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Free Open source data visualization tools including timeline

"Five Ways Teachers Can Use Technology to Help Students Posted: 05/07/2013 8:34 am Follow éducation , Classroom Technology , Open Source , Public Schools , Teacher Technology , Technology In The Classroom , Technology News SHARE THIS STORY 57 273 34 Submit this story By Darrell M. West and Joshua Bleiberg Thomas Edison once said, "Books will soon be obsolete in the public schools... our school system will be completely changed inside of ten years." Amazingly enough, however, one of our nation's most important inventors was proven quite wrong. The American education system has a remarkable resistance to innovation and the classroom experience has changed very little in the 100 years since Edison's prediction. Advances in information technology have revolutionized how people communicate and learn in nearly every aspect of modern life except for education. The education system operates under the antiquated needs of an agrarian and industrial America. The short school day and the break in the summer were meant to allow children to work on family farms. Schools have an enduring industrial mentality placing students in arbitrary groups based on their age regardless of their competencies. Technology has failed to transform our schools because the education governance system insulates them from the disruptions that technology creates in other organizations. The government regulates schools perhaps more than any other organization. Rules govern where students study, how they will learn, and who will teach them. Education regulation governs the relationships of actors in the system and stymies the impact of innovative technologies. Furthermore the diffuse system of governance creates numerous veto points to limit innovation. To overcome these obstacles, we must persuade teachers that technology will empower them and help their students learn. We argue that there are five strategies for successful teacher adoption of education technology and that these principles will he

Portable web-based bookmarking tool.

This awesome website provides teachers with ready to use lessons and resources to bring real-life math into the classroom.

HUGE list of links to web tools

tool that highlights text on a web page; save the URL or email it

The History Engine is a web-based educational tool hosted by University of Richmond. Students use this site to learn history by researching, writing, and publishing specific episodes of American life. The online, searchable database contains works of students from all over the country. Excellent site for teachers, students and anyone interested in history.

this is a link to accessibility tools for use in the classroom

Great online catalog of items for small hands

Curriculum Material Online -- Over 30,000 Web Pages...some free...some not

Teaching Channel is a video showcase -- online and on TV -- of inspired and effective teaching practices

Find more ideas for using twitter in the classroom!

A middle school teacher shares how shy students benefit from twitter!

Check out how a first grade teacher is using twitter with her students!

Cool Word Art- Great as a Word Splash activator; you can also use it to pick up on different themes and key words in a text