Minecraft is an award winning building game and something of an educational phenomenon. It's an addictive game where players build a 3D landscape by adding and destroying blocks. Play this free java version to get your class creating and imagining. No registration required. Play the multi-player version at http://www.minecraft.net/classic/list, but a free registration is needed to play as a team.
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A better way to organize parent-teacher conferences. (or parent-teacher interviews, as they're called in the UK) Scholastico makes it easy to set up the conference day. Parents get to sign up for their preferred time slot, resulting in less work for the school office.
EdTech startup created by teachers (Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator) offering parent-teacher conference registrations and other tools to make schools run more efficiently.
Saylor.org is a free and open collection of college level courses. There are no registrations or fees required to take our courses, and you will earn a certificate upon completion of each course.
A nice site for younger children where you will find games, interactive stories, songs, virtual art creators and more. Free registration is required.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular
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CHAPTER 1—SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT (§§ 101–122)
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CHAPTER 10—DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES AND MEDIA (§§ 1001–1010)
CHAPTER 11—SOUND RECORDINGS AND MUSIC VIDEOS (§ 1101)
CHAPTER 12—COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (§§ 1201–1205)
CHAPTER 13—PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS (§§ 1301–1332)
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RubiStar is a free online tool to help teachers create quality rubrics. Users may create original rubrics, save and edit custom rubrics, or search the site for content specific rubrics submitted by other users.
Site includes rubric templates for: Oral presentations, Multimedia, Math, Writing, Products, Reading, Art, Work Skills, Science, and Music.
Description: Wallwisher is an online post-it board. It can be used for making announcements or for posting polling questions. No user registration is required. Works like a notice board. You can choose the level of control; who can view, who can post, and authorize all posts before they go "live". Visit my wall to post your thoughts about this Web 2.0 tool. You can link your sticky notes to videos, images, and websites. http://wallwisher.com/wall/greatwebtool
Description: Wallwisher is an online post-it board. It can be used for making announcements or for posting polling questions. No user registration is required. Works like a notice board. You can choose the level of control; who can view, who can post, and authorize all posts before they go "live". Visit my wall to post your thoughts about this Web 2.0 tool. You can link your sticky notes to videos, images, and websites. http://wallwisher.com/wall/greatwebtool
RefSeek's guide to the 25 best online resources for finding free educational videos. With the exception of BrainPOP and Cosmeo, all listed sites offer their extensive video libraries for free and without registration.
Meograph is a free, easy multimedia storytelling tool. Students can quickly combine videos, audio, pictures, text, maps, timelines, and links to create what the developers call "four-dimensional storytelling." No registration is required and an education version is available. You have to play around with it to get the concept before introducing it to students.
Free Technology for Teachers describes how to use this free online collaborative whiteboard tool, Stoodle. Stoodle doesn't require registration and allows you multiple "pages" to write on (great for math problems), type on, or add files or pictures to. There is a chat box and microphone feature.