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Great add on for Google Drive

Children (and most adults) love looking at themselves on a webcam and this flash based site lets you add over 70 filters and effects. Use the snapshot button to grab an image. There are lots of ways to use this tool in class. Use the mirror functions in maths for symmetry and compile a music video by adding a screencast tool. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images

"add@getpocket.com" Take a link on any web site and send it by email to your Virtual Pocket.

"RTF/ODF-Scan for Zotero is an add-on for the Zotero reference manager software that allows users to insert citation markers into any document saved as .odt (e.g. by software such as google docs or Scrivener) and then convert those into active Zotero citations. It requires Zotero, LibreOffice and the Zotero LibreOffice plugin. "

Punishment guarantees a "push-back" response in all of the following situations: (A "push-back" response is simply the natural human resistance to change. Any time that one attempts to change a child's behavior the child will resist. Add punishment and you will insure more resistance to change.)

Very handy and open source timeline creator. "1. Create a Spreadsheet Add your dates and places to a Google Spreadsheet. 2. Connect and Customize Connect your spreadsheet with TimeMapper and customize the results. 3. Publish, Embed and Share Publish your TimeMap at your own personal url, then share or embed on your site."

A neat little trick to find indepth articles. Just add "&tbs=ida:1&gl=us" to the end of your search URL

Youth Voices is a vibrant home for young writers seeking an authentic audience and a space to publish writing across a wide range of genres. The site is essentially a social network, so students can easily align their interests and make meaningful connections with other young writers. Students touch on issues ranging from the environment and politics to personal narrative stories and video gaming. Some students also add multimedia components like video.

I plan on Attending this ISTE unlpugged session but first I think I'll check out that list of 50 ways to tell a story.  I have my first totally virtual class next year and I don't want to try to teach physics through lecture.  11:30 am - 12:00pm [Concurrent Session 6] Title: Beyond Lectures: How to Re-Invent Your Online Content Delivery in Face to Face, Hybrid and Fully Online Courses Description:Good pedagogy delivers content multiple ways to engage students and address different learning styles. Online learning, however, resides comfortably in lectures and discussion. This needn't be the case: learn to add free and easy tools to online content delivery that will appeal to all students and address the needs of multi modal learners. Inspired by Alan Levine's "50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story," this session will explore a variety of current tools that transform lecture delivery into an interactive multimedia activity that will engage myriad learning styles. Presenter: Pamela Kachka, MA.Ed.

Browser add-on for searching more efficiently. Works with Chrome, IE, Firefox. Export results to Evernote, Easybib, Google Docs, Diigo etc. 

Interesting you should bookmark this now. This was in my aggregator today from the Programmable web blog: http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/07/12/mine-the-information-behind-the-search-with-these-apis/

SMART Exchange: a great resource to pull from and add to if you use SMART notebook on any level. 

Add your blog post on Read Education Reform here to the comment thread for the Day of National Blogging for Real Reform, November 22, 2010!

An add-on tool bar for the PC version of Word or to open office to create several kinds of puzzles, flashcards and other games out of vocabulary.

A beautifully made site for making photo collages online. Really easy and no sign in is required. Select a template, upload your photos and drag them to the place you want. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images

A great (and free with no download) website to create photo collages.

Photovisi is a free and easy to use online photo collage maker. Select one of the many designs, add your photos and then customize by dragging items around. After the collage is finished, it's available for download and print! 

A really seek looking photo editing site. Upload or take a photo with your webcam. A large collection of effects that you can add with just one click and save to your computer. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+&+Images

"A supermarket chain in South Korea has come up with a way to allow commuters to do their shopping while they wait for the subway. They hung life size banners along subway walls that recreate supermarket aisles and included QR codes for each item on the virtual shelves that when scanned add the item to the shopper's online cart. When customers check out, the order is placed via the supermarket's website and then delivered to the customer's home later that day." Look at how thinking differently changed the way people shopped for groceries in Korea. As educators, can't we find a way to think this differently too so we can change education...putting the learners at the center.

This site creates video windows using videos from YouTube and Facebook. It adds a link button and a customised launch page. Best of all, it blocks any pop up ads during and the suggested videos after the video. Embed on your site or share with a link. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Video%2C+animation%2C+film+%26+Webcams

Luminate is a free tool to add text and hyperlinks to static pictures on the web