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"The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials"

"Although most homes have video games there's been a lot of resistance to them entering the classroom, but that's changing as teachers recognise their educational benefits."

Star Wars in the Classroom is a website for educators and fans alike that provides resources for transdisciplinary teaching and learning with the Star Wars saga.

Things to think about when you want to tell a story, together with some of the different tools you might use to do that. (via @cogdog)

"The free tool to generate citations, reference lists and bibliographies."

Interactive guide introducing students to using social media in academic/professional ways.

How to use minecraft to teach across schools. "Minecraft is an engaging platform for creativity, computational thinking, collaboration and learning. Crafting learning opportunities in Minecraft between schools is a wonderful opportunity to develop student collaboration and ICT for learning skills. Mineclass, started by a bunch of Australian Microsoft Expert Educators, was conceived to make interschool Minecraft projects a reality"

Doctor Who is teaming up with a Dalek and trying to save the universe and teaching children some early computer programming skills at the same time in a game due to launched on the broadcaster's CBBC website. The Doctor and the Dalek includes voice narration from current Doctor Peter Capaldi, and a new story by Phil Ford, who has written for the TV show.It is a free web game is aimed at 6-12 year-olds, and involves freeing a battered Dalek from a ship of Cybermen, then building it back up to full strength through puzzles based on the programming elements of the new English computing curriculum. At the moment the game is only playable on computers, but the development team is working on future updates that will will try to make it work on tablets too by early 2015.

All the advice you need to get started with creating screencasts from 'Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything'

"Screencasts can be made with many tools and are often used to create a tutorial or showcase student content mastery. This page provides links to information, ideas, rubrics, and tools for the creation of screencasts by both teachers and students."

"A guide to protecting your smartphone: what's covered by insurance and by a manufacturer's warranty, and your rights as a consumer"

"Our aim is to develop and implement a methodology for learning design composed of tools, practice and other innovation that both builds upon, and contributes to, existing academic and practioner research."

A very well thought out table that contain some useful comments by Nancy White. It is useful because it moves from the technology use to integration to learning by design. Very interesting model and something worth considering.

A nice annotated list here. Although those listed in the post are linked to the iOS versions they are also available from google app store when I checked . (We would not need #5 and #9 so did not check these.)

"A list of the top 50 K-12 ed tech blogs special, putting a spotlight to some of the biggest conversation starters in educational technology today. These bloggers represent nearly all aspects of K-12 education, from teachers and administrators, to strategists and technicians. Through their influential work and their blogs, these thought-leaders have garnered . Some were nominated by our readers, and some are veterans of last year's list that have stayed on top of our charts."

Blubbr is a free, website that lets you create and play quiz games from YouTube videos. The site calls these "Trivs". You can play trivs in different categories, from celebs and music to sport and education. These trivs can then be shared with anyone across the internet. You sign in with Twitter or Facebook.

This could be used for neighbors to comment on homes with good or poor landscaping. Or who should win holiday lights contest.

A discussion of some tools that you could use to add questions and clarifying notes to videos that you can then share with students.