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I'm not sure if most of these are really school appropriate. Which would you want posted on your wall for Back to School Night or parent conferences?

"With so many free and user friendly tech tools available for teachers, it's hard to know where to begin to put together a list of the best tools for teaching and learning so I decided to take a look at my own resources to determine which tools I use the most. Rather than posting another running list of tools, features and uses, I decided to present the information visually, through an interactive ThingLink graphic. I used the new colored nubbins available to make it easier for visitors to explore areas of interest more efficiently. "

Mindset list for the class of 2014. They will now be awash with a computerized technology that will not distinguish information and knowledge. So it will be up to their professors to help them. Members of this fall's entering college class of 2014 have emerged as a post-email generation for whom the digital world is routine and technology is just too slow.

This is the same article previously titled  Google for Newbies and Advanced Internet Users. Google has many products that everyone who uses Google should be familiar with. Whether you are practicing social networking as an Internet user, through our ambassador concept or as a professional trainer through our program you will need to know Google well to share information and continue to get others involved as Googlers.

An interactive periodic table

Ptable began in 1997 and continues today http://www.ptable.com/about.html Use the check boxes at the top of the page to dynamically switch between simple, with names, with electron configuration, and inline inner transition metals. View as much or as little information as you'd like. If you haven't clicked any layouts, they will automatically switch to fit the width of your screen as you resize.

"It's what's cool on the Web; all in one place and made by YOU. Montage is a flexible web-based service that makes it fun and easy to create and share a visual album of the web on the topics you care about. You can design your Montage around any topic you can imagine by adding content that pulls information from a variety of sources, including RSS feeds, Twitter, Bing News, and YouTube. Montage is an expression of you. "

"In relation to our previous and well-visited post about oxytocin, we should mention a new study that uses this very substance in a neuroeconomic set-up. In the study, recently published by Neuron, and headed by Baumgartner et al., it was found that the administration of oxytocin affected subjects' in a trust game. In particular, it was found that subjects that received oxytocin were not affected by information about co-players that cheated." (BRAINETHICS)

Online Resource Center - The Sketchpad Resource Center is an extensive website maintained by the Sketchpad development group, containing tools and resources to help you make the most of this versatile software. It's also home to information about the community of Sketchpad users. You can: - Download materials for classroom activities and projects - Find links to sample sketches, reports and presentations, bibliographic materials, and other resources - Download product updates - Browse Frequently Asked Questions  - Find out about professional development opportunities - Download The Geometer's Sketchpad Workshop Guide - Download sketches, custom tools, and visualizations from the advanced sketch gallery  - Learn more about JavaSketchpad

Online Resources - On these pages, you'll find a wealth of resources and suggestions on how to effectively integrate TinkerPlots into mathematics classrooms for grades 4-8. These pages serve TinkerPlots users by providing information about the software and a place where members of the TinkerPlots community can share activities, data, student work, demonstrations, and presentations.

Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration™ is the new online visual thinking tool that helps you: capture ideas organize information diagram processes create clear, concise written documents With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best.

overwhelming data on education and the future plus international school information

informal and personalized learning equipped with Internet-ready wireless handheld devices.

Wow! educational software for organizing your classroom seating with information about relationships; other software also; free - take donations for future software creation

host: UK or something like that you will get information from other countries not just the states

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Learn more about Audacity... Also check our Wiki and Forum for more information.

NoodleTools provides innovative software that teaches students and supports teachers and librarians throughout the entire research process. *Search intelligently *Assess the quality of results *Record, organize and synthesize information using online notecards *Format your bibliography in MLA or APA style

Database of images from museum in England. Licensed under Creative Commons - must attribute and also leave embedded meta data in file information. Some very nice images!!

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.

Learner Profile is the perfect assessment management tool to track Adequate Yearly Progress. Learner Profile gives teachers the ability to record student's grades, track assignments, organize student information, and develop reports. Teachers can use Learner Profile on their computer, and Learner Profile to Go on their Palm or Palm-compatible PDA. Importable test objectives for Houghton Mifflin Reading and Houghton Mifflin Math are also available.

ClassJump.com provides teachers web sites free of charge, where multiple classes can be managed and updated using an easy to understand interface. No knowledge of web site programming is needed to get your class or classes set up and quickly providing up-to-date information for your students and parents.