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My colleagues and I have used this many of times.

Lots of good suggestions for a differentiated project to go along with Catcher in the Rye.

'These lessons will go beyond simple measurement of point A to point B and demonstrate how linear measure can be applicable to real world problems.'

We're trying to help kids prepare for the SAT by offering fun and free videos about SAT vocabulary, made by YOU! We're offering $600 in prize money to the video that receives the most number of votes. $200 of the payout will go to the maker(s) of the video and $400 to the class or school club of his/her choice.

You already know that iPod extends access to learning beyond the classroom. Now with iQuiz, the new trivia game for iPod, your students can reinforce their learning on the go. From Math to Geography to Structural Biology, you can create your own trivia packs to share, or add trivia packs created by others. The possibilities are endless. Download our samples or add your own.

A host of sessions from this year's NECC 2008 conference are going to be live streamed via Mogolus, UStream.tv and other tools. If you can't make this year's conference (or if you want to double up on your learning while in San Antonio) plan to tune into these sessions.

Lots of links to directories of free, open courseware and educational content that's ready to go for busy educators.

Example of a hypertextual student project to go along with Catcher in the Rye. Cool idea.

Differentiated project to go along with Catcher in the Rye. Lots and lots of options for students. Good stuff.

Guidelines for a portfolio project to go along with Catcher in the Rye

Animoto going education. Read about the classroom code and email them for a code for your class.

This is a great agenda with lots of links for training teachers to use the interactive whiteboard in their classrooms. It has a bit of a SMART bend, but easily adapted. I'm going to get a lot of mileage out of this one. Check for dead links, though.

Find a local school project (using written descriptions), pledge some money, hear how it's going. Great!

What a great idea to get seed money!

Comiqs is a service that lets users create and share their comic-style stories with the community. Assemble comics into a slideshow also.

create comics that automatically go into slide show format digital storytelling

Wikispacetutorials.com is a tutorial blog dedicated to wikispaces.com users who need to find answers to their wikispace questions. We provide video tutorials and written tutorials that cover the basics of wikispaces, as well as the advanced features. We are not affiliated with wikispaces.com. We just think they have a pretty good thing going, and we want to promote the use of their site, as well as help train the wikispaces.com community to get the most out of their wikispace. We hope that this site becomes a great resources for wikispace users all across the globe.

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!

Once upon a time there was just ONE printing press in the world. Now anyone can have one (printer) or more. Today we hae to go to a store to purchase items we want. In the not-too-distant future we may all be able to just make the item ourselves. What does that mean to Business? What does it mean for education?