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This online game is a favorite! It works great on your interactive whiteboard, too!

During economy downturn, most of the working class people fall into financial difficulties. Rising monthly expenditure and stagnant monthly income let you face the worst financial time ever.

Amazon Fire TV is a 4K Ultra HD streaming set-top box. This second-generation version now supports Amazon Alexa voice assistant and other new features. The second generation has the same interface and works the same way. The main difference is support for 4K content & Alexa support. This set-top box is great when used with Amazon Prime services. The Fire TV is a rival to the Apple TV, Chromecast and Roku's media streamers.

A free online stopwatch and countdown timer that works great on the iPad. Large display, great for big audiences.

A collection of the best web applications available online to help you at work and play. They have looked at what really grabs you when you're navigating the web in search of apps to fit your exact needs.

A resource for everyone passionate about getting children eager to learn about science, technology, engineering, and math.

"When it comes to elearning, traditional teaching methods do not work. Although online learning doesn't place students into the conventional classroom that inspires discussions, the entire process is still based upon interactio"

"What's the toughest part of your work as an educator? You are used to teaching lessons…you already have the knowledge, so it's not that difficult to express it. However, the task of motivating your students to write falls in another category. It's hard for you to take control over the process and explain how they should infuse their creativity into the rigid form of academic writing. The following 7 online resources will help you teach essay writing in a more inspiring way."

"...the latest National Atlas includes electronic maps and services that are delivered online. We are using information presentation, access, and delivery technologies that didn't exist 30 years ago to bring you a dynamic and interactive atlas. But we have held fast to our tradition of producing the finest maps in the world. We think nationalatlas.gov™ is more useful than any bound collection of paper maps." Work with multiple map layers

5th Graders blogging in Oxfordshire, England. Students share their work, writing, and thoughts with the world.

Instructional Strategies that work via Robert Marzano

Literary podcasts are a great way to hear about new stories and explore all of your old favorites. This list details where you can find some of the most popular literary podcasts, including podcasts based around classic literature, poetry and contemporary works.

Instructions for converting .flv movies to other formats (.mp4, .mov) using VLC media player.

CuePrompter is a free teleprompter/autocue service. Your browser works like a teleprompter -no extra software needed.

OpenOffice.org 2 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

Are you a professional developer, a high school teacher, or university faculty? Are you finding that some of your adult students born between 1976 and 1995 maybe even up to 2001 have specific needs that are difficult to meet in a traditional classroom situation? This generation is what we call the "Generation Y" high school and college students. You may be a Gen Yer or "Millennial". Think about what type of learning environment works best for you. If many of your students are the Generation Y, here are some ideas that might help you when you design your learning activities:

"Web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more."

An initiative to build local communities of support that will foster ongoing collaborations among volunteers, students and educators. Volunteers, university students, scientists, engineers, other STEM professionals and, more broadly, members of the community are working together with educators and students to bring discovery-based science experiences to students in grades K-12. When an educator posts a project, our system will help them get the resources needed to bring that project to fruition.

"The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC's Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education." I still need to read this...