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FROM the Creator/Owner of WORDLE: "I'm happy to announce that from now on, the Wordle front page will never feature images or links that are inappropriate for classroom use. It's now possible to configure an institution's "site-blocking" software to keep Wordle safe for classroom use." Simply have your networking administrator block the following base URLs1: * http://www.wordle.net/gallery * http://www.wordle.net/next * http://www.wordle.net/random

"practical advice for educators, administrators, and parents on how to strengthen and rebuild our [U.S.] schools" (Book overview, ¶1)

Thanks, again!

by JTCOBB on June 30, 2009

Thanks again to Claudia for sharing this find.

"385+ million words, 1990-2008"

Thanks to Claudia for reminding me of this powerful tool.

About the Wayback Machine Browse through over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web address of a site or page where you would like to start, and press enter. Then select from the archived dates available. The resulting pages point to other archived pages at as close a date as possible. Keyword searching is not currently supported. (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine, sidebar, retrieved 2009.09.20)

check this out! Thanks to TomWhitby (Twitter)

Use the paint tool to draw your character and see him star in his own street dance!

Free from Microsoft Research: Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC's microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music videos. (No help if you can't sing)

Free from Microsoft Research: Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC's microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music videos. (No help if you can't sing)

Unlimited creativity in creating flashcards: Use LaTeX-formulas, pictures, videos, text formatting, Learning statistics which show you exactly what you should concentrate on,Import and export of flashcards (CSV, XLS, Html),Download your flashcards for offline learning (printing function)

Official Site. Fun and Safe Search for Kids, by Kids!

TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.

Fresh help for Edubloggers

Page currently under construction, 2009.08.06

Thank you for attending the workshop. While we didn't have time to turn you into an expert, I hope you left with some good ideas of how you can create your...