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Another teacher sharing his thoughts on technology and the classroom. Emphasis on math.

Great blog post on the Habitudes of using a SMARTboard.

This is a good web site that students can play the stock market. Students can research companies, trade, etc. and it allows them to build a portfolio. It also has videos to use for teaching the stock market and some fun games. It also allows for blogging with others who are playing the game. I used this with my General Business class while studying stocks. I did have to get special permission from Tech. to allow students to set up a gmail account.

Free documentaries - many from sources like National Geographic. You can 'snag' the video and embed it in another site or a blog. This would be an advantage to engaging students outside the classroom.

tons of widgets for your blog, wiki, or web pages

Looking for something cool to add to your blog or wiki? Check out some of these.

Create words with photos from Flickr. Copy the code and insert into Wikis or Blogs.

Looking for plot lines for students to use to write a short story? This one has a bunch of them. You can also get ideas for blog posts. And, go all the way back to the beginning of this site to find lots of synonyms, antonyms and rhymes. English teachers - bookmark this one

Fun plost ideas for students who are writing short story ideas or descriptive paragraphs.

"That's why it's probably helpful for you to check out the following list of popular educational hashtags. They have been curated by Cybraryman as well as by the Creative Education blog, tweetsmarter.com our personal usage list and hashtags.org."

Interesting perspective.

"I guarantee that you will find something new that will amaze you as you explore. So get ready to dive into these web 2.0 treasure troves!"

New network settings for admins? Check this out

A nice list to get new twitter users started.

The Center for Teaching History with Technology is a great tool that uses resources that we have worked with in this course including Google Docs, Wikis, blogs, and more. The Social Studies resources include games, activities, plans, and mores. While I am not an educator, I think it is important to implement these types of tools in the classroom.

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.

Great article to read as we prepare to shift back to school mode.

This is a great application to be able to follow what the congressional committees and both bodies of Congress are doing each day. It even includes schedules for each day Congress is in session. When I interned in the US Senate, this would have been a great application to use instead of printing schedules each day. I know of several people working in politics who use this application.