CTAP Siskiyou Web 2.0

 A safe way for teachers to text msg. students and stay in touch with parents - FREE. A quick tool for teachers to use. 

OpenDNS Home: Our classic service with customizable filtering and security. Blocks access to adult websites. Free.

Several different ways of embedding videos in Google Sites

Over 50 conversion choices - to PDF and from PDF to other formats online FREE

1st Google Education On Air conference with many educators presenting on a wide variety of topics. The video recordings of the sessions are found by clicking on each link. Most presenters have additional links to resources and you can add them to your Google+ connections.

Some cool tools to edit video online - some will allow downloading in different formats after the editing is completed. This makes it easy then to upload into Prezis, Schooltube, or Google Docs, and then share the videos.

When TED launched its educational website for younger students last week, I think teachers everywhere realised they had to up their game. The 3-10 minute videos are designed to encourage curiosity and show how the world works using compelling animation and the audible explanations of a gifted teacher.  Even if you're not in high school, the videos are sometimes fascinating, sometimes kinda strange, but generally very cool. Here are some of the best videos that are designed to amaze and challenge your brain.

Have you given up Outlook and now miss sending Word docs as attachments? Here is some freeware that allows you to do that - AFFIXA. Here are some instructions and a link to the free download. When you send to email, it will put your Word doc in your Gmail "drafts" folder. 

Some great ways for students to create and publish presentations online. Some allow you to embed video in them, as well.

Wesley Fryer presents a great tutorial with screenshots.

Excellent updated guide on how to use Google Reader by The Edublogger, Sue Waters.

Great information and a chance to watch a school pilot Chromebooks from the beginning stages of planning & implementation

Google Apps for the iPad is a small site built by Google Certified Teacher Jill Galloway. The site addresses a lot of common questions about using Google Apps on iPads. 

Primary source documents, videos, etc. on Martin Luther King, Jr.

Great set of activities and resources for learning about MLK

Great site with videos and interactive activities on different concepts in biology. Quzzes to assess learning and reinforce learning are included.

Students at Burlington HS took on the task of learning about Digitla Citizenship and built this site. I love how students interviewed teachers and students, and also the school principal, and also posted examples of good/bad practices. Points to the fact we need to work on this concept and that of a "Digital Footprint"

 Bay Files, like many similar services, allows you to upload a file for quick and easy sharing. When you upload a file to Bay Files, Bay Files generates a series of download links that you can give to the people you want to access your files. So instead of sending an email with a big file attachment you can just direct people to the download link associated with your file.

Windows 7 provides parental controls over the time spent on the computer, websites visited, and onboard software. See the videos on this site to learn more.

Snaplr is a simple way to capture and annotate your desktop's activity. Its Free to download. After taking your screenshot, you can highlight a specific screenshot area further with a set of drawing tools. Copy your screenshot to the clipboard and paste it to an email or save it as a png attachment instead.  Works great in Gmail and Outlook. I like using this in Windows as Google Chrome doesn't have the best screen capture extensions right now that can annotate as easily as this tool.