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It's about time!  Now you can search for videos on YouTube that permit you to use them up front.  Have you ever used the YouTube Video Editor - something else to check out!

I am amazed that they put all of this up online!  80+ presentations that have been recorded in a variety of ways, from the 2011 conference.  Take a browse through - there is bound to be something you're interested in finding out something more about.

This blog post is about the preparation for a presentation, but there are links to the presentation, and another one someone else did, as well as other resources - a course for parents to do with their children, etc.

This is a fabulous site! Read high-quality picture books from all over the world in different languages-page by page-illustrations included!

Niiiice.  Play YouTube videos without all the extra stuff that comes around the video - the "related" videos, the comments, etc.

It bothers me that they still talk about not having someone to talk with...  I really would like to see more of these online courses as cohort modeled courses and have synchronous voiced/video conversations as part of the curriculum.  Or if not a cohort, with other online voiced alternatives for practice.  

This is really cool - not sure what I'd use it for in teaching - maps of a country?   link to a graphic on the web and you can zoom in and move around in it.

A new screencast tool - the "buzz" on their page says it's incredibly easy to use.  Mac or PC, it's online, nothing to install - you just need a webcam and go!  Plays on the web or mobile devices.   I don't know about editing tools

Many of you have looked at Google Docs with us - here is a way to make a Google Form self-correcting...

the course syllabus from PBS TeacherLine - for those of you interested in teaching online, I thought it might be interesting for you to see what they teach

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments.

This paper profiles 40 organizations that are blending online learning with brick-and-mortar classrooms. These represent a range of operators, including state virtual schools, charter management organizations, individual charter schools, independent schools, districts, and private entities. The organizations profiled in this paper are not a "top 40" list. Thousands of other schools are currently participating in blended learning and may have superior programs.

background articles and a list of lesson plans to deal with cyberbulling

For K-12 teachers (maybe even post sec?) - a nicely done website that deals with pressures teens face with cyber bullies, sexting, cyber stalking and much more

Another side of using technology.  This site is not about tech use for bullying, but some good information in a general sense.