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Spell with flickr - 11 views

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    Spell with flickr is a neat app that allows you to create banners or other text with flickr images. Perfect for embedding in wikis or using on blogs or other Web sites.
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VocabGrabber : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus - 17 views

  • VocabGrabber analyzes any text you're interested in, generating lists of the most useful vocabulary words and showing you how those words are used in context. Just copy text from a document and paste it into the box, and then click on the "Grab Vocabulary!" button. VocabGrabber will automatically create a list of vocabulary from your text, which you can then sort, filter, and save.
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isnoop.net's fridge 3.0. Play with my magnetic words. - 8 views

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    magnetic poetry - possible intro. to poetry unit
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Vocaroo | Record and send voice emails - 6 views

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    easiest way to record audio in the classroom...
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Classroom 2.0 LIVE! - Archive and Resources - 4 views

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    This is a great resource for some free tech PD on your own time.
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TodaysMeet - 6 views

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    it'd be a miracle if this is not blocked at school
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Flixtime - Video Slideshows made easy! - 14 views

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    add voiceover to your movies, pretend to be Ken Burns!
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teachweb2 » home - 9 views

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    A group of teachers into web2.0- explore, review, integrate
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Apture - - 18 views

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    Application that allows you to learn more about anything you highlight on a website without having to leave the page; make the internet an even greater resource for students!
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Education Week's Digital Directions: Classroom-Tested Tech Tools Used to Boost Literacy - 10 views

  • English-language learners
  • audio recorders to have student-teachers read sets of vocabulary words, then she creates matching PowerPoint presentations with the words and burns them onto DVDs
  • 2nd through 4th graders over 16 weeks as they used webcams to see themselves reading and then he identified their mistakes.
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  • at least two fewer mistakes per minute.
  • podcasting to help her students practice fluency.
  • Then they can literally see the pauses or mistakes they made in the editing program and correct them.
  • Using VoiceThread, for instance—which allows users to create collaborative, multimedia slide shows with images, documents, and videos
  • Storybird, allows students to tap into a library of illustrations to create digital books, says Lovely.
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One U.S. Corporation's Role in Egypt's Brutal Crackdown | Save the Internet - 7 views

  • Egypt, where the Mubarak regime today reportedly shut down Internet and cell phone communications -- a troubling predictor of the fierce crackdown that has followed.
  • The tools that connect, organize and empower protesters can also be used to hunt them down.
  • Narus provides Egypt Telecom with Deep Packet Inspection equipment (DPI), a content-filtering technology that allows network managers to inspect, track and target content from users of the Internet and mobile phones, as it passes through routers on the information superhighway.
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  • arus global customers include the national telecommunications authorities in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- two countries that regularly register alongside Egypt near the bottom of Human Rights Watch's world report.
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Qwiki - 12 views

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    Qwiki allows users to learn more about a variety of topics through multimedia and storytelling. Users can also contribute content to make Qwiki even better.
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    already used this as I introduced my research project last week, in between snowflakes. Great reception!
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http://www.voki.com/Voki_for_education.php - 5 views

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    VOKI for teachers has just launched. free lessonplan database included. fun and engaging
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Nota : Casual Collaboration - 7 views

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    "Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends."
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Sistine Chapel - Cappella Sistina - Photosynth - 4 views

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    Great tool that encourages users/students to explore the different stages of the Sistine Chapel. Could work well with a Genesis lesson.
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