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THE Online is the leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom.

Home to millions of audio & video episodes from thousands of podcasts and media sites across the web,Odeo.com is part search engine, part media directory, and part social network. Users can search & explore media channels covering just about any topic or area of interest - from automotive to technology, comedy to cooking, education to entertainment.

The Global Virtual Classroom is a free online educational program for primary and secondary schools around the world, It aims to complement the efforts of governments and education departments around the world to integrate technology into their classrooms and curricula and to link their schools to the information superhighway.

This is a very fun site for students to create interesting layouts of their photos to display in the classroom or on a project. This website also allows you to share your photos with family and friends.

Alvins blog explains the use of Everyzing. According to the author this is a service that scans through an assortment of podcasts and converts all speech into text that is searchable. What you can do then is to can search for generic topics. Search results can be sorted by date or relevance. By clicking on a hit, you can listen to the audio in the built-in player.

Wesley Fry's blog - Using website qik to webcast live and archive these videos directly to the internet! I responded to this blog! Found it very informative in terms of possible things that could be done in Samoa; it is affordable!

A safe site for students and teachers to post video. "SchoolTube is the recognized leader for moderated, internet media sharing for teachers and students. All student created materials on SchoolTube must be approved by registered teachers, follow local school guidelines, and adhere to our high standards. " Could probably convince administrators to unblock this if it is easier than youtube

Simulations are creative, complete units of instruction that incorporate traditionally taught material into a simulated environment in the classroom - anything from a constitutional convention, to turn-of-the-century Ellis Island, to establishing an undersea habitat . Students are organized into small groups and role-play either actual persons or characterizations of persons in history...or in social, economic, or political situations of today...or explorations of their place in the future. Goals are set for individuals, as well as for the groups with which they work. The goal setting in conjunction with the competition with the other groups keep the students very involved in the learning.

Simulations are creative, complete units of instruction that incorporate traditionally taught material into a simulated environment in the classroom - anything from a constitutional convention, to turn-of-the-century Ellis Island, to establishing an undersea habitat .\nStudents are organized into small groups and role-play either actual persons or characterizations of persons in history...or in social, economic, or political situations of today...or explorations of their place in the future.\nGoals are set for individuals, as well as for the groups with which they work. The goal setting in conjunction with the competition with the other groups keep the students very involved in the learning.\n

This wiki site allows anyone to create their own education wiki. This is really good because it explains in a very clear and precise manner the steps to follow in order to create an educational wiki site. This should be very useful for educators with little technological know how.

This site always you to turn pictures in to movie/animations, adding text and music. It is more movie like than a powerpoint. Would be great for students to use in creating projects.

Use sounds to draw pictures - read the instructions or just experiment. Try this with kids and see how much fun they have. You will need to allow your mic to be connected

"Our goal at TeacherTube.com is to provide an online community for sharing instructional teacher videos. Upload your lesson plan videos or watch student video lessons at our website. For additional information contact info@teachertube.com." If Youtube is blocked at a school, this might not be or you may be able to convince them to unblock it easier.

Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults.

Quest Atlantis (QA) is an international learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-15, in educational tasks. QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. Participation in this game is designed to enhance the lives of children while helping them grow into knowledgeable, responsible, and empathetic adults.

XplanaZine is sponsored by the educational software company Xplana Learning. It provides the most recent news about publishing companies, information technology, online education research, and schools and programs implementing new methods to educate students. It also keeps track of upcoming conferences and contests to encourage participation in events related to educational technology.

English news lessons: Free EFL/ESL lesson plans, handouts and podcast for teaching current events and current affairs lessons, and business English. It combines reading, writing, listening and speaking - excellent for DI/UDL teaching.This is an interesting novel approach to teaching a language through current events. It is sort of a crossover between English and Social Studies, which is great. We want to move toward interdisciplinary curriculum, as opposed to isolates and disjointed content areas.

Very cool site which allows you to upload data, text, spreadsheets, stats, etc. and visually present them in a new and different way - a way which "democratizes" data analysis so it is more social and collaborative in nature. The result allows us to detect new patterns in the information. It can be a way to jumpstart discussion and insight.

Ok, who wants to learn Russian? This is a podcast that consists of lessons in Russian, with authentic Russian pronunciation. If you ever tried to learn Latin, you have a glimps of what it would be to try and learn Russian - endless endings, lots of endings!

Providing leadership and service to improve teaching \nand learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education!

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), is a nonprofit membership organization which aims to provide leadership and service to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education.

A library for the world's children -- encouraging children to become a member of the global community. Teaches values such as tolerance and respect for diverse cultures through literature.

The mission of the International Children's Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community - children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online.

My department is considering using this software - primarily for its ability to ensure originality in compositions, but I'm also fascinated how it can be used to track progress, supply paperless feedback, and nurture collaboration.