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"3D templates and interactive objects that provide Educators globally with powerful, highly engaging, Project, Inquiry & Challenge based learning tools. Students and Teachers engaged in-world via chat, voice and web cam."

"About Creaza Creaza offers you an integrated, web-based toolbox for creative work, both at school and in your free time. You use the toolbox along with various fully developed thematic universes: historical periods, fairy-tales, fantasy worlds, and current challenges, such as climate/environment. Creaza integrates professional and user-generated content, creative tools and a social network in a new and innovative way. Users on Creaza have the opportunity to share their work with other Internet users and can give each other comments and suggestions on the products they choose to share. To use this service, all you need is Internet access, a web browser, and the Flash plug-in. Creaza is available for PC, MAC, and Linux users alike. Creaza is fully integrated with Fronter, who provides a platform for learning and collaboration. Fronter offers Creaza as a PlusPack integrated in their platform"

"ConnectSafely is for parents, teens, educators, advocates - everyone engaged in and interested in the impact of the social Web. The user-driven, all-media, multi-platform, fixed and mobile social Web is a big part of young people's lives, and this is the central space - linked to from social networks across the Web - for learning about safe, civil use of Web 2.0 together. Our forum is also designed to give teens and parents a voice in the public discussion about youth online safety begun back in the '90s. ConnectSafely also has all kinds of social-media safety tips for teens and parents, the latest youth-tech news, and many other resources. "

"Wiki Rubric Karen Franker's rubric includes criteria for assessing individual and group Wiki contributions. Blog Rubric This rubric by Karen Franker may be used for assessing individual blog entries, including comments on peers' blogs. Twitter Rubric Karen Franker's rubric may be used to assess learning with Twitter during social networking instructional assignments."

"MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?"

"This course examines the theoretical foundations for best practice in teaching the 21st century Jewish learner. Educational theory will be applied to the analysis of critical elements of Web 2.0 inspired learning, including connectivity, communication, collaboration, problem solving, transformational play, creative expression and customization. Class work is be based on hands-on exploration of various digital applications that will provide the backdrop for analysis. Participants are challenged to envision educational solutions that align Jewish education with the social and technological developments of the 21st century. Registration in this course is limited to graduate education students."

"Skype in the classroom is a free community to help teachers everywhere use Skype to help their students learn. It's a place for teachers to connect with each other, find partner classes and share inspiration. This is a global initiative that was created in response to the growing number of teachers using Skype in their classrooms. Read more"

"Rubric is a comprehensive rubric development, assessment, and sharing tool. Designed from the ground up, iRubric supports a variety of applications in an easy-to-use package. Best of all, iRubric is free to individual faculty and students. iRubric School-Edition empowers schools with an easy-to-use system for monitoring student learning outcomes and aligning with standards. "

EMDT student flash example

Great article filled with tips for avoiding standard clip art for your presentations.

Fatclass.com: The Social Academic Network

The 5 Keys to Educational Technology -- THE Journal

Quest Atlantis | DMLcentral

Reaching Out To You - Home

web2debate - Guidelines for using Blogs and Wikis

100 Ways You Should Be Using Facebook in Your Classroom