"a visual search engine that displays results in 4 grids which give webpage previews. The entire page is visible in preview instead of just a list of results with links and summaries. Oolone can be used for standard website search, for image search, or news search.

This search engine is so visual it may be very helpful for some students. Check it out.

Article on using the NYT as a source for informational text. Many good ideas about incorporating the Times into the class. 

Slide share presentation on slavery that uses the collaborative lecture approach.

Not sure which creative commons license to use. This new interactive tool helps you choose.

Good way to teach students about copyright; have them create something and then decide what rights to give to that work.

"Read any book with your friends in Subtext. You can exchange ideas and share all types of information and Web content as you read. Join now and discover the world's first collection of community-enriched books"

App which makes reading more social. Should share with Lang. Arts teachers as well.

An Open Educational Resources site OER; in beta now. "Gooru is a search engine for learning that allows you to explore and study over 2,600 standards-aligned and personalized study guides. Study guides cover 5th-12th grade math and science topics, and resources include digital textbooks, animations, instructor videos and more. All resources are vetted and organized by teachers or Gooru's content experts, so you don't have to sort through the mess of subpar educational resources available online yourself. Gooru also makes it easy for you to connect with your worldwide peers to make learning a social experience. Post questions to an active community of students, teachers and experts, or find friends and peers to study with. Best of all, Gooru adapts to you. Based on the topics you study and your performance on self-assessments, Gooru suggests resources and study guides that will help you master the concepts. You can track your study habits and monitor your performance on any of the topics you study."

Not sure what resources are here for social studies but still looks like a very interesting site. Think you should check it out for resources and to share with students.

Excellent article on sleep.

This article is about sleeping in general but does talk about teens and sleep pattterns and now detrimental early start times in high school are for teens and their ability to learn. Mentions that in Denmark school start times are fluid.

"DoodleBuzz is a new way to read the news through an experimental interface that allows you to create typographic maps of current news stories." "The interface for DoodleBuzz is simply a scribbled line. Draw a straight line. Draw a curved line. Draw a crazy, chaotic, all-over-the-place messed up line. It's up to you how you want to layout the information - DoodleBuzz simply provides a blank canvas for you to use and abuse."

Very interesting way to view news

Excellent post from Richard Byrne on plagiarism. Links to tools to help fight plagiarism.

links to many helpful sites

Easy way to create interactive images.

Makes images interactive. Could be useful for adding more content to an image.

This looks very interesting.

Should check this new search engine out. We will add this to our DICSOVER Search page

"The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World reconstructs the time cost and financial expense associated with a wide range of different types of travel in antiquity. The model is based on a simplified version of the giant network of cities, roads, rivers and sea lanes that framed movement across the Roman Empire. It broadly reflects conditions around 200 CE but also covers a few sites and roads created in late antiquity. The model consists of 751 sites, most of them urban settlements but also including important promontories and mountain passes, and covers close to 10 million square kilometers (~4 million square miles) of terrestrial and maritime space. 268 sites serve as sea ports. The road network encompasses 84,631 kilometers (52,587 miles) of road or desert tracks, complemented by 28,272 kilometers (17,567 miles) of navigable rivers and canals."

"The National Archives holds a range of records on the modern Olympic and Paralympic Games and Cultural Olympiad, from 1896 to the present. We have made these available online for the first time, providing you with access to this rich resource on sporting and cultural history."

Brian, this site might be good for your sports history class.

interesting article on web literacy.

Interesting article. Agree or disagree shows importance of verifying information.

Interesting article about integrating tech into learning

Guide for presenting and teaching using CCCS's

Research is the 4th R

TED recently launched a new online tool that turns any YouTube video into a lesson. This allows you to "flip" the classroom by having students watch video at home. This site allows you to add commentary to the video.

Great post by Debbie Abilock on evaluating sources and why it is so important

Dropbox, Jing, & Evernote are powerful combos! RT @web20classroom: The Complete Dropbox Guide For Educators: http://bit.ly/foHLyj