APS ITCs

The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer.

From Jennifer Dorman

Excellent interface. Give the CREATE a try!

WPClipart is a collection of high-quality public domain images specifically tailored for use in word processors and optimized for printing on home/small office inkjet printers. There are thousands of color graphic clips as well as illustrations, photographs and black and white line art. Nearly all are in lossless, PNG format. As of Friday, 12/12/2008 there are 23,907 images.

via http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/18/best-applications-for-annotating-websites/

Backboard automates the process of getting feedback and approval on all your projects-it can handle almost any type of file, but it's especially good with mixed graphical and text media. It only takes a minute to start a Backboard. Upload the file you would like feedback on, choose a security level, and select the email addresses of one or more reviewers. Each reviewer will receive a link to your file, where they can come and leave feedback on your document. Every kind of document can be annotated and marked up in the same way, so reviewers do not have to learn several commenting systems. Better yet, you can view all reviewers' feedback in the same place, so you'll never again find yourself merging several documents with different "tracked changes." via http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/18/best-applications-for-annotating-websites/

The hardest part of teaching movie making is making teachers and students realize that planning, scripting storyboarding make EVERYTHING go faster and easier.

Scripting This is the process of writing down on paper what the video is about. Is your piece a comedy? A Drama? Are you interviewing someone? Are you documenting an event? These questions and more are answered during the scripting process.

Instant clickers for the classroom. another reason to save tax payer dollars and let cell phones in the classroom

The easiest and most entertaining way to collect feedback from your audience: Project polls or message boards on a large screen, have everyone send their input via their cell phones and see results instantly!

Not for kids. Some of the stuff on the front page when this was bookmarked was very inappropriate.

Ben Hazzard's new site

This website is a virtual convener. It facilitates a 'handshake' between teachers interested in cross collaboration project. The comforts in connectivity, constructivism, and collaboration make this 'handshake' more intelligent. This virtual convener is based on connecting teachers using more than simply the grade level or location of classrooms.

Picasa 3 kicks ass!

To get you started on the upgrade from Picasa 2.7 to Picasa 3, we've provided a detailed run-down of what's new and what's changed. This page explains the basics, but you'll need to get your hands dirty to really appreciate the changes. Click the links below to learn more about each feature.

Site to find the best iPhone apps

Apptism is the only iPhone app activity aggregator. We track the activity of every app in the App Store. With anywhere from 50 to 100 iPhone apps being added and updated on the App Store daily, it is nearly impossible to keep up. Using apptism, you'll be able to monitor all app activity and find the app you're looking for quickly. App content is also aggregated from many sources to keep you informed on the latest and greatest. Our searching, sorting, and filtering options are nearly endless. via Teachakidd

Really awesome way to keep track of stuff. I use this to record serial numbers of software and even machines when having to put in a trouble ticket. I heart the iphone app not to mention it is multiplatform.

You can even add video and/or audio by recording it directly within the site! SlideSix supports a ton of different presentation formats: * PPTX (PowerPoint 2007) * PPT/PPS (PowerPoint 97/2000/XP) * PDF (Adobe Acrobat) * ODP/SXI (Open Office) * MOV (QuickTime)

If you have a URL that you would like to syndicate, FeedBeater will beat the RSS out of it.

turn any URL into an RSS feed

Like DropBox but with 5gb of space.

With Live Mesh, you can synchronize files with all of your devices, so you always have the latest versions handy. Access your files from any device or from the web, easily share them with others, and get notified whenever someone changes a file. Working on one computer, but need a program from another? No problem. Use Live Mesh to connect to your other computer and access its desktop as if you were sitting right in front of it. Live Mesh is as easy as sync , share , and access .

via Cliotech

Now open source!

Using XMind/XMind Pro with XMind.net's sharing service is a revolutionary way to enable both team brainstorming and personal mind mapping. With this major upgrade, we bring Web 2.0 concepts on community sharing into a popular desktop application. Our new Gantt chart view is a must for both junior and senior project managers. You'll find many more pleasant surprises with the new XMind product family.

Is 89% higher or lower than you were thinking?

An overwhelming majority (89%) of all kids age 6-11 in the US spend at least some time doing online activities and - though many of their basic social activities haven't changed much over the years - they have vastly different communication styles and preferences than older age groups, according to a study from Experian Consumer Research.

I'd say that's a little high - you have to consider that the people/parents who return surveys about technology are probably the people who use technology! Here's a link to the methodology Experion uses... http://tinyurl.com/5cru7q