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This page from the Innovative Educator has a lot of great resources specific to the DOE, especially the link to unblock websites.

this is a big one.  teacher training, and developing curricula around this are actionable areas for NYC consultants like us.  

Hi everyone, Aviary is an online suite of multimedia programs. They're very similar to Photoshop, Garageband, Illustrator etc, but FREE and WEB-BASED. Basically like Google docs but multimedia creation software. Would be cool for class projects and/or students who want to experiment with media programs but don't have any installed on their computer.

Free 4G wireless access to educational streaming video

More apps, organized nicely.

Math in movie scenes.  This can be a prompt for kids to make their own stories around math problems!

Hey Rhys, I'm facilitating a PD today on integrating video into the classroom and I think I'll share this link with my teachers. Thanks for the share!

Real Lives is a unique, interactive life simulation game that enables you to live one of billions of lives in any country in the world. Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, human geography, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more! Educational games are a great way to way to make learning exciting, and simulation games are best of all, putting you in control of the learning experience.

this is a quote about simCEO from Edutopia- What if students created their own companies, complete with business plans? What if they could also buy and sell stocks in classmates' companies? What if they could see how stock prices fluctuated over a 10-year period rather than just a few weeks? The result of that brainstorming became an online simulation called SimCEO. Luebbe, principal of American International School of Budapest, has been fine-tuning his creation by sharing it with educators around the world. They have surprised him by taking projects in directions he never imagined. He expected teachers to focus on financial literacy and entrepreneurship. But some have brought in different content. "They might set the simulation in Colonial America or New York in the 1920s," Luebbe says, then ask students to consider how historical factors would have affected market prices. Because teachers determine all the content, he adds, "they can bring in demographic data, real or fictional news, historical events -- whatever they want." The game becomes an open platform for teacher innovation.""

Explore the world's museums through Art Project powered by Google. View hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.

Tour museums around the world with street view.  

I am working with a 6th grade social studies teacher who was trying to improve his pedagogical techniques by referring to the original version of Bloom's taxonomy - I asked if he knew about the revised taxonomy and we quickly discovered this web site that explains the changes point-by-point. There is also a helpful UBD link on the bottom of the page.

This first-ever National Broadband Map shows where broadband internet service is available, the technology used to provide the service, the maximum advertised speeds of the service, and the names of the service providers. The study reveals that one-third of U.S. households still lack a broadband internet connection, speaking to the disparity of access that still exists.

Aha moment today.  I'm sure one of you already thought of this!

Educators are now using the videoconferencing tool to connect foreign-language students to native speakers, hold virtual field trips and host conversations with scientists and other experts

Has anyone used this software, or similar packages, in schools?

These are some highly developed digital citizenship units. Take a look to support the development of your projects.