Discovery Educator Network

Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. Teachers also have the ability to mark any post from their classes as public to share with the outside world. You can also create private groups for you and your colleagues to collaborate. It's free & simple to use!

edModo - Microblogging in the Classroom

To go along with Steve Dembo's post about proving you are a Rock STAR Educator.

Welcome to Hunkin's Experiments. Cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and a whole lot more!! Hundreds of cartoon experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster and engineer Tim Hunkin.

The NPCA has posted free podcasts to educatate the public and tell the stories about our National Parks. Have these stories on your iPod to listen while you visit or use them to learn more about these places before you go or when you return.

What: Technology & Learning invites K-12 students to participate in the sixth annual digital photography contest. The competition, open to all K-12 students, challenges you to capture-and share-your unique vision of the world. If you have an artistic side, you also have the option to digitally enhance your photos with your favorite imaging software. The best digitally enhanced photo wins a special prize from Adobe. Other prizes include a digital camera, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and more!

The 2008 Digital Media and Learning Competition theme is Participatory Learning. Participatory Learning includes the many ways that learners (of any age) use new technologies to participate in virtual communities where they share ideas, comment upon one another's projects, and plan, design, advance, implement, or simply discuss their goals and ideas together. Details

The world of animated avatars, widgets and user generated video clips

The world of animated avatars, widgets and user generated video clips

VyewMyPC provides easy desktop sharing, whiteboarding and web conferencing. Share your desktop with anyone, anywhere with any browser. Broadcast with your webcam and free voice conferencing or voice over IP (VoIP).

How can teachers use the resources? Each school, classroom, and teacher is unique. As such we didn't try to provide specific activities for particular grade levels. Instead we suggest that teachers explore each link, then design specific, developmentally appropriate activities such as discussion questions, small group activities, or webquests to fit the needs of their curriculum.

Great directions on how to use google notebook for research

Formerly PicLens