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"The time is finally here for my annual list of favorite sites of the year. This year I decided to up my post to the top 100 instead of 25 because of the number of sites that I reviewed and the popularity of the post. I tried to cover a wide range of sites, from flash-card creators to digital storytelling, and of course social networks, which really stood out in 2011. I hope everybody enjoys the list and has as much fun reading it as I did creating it."

This list ought to keep you busy for a while.

The Resource for Education Technology Leaders

The New Bloom's Taxonomy explained, along with a host of verbs that describe digital applications of the levels. This visual tool will help teachers to determine what behaviors, types of activities, and assignments students might engage in so that they are challenged to reach higher-order thinking and deep, meaningful learning experiences.

"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

Free eBooks on a variety of topics. Keeping Students Safe Online, New Generation of K12 Wifi, Professional Development and more.

creative commons explanations and links

This free online journal provides lesson ideas, current research, and software and more.

This list has several sites I'd not heard of before. (Thanks, Doug Leisher) for sharing this with me via email.

Sites to Promote STEM

Is this learning app worth purchasing?  This article lists about fifteen questions you want to ask yourself before going to the time or expense of purchasing an app on your android or iOS device for students to use.

(I love alternative points of view, varying viewpoints cause us to question and hopelfully improve our instruction) Five Reasons I'm Not Flipping Over The Flipped Classroom Nov 8 Written by: 11/8/2011 3:38 AM RssIcon If you've read my thoughts about the Flipped Classroom in USA Today, you probably are either in agreement with my caution over the excitement around the flipped classroom made popular by Sal Kahn or you are a flipped classroom advocate who wants to convince me and other innovative educators that flipping is for everyone. While I certainly see benefits in flipping instruction as I wrote about earlier this year, there are also reasons to move ahead with caution.

T&L advisor Kim Cofino, 21st Century Literacy Specialist at the Yokohama International School Bangkok in Japan, shares her priorities for starting the year off right.

Top nineteen sites for Social Studies by Larry Ferlazzo!

nice article about blogging guidelines

Woohoo!

News story about an independent study that shows: Based on two years of reporting, the data show that frequent usage of Discovery Education streaming is associated with higher achievement scores in grades 3-8 in math and reading.

A tweet inspires an interesting look at what is (un)defined in our conception of the role of a technology facilitator/coach/coordinator.

True tech integrators know the digital projector can be used for much more than projecting. Here is a sampling of some creative ways to use your projector in any curriculum.