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The details about the following nine word cloud generators will give you a fair idea how, as an educator, you can get the best out of them. The generator at ABCYA is safe for kids.

One-stop shopping for rubrics. This site contains a great rationale for using rubrics, advice on how to write good rubrics, and links to sample rubrics, rubric collections, and rubric generators (Try the Rubistar generator and storage link).

Great article by Ian Jukes. See page 21 for research showing clearly why we need to be using visual methods with the current generation.

Fun way to create news stories that look like the real thing. Can be downloaded.

We make simple learning tools that let you study anything, for free. Teachers (or students) can create a set of vocabulary/definitions and Quizlet generates 6 games that students can use to help memorize the vocabulary.

Bit do automatically generated the QR code for my shortened Blendspace Chatterpix url.

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This film was created as the Keynote for Net Generation Education Project: http://netgened.wikispaces.comWhen kids at the Suffern Middle School were asked t...

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.

This is a toy for generating word clouds from text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, colours, and layouts. Take a screen shot to save your creation as there isn't a way to export as a jpeg. Wordles would make great title pages or slides and could be a fun class brainstorming activity or a way for kids to practice writing their spelling words.

The Access Center improves students' access to the general education curriculum. The Access Center assists students with disabilities as well as students with other needs. There are links to videos about UDL and many great resources on this site.

Awesome collection of downloadable videos showing kids using technology at school and home. These videos are licensed under CC and can be embedded or downloaded. Click on the videos link at the top...there are about 20 pages of videos there already.

To reset the Flip, hold down pwr button 10 seconds or insert pin in the tripod hole.

Help Obama write his inaugural speech. Just for fun...

Amazing spelling site recommended by James Hollis (Teachers Love SMARTBoards). Input a list of spelling words and click test me, teach me, or play a game. The test me section gives the word orally , uses it in a sentence, and the student spells it and gets feedback. The teach me section spells the word orally and uses it in a sentence. The play a game section instantly generates games such as word search, crosswords, hangman using the spelling words. The games work great on a smartboard.

Turn your photos into incredible artwork with one click!

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work - in the web browser itself.