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"Buzzwords are frequently used in news media. These are words that do not typically occur in everyday speech, but are common among newscasters, talking heads, and pundits on cable news."

Fourteen of us-special education teachers, school psychologists, speech therapists, and other educators-recently spent six hours brainstorming with the goal of producing a starter iPad app catalog for teachers and students in our district, and beyond.

More links then you can shake a stick at concerning the ipad. Apps Dos and Don'ts Autisim Assistive Technology

The BioDigital Human is a 3D platform that simplifies the understanding of anatomy, disease and treatments. Explore the body in 3D!

"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.

A FUN Livebinder with sites to make avatars. Don't want kids to use their pictures? Here y' go.

Open Culture's compilation of user-generated content.

A nice chart for seeing Verbs and project ideas

Needs to be updated with new Bloom's levels.

Open and online platform that enables you to create and share your animated videos. Free!

Printable version of the "Life on Minimum Wage" game. "The goals of this game are up to you. The first person to reach all of their goals wins (or do they?). In order to reach your goals you must work hard. By working hard and being careful with your money, you can reach your goals. Rules: 1. You must identify your goals before the game begins. Everyone needs at least five goals. 2. Everyone will be randomly assigned to a job that pays minimum wage. 3. In order to earn money you need to complete the requirements on your task card. When you complete those requirements you will be paid. 4. You can work more than one job, but you have to complete all of the requirements of your assigned job first. 5. You can not work any more than 39.9 hours at any one job. 6. You must pay all of your bills including Taxes, Food & Beverages, Rent, Utilities, and "surprise bills" before spending your money on any of your goal items. 7. You cannot steal money. If you steal you will be sent to jail and disqualified from the game."

A versatile teaching tool! You can teach lots of different number concepts using it. 'I'm making some number cards. Say the number as I make each one. Who wants to click this triangle and count the spots to make sure we are right?' 'Look at the numbers I've made ...8, 3, 12, 20. Which of those numbers is largest? Which number is smallest? Who wants to put the numbers in order? Are you going to start with the smallest or the largest?'

Free open source teleprompter app

MS produce Digital Storytelling teacher guide for photostory and movie maker

"A document camera is one of the easiest and quickest ways to integrate technology into your classroom. There are very few special skills needed to use this piece of equipment. A classroom document camera can be connected to a DLP/LCD projector through a computer or connected directly to a DLP/ LCD projector. This one piece of classroom technology can be used to actively engage students in the learning process...."

Shared by Ty Yost on list. Includes documents such as Collaboration Tools policy, release forms, permission to use student work, plus a bunch of tutorials.

Another amazing facet of the WolfrmAlpha projects. Share this with your music teachers.

Yields two results when you search. Google search results on the left, and WolframAlpha results on the right. Especially helpful since the Google/Wolframalpha FF addon no longer works with the new Google results layout.

It's my new start page

"Create an online community of your classroom. Share inspiration, ideas, reading, and thoughts. Post discussions, deadlines, and homework. Create surveys for students and keep parents informed of daily projects."

Michelle, this is really cool.