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"The goal of Wikihood World Browser is to provide visual, geo-located context for Wikipedia entries. You can explore Wikihood World Browser in two ways; you can simply browse the map by scrolling and zooming in on locations then clicking on placemarks or you can enter specific locations into the search bar. Wikihood World Browser will accept search queries for specific places and it will accept queries for some historical events like the Battle of Gettysburg. "

"In addition to YouTube videos, pictures, and voice recordings Metta also provides options for including content from Pinterest and Twitter to use in your final presentation. Metta also allows you to insert a quiz into your projects. This means that people viewing your Metta projects can watch a short video clip then answer questions about it before moving onto the next part of the presentation. Applications for Education You could have students create Metta projects in which they create book trailers using video clips, images, and their voices. Students could use Metta to create a digital collage of media around a current events topic that they're studying. Metta might also be used by students to create a showcase of their best digital works of the semester. "

Haiku Deck is a simple-to-use presentation program that works with both mobile technologies and the Web. R. Byrne gives some example in this blog entry from first and second graders. Related articles talk about how to use Haiku Deck for literacy instruction.

"As you design blogging assignments for students consider that text may not always be the best medium to have students use to express ideas and share information. For the student who is trying to quickly convey an idea or share research that he or she compiled, posting an infographic or a video presentation might be a better method of sharing than writing a long passage of text and hoping that readers make it all way through to the end." R. Byrne discusses a short list of tools, including Infogram, Thinglink, YouTube, and SoundCloud, that help students make ideas visual and aural/oral.

"To start using Presentation.io upload a PPT or PDF to your free Presentation.io account. Presentation.io then gives you a URL to distribute to your audience. When the members of your audience open that URL they will be able to see and follow along with your presentation. When you're done with your presentation just click "stop presenting" and the synchronization stops. To use your phone as a remote just start your presentation and Presentation.io will send you a text with a link to make your phone a remote. Simply upload your presentation, click "Settings" and then "Use mobile phone as controller." "The free version of Presentation.io keeps your presentation on file for four hours before it expires. " This sounds like a great app to use at conferences. Other links in this blog mention Presefy, which also lets an audience follow your slides remotely.

"To share your presentations just create a Presefy account and upload a PPTX or PDF file. Your account is given a channel name and URL. Share that URL with your students, have them enter it into their browsers, and they can follow along as you advance your slides. " The free version of Presefy lets you store two presentations at a time; delete and reload as often as you wish.

"MasteryConnect makes it simple to share and discover common assessments and resources, track mastery of standards, and collaborate. Built-in grading tools save teachers time." A place for teachers to share their vision of the Common Core; pin and upload resources aligned to standards; share common assessments; use grading tools for tablet, mobile device, Web, etc.

R. Stannard shows us how to use any video online, and Ted Ed in particular to create and share lessons based on video content. Shows us how to find pre-created lessons on content we want to use, creating lesson questions and discussion, and sharing. Videos are great for listening speaking and forcontent-based language learning, especially has YouTube has a built-in closed captioning system.

This cross-platform app -- iPhone and Android -- lets students create their own games and instructional programs. Free for teachers and students, you need to sign up for an account, but you can work on a computer to create the HTML5. Learning games can be dreary, but creating them can be very interesting for students. The frontpage shows middle school learners working away, so this might be good even for younger learners.

Infographics are all the rage. I think they used to be called graphs or illustrations, but they have the flair of lots more visuality -- colors, icons, photos, animation, and interactivity are all part of these applications. R. Byrne's describes them all and has links to some of these tools, plus a few extras.

"In an effort to save you a little bit of time, I've gone through a treasure trove of YouTube videos that are all about iPads in the classroom. From tutorials to recommending apps, there are a bunch of videos designed to help teachers, students, and admins alike." R. Byrne includes the actual videos along with a brief description: apps worth having that you can easily download, a Comprehensive Guide to the iPad for beginners, How to Set up Apple TV in the Classroom, Evernote, etc.

These are 4 websites/tools I hadn't heard of before, and any of them would be very useful for student projects. Mural.ly lets students collaborate on posters by emai invite. Wor Draw turns out professional-looking flyers, resumes, and newsletters-- good for a class newspaper. Tackk lets you add pictures, videos, and music from various social websites, and Picovico is perhaps the mos impressive because it creates videos from your photos and text. (Thanks to M. Sheehan.)

A really nice explanation of how students can combine individual thinking with collaborative group work. The teacher also explains her role as she circulates around the groups. You also "overhear" some snippets of children's conversation about their problem-solving. 4-5th grade, but adaptable to most levels. (You must register with TeachingChannel to use their videos.)

The backwards is really what should be forwards, that is, it starts with what tasks the students need to accomplish. Blow-up the chart to see the tools that can accomplish these tasks. The second page also has a list of goals and links to tools. This should come in handy as you think about how to successfully integrate technology into your class, or flip you class.

A nice visual by K. Ritter of the various software applications that will help you with different types of tasks. A nice summary of tech tools, mainly of high school students and adult learners.

If you haven't found that your printer will print to pdf file, you can use this on the cloud to convert files to pdf.

Very simple and works on iPad as well as the Web. Apps for other platforms are under development.

These each render a different type of word cloud. Students can use them for project logos, or you can drop in text and see what the word frequency is. Tagul is one of the most interesting, as you can use a library of templates of different shapes.

A nice info graphic about the process of inquiry as an approach to learning/teaching. Fits well with critical thinking strategies and Know-Want to Know-Learn.

Twitter has a nice API for collecting tweets around a particular hashtag. This is especially useful if you have created an event and want to use a Twitter thread for continuing conversations. The API uses Google Spreadsheets and it allows conversations among participants to be "replayed" with an infographic. Very nice archived visualization.