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Chem Reference is an online periodic table of elements that offers a couple of handy features for students. Students can select an element on the table to open a list of key facts about that element. Additionally, Chem Reference provides a simple visualization of the structure of each element. Students can also click through Chem Reference to the Wikipedia entry for each element.

"This is a supplement to "Appy Hours 4 You" Blog Talk Radio Show: Episode 15 - "Making Mathematics App-tastic: Part 2". In this follow-up episode we featured 15 free mathematics game-like apps that focused on basic math, ordering numbers, proportions, FDP conversions, and equations for both elementary and secondary. For each app we shared a brief description and then ways the app could be used in the classroom (e.g. stations, assessment, remediation). Check out our first segment of "Making Mathematics App-tastic"."

This is a supplement to "Appy Hours 4 You" Blog Talk Radio Show: Episode 13 - "Making Mathematics App-tastic". In this episode we featured 11 free mathematics game-like apps that focused on currency/money and fractions for both elementary and secondary. For each app we shared a brief description and then multiple ways the app could be used in the classroom (e.g. stations, assessment, remediation).

"EPUB ebook editor with the following features"

"the new Waverly Shell Rock Middle School, in Waverly, Iowa. Their school was devastated by flooding back in 2008. With the help from FEMA, state, and local resources, the school reopened in the fall of 2011 as a 5th grade thru 8th grade middle school featuring a 1:1 ipad rollout to all 600 students. "

iPads in the classroom: Creating faculty and students tech-savvy risk takers

NGAkids Art Zone interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history. Featuring a variety of art-making tools that encourage exploration and creativity, these activities are suitable for all ages. Simply select a thumbnail image at the left or click one of the colorful banners above to learn more about each program. Great for elementary students.

7 essential elements of a perfect blog post: Headline: the 6 words that count most Storytelling hook Fewer characters per line at first Featured image Subheads for scanning Content and the 1,500-word sweet spot Soundbites for sharing"

"This video features Taylor Mali, who is a slam poetry performer, and has been on seven National Poetry Slam teams. He is best known in the education world for his poem, "What Teachers Make," an inspirational reflection of his nine years teaching."

uquery.com is a new search engine focused on the emerging market of iPhone & iPod Touch applications. We have listened to many requests of the community and the frustration of being able to search and find applications on the iTunes AppStore. With 81,816 applications available on the AppStore, it has become tremendously difficult to find the right application. Our goal is to index and offer a very fast and easy way to find the application that you need. Utilizing new indexing technologies we have created a huge index of all the applications currently available in the United States iTunes AppStore. With features like: filtering by price, date and category and a full-text index of the application description, we allow all iPhone & iPod users to quickly improve their app discovery experience. We strongly believe these applications that we allow to search on our website is considerably changing the way we live our lives, and we would like to improve this experience with an awesome search product. We encourage all iPhone & iPod users to send us feedback on how we can improve our product

"If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven't been keeping up with the latest technology. The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to get their designs in sync with the iPod. Pre-teens, college kids and even adults are taking advantage of the educational benefits an iPod affords them. From downloadable podcasts to just-for-iPod study guides and applications, learning on the go has never been easier. To find out about the many different ways you can transform your iPod into a learning device, check out our list below."

DaButtonFactory is another website button maker that lets you quickly create customized buttons online. Almost any feature on the button can be customized, you can apply variety of fonts, styles, colors, customize text, shadows, gradient, change button style… etc. Once button is ready you can get it as CSS code or download as image file.

Playground Seussville, featuring characters from Horton Hears a Who!!

Want the quick and dirty on Web 2.0 tools? Do you need help getting started with the Read/Write Web? The 5 answers these questions and features five main ideas educators should know about a variety of technology integration tools, focusing particularly on Web 2.0 resources.

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