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Visit this Web site, presented by NASD and the National Institute for Consumer Education, to access objective information for teaching basic personal finance planning, saving, and investing.

A series of self-paced, online courses to teach how to use the ActivBoard. The first course covers basic skills and is FREE.

Screen capturing tools do what the basic tool don't. What these tools could do varies, including the ability to include sketches and text, instantly upload image online, audio capturing, dimension-specific capturing and more. Make your screen capture and sharing experience more interesting, here's a showcase of 40+ Free Screen Capturing Tools and Related Techniques.

A basic scientific calculator to display and use on the ActivBoard.

A Website to guide a user through basic graphic calculator functions. Includes TI, HP, Sharp, and Casio models.

A target game to play on the ActivBoard composed of basic chemistry questions.

CHEM4KIDS.COM. If you are looking for basic chemistry information, stay on this site. It's not just for kids, it's for everyone. We have information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry. If you're still not sure what to click, try our site map that lists all of the topics on the site. If you surf and get lost in all of the information, use the search function on the side of the pages.

Basic info, resources & historical documents related to US Gov't & Politics. Provides factual, non-partisan info about government & politics in the USA.

This is a free and accessible online tool to create resumes. It walks you through the process of making one. They basically have a series of text-boxes to fill-in, and have instructions written in simple English. You then end-up with a professional-looking resume.

Fantastic full-color ActivInspire basics guide for teachers in PDF format.

Design and create a basic story using web 2.0 tools.

"Beyond educational computing and technology foundations for teachers, ISTE has established Technology Facilitation Standards for teacher education programs or professional development that prepare candidates to serve as building/campus-level technology facilitators. Candidates completing this program will exhibit knowledge, skills, and dispositions equipping them to teach technology applications; demonstrate effective use of technology to support student learning of content; and provide professional development, mentoring, and basic technical assistance for other teachers."

Shared by @altapp on another list. She got it from @kjaretts on twitter. See what a PLN can do for you?

The new Etherpad. Basically Etherpad rescued from Google and given a different name.

The Cognition Laboratory is a part of the Human-Automation Integration Research Branch at NASA Ames Research Center. We conduct research which involves modeling the human operator in human-machine systems and experiments on normal human perceptual and cognitive processes. Current modeling efforts focus on the task of the human operator in Air Traffic Control. Experiments range from basic to applied. All experiments are administered via computer, with participants watching the monitor and answering by using the keyboard or mouse. Examples of experiments include attentional control, dual-tasking, and the detection of conflicts in an Air Traffic Control display.

Looks like some interesting activities within this site.

"At Mathalicious, we believe that math isn't something to learn, but a tool to learn about other things. Our mission is to help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available. Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards but, unlike most content, emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications." A nod towards developing number sense in a relevant way is useful for our students who nowadays struggle with certain basic concepts. Develop a homework assignment for the Calc student that struggles with graphing the equation of a line.

" This Module covers the basics of Google Apps Education Edition and how you can use Google Apps on your school domain. "

offers music theory lessons covering everything from basic note recognition to difficult chord inversions. The lessons can now be customized to test users on the notes and concepts they need to practice the most. MusicTheory.net also offers calculators and tools handy for composing music. And if you just need some staff paper, MusicTheory.net offers sheets that you can print.

From basic math to precalculus, Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 helps you visualize and see mathematical concepts as you've never seen them before. With the Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 free download, you get: * A full-featured graphing calculator * The Formulas and Equations Library * The Triangle Solver * The Unit Conversion tool * Ink handwriting support

If you are new to Google Earth (GE), there are some useful stories written in the Google Earth Blog which might give a beginner, or even an experienced user, some insights about this exciting program. If you are looking for more advanced things, try going to the GEB home page and use the categories or Search option for things like: GPS, Geocaching, GIS, network links, image overlays, and more. On this page are links to stories which might help guide you to learning enough about Google Earth that you will soon be a GE expert.

Classrooms that Excel will introduce Microsoft Excel spreadsheet procedures that may be integrated into instruction across the curriculum.  Participants will develop lessons and activities that engage students - collect data, organizing data, compute results, summarize, chart, and present analysis.  Basic Excel procedures are easy to learn and offers a variety of opportunities for teachers to implement real world problem solving and applications.   The eight online lessons require approximately two hours each to complete.