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Check out this great interactive map about the candidates. Get down to your local area. Find out who the candidates are and what their voting record is - and more

Calculate electoral votes by choosing a presidental winner by state. Start with the CNN estimate or choose another option - even a blank slate!

Free polling software (think: American Idol). Embed on a webpage, Power Point slide, etc and watch the results in real time! Neat animations, too. 1,000 free votes per month.

Claims that it's free for "progressive schools who didn't make AYP"!

Did you make AYP? If not, maybe you can get a free SMS voting system subscription!

Kerpoof Home Page

Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof: * Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!) * Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!) * Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store * Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug * Tell a story * Make a drawing * Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof: * Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!) * Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!) * Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store * Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug * Tell a story * Make a drawing * Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Let your audience decide Get to know your audience by letting them decide which questions, suggestions or ideas interest them most. Everyone's voice is heard The voting box at the top of page focuses attention on submissions recently added and on the rise, making it simple and easy to participate.

Create a 30- to 60-second video that shows how voting gives power to your voice, and why it is important for you and other citizens to exercise that power. This was the site shared by Judge Rendell. The deadline is Oct. 23, 2008.

Every voter has a story - what's yours?

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.

Access, Analyze, Act: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement

FantasyCongress.com works just like fantasy sports leagues except instead of sports players, you draft politicians who receive scores based on their legislation, votes, etc.

Listio is a directory of web 2.0 applications and tools. Users can submit new web 2.0 sites, or vote and comment on the best web 2.0 websites.

Very Interesting!

Join educator Bill Farren as he travels through four South American countries-three of them chosen by students. Class members will get to vote on what countries their teacher/guide visits and decide on the types of activities the class embarks on. Through their guide, students will interact with local people, ask them questions, request various media, and help solve real problems-all in an engaging format: participatory learning. Who is it for? Learners from all over the world: HS students, college students, homeschoolers, unschoolers, adult learners and classroom teachers: (HS or Univ) who'd like to enrich and connect their own class to this one.

With mid term elections coming up here's a good article to prepare us!

I keep forgetting about this tool for getting audience input. * Let your audience decide Get to know your audience by letting them decide which questions, suggestions or ideas interest them most. * Everyone's voice is heard The voting box at the top of page focuses attention on submissions recently added and on the rise, making it simple and easy to participate. * Be creative Include people in your preparation for lectures, interviews and hard decisions or work together to organize feature requests and brainstorm new ideas.

Who will invite the Magcon Family

Interesting sites surrounding the 2008 Presidential election.

Students engage in activities to learn about the candidates and issues, then cast mock ballots that are counted along with those of millions of other students across the nation.

Great Visual Aid when talking about the Electoral College. GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

An interactive Electoral College map for 2008 and a history of Presidential elections in the United States.