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Open source tool enabling folks to create timelines allowing for interaction in over 40 languages.

The following list of ICT tools was crowd sourced from individual educationalists and not companies when the question 'What Indispensable ICT tools do you use in education' was asked and is not meant to be exhaustive in any way.

Presenters in our 2009 conference are following a new set of procedures to DIRECTLY upload their files to both DotSub and Blip.tv, where their videos are converted / transcoded into Flash versions (on both sites) and into m4v (iPod compatible video) and mp3 (audio only) formats on Blip. Use of these two websites as the exclusive sources for presentations this year may pose more accessibility issues for teachers at schools where content filters block most or all video sharing sites like these. For that reason, organizers have created an accessibility survey we invite you to take and share your experiences this year accessing K-12 Online Conference materials both at work and at home.

"Connected to an exciting new world of hot and lively current information, students make meaning and develop insight while the teacher shows them how to navigate and reason through the labyrinth of new sources. The front of the room disappears as 5-8 networked computers support investigations, explorations and excursions."

" BooksShouldBeFree.com Your source for free audio books. Download one in mp3, iPod and iTunes format today."

One of the great things about Twitter is the wealth of useful links that get shared between users. My conservative estimate is that 25% of the resources that I've bookmarked over the last few years have come from Twitter users. The one thing that I wish Twitter had was an option for bookmarking those links without having to open them outside of Twitter. Packrati.us was built to do just that, bookmark links without leaving Twitter. To get started using Packrati.us authorize the service to access your Twitter account and your Delicious account. Once you've authorized Packrati.us it bookmarks in Delicious all of the links you Tweet or reTweet. If you're a frequent user of services like Four Square or Gowalla you can tell Packrati.us to ignore links from those sources. Packrati.us also allows you to specify hashtags to ignore or to add to your links.

"Cheating, and specifically the time-honored act of plagiarism, has been receiving a good deal of attention in education circles of late. The rise of the Internet as a virtual paper mill has tuned educators in to the fact that students, when given the chance, will often resort to dishonest measures in order to get high marks in a course. Many of my colleagues have reacted very strongly to the rise of Internet cheating. Some have strengthened their policies on the matter, others have added new paragraphs to their syllabi addressing the issue directly, and still others have been spending hours online trying to find any paper they believe to be pilfered from a source other than the student's brain."

Podcast, about 9 minutes in, they talk about naming me (Cyndi Danner-Kuhn) as Blogger of the week Bits, Bytes, and Nibbles from Passionate Educator Cindy Danner-Kuhn http://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/27093  and Technology is Changing the Way We Teach | Cyndi Danner-Kuhn vhttp://blog.learningtoday.com/blog/bid/27282/Technology-is-Changing-the-Way-We-Teach-Cyndi-Danner-Kuhn?source=Blog_Email_[Technology+is+Changi]

Interesting writing on "crowd sourcing" stories.

Goog source of magazine articles.

"Zoom In is a free web-based platform that helps students build literacy and historical thinking skills through "deep dives" into primary and secondary sources. Choose from 18 content-rich US history units designed to supplement your regular instruction and help students practice skills required by the new, higher standards: reading documents closely and critically, identifying point of view and purpose, engaging in text-based discussions, and writing explanatory and argumentative essays grounded in evidence."

This is a Google spreadsheet started by Alice Keeler to crowd source educational technology tools.

A very good alternative to Flicker: use pictures without worrying about licenses and copyrights.

How to properly site a tweet from Twitter in MLA format.

Contains diary excerpts, teacher resources and more about Anne Frank.

"Fourth Grade Culture Studies Students Now International Bloggers "

"iPods are Learning Tools Not Just Entertainment Devices | Mr. Keenan"

"Wave Hello to Google Wave - 10 Uses of Google Wave in the Classroom"