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Your Next Read is a neat little site that provides you with a web of book recommendations based on the authors and books you already like. Here's how it works; type in the title of a book you like or author you like and Your Next Read will provide you with a web of books that might also enjoy. Click on any of the books appearing the web to create another new web. Below you'll see the web of recommendations that appeared when I typed in Gary Paulsen's book Hatchet.

Flash app (which is in constant development) showing how active & dynamic the Social Web, Mobile Industry and Game Business are.

A nice collection of tools and how they help learners. (Thanks, Julie Lehmer)

Shared today on Twitter - some sites that let you send audio messages via twitter. Interestingly, the link was shared via text. :-)

"The Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development. They have been a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been great fun connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea. It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far. It all began with One Idea, One Slide and One Image as a premise for the IWB presentation and that has always remained. I hope we can all continue to create them - let me know if you have any other ideas for a presentation. I wanted to keep the family together in one place and give you one page to see them all, as so many of you have requested. Don't forget that if you want to contribute an idea just let me know and I will give you access to share your thoughts."

Math "magic tricks" that you can use to wow people. Discuss these in class to determine the rules behind how the "magic" works

"The Interesting Ways to Use series has been really successful. I measure their success in how useful they are to teachers and other educators in helping with professional development. They have been a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been great fun connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea. It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far. It all began with One Idea, One Slide and One Image as a premise for the IWB presentation and that has always remained. I hope we can all continue to create them - let me know if you have any other ideas for a presentation. I wanted to keep the family together in one place and give you one page to see them all, as so many of you have requested. Don't forget that if you want to contribute an idea just let me know and I will give you access to share your thoughts."

"In remembrance of a day that changed our world forever, SnagFilms proudly present six extraordinary films below, each offering unique perspectives on the tragic events of September 11, 2001 and their aftermath. These documentaries remind us how powerfully the medium of film can capture our darkest days while also exalting the perseverance of the human spirit and our collective ability to endure and to heal. We are especially honored to bring the critically acclaimed 7 Days in September to an online audience for the first time. "

Steel Artifacts is a New York Times slideshow showing how pieces of the World Trade Center are being used in memorials around the country.

The New York Times has a slideshow showing how people commemorated the 9/11 attacks in 2008.

"the tools of learning have changed, as have the tools of collaboration, of distribution, of creation, and if our schools do not teach these - and much more - help our students to understand how they must manipulate these tools for their purposes - and the world's - nothing else we do in school really matters, because our students will not be able to effectively work with what they know."

What do you think of that quote?

"The Geospatial Revolution Project is an integrated public service media and outreach initiative about the world of digital mapping and how it is changing the way we think, behave, and interact."

"The Interactive Digital Education Academy (iDEA) offers K-12 educators immersive, high-quality, innovative professional development and support to integrate the filmmaking process into core content instruction. Participants receive a comprehensive, standards-linked filmmaking curriculum and learn how to produce Public Service Announcements (PSAs), instructional videos, stop motion projects, and other short films."

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If you're a Mac district, check this out. I think this is a KILLER tip.

How to get the Mac OS Preview App to allow you to annotate non-pdf files, like jogs, etc.

track your work on the internet!!!