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Very simple to use, but very versatile polling tool. You just create a question and add some options then share it with the people you want answers from. The great thing is that they can add extra options and add various pros and cons of each option as well as voting on the ones they like. This makes the whole process of polling much more open, social and interactive. Here's a quick video showing how it works

Tricider is online polling with commenting and voting that supports shared brainstorming. Free. Registration is optional. Possible student feedback and classroom applications?

Lessons, video tutorials and lesson plans to support learning Scratch

In a bright buzzing room, in the glow of the moon-and iPhones and Androids and Blackberries too-it is time to say goodnight...

Strategies - motivation, challenges, goals

More on that iphone 3GS and augmented reality.

This is Wetoku. Videoconferencing tool recommended as easy to use and distribute video to the web.

An online learning management classroom teaching with social networking. Includes live webcam and conferencing for realtime teaching. Tutors can charge or not.

An online learning management classroom teaching with social networking. Includes live webcam and conferencing for realtime teaching. Tutors can charge or not.

"So I'd like to get more specific about what I think is wrong about the Khan Academy approach by writing about things I see as wrong with the way we teach math in the US. No matter if we agree or not about Khan Academy, I'm fairly certain we can agree math learning is not going as well as we'd like (to say the least.) Too many people are convinced by the system that they "hate math", and even students who do well (meaning, can get decent test scores) are often just regurgitating stuff for the test, knowing they can safely forget it shortly afterward."

"Born to learn is a fun, thought-provoking series of animations that illustrate ground-breaking new discoveries about how humans learn. "

"As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy."

Pinky Dinky Doo harnesses the power of television, print, and interactive media to promote reading and imaginative storytelling. To achieve this, Pinky invites children to participate in funny and fantastic stories, games, and songs that support critical early literacy skills.

Using the medium of dance to explain the complex concepts in PhDs.

How well would you need to understand a topic in order to be able to explain it through a completely different medium?! That's the underlying principle of John Davitt's Learning Event Generator (http://www.newtools.org/showtxt.php?docid=737), which in this site we see writ large.