Alternative Services a URL shortener that include security checks to prevent users from getting to a bad site. Safe.mn (http://safe.mn/), for example, shows a warning instead of a redirection if it detects a phishing site, XSS attack, dangerous ActiveX, adult website, spam, etc.

Joint Presentation by ISTE and ASCD Uses Adobe Connect for the recorded presentation Mentions etoolkit.org as a resource

Joint Presentation by ISTE and ASCD Uses Adobe Connect for the recorded presentation Mentions etoolkit.org as a resource

TooFast is the second generation of the FAST software ( https://www.getfast.ca) that began in the spring of 1999. With the combined resources of our co-sponsors (Mount Royal College, Carleton University and eCampus Alberta) our service remains completely free of charge. We encourage you to become a user and see if the software meets your needs. You can also download our software for this site and contribute code to our project. If you have any feedback on how we can improve TooFAST, please add your comments to the forums section of the site or send us an e-mail - we always enjoy hearing from users.

Excellent set of videos highlighting programs and how 21st Century learning is incorporated into the curriculum. Also has quality rubrics for assessment (somewhere...)

Aviary, the company behind a suite of collaborative web-based image editing software, has released a Firefox plug-in that's a must-have. Create an account at Aviary, download the plug-in called Talon, and within minutes you'll be joyfully clipping full and partial screenshots into the very full-featured Aviary web editor. It's so easy, but at the same time so full-featured, that's a real pleasure to use.

Problem-solving for real world issues

Fringe or Unconference presentations for NECC

Zimplit is the easiest CMS ever made! Zimplit is the easiest CMS (Content Management System) ever made. Zimplit is extremely lightweight, simple and customizable. It's easy to install, and easy to use via a simple web interface. Zimplit consists of only one core engine file. And of course - it's FREE. Zimplit is the easiest CMS ever made! Zimplit is the easiest CMS (Content Management System) ever made. Zimplit is extremely lightweight, simple and customizable. It's easy to install, and easy to use via a simple web interface. Zimplit consists of only one core engine file. And of course - it's FREE.

CoFFEE is a suite of applications to support collaborative problem-solving discussions in the classroom. Its main components are a series of tools for collaboration, shared work, individual work and communication. Around these core tools, several other components make it possible to plan, run or participate in a CoFFEE lesson (or session).

fun and clever!

A clip from Channel 11 in Colorado Springs regarding the use of video podcasting (vodcasting) at Woodland Park High School. This is the brainchild of Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams who teach at WPHS and also run a educational consulting busniess. You can find out more at: http://educationalvodcasting.com« A clip from Channel 11 in Colorado Springs regarding the use of video podcasting (vodcasting) at Woodland Park High School. This is the brainchild of Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams who teach at WPHS and also run a educational consulting busniess. You can find out more at: http://educationalvodcasting.com«

This is in incredible resource and opportunity. Great for collaboration with Digital Media Class and content area subject. I also like the advocacy and "pass it forward" requirements.

How to Turn a Teenager Into a Global Citizen 1. Provide professionally-shot conflict-zone footage free of charge to high school and college students in the USA and across the globe. 2. Support the students in creating documentaries, shorts, and public service announcements that demonstrate understanding and empathy with their subjects. 3. Provide forums for students to collaborate with other participating schools and receive peer/expert feedback on their projects and ideas. 4. Encourage the students to showcase their projects in a variety of forums in order to practice their leadership skills and create a broader public understanding on issues of global significance

Personal WiFi to go. Available via Verizon 3G network. Can use in lieu of home router.

OK, we are at it again! We're offering prize $$$ and iTunes to get you to make fun Brainypics flashcards. Here's how it works: you submit your Brainypics by May 22, we'll pick the top 10, and then the public votes to pick the grand prize winner. Not shabby, right? But it gets better: we're gonna double-up the prizes if everyone (all of you together) create 4 unique Brainypics for every word on our words list. Here's how it shakes out: Grand Prize Winner: $100 & $100 for student & school becomes $200 & $200 for student & school. Finalists: $10 iTunes gift certificates for the 9 runnerups becomes $10 iTunes gift certificate for 19 runnerups. Submitters: 1 iTunes for every 10 Brainypics submitted (good for the first 1000 submissions) becomes 1 iTunes for every 5 Brainypics submitted (good for the 1st 2000 Brainypics submitted). OK, we are at it again! We're offering prize $$$ and iTunes to get you to make fun Brainypics flashcards. Here's how it works: you submit your Brainypics by May 22, we'll pick the top 10, and then the public votes to pick the grand prize winner. Not shabby, right? But it gets better: we're gonna double-up the prizes if everyone (all of you together) create 4 unique Brainypics for every word on our words list. Here's how it shakes out: Grand Prize Winner: $100 & $100 for student & school becomes $200 & $200 for student & school. Finalists: $10 iTunes gift certificates for the 9 runnerups becomes $10 iTunes gift certificate for 19 runnerups. Submitters: 1 iTunes for every 10 Brainypics submitted (good for the first 1000 submissions) becomes 1 iTunes for every 5 Brainypics submitted (good for the 1st 2000 Brainypics submitted). Submission deadline 5/22/09

Site for MS-HS students ;lesson plans for teachers YOU.edit will go online in the spring of 2009. Students will be able to create their own interactive videos through the YOU.edit online editing tool that will be available in early 2009. This tool will allow students to create online reports drawn from the digital files that comprise a completed the.News segment. These component parts include video, music, graphics, interviews, and narration. YOU.edit will go online in the spring of 2009. Students will be able to create their own interactive videos through the YOU.edit online editing tool that will be available in early 2009. This tool will allow students to create online reports drawn from the digital files that comprise a completed the.News segment. These component parts include video, music, graphics, interviews, and narration.

nice social web search