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"Welcome to the iPod Touch Classroom Wiki! This wiki has been created as a collaborative space for educators using the iPod Touch in the classroom. There has been a great deal of demand for a space such as this so that schools and teachers who are using the iPod Touch to share what they're doing. This wiki is (and should be) a work in progress as we explore best practices and ideas for implementation of the iPod Touch in the classroom. If you are using the iPod Touch in your classroom, school, or district, please consider joining this wiki and share what you're learning!"

"Neither Mathew Ho nor Asad Muhammad can vote, or buy beer. They haven't been accepted to college yet, though that might change after this story. The 17-year-olds have already sent a (Lego) man into space. Two weeks ago, Ho and Muhammad launched a homemade balloon carrying a Lego passenger and four cameras. It fell back down to Earth 97 minutes later with astonishing footage from an estimated 24 kilometres above sea level, three times the typical cruising altitude of a commercial aircraft."

"Student blogging is not a project, but a process. We are continuously striving to refine, improve and re-evaluate. As I am meeting with teachers individually, I can't stress enough the importance of READING other blogs (professional, student, blogs about your hobby, blogs about other interests you have etc.). I am trying to filter and funnel quality blogs in education, their grade level and areas of interest to them as I come across them, so they can build a quality RSS Reader. BUT.. we need their help in having a basic understanding of blogs, its pedagogical uses, as a platform of a new writing genre (digital writing) and how our blogfolios fit into your curriculum and the BIG PICTURE of LEARNING. The blogfolios are not a platform to use only for a particular subject, but should give evidence of learning for each student. "

A father and his son launched a weather balloon with a cell phone and a camera to film the edge of space.

"Welcome! At USD#207, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, we are committed to developing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) skills as part of the CYBER-TEAMS initiative. We are a community of K-9 educators serving 2000 students, most of whom are children of military families. Join our journey as we develop the next generation of leaders. CYBER-TEAMS has four components: 21st Century Skills Learning Spaces Challenge-Based Learning Serious Gaming"

"Everybody prefers a handwritten letter to an email. With Writing-fonts you can compose a handwritten letter online and send it to whom ever you choose. It looks completely realistic, as though you had scanned it yourself and you can even use your own handwriting! SEE EXAMPLE Upload your own personal handwriting font from your hardrive. If you don't have your own handwriting font yet you can get it made here. There are also some default handwritten fonts to choose from. Select a paper variety of your choice. Select your pen choice & whether or not you want lines on your paper. Type your letter out (or just copy & paste) Adjust the font & line spacing and size. Fill out your name & email and the recipients name & email and SEND! "

"ust about a year ago I predicted that 2011 would be the year of the QR Code. That we would see these little squares popping up everywhere especially in America as smartphone sells continue to climb. Looking back over the past year I've given quiet a few talks on QR Codes their power and scenarios for best us. When used propertly QR Codes can add value. When not used propertly they're just wasting space. QR Codes should be used to connect something in the physical world to something in the virtual world."

File-sharing is a complicated beast. Some files are too big to send in emails; some need to be seen by a lot of people; some need to be private; some should be public. There are a ton of different applications that want to be the host for all of your files, but drop.io stands ahead of the pack. At its simplest, drop.io is a place to store files on the Internet. You create "drops" filled with files, photos, audio, video and more that you can share with other people. There's a 100MB limit on a given drop, but you can purchase more space if you want. Typically, though, 100MB is plenty- that's an awful lot of PDFs and Word documents.

"This space is designed to support the growth of connections within Missouri education. We represent over 500 different districts and thousands of schools and communities. The MEC is here to show you the power of collaboration. Join us in discussion, study, and sharing as we work together to help ensure our students' get what they deserve: the best we have to offer."

"This presentation is about what we (as web designers) could learn from print designers. This presentation covers; typography, white space, composition, thinking bigger & visual language. "

"You don't need to venture into the Old West or shutte into space to be a pioneer. These Top 12 pioneers in education have explored much rougher terrain to shape modern learning. "

Online Mathematics Resources ... A Community Space For Math Teachers to Share Resources

Welcome to The Innovative Educator! I'm glad you've come to visit the space I've created to share my ideas for making the learning environment a more exciting and meaningful place.I created this site as a companion to my blog The Innovative Educator. If you are an educator or someone interested in education I hope you find some of what I share valuable and that you are inspired to put some of my ideas into action or use some resources and recommendations I've shared in meaningful ways. As you navigate through this site you will find I invite you to the conversation on every page. I want to hear your feedback and recommendations, so use the discussion boards on the pages if you have something to share. Come on in. Look around. Share your thoughts and ideas and if you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please email me at lnielsen.professional@gmail.com. Lisa Michelle Nielsen The Innovative Educator "

Planet Quest Alien Safari is a great interactive site for kids. It lets you go on an adventure by exploring different "life zones" around the world. By visiting these, you will find all different types of organisms that are living on our planet. Students get to learn about what the organisms reveal about finding life in space. So, they will learn which can survive without sunlight, which have a high radiation dose, the most acidic and the ones that live the furthest underground, for example. By clicking on a life zone on the 3D Earth, you can watch a video introduction to that organism. This website is a great classroom and research tool. You can use it to simply explore all the things around you, or use it as a starter for deeper learning and researching on a specific subject or topic. Students can really get creative by writing stories and other works of writing based on the subjects and organisms they have been learning about. This site is a great tool to use in the classroom on an interactive whiteboard. With the music and interactive nature of the site, the whole class can get involved with learning about the various organisms. Go on a safari without leaving the room!

Flake Pad is a great little site to help students understand symmetry. Any time students click a space on the grid, the shape is added to multiple points on the grid.

Let the entire micro blogosphere know in 140 character spaces that school employee, support team, or parent that's a shinning planet in your twitterverse. Encourage others to follow them if they're on Twitter using the hash tag (#K12Live) ~ http://twurl.nl/cvb0vb ."