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"The time is finally here for my annual list of favorite sites of the year. This year I decided to up my post to the top 100 instead of 25 because of the number of sites that I reviewed and the popularity of the post. I tried to cover a wide range of sites, from flash-card creators to digital storytelling, and of course social networks, which really stood out in 2011. I hope everybody enjoys the list and has as much fun reading it as I did creating it."

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

Funny. I think I still have one in my cabinet at school. Amazing how far digital photography has come in a short time.

"This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too. "

"Where to watch free movies on the web? Here's a list that will get you started. We've listed 25 sites that feature a wide range of films. Classics, international, film noir, documentaries, indies - they're all here, waiting to be watched"

"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."

Create a list of Tweeter friends and others can Follow that entire list with one click. Great to help the newbies get started. (Thanks, @mmkrill)

"TweepML is an extensible, open standard format that allows you to manage and share groups of Twitter users."

Type a sentence or list of words and have them scrambled. Choice of different backgrounds - venn diagram, charts, blank, spectrum, etc. Choice of colors for each of the words. I know this will be very helpful for Spanish - matching the parts of the sentence. I am sure it could be relevant to other subject areas.

Type a sentence or list of words and have them scrambled. Choice of different backgrounds - venn diagram, charts, blank, spectrum, etc. Choice of colors for each of the words.

A list of bookmarked sites for various topics that are useful to educators.

Great list of hashtags shared by @mmkrill tonight on twitter

"Last year we presented "10 of the best apps for education," which highlighted some of the best apps for iPhones and iPods. However, with new upgrades in touch technology, HD and 3D features, and the debut of the iPad, we've come up with a new list of the best Apple-based education apps for 2012."

A nice list to get new twitter users started.

"Web 2.0 technologies have provided us with some free awesome tools to interact with this document format. We can now annotate, highlight, customize text font, add colours, add hyperlinks and many more, things which were until recently impossible to do on PDFs. "

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

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.

Many of my posts and others have focused on applications for iPhones or the Android. I have found a good list of applications for students for the BlackBerry. I had a BlackBerry before I made the transition to Apple, and would of loved to been able to use some of these tools. The list includes planning tools, grade tracking, flashcard tools, and more!

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 blog lists some helpful applications for the Android phone. I posted about apps earlier which was more centered for iPhones, so I found this to be interesting. I do not have an Android, but I know many people who do. The list includes apps for record keeping, storage, graphing, measurements, flash card building, and more. There was even the mention of Wolfram Alpha which we learned more about in our most recent class. This blog can be very helpful for educators and students that have the Android.

A nice list of more apps and other web 2.0 tools that could come in handy for sharing your data with yourself and others. 

"In addition to providing easy access to billions of web pages, Google has many special features to help you to find exactly what you're looking for. Some of our most popular features are listed below. "