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"Bricsys has launched a global academic program, which provides free engineering software and application programming interface (API) access to students and schools."

a source of advice on video production. The Vimeo Video School covers everything from lighting to acting to editing and just about everything in between.

Facilitator's Guide for Educators in setting standards for professioal learning in their school environment

"If you're a teacher or librarian and you want a free copy of Little Brother, email freelittlebrother@gmail.com with your name and the name and address of your school. It'll be posted below by my fantastic helper, Olga Nunes, so that potential donors can see it."

IS 339 and PS 170 in the Bronx, PS 62 in Queens, and Marte Valle High School in Manhattan,

Open source classroom mgt software. Replaces programs like Vision6, LanSchool and NetSupport School. Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers, aka iTALC, gives teachers the tools they need to manage a computer-based classroom without the high license fees of commercial software. Key features include remote control, demo viewing, overview mode, workstation locking and VPN access for off-site students. Operating System: Windows, Linux

Here are the ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT posts from the past three years Leadership Day 2007 - Summary Leadership Day 2008 - SummaryLeadership Day 2009 - Summary spreadsheet

Great beginning of the school year ideas for use in your classroom.

Agenda: Intro, What can Google Calendar do for you? What can Google Calendar do for your class and students? What can Google Calendar do for you school? Taking Google Calendar to the next level, Hands-On, Wrap-Up

What can you do with Google Calendar?

Coordinate parents and volunteers the fast, easy way with free online sign up forms and volunteer scheduling. At VolunteerSpot, we believe that volunteers should be rewarded for stepping forward and sharing their time and talents with those in need. All too often, volunteering means putting up with a certain amount of hassle or frustration - whether that is late night emails, reply-all messages, reminder phone calls, or searching for a parking space. Our sponsors enable us to provide FREE tools that simplify volunteering powering your good work in schools and clubs, in your congregation and neighborhoods. We can't find you a parking place, but with VolunteerSpot, DOING GOOD just got easier!

What: EdCamp Citrus is an unconference devoted to K-12 Education issues and ideas. Where: Citrus High School, Inverness, FL \nWhen: December 4, 2010\nCost: FREE!

The mobile revolution is here. More and more schools are moving toward mobile learning in the classroom as a way to take advantage of a new wave of electronic devices that offer portability and ease of use on a budget.

This article has ten of the best educational iPad apps to use in the classroom. Most were designed specifically for the iPad platform, but all of them have educational uses for the classroom. There is something for everyone here, from preschool all the way to high school.

#26 is a must see video from McGuffey School District using QR codes throughout the curriculum content areas.

C3PO stands for Connecting Peers, Perspectives, and Pedagogy Online. This website is designed to give educators the resources they need to connect with other classrooms from around the world in order to collaborate and learn in an authentic 21st century environment. In this age of increased emphasis on literacy, higher demands for technology, and rapidly depleting school budgets, this type of free, online collaboration is both highly necessary and relevant.

"Professor of molecular biology and public policy in the Woodrow Wilson school of Public & International Affairs at Princeton University"

"Google Apps brings together essential services to help your business, school, group or family communicate and collaborate more effectively. These services are powerful, easy to set up, require little-to-no maintenance, and are available for free. Everything is unified by the Start Page, a central place for you and other users to preview your inboxes and calendars, access essential content, and search the web."

I met with a representative from Turning Technologies today. While many of you may have had the opportunity to use interactive response systems (so-called "clickers"), we're finally moving into the 21st century; now that we have reasonable computing facilities at all of our schools, our goal is to fully utilize them and add interactivity. Thus, these interactive response systems that allow students to answer questions and take surveys in class with their aggregated responses displayed within a PowerPoint presentation or on a standalone unit. The real beauty of Turning's system is its direct integration with PowerPoint (sorry, no OpenOffice integration, although the software can be superimposed over any Mac or Windows software). It includes a dedicated toolbar and a series of macros for automating the creation of interactive slides.

Wiggio is a completely free, online toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups. With Wiggio you can: - keep shared calendar (with text message reminders) - poll group in real-time - send mass text messages - store files in one common folder - setup group conference call - many others! When you need to work in groups at school, Wiggio is the best FREE tool on the web to help you organize groups like: - Academic project groups - Clubs, organizations, committees - Fraternities and sororities - Housemates and dormmates - TA sections - Sports teams - Musical and dance groups