process! ✓ Use your device's gyro to control the 3D camera when viewing your finished captures or simply touch the screen to use Multi-Touch view controls

Excellent graphic of internet penetration in the world. Data presented in this fashion is highly informative and allows viewers to make inferences and draw conclusion. Use with teachers in a PD

Your children love their personal devices and the wonderful world of the Internet. They like to use it anytime, anywhere, whether at home or outside. But, you want to protect them from inappropriate content. Welcome to Online Safety 2.0 from Mobicip.com™. * Easy to set up and use * Convenient age-based settings * Advanced content filtering and security * Doesn't slow down your device * Protects your child on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, & Linux

Are American schools doing as poorly preparing kids for the 'real world' as test scores suggest? We looked at the data and how it was disaggregated, and saw...

Enter to take part in this LIVE dogsledding adventure for explorers of all ages! For K-12 classrooms to unlock the interactive world of GoNorth!

Create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there's no software to download and nothing to pay for - and when you're done building your presentation you can share it any way you like.

This allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world.