Education apps for smart phones - recommended by James M-D. Flashcards for AP exams, MCAT and reference tools

"Social network for people who love books. Create a virtual bookshelf..." has widget that can bee added to your blog. Click on book image on the "shelf" to get to an editable wiki where you can review, comment or join a booktalk about the book.

Some of the keynote speeches are archived here to enjoy anywhere / anythime

Wolfram|Alpha is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone. Watch Stephen Wolfram's into to see the awesome range of this tool! Currently best for calculations. (Recommended by Bob G in MaculSpace)

"free, customisable flash templates to embed into blogs, wikis and websites." Templates include game generators, flashcards, countdown timer, animated book, timeline and more. Screencast tutorials show how to use templates. Site is from the UK.

An extensive "resource for teachers and students who are interested in how multimedia can be integrated into a variety of educational activities. The site was originally begun in 2004 by faculty members and graduate students in the Instructional Technology Program at the University of Houston College of Education. It continues to be revised with new content added as more students and faculty members become involved in the digital storytelling process." Includes examples, resources, tutorials, rubrics and much more

Great list of tools for students to use in the research process. Each tool has a brief description. My son in Grad school is a big fan of Zotero, a Firefox extension.

great set of tools, many new to me!

create a private social network for the classroom - free - read the "About"

"The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program is a free, turnkey instructional program. The goal is to create an awareness of the rights connected with creative content. Because only through education can students gain an understanding of the relevance of and a personal respect for creative rights and grow to become good digital citizens" endorced by ISTE and other reputable folks. Backed by MicroSoft

Michigan Learns Online home page

moodle site for Michigan Learns Online

Play free online brain games and puzzels. Free puzzle games and brain games that make you smarter

Royality free music, sound effects and lots more

This conference lecture is available as an MP3 with a SlideShare (64 slides) presentation to accompany it. Suggests a variety of tools that can be used to build a Personal Learning Network. I want to know more...

from Elluminate, moderated by Steve Hargadon. A social learning network for educatios offers resources, online meeting area with archive. An eSchoolNews site of the Week: Elluminate creates free social learning network for educators. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/site-of-the-week/site/?i=60325

Illustrates hundreds of physics concepts.

Twitter like microblogging tool for education "Edmodo provides a way for teachers and students to share notes, links, and files. Teachers have the ability to send alerts, events, and assignments to students. Edmodo also has a public component which allows teachers to post any privately shared item to a public timeline and RSS feed" [description from website]

source for works and information about using creative commons

cool site lets you see how your twitter friends are connected

A series of animated PowerPoint presentations showing "digital battle maps" for the American Revolution, Mexican-American War, American Civil War, Frontier Wars, Spanish-American War, WWII and more. Created by the Military History Instructional Support Team at the Combat Studies Institute used in their Military History Instructor's course