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

Not a huge fan of PowerPoint or Keynote? Need some ideas on how to present more effectively with presentation tools? Below are some resources to help you on your way to presenting more effectively when using slide show tools.

Not a huge fan of PowerPoint? Need some ideas on how to present more effectively with presentation tools? Here are some resources to help you on your way to presenting more effectively when using slide show tools. Includes some really good video clips for

MacArthur Foundation ~ Results from the most extensive U.S. study on teens and their use of digital media show that America's youth are developing important social and technical skills online - often in ways adults do not understand or value.

A fun mashup to use when you're showing folks about twitter and your PLN. Yes, some of the icons appear out in the middle of the ocean, but... what's your point? :-)

twitter/google maps mashup showing the locations of our friend's tweets - copmlete with their icon

If you've not seen this, do check it out. Show this to your social studies teachers.

kmlfactbook.org can use either Google Maps or the Google Earth browser plugin to preview the KML files that you create. To switch between the two modes press the 2D Map and 3D Map buttons to the right in the screen. The Preview in Map button will show the selected data-set in the Google Maps or Earth plugin preview window. The Download KML file button will download the same file to be saved locally on your disk or opened in the standalone Google Earth application.

Lots of game show PowerPoint templates, including Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, Wheel of Fortune, Price is right, Family Feud, and more. Includes directions, sounds and music.

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."

"What the NSBA data shows - see the report for the full details - is that US teens and tweens are not "passive couch potatoes online", as the report put it. This generation is very participative and creative online. Or at least growing more creative as time goes on and the Internet becomes more pervasive."

a split screen image showing the image results of a search via Google in China vs Google in the US

I hadn't thought of showing search engine results from different countries instead of searching for articles from different countries. Note the .cn in the url on the left.

"The "Moodle 2 Activity Tool Guide for Instructors" tackles the Moodle 2.0 specific activities and highlights them using the same green, yellow, red approach to show how useful they are across various criteria (co-creation, information transfer, blooms, etc.)."

"iPiccy makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools. Edit pictures, apply beautiful photo effects, add text and even paint! Enjoy free photo editing online and show your creativity with iPiccy editor!"

Masiela Lusha (born October 23, 1985) is an Albanian American writer and actress. Is known about the role of Carmen Lopez on the sitcom, George Lopez. My life is very busy these days, promoting and filming, but I'm always here for you. Ask Masiela to my official website is the place for us to communicate. After questions and comments and you will be happy to answer back.

"This is a collection of 2 Minute Moodles - an attempt to simplify and show how to use a range of Moodle features to a busy teacher."

These folks promote a "computer-free" computer science curriculum. Agree or disagree, this is probably useful to keep for times whenever the network gives up the ghost. "Each Unplugged activity is available to download in PDF format, with full instructions and worksheets. Background sections explain the significance of each activity to computer science, and answers are provided for all problems. All you need for most of these activities are curiousity and enthusiasm. There are photos and videos showing some of the activities in action, and we've collected links to other useful resources. The activities are primarily aimed at the five to twelve year-old age group, but they are by no means restricted to this age range: we've used them to teach older children and adults too, with little modification."

Great overview screencast showing the new features in Diigo v5.

Tour specially themed shows will begin in late 2011 with an extended term in Las Vegas and Montreal in 2012 at the end based circus troupe aims to have a modern set up a permanent performance there. Jackson owns assets of 50 percent of each project and will receive royalty payments for intellectual property used in displays.

This is a Photoshop tutorial showing you all the steps you need to take in order to photo-manipulate yourself into a Na'vi (based on the characters in James Cameron's movie "Avatar"). I used Photoshop CS2 in order to create this, but newer and older versions should do the same, as I used basic Photoshop tools only. I hope you will find this helpful. Read more: http://www.webdesign.org/photoshop/photo-editing/na-vi-avatar-photo-manipulation-exclusive-tutorial.18015.html#ixzz0piD4VI2J

Another one posted on twitter today. A set of twenty videos for showing how to use Glogster.

"Top 10 Sites for Creating Digital Music 1. Myna - Far and away my favorite online music editor. This is very similar to Garageband and a nice alternative for those who do not have the Apple application. 2. Soundation - Very easy to use, with a drag/drop interface for creating excellent-sounding music. 3. Jam Studio - Fun site that lets users select a "key" to play in and a theme to match. 4. Loop Labs - Nice time- line editor; learning curve is a bit higher than most sites. 5. Your Spins - Great site for mixing prerecorded music and sharing with others. 6. Indaba - Unique site where users can create collaborative music pieces to make one final product. 7. Creating Music - Very user friendly website shows kids how to create digital music. 8. Contrapunctus Variations - Wonderful site for creating orchestral music by selecting an instrument and clicking on a time line. 9. iNudge - Fun site for kids, who can make music by drawing shapes. 10. Glitchscape - Create sound by drawing vector shaped rectangles. "

Fom the Tech and Learning blog

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