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Dana Huff

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.
Adam Babcock

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.
meenoo rami

isnoop.net's fridge 3.0. Play with my magnetic words. - 8 views

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    magnetic poetry - possible intro. to poetry unit
meenoo rami

Vocaroo | Record and send voice emails - 6 views

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    easiest way to record audio in the classroom...
Adam Babcock

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.
meenoo rami

TodaysMeet - 6 views

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    it'd be a miracle if this is not blocked at school
meenoo rami

Flixtime - Video Slideshows made easy! - 14 views

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    add voiceover to your movies, pretend to be Ken Burns!
Karen LaBonte

teachweb2 » home - 9 views

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    A group of teachers into web2.0- explore, review, integrate
Caroline Bachmann

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!
Adam Babcock

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.
Adam Babcock

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.
Dana Huff

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!
Leslie Healey

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
Dana Huff

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."
Adam Babcock

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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