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Free online gradebook, lesson planner, attendance, reporting and calendar that integrates with Google Calendar & more. Thanks to Carla DeRoss for sharing this resource

Enter the Group is a new free service offering collaborative project management for groups. Enter the Group features a calendar, messaging, and file sharing for your group members. If you want to keep your project just between friends, you can create a private group. If you want the whole world to see your project, you can make a public group. Users can also login using FB login/passwords.  I'm interested in checking out the possibility of virtual classrooms and using it to manage PBL projects. This might be a good tool for SISUHSD's emphasis on PBL. 

Simple way to cut only the part of a YouTube video you want others to see. Can't download the edited video, but you can share them with a URL by FB, Twitter, etc. or embed it on a website or blog.. Nice tool!

More on ShowMeApp, including videos by Richard Bynre.

This app gives the ability to turn your iPad into a personal IWB! Allows you to record voice-over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. You can also drop images from your photo library and write on/around them. To see examples, go to ShowMeApp.com. Makes me wish I had an iPad2 to try it out :) 

Ready for the next generation of textbook creation that utilizes good pedagogy? Imagine a living, breathing, dynamic textbook that offers different assignments for each individual based on their learning styles, allows for student-created work to be posted and featured based on accuracy/creativity votes and having students all around the world discuss content and share resources in real time through an integration with Google's new social networking service Google +.  Imagine all of this in a new dynamically changing interactive living 21st Century textbook ecosystem. Brain Mannix  would like to use the Blackboard/Collaborate platform as an engine to bring students and teachers around the world together to make this happen. Check it out!

Organization site for urls.Bunch a set of links together into one url and share the link to view the sites. Switch between the sites using the convenient bar at the top of the screen. Great for making sets of resources. - Martin Burrett

Lessonopoly, a free tool that lets you manage your classroom, find and share lesson plans, and connect with other teachers. Over 30,000 plans to choose from!

Nick Provenzano aka The Nerdy Teacher, shares his ideas on how to embrace and implement Ed. Tech. in 2015

Giphy (a search engine for GIFs), created a code that makes GIFs actually loop on Facebook & Twitter. It works simply like posting a link to a video. Either copy paste the URL of the page for the GIF you've selected, or embed straight to Facebook & Twitter from that page from the portion where it says "share GIF.

Wesley Fryer shares how he set up a Green Screen station and the pictures they took at a Fall Festival. Obviously, his idea could be used for a variety of applications.

Tony Vincent shares a powerful infographic that may just help you mobilize for greater productivity. Check it out!

Evernote - the secret weapon for managing all kind of things. These videos helped me to take my use of Evernote to the next level. Whether you are a teacher, admin., student, or businessman, Evernote has something for you.

Teacher Vicki Davis speaks out on how to organize your habits to become more effective - "What are the habits that are going to help me be the kind of person I want to be in this life?" - using "Home Routines" - http://www.homeroutines.com/ - an iPhone/iPad app that helps set up routines to build those habits. Very helpful!

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Great tool that lets you draw on your webpages - insert text comments & arrows - and you can publish the pages if you like. Nice freeware app. Simply drag an icon to the bookmark's toolbar.

Dropbox is a great Web 2.0 tool for students & teachers. Check out the ideas for using it. I use it as a place to save all of my documents & it syncs & makes accessible files from any computer. Very cool! Free 5GB...

Great online storage option - 10 GB free! Check it out. If you're using Dropbox, you'll certainly want to look at using Uploadingit.com. Read more about it here:  http://bit.ly/hgFij9

I tried out this free screen capturing software (with audio) and I can see this is something I may want to use for quick tutorials. Exports video in .mp4, .avi, .flv, formats and assists in uploading to YouTube or to your computer. The pro version gives you the ability to edit, etc. and is only $12 a year. Try this app out!

Add yourself into your PPT presentation, MS Word, etc. and bring life to your presentations. Free app that runs on the Windows OS and requires a webcam.