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GNU TeXmacs is a free wysiwyw (what you see is what you want) editing platform with special features for scientists. The software aims to provide a unified and user friendly framework for editing structured documents with different types of content (text, graphics, mathematics, interactive content, etc.). The rendering engine uses high-quality typesetting algorithms so as to produce professionally looking documents, which can either be printed out or presented from a laptop. The software includes a text editor with support for mathematical formulas, a small technical picture editor and a tool for making presentations from a laptop. Moreover, TeXmacs can be used as an interface for many external systems for computer algebra, numerical analysis, statistics, etc. New presentation styles can be written by the user and new features can be added to the editor using the Scheme extension language. A native spreadsheet and tools for collaborative authoring are planned for later.

New to Wolfram is that you can now embed various demonstrations from their website.  To the right of this example is a line of code that you copy by placing your cursor inside the text box.  Copy (cmd + C) and paste the HTML code onto your site.   If you would like a demonstration of this please contact one of your TIF's for an explanation.

Tableau Software today announced that it will make its flagship visual analytics product free to students currently enrolled at an accredited K-12 institution, college or university worldwide. Tableau for Students is a new program that provides licenses of Tableau Desktop Professional to students to enhance their studies and gain new skills. Tableau Academic Programs also include the Tableau for Teaching initiative, which offers educators software for their classrooms. Students should visit http://www.tableausoftware.com/academic/students to obtain a free product code and will be asked for information to verify their student status at an accredited institution.

Here are lots of links from the pioneers of the flipped classroom to support it.

Hey I was just on hippocampus today and they have redesigned the website to include Khan Academy and Phets. The layout is also much more user-friendly. It is a really great resource for students. It has videos, simulations, lectures, and interactive problem solving for a variety of subjects.

science lesson plans to accompany this new movie

Check this out, this is so cool!! WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Scientists have taken the idea of a film short down to new levels. Molecular levels. IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever -- a one-minute video of individual carbon monoxide molecules repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline.

great TED talk at the end

We are one step closer to achieving my personal dream of owning a hoverboard from "Back to the Future 2" This is groundbreaking.  Quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field.