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This blog supports Screenr, a desktop video system tied to your twitter account. After capturing the video (max length 5 minutes) you have the choice of tweeting the video url, posting the video to YouTube, downloading the video as an MP4, or using an embed code for webpages. Screenr is similar to Jing in many ways. However, it does not live on your computer, it's completely online or 'in the cloud' if you prefer. Also, screenr gives you functionality you'll have to pay for with Jing. This blog will show you a lot of things that Screenr will go. If you have a need for desktop video, give Screenr a try!

"A mesmerising animated map is weather and other data layers, including winds, wave direction and and height, clouds, CO2 concentration and much more."

Create word clouds with just about anything. (Tip from Tammy Worcester) paste in free answers from Google forms surveys. (Tip from me - paste into MS word first and turn it all into lowercase.)

Make a Text Snowflake with this easy to use online creator. Enter three lines of text, adjust colours and print to make a display or part of a Christmas card. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

Dead drops.com has a list of dead drops around the world. Some of my students brought this in as a maker project that they want to do in Friday's #geniushour . Honestly, I'd never heard of this and I'm not sure what I think about this. It could easily be used for great things - sharing photos or making a time capsule of sorts, but it could also be use to pirate files. It is interesting what happens when students bring in ideas.

If you use Dropbox for automating your assessment and grading there are so many wonderful tings you can do with Sortmy box. For example, if you have a "turnin" folder that all students can access, you could sweep the files out of there and put it in a private folder for grading. Or, you could move all picture folders to a certain place. This is a very cool app for organizing dropbox, expecially if you want to consolidate pictures or videos.

Awesome article on very cool things you can do with Dropbox. Some of these can save teachers a lot of time.

The FTC is going to rule on whether "cloud computing" is secure enough. This could be HUGE!!! Shutting down Google Docs, for example?

AN important case to watch

New activity at Kilauea doesn't match the "classic" shield volcano descriptions. Good chance to show that while humans try to categorize natural events as well as they can It doesn't always happen that way.

Good example of "messy" science

Virtual Microscope uses the Google Maps API to display and navigate scanned slides of microscopic images. 

Great user doc and tips for using dropbox with students.

THis article points out that some new gadgets have been created especially for the education market. But, the next time you're in a Google spreadsheet, check out Insert>Gadget to see what all they've added recently. From word clouds, to flash cards, and more. Fun stuff!

Some VERY cool new gadgets to use with your google spreadsheets

Créer des quiz avec Google docs (article anglais)

Download & install software.  Start sharing music, videos, and photos with others. 

Upload a sound recording, visualize it with the cloud generator, share it to social media, and allow others to comment on it. Could be a great tool for language and music teachers

upload and share audio, like youtube for audio.

A fascinating way that allows you to shoot and upload video that is integrated with Google drive. While there is a free version, there are also paid versions for higher capacity requirements. This allows online video editing and easy sharing with social media. This may be the resource we've been looking for collaborative video editing. Eager to try.