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50 Brain Facts Every Educator Should Know | Associate Degree - Facts and Information - 1 views

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Steven Knight on 09 Feb 11

The brain is perhaps the most fascinating organ in the human body. It controls everything from breathing to emotions to learning. If you work with children, here are some facts that you might find helpful, from how the brain affects learning to facts about memory to interesting facts about the brain that you can share with your students.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The brain is perhaps the most fascinating organ in the human body. It controls everything from breathing to emotions to learning. If you work with children, here are some facts that you might find helpful, from how the brain affects learning to facts about memory to interesting facts about the brain that you can share with your students.</div>

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Welcome to PlanetFOSS! - 3 views

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Motion Math - Move, play, learn! - 1 views

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apps in the classroom iPad math fractions

shared by Steven Knight on 20 Feb 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 20 Feb 11

Motion Math creates movement-based learning games that give players an intuitive sense of math.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Motion Math creates movement-based learning games that give players an intuitive sense of math. </div>

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MathBoard - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 20 Feb 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 20 Feb 11

MathBoard is appropriate for all ages from kindergarten (with simple addition and subtraction problems) to elementary school where learning multiplication and division can be a challenge. You can control the range of numbers you want to work with, the number of questions you want to answer and even assign a time limit per quiz. MathBoard will make learning math fun.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">MathBoard is appropriate for all ages from kindergarten (with simple addition and subtraction problems) to elementary school where learning multiplication and division can be a challenge. You can control the range of numbers you want to work with, the number of questions you want to answer and even assign a time limit per quiz. MathBoard will make learning math fun. </div>

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Clipart ETC Homepage - 1 views

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Cynthia Bragg on 24 Feb 11

Math clipart for fractions, clocks, patterns, probability, etc. Science clipart for plants, weather instruments, weather patterns... Great resource for adding images to tests.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Math clipart for fractions, clocks, patterns, probability, etc. Science clipart for plants, weather instruments, weather patterns... Great resource for adding images to tests.</div>

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ChartTool - create nice looking charts with Image Charts! - 1 views

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Steven Knight on 04 Mar 11

If you're like me, you don't have the time to delve into the world of Excel formulas. It's not that I haven't tried. I have. It's just that manipulating the data and then turning that refined data into charts that are actually understandable is, well, I hate it. That's why I was quite thrilled to find Google's answer to this problem: ChartTool.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">If you're like me, you don't have the time to delve into the world of Excel formulas. It's not that I haven't tried. I have. It's just that manipulating the data and then turning that refined data into charts that are actually understandable is, well, I hate it. That's why I was quite thrilled to find Google's answer to this problem: ChartTool.</div>

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History Tours - us - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 04 Mar 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 04 Mar 11

History Tours is a collaborative website that gives teachers access to pre-made Google Earth tours on various topics in American and World history. These tours provide an excellent backdrop for visual learning. They allow students to view people and places of historical importance while the teacher presents essential background knowledge.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">History Tours is a collaborative website that gives teachers access to pre-made Google Earth tours on various topics in American and World history. These tours provide an excellent backdrop for visual learning. They allow students to view people and places of historical importance while the teacher presents essential background knowledge.</div>

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MinyanLand - Fun Way for Kids To Learn About Money with Hoofy & Boo - 1 views

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Welcome to MinyanLand, home of Hoofy the Bull and Boo the Bear. In our cool little town you get to play games and make friends, while you learn about earning, saving, spending and giving.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Welcome to MinyanLand, home of Hoofy the Bull and Boo the Bear. In our cool little town you get to play games and make friends, while you learn about earning, saving, spending and giving. </div>

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Wordle, Prezi, VoiceThread & More - These Educators Know It All! - SimpleK12 - 3 views

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Idea Sketch - 1 views

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iPad apps in the classroom free mindmap graphic_organizers

shared by Steven Knight on 07 Mar 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 07 Mar 11

Idea Sketch lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart - and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa. You can use Idea Sketch for anything, such as brainstorming new ideas, illustrating concepts, making lists and outlines, planning presentations, creating organizational charts, and more!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Idea Sketch lets you easily draw a diagram - mind map, concept map, or flow chart - and convert it to a text outline, and vice versa. You can use Idea Sketch for anything, such as brainstorming new ideas, illustrating concepts, making lists and outlines, planning presentations, creating organizational charts, and more! </div>

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Places and Spaces :: Science Maps for Kids - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 09 Mar 11 - Cached

Steven Knight on 09 Mar 11

The hands-on science maps for kids invite children to see, explore, and understand science from above. One map shows our world and the places where science is practiced or researched.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The hands-on science maps for kids invite children to see, explore, and understand science from above. One map shows our world and the places where science is practiced or researched.</div>

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Super-Powered Word Study - James Bucky Carter - Authors - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 10 Mar 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 10 Mar 11

Fifteen short mini-comics provide the engaging framework for illustrating the meanings of words and word parts in context for students in grades five and up. And research shows that these high-interest visual narratives are especially motivating for ELL and reluctant readers in all grades, too.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Fifteen short mini-comics provide the engaging framework for illustrating the meanings of words and word parts in context for students in grades five and up. And research shows that these high-interest visual narratives are especially motivating for ELL and reluctant readers in all grades, too. </div>

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Wordventure! - 1 views

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Free apps in the classroom lanaguage arts grammar iPad vocabulary

shared by Steven Knight on 17 Mar 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 17 Mar 11

Wordventure is just like the word game we all played as kids! You can pick from many story templates, then choose Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Types of Food, Mythical Animals, etc, etc, etc and then fall on the floor laughing at the hilarious story you've just created! Wordventure is fun for kids as well as adults and can be played alone or with friends! Your kids might even learn a thing or two about parts of speech while they are having fun!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Wordventure is just like the word game we all played as kids! You can pick from many story templates, then choose Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Types of Food, Mythical Animals, etc, etc, etc and then fall on the floor laughing at the hilarious story you've just created! Wordventure is fun for kids as well as adults and can be played alone or with friends! Your kids might even learn a thing or two about parts of speech while they are having fun!</div>

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Academic Earth | Online Courses | Academic Video Lectures - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 18 Mar 11 - Cached

Steven Knight on 18 Mar 11

Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education. As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education. As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education? At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning.</div>

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Brain Parade | A Learning Celebration - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 20 Mar 11 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 20 Mar 11

Education tools for children with autism and other developmental challenges have lagged far behind the technology curve. Brain Parade plans to change that by creating special education tools that leverage the full power of today's mobile technology innovations.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Education tools for children with autism and other developmental challenges have lagged far behind the technology curve. Brain Parade plans to change that by creating special education tools that leverage the full power of today's mobile technology innovations.</div>

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Collaborative annotation of images online | SpeakingImage - 1 views

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Science social social studies primarysources images web app web 2.0

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Steven Knight on 13 Apr 11

SpeakingImage is an application for creating interactive images and share them with others. You can also create groups, add wikis and set different permissions to manage collaborative work

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">SpeakingImage is an application for creating interactive images and share them with others. You can also create groups, add wikis and set different permissions to manage collaborative work</div>

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morgueFile free photos for creatives by creatives - 1 views

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copyright free image Photo photolibrary

shared by Steven Knight on 18 Apr 11 - Cached

Steven Knight on 18 Apr 11

Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!</div>

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Clay Yourself - 3 views

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Techy Things Teachers Should Try: Free App Friday - CloudOn - 1 views

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shared by Steven Knight on 28 Jan 12 - No Cached

Steven Knight on 28 Jan 12

CloudOn is a "free for a limited time" app that allows you to create, edit, and view Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files on your iPad. CloudOn pulls the files from your Dropbox account, and also automatically saves them there, so you must have a Dropbox account to use CloudOn

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">CloudOn is a "free for a limited time" app that allows you to create, edit, and view Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files on your iPad. CloudOn pulls the files from your Dropbox account, and also automatically saves them there, so you must have a Dropbox account to use CloudOn</div>

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Cool Infographics 2011 Gallery - 1 views

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