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About Pipes Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web. Like Unix pipes, simple commands can be combined together to create output that meets your needs: -combine many feeds into one, then sort, filter and translate it. -geocode your favorite feeds and browse the items on an interactive map. -power widgets/badges on your web site. -grab the output of any Pipes as RSS, JSON, KML, and other formats.

Does your digital footprint convey the message you want? If you don't know you should spend time figuring this out. In the 21st century our digital footprint conveys an important image and people should know what that is.  Below are ideas that will enable you to explore and consider if your digital footprint conveys the message you want to share with the world.  It will also give you ideas for activities you can do with your students so they can do the same.

Come and learn about new tools to use in the classroom

A whole list of presentations, guides and tutorials to oriuentate you into the magical world of twitter

Shoot wraparound panoramas or full "synths", share them with friends, and publish them to Bing

Input a series of questions and answers into a easy-to-use form. It will generate a QR code for each question. Put the QR codes around your school. Students find and answer the questions.

Welcome to Just in Time Training To You (JiT2U) : Web 2.0 Tools. This mobile module is meant to gently introduce the concepts and potentials of Web 2.0 tools for educators and learners.

"Testmoz is a test generator that sports 4 question types, automatic grading, a really simple interface and detailed reports. It is free, and does not require you (or your students) to register. You can build a fully functional test in about a minute, so why don't you give it a try and generate a test?"

"Kidblog.org is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who want to provide each student with an individual blog. Kidblog's simple, yet powerful tools allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs. "

A comprehensive introduction to using technology in all K12 classrooms

Even though this article is talking about this handy tool for buss purposes I can see how we can use this in the classroom. For example, we can place the qr code on our classroom door and the students can scan it every time they come in to get the latest class assignments

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A great wiki with apps advice and resources for schools wanting to implement ipads in the classroom.

Twylah creates a visual newsletter and  seperate your twitter stream into different topics

Twetups are face to face getting together of twits (people) using twitter

"Knewton released an infographic called "The Flipped Classroom" that explores how educators are reorganizing the classroom to deliver instruction online, outside of class and using class time for "homework.""

"The trouble with large digital files is that they can sometimes be difficult to share with others. If you've ever tried to send a large media file as an email attachment, you may have encountered a problem with a recipient's email inbox not being large enough to accommodate that file. Here are some free services that will allow you to share large files without the hassle of zipping files or sending email attachments."

Every year schools around the world spend thousands of dollars on textbooks that are often outdated by the end of their first year in the classroom. Ebooks, many of them free, can represent huge savings for schools over purchasing textbooks. Here are seven places that you can find free ebooks.

Lots of good links to qr code uses in education and a great prezi

There are many handheld devices and digital "gadgets" available to support all types of new teaching and learning initiatives. This pages will provide links to some of the resource pages specifically designed to enhance the use of these devices in the K-12 classroom. From Kathy Schrock