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Muse is an Internet2 K20 project. MAGPI members should check this out. Join the network to connect with videoconferencing opportunities.

Love the concept!

Check out this game to help students become cyber safe.

Apple's QuickTime is the go-to Mac OS X app for video playback, but there's more to QuickTime Player than meets the eye. You can rewind and fast-forward movies, increase the audio level beyond the slider limit, and even scrub frame by frame through the movie like you can in Final Cut Pro! Check out these 15 useful and largely hidden keyboard shortcuts for QuickTime Player, they are sure to improve your QuickTime movie viewing experience!

how do you use the Google search box to get just the right amount of information, analyze it for authenticity, and get it quickly? The new Google Search Lessons are aimed at helping teachers and students learn the inside scoop about skillful searching. Check out nine compelling and practical lessons for students to understand and be successful with the Google search process. The lessons are divided into three modules; Understanding Search Engines, Search Techniques and Strategies, and Search Features. Each topic contains three lessons that build on the skills taught in the previous lesson. Teachers can mix and match lessons depending on the skills they want to emphasize. The lessons provide a guide for teachers, inquiry questions, a slide presentation, and search challenges for students.

crossbrowser solutions... check sites in multiple browsers ..all in one location

Another story to help your teachers understand the power of Twitter and the social nature of the web. Tweeted today by @mcleod

the power of twitter

A+++ student online learning environment. Safe and fun!!! Check it out!

Includes a lesson, examples, exercises to try and check, a scientific notation genrator for more problems, and real world applications relating to science.

Welcome to this ressource page on 'Google Earth'. A few sections are written in Danish since these guidelines are/were designated Danish friends and family. For all you others feel free to check out our homemade kmz files, google earth tours, placemark collections like; the Suez canal tour, the Gudenaa river tour, the Kiel canal tour and the mighty Amazon river tour. Not to mention the Mount Everest tour and K1, K2, K3, K4, K5 mountains. Or take the tour through great and grand canyons along the Colorado river. Dive into the deepest part of the oceans by taking the Mariana trench tour.

The Teacher Tap is a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities. Check out the Project Overview for more information.

Gives a tutorial on angles with definitions, examples, and pictures. A good site to check out on the subject.

nice site for checking for plagiarism

Shared by @almarow on Twitter. This looks very it could be a very handy tool for a LOT of teachers!

Interactive physics demonstrations. Some links are broken, but there are still some links that are worth checking out.

This is just what the title implies. Check out these top-rated educational games.

The Top Ten most-visited games include a laser challenge game, Lord of the Flies game, and The Immune System game. Or, click All Games at the left side of the ribbon near the top to see the entire list.

The wiki for the Flatclassroom Summit held this year in Mumbai, India. Check this out. Follow the links to the ustream archives and listen to the reflections of the participating teachers. You don't have to go to Mumbai to have your own flatclassroom project. As Thomas Friedman says, "If it's not happening, it's because you're not doing it."

Grade- and topic-organized interactive resources that REALLY pop!! Check it out!!

A versatile teaching tool! You can teach lots of different number concepts using it. "I've hidden some numbers. Can you work out what they are by looking at the ones that are left? Do you think the numbers are going up in steps of 1, 2 or 5?" "I've made a number pattern. It goes like this ...0,3,6,9. How high can you get carrying this pattern on? Let's check your answers on the number square!"

ASCD member? Then check out some of the chapters of this book on new curriculum ideas. You can read some of it without a member login.

3 separate sections - Assess Yourself, Explore Industry Sectors, and Reality Check. They are all well-designed and accessible. Not California-specific - good for anyone!

A HUGE list of class blogs. When you're fighting the good fight to get blogs unblocked, point them to this. Er... this is a blog, too. Well, they can look at the list at home.