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"Motion Chart is a free gadget in Google Spreadsheet (an online spreadsheet similar to excel). In motion chart you can convert your data-series into a Gapminder-like graph and put it on your web-page or blog."

The Horizon Report series is the most visible outcome of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project, an ongoing research effort established in 2002 that identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education around the globe. This volume, the 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 Edition, examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning, and creative expression within the environment of pre-college education.

This is the second part of a three part series focusing on tips and tricks for podcasting.

Article by Justin Reich of Harvard Graduate School of Education and EdTechTeacher. Reich on Web 2.0: "There is no doubt that this democratization, these contributions from many millions of web participants, has produced a series of profound social, political and economic changes that this paper will seek to document. The changes inspired by the democratization of the web, however, will not of necessity lead to a more equitable distribution of power and resources in our society. The future of the web will depend upon the degree to which this blossoming of online participation will allow ordinary citizens and consumers to have greater voice and influence in shaping society and the degree to which powerful political and commercial interests can co-opt and constrain the surge of online enthusiasm in the support of the established hierarchy. "

A great piece about using Evernote with senior students by Buffy Hamilton

This is the fourth article in the series on Virtual Learning entitled VISUAL LEARNING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS. If you have a special needs child that has encountered finding educational solutions that provide successfully for your child, then you should read this article about what Visual Learning and the use of subtitled educational videos offers for special needs children of all ages. Read more...

"Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help."

Love Evernote!

The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea.

A great series of differentiated English as a addition language lessons and interactive activities. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English+As+An+Additional+Language

Word lists from textbook series

Part one of a five part series by Andrew Marcinek describing the steps in his school's transition to digital textbooks.  

Television series and interactive game based onHorrible Histories books

5-part series. Text and Audio. Very good interviews and information.

terrific video series on digital media literacy and web 2.0. Includes a 6 minute video on how too use cell phones with web 2.0 websites.  Great ideas!  Voice, Text, Polling, 

Excellent series of collaborative slides collected by Tom Barrett. Great ways to use the IPod touches

"Editor's Note: Matt Weyers and co-author Jen Dole, teachers at Byron Middle School in Byron, Minnesota, present the fifth installment in a year-long series documenting their experience of launching a PBL pilot program."

Scandal is a thriller TV series from the United States. The main actors in the series are Kerry Washington, Scott Foley, Jeff Perry etc. It is basically from the political thriller genre.