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Jauntful - 3 views

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    Site lets users create interactive maps of any location. Users add pins, then share stories or information, images, etc. Could be a good tool for students learning about historical places, local communities, etc. Also a good tool for writing short expository texts.
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Loupe | Shape Your Photos - 6 views

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    Fun tool lets users create photo collages in a variety of cool shapes. Also includes a tool for hunting for a photo in the spirit of Where's Waldo.
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Booktrack Classroom - Teachers - 2 views

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    Intriguing site lets students or teachers read along to stories with audio, movie-style soundtracks or create their own soundtracks for creative writing assignments. Includes a few sample lesson plans for using the site with elementary, middle, or high school students.
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Pen.io - Publish a Beautiful Blog Post - 3 views

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    VERY simple blog tool--requires only a page name and a password--NO EMAIL. Images can be added by click/drag.
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EverySlide | Interactive Presentations | Audience Response System - 2 views

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    Useful tool lets you upload PowerPoint or Keynote presentations and then share as a link. You can then insert polls or questions and get real-time feedback from students/viewers.
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Chalkup Feature Tour | For a more engaged and connected class. - 0 views

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    Free learning management system with good collection of resources, including discussion threads, assignment sharing/grading, messaging tools, flashcards, color-coded subjects/classes, more.
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appear.in - one click video conversations - 0 views

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    Create free videoconference rooms for up to 8 participants with no registration required.
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http://tuzzit.com - 1 views

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    Nice brainstorming/concept mapping tool with lots of features, even in free version. Includes several templates, ability to include images, stamps, links, maps, more.
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DrGraeme - Free Lego MindStorms NXT tutorials. - 1 views

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    Tremendously bland-looking but rich-in-content site with Lego robotics lessons, tutorials, and activities.
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GoNoodle - 4 views

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    Interesting site offers short "brain breaks" in the form of videos incorporating colorful characters, subject content, and yoga-like elements such as stretching, breathing, mild exercise. Goes along with research into exercise/activity and the brain.
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A Copyright-Friendly Toolkit | Smore - 3 views

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    Awesome collection of copyright-friendly tools for the classroom!
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MakerParent - 1 views

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    Nice collection of STEM project ideas for home (or school), sortable by age, complexity, or expense.
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Portofolio with my 101 edtools . Discover why curation is Social Media King - 5 views

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    Dear teachers, researchers and social media curators if you like my online research with more than 100 edtools, ipad and windows phone apps to mLearning please share: tweet, Like, G+ my #startup #curation page http://goo.gl/5U7EtN If I achieve more than 200 shares I will add other 100 killer #ipad apps to #mlearning on the page and if you know a killer app please suggest it on the page topic and if you like my page leave a comment or mail me .þff
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Audioboo for Education - 2 views

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    AudioBoo is a VERY easy to use podcasting tool, and includes a free app that is very kid-friendly. Free podcasts are limited to 3 minutes each.
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Metta - Storytelling + Polling In One Compact Format. - 1 views

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    Easy to use tool for creating flipped classroom lessons. Use the built-in search tool to find videos, images, or social media posts, put them into a timeline, add text and/or polls, and share. Free account has very limited media storage, but not an issue if you only use embedded media. Paid service has educator discount and is only $2.50/month.
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Greenfoot - 2 views

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    Simple tool that helps students learn to program in Java.
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I wish you all a fruitful 2014 ! My 2013 #curation year in review with more than 500 #e... - 0 views

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http://lucianecurator.sharedby.co/share/aqw4vx - 1 views

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    Although I teach SEN students they like to use new online technologies . Please click vote if you like our projects . We use social media and many edtools and also we use GlogsterEDU to present our work because we develop and coordinate many educational projects . Thank you in addvance . 
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How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses | Wired Busine... - 6 views

  • Decentralized systems have proven to be more productive and agile than rigid, top-down ones
  • And yet the dominant model of public education is still fundamentally rooted in the industrial revolution that spawned it, when workplaces valued punctuality, regularity, attention, and silence above all else.
  • We don’t openly profess those values nowadays, but our educational system—which routinely tests kids on their ability to recall information and demonstrate mastery of a narrow set of skills—doubles down on the view that students are material to be processed, programmed, and quality-tested. School administrators prepare curriculum standards and “pacing guides” that tell teachers what to teach each day. Legions of managers supervise everything that happens in the classroom; in 2010 only 50 percent of public school staff members in the US were teachers.
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  • In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
  • Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside
  • “schools in the cloud,”
  • There will be no teachers, curriculum, or separation into age groups—just six or so computers and a woman to look after the kids’ safety. His defining principle: “The children are completely in charge.”
  • as the kids blasted through the questions, they couldn’t help noticing that it felt easy, as if they were being asked to do something very basic.
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    Must. Read. Such a valuable lesson and another example of how we are doing it wrong.
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