APS ITCs

via Jennifer Dormann

"Show Document is a Net Meeting platform for instantaneous and spontaneous online meetings where people can work together on the same document at the same time. All the Net Meeting collaborative services can be used to work together at the same time. The web meeting platform offers the following interactive services: * Share Documents *Shared Editor *Share Google Maps *File Sharing *Share Viewing a Web Page *Share to Mobile *Interactive Whiteboard *Share YouTube

via http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/11/memoov-looks-promising-for-digital.html

collaborative storytelling - probably best for language acquistion or elementary students This is a beta version, meaning right now its free, but for how long?

From FAQs page: How much does Storybird cost? Making, sharing, and reading Storybirds online is free and will always be free. Printing and premium services-when we introduce them later this year-will have a fee associated with them.

Keep students connected to your curriculum from home and back. Posting assignments and lessons online can help students catch up or review if they are absent from school. And giving students "all the time" and "at anytime" access to the learning helps with time budgeting and life long learning skills.

I tried a simple two digit multiplication problem and it will also display the "how to" for it.

Only two free games but worth it for the packman style game.

"Learning Styles Debunked"

"Create personalized children's stories instantly. Turn any time into story time. It's free. 1. Add the details about your children and family -- what do your kids call Mom? Dad? Grandma? 2. Tell us what kinds of stories your kids like. 3. Have new personalized stories based on your child's age and interests delivered to you automagically."

"What this tool can do for you: * Help you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. * Collect, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation. * Provide you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. [why is this important?] * Provide access to educational materials, external copyright resources, and contact information for copyright help at local & national levels."

"The program produces professional sounding, individualized report cards in the shortest possible time. It uses a set of statements written by the teacher or downloaded from the net which can then be tailored to suit individual students needs. "

"Swimming pools can be dangerous for children. To protect them, one can install locks, put up fences, and deploy pool alarms. All of these measures are helpful, but by far the most important thing that one can do for one's children is to teach them to swim." - Youth Pornography and the Internet

for updates on free iPhone apps

via Marnie Lewis

"We're running our annual Brainyflix Video Contest starting JANUARY 1, 2010. We'll be awarding a Grand Prize of $600 to the video that receives the mo\ st number of votes" via Joe Brennan