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My Top 10 exciting new #startup tools/ apps on #leweb12 Cometition . Blippar winner , Hohoki - runner up and 3-rd teleportd

Experience history repeating as you travel from a historical example of genocide -- a Native American village -- to modern day Darfur. Interact with objects and people as you become part of the story -- but will you become part of the solution? That decision will be yours. This immersive storyworld was created in Second Life by Semionle County Public Schools.

Free curriculum from Common Sense Media for GR 9-12. Designed to empower students to think critically and make informed choices about how they create, communicate, and treat others in our ever-evolving, 24/7 digital world. Browse the units to find the topics and lessons that are just right for your students.

Tuesday Live stream: World renowned leadership expert, Stephen R. Covey, unites with Muriel Summers, principal of a top-rated magnet school, demonstrate ways to engage students in learning while preparing them for a world that none of us can fully predict. They will discuss findings from Dr. Covey's recent book, The Leader in Me, which portrays how more than 400 schools across the globe are transforming their cultures with very promising results. ISTE's particular focus with this session connects the Leader In Me principles with ISTE's specific NETS-S standard for Digital Citizenship.

Resources from Brandon Lutz's presentation.

A spreadsheet list of favorite apps submitted by conference participants.

New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity. Author: Jason Ohler

A social network site for teachers using vodcasting in the classroom.

Media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language.

WPClipart is an ever-growing collection of artwork for schoolkids and others that is free of copyright concerns as well as safe from inappropriate images. WPClipArt provides high-quality artwork and photos optimized for use with word processors and inkjet printers.

Resources from Tony Vincent.

Recommended by Leslie Fisher.

An alternative to teachers who are concerned about distributing phone number. The service allows you to set up a number that you can then direct to voicemail or other phone numbers based on the who is calling. For example, if it's an unknown number, you can send it directly to voicemail. If it's a personal call, you can have it go to your home number, or if it's a parent calling, you can have it rerouted to your classroom. Google Voice will also transcribe voicemails to text.

Judi Harris' presentation page for TPACK and more.

Judi Harris' blog for those who offer professional development with the TPACK model.

Tired of assigning the same old boring Power Point presentations again and again? Want to challenge your students a bit more than the traditional tri-fold or poster project? Come learn a whole host of new tools to spice up your students' projects and your lessons. Explore and experiment with a variety of Web 2.0 tools including animated avatars, comic creators, digital scrapbooks, image creators, interactive timelines, logo generators, slideshows, streaming video, and the web resources that will serve as "containers" for the different elements.

Workshop at ISTE based on this wiki!