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"Feel like something's missing from your YouTube viewing experience -- like some good 'ol multiple-choice questions? The chronic learners among us will be happy to hear that the site is testing an interactive -- and potentially educational -- feature that lets users add quizzes to their clips. A new page on the YouTube site describes a "Video Questions Editor Beta," which lets channel owners display multiple-choice questions on top of their videos as they play. The page is pretty blank at the moment, but the beta is up and running for those who opt in. "

This site is a freely available public site that is designed specifically for Music Teachers and pre-service Music Teachers interested in continual professional development in their field of music education (although we do welcome all educators, curriculum developers, and public school administrators!). While this site is free to use, all users must register for an account -for all non-logged users, clicking any of the links will take you back to this page.

Poem, Rhymes and Stories write by students- you can submit your students writing to be published on this page

Please be patient while this page loads -- it takes several minutes. But it does include, after all, the entire universe. You may see a blank space below, then a gray box. Stick with it. When it's finished loading, prepare to be mesmerized.

Amazing video with zoom-in/zoom-out showing scale of the universe from very small to very large. (Similar to "Powers of Ten" video)

This page contains multiple "how to" video tutorials to show you how to leave a comment on a blog, write a new post, adding links and embedding photos or videos.  These will be useful when you start blogging.

Letterpop is a service that allows you to easily create online newsletters with text and images and several pages. It offers a free plan with which you can publish up to 10 newsletters. You do need to create an account. You can take a screen shot of the newsletter so that you do not have to publish it. We were also able to have 18 people logged into one account at the same time. There is a feature that allows you to send out the newsletters to an email list. (if you publish them).

Found my tool of the week! 

This is sweet! I'm totally using this to sup up my web page- maybe a cool street logo for Pilsen poetry slam postings come this fall. :-)

Our goal is to provide a fun, safe and interactive environment for children to read and learn about interesting current events. Our  news articles are short, simple and include photos/videos in order to keep children focused and interested.

Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity's most pressing current and future challenges. The United States' position in the global economy is declining, in part because U.S. workers lack fundamental knowledge in these fields.

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