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"A personalized magazine that gets smarter as you use it" RSS feeder that as you like articles, it finds others that are similar to it

"A personalized magazine that gets smarter as you use it" RSS feeder that as you like articles, it finds others that are similar to it

Explore U.S. history using primary sources from the Library of Congress. Kids can discover Americas Story, meet amazing Americans, explore the states. Includes songs, movies, quizzes and short stories about American history.

Teacher Vision provides free tools for educators, and the website is even divided by discipline. I looked over the Social Studies page as that is my interest. They have lesson plans, Power Pont's, and more.

This blog post in History Tech shares several great tools for the iPad and iPod that educators could use. The most interesting tools I feel would be helpful for a Social Studies Teacher would be the US Historical Documents as well as the World Fact Book. My favorite Web 2.0 tool on this list which I have used is the My Congress application where you can learn more about those who represent you in the United States Congress. This tool would be great for government classes! All of these resources appear to be very helpful for educators.

A nice list of current tools for this year with links to lists of tools from previous years

A Catalog of Popular Web 2.0 tools for anything you can imagine!

has list of "replacement" web 2.0 tools (rather than traditional)

Good for a unit on play and inventions

This site is for educators looking for any resources/ideas to enhance their instructional strategies.

Activities for Constitution Day.

Great site to prepare you for National Constitution Day.

More tools to experiment with. Many of these we have referenced in class, but the site promoting these tech tools seems to be an excellent resource in itself

If you are not involved in your own district conferences (which I know many are) next week here's an opportunity to plug into what seems to be an event with endless 2.0 resources/topics. I have not engaged in this event in the past. If any affiliated with this diigo group network have partaken in the past...please provide for me feedback of your experience with this event. Thank you in advance!

Since I am doing my final project as a sociology lesson, I wanted to research technology for sociology education. This website includes links to videos and activities for teachers to use for sociology lessons.

I believe that PowerPoint is often overused, and as Learning Technology students we should be exploring new and exciting tools. This handy list provides several other presentation resources besides PowerPoint. Even though PowerPoint is listed as the top, I am eager to try some of the other tools.

This article talks about many different resources available to teachers to use in the classroom when YouTube is not available as some school districts block it. The only one I have used is Hulu because I enjoy catching up on television shows online, but looking over this list makes me realize there are many tools for showing videos to students. I think it would be easier to use one of these instead of showing an old video tape on the television for several reasons including you could post the links online so students who miss class can watch them which is not always possible when you use regular videos.

Great lists. I have used a few of these sites. I have watched Ted Talks several times, but I tend to use it for my personal growth rather than in the classroom. How Stuff Works and The Future Channel are both great sites to use in the classroom. I have used both as a launch into a lesson. I have The Future Channel set up to notify me when new videos are available.

I wish the title didn't say "alternatives to youtube" but rather, "47 video sites - OTHER THAN Youtube." Youtube is powerful for its content, most of which is not available on the other sites. This harkens back to when schools would say, "We block youtube but we have teacher tube." It's not about having a 'tube.' It's about the content. Maybe I'm picking too much, but it drives me up a wall! :-)

This is a great page that shows different applications for the iPhone that are designed to assist educators. They include test generators, plagiarizing catching tools, and organizational tools. I also noticed that Moodle is on here, and I want to download that to make my time at Harrisburg University easier as I live with my iPhone. I have not heard of many of these applications, but they look like helpful resources.