Wiffiti publishes real time messages to screens in thousands of locations...You can interact with Wiffiti from your mobile phone or the web. Shared by Tammy Worcestor in her Top Twenty class at ISTE11
For me, the most annoying part of Google Reader shutting down on July 1 is ensuring that we all continue to appreciate that understanding how to harness the power of RSS is an important skill for educators and students
Feedly is currently the most popular Google Reader replacement being chosen by educators.
Feedly works as an add-on in Chrome, Safari, FireFox and has a mobile apps for iOS, Android and Kindle. It doesn’t support Internet Explorer so isn’t an option if you’re restricted to Internet Explorer at school.
Engage the class using any device
Socrative is a smart student response system that empowers teachers to engage their classrooms through a series of educational exercises and games via smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
I used this last year. It also works well for a small assessment during centers or small group, then the student can move to another activity. Students like that it gives immediate feedback.
"Google Drive has recently announced the addition of add-ons to its features. These are third party extensions that you can install on your Drive to enhance its performance.I have been trying out some of these add-ons and decided to feature three of them here. The add-ons I selected are ideal for helping students improve their writing."
There are so many resources here. This is such a powerful site.
"This is the destination for digital literacy resources and collaboration. Use it to share and enhance the tools necessary to learn computer and Internet skills needed in today's global work environment."
Ok - so this is a site I had in my Diigo bookmarks already -- but today when I looked at it, I saw, I mean really saw, the power of this site.
It's worth taking time out of your day to check out.