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"How to Get Started Make sure you already have a Google+ account (and optionally a company page), then follow these steps. Install (or make sure you have installed) the Google Talk plugin. Follow all of the instructions to install the plugin. Then login to your Google+ account (see image for placement of steps): Click the link to "Start your own hangout" in the right column. Check in the top right corner and select the personal account or company page you want to use to host this hangout. If you have multiple cameras and microphones connected to your computer, make sure you select the one you prefer to use first. Invite an entire circle, individuals or select Public. The interface to start a hangout has a clean, simple design. Here some tips for successful hangouts: Give yourself time to practice. I'm part of a group of women on Google+ who routinely test out new features privately before we open up public hangouts. Create the list of people you want to invite by putting them all in a circle. Then just invite the circle. Create any documents you are going to share ahead of time in Google Docs to easily add them to the hangout."

Create adventure stories using Google Forms to allow for reader choice.

"IFTTT is a service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement: if THIS then THAT IFTTT is pronounced like "gift" without the "g.""

Ramven has released Mobile Web Apps for informative and productivity. Our Mobile Web Apps include financial calculators, unit converters and many more categories. These Mobile Web Apps are light weight and support all major mobile, tablet, smart phone and desktop web browsers.

Kevin Honeycutt's iPad site

zoom from micro to macro

time sheet calculator allows for input of up to 14 time periods (in hours and minutes), and totals them. It also calculates hours worked by inputing start time and end time.

""Visiting Cabaret Mechanical Theatre is like drifting into a bizarre and fascinating dream" - What's on in London What is it? Well, it's not a theatre or a cabaret for a start. It's a kind of exhibition or museum (but we don't like those words). So, what is it? It's a collection of contemporary automata, which is a kind of mechanical sculpture. Nearly all of the work in the collection is humourous."

"2014 ON for Learning Award Winners Common Sense Media's ON for Learning Award is given to the very best in kids' digital media. Our learning ratings program is designed to help educators surface the apps, games, and websites that truly deliver experiences that enrich and delight kids, helping them thrive with media and technology. We are excited to recognize these apps, games, and websites for earning the highest learning rating from Common Sense Media in the past year."

"In the midst of going through your materials, setting up your bulletin boards, and writing new lessons, check out these websites which can help you add a little flash to the new school year."

"Only one Pets in the Classroom grant per teacher, per school year is permitted. Teachers who apply for more than one grant in a school year may be disqualified from the program. Pets in the Classroom grants are offered to Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade classes only in both public and private schools. Home school settings and high schools do not qualify for grants at this time. These grants are intended to support pets or aquariums in the classroom for the purposes of teaching children to bond with and care for their pets responsibly. The welfare of the small animals involved is of paramount importance. These grants must not be used for the purposes of research or experiments of any kind."