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A 21st-century education revolves around the Internet for everything from collaboration, tools, lessons, and even earning degrees online. If you are looking for ways to integrate online learning into your science class, then take a look at these cool online tools that are just perfect for both teachers and students.

JustPaste.It is a free, simple note sharing service. At its most basic Just Paste It provides an online word processor for writing notes and documents. You can also insert images and videos into your Just Paste It notes. Sharing notes online with Just Paste It is a simple matter of clicking the "publish" button. Clicking publish generates a unique url for your notes that can share with others.  Just Paste It notes don't have to live entirely online. Notes can be started online or started offline in a MS Word document and imported to Just Paste It for editing and sharing. If you need to print your notes, Just Paste It notes can be downloaded as PDFs for printing.

Help teens 'own their space' online. Whether you are a parent, caregiver, or educator, you can keep up with the latest computer and online safety issues and help kids learn to avoid them. In partnership with security expert and author, Linda McCarthy, we offer a free downloadable version of her new book, "Own Your Space - Keep Yourself and Your Stuff Safe Online." Written for computer and Internet savvy "tweens" and teens specifically, this book is also a useful resource for the adults they rely on.

Blog about online students going missing.

The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement*.

Online tools available that help you create comprehensively designed flowcharts and graphs that worth a thousands words.

Resources for online blended courses. There are model courses available, such as College Algebra (a 15 week course).

The K-12 Online Conference invites participation from educators around the world interested in innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning. This FREE conference is run by volunteers and open to everyone. Please join our Ning to "register" and participate. Our 2010 conference begins on October 11 with a pre-conference keynote, and will be followed during Oct 18-29 with 40 more presentations. We will be having a closing keynote as well this year. Over 140 presentations from 2009, 2008, 2007, and 2006 are available, along with archived live events. Follow the K12 Online Conference on Twitter and Facebook!

Capture, connect and share ideas easily! SpiderScribe is an online mind mapping and brainstorming tool. It lets you organize your ideas by connecting notes, files, calendar events, etc. in free-form maps. You can collaborate and share those maps online! 

For decades the No. 2 pencil and bubble sheet have ruled the student assessment process. The time has finally come to move those tests online. Here's what you can expect.

Do you really need a textbook?

online videoediting - the end of the iMovie? Teachers can set up their class and store their videos online.

It might just be the end of iMovie as more of these types of services become the norm!

Online learning from the student's perspective.

Ideas on how to provide free online e-portfolios for our students.

Worksheets, study sheets, exams, and quizzes are basically collections of questions and answers, arranged in some particular order, and grouped by one or more categories. Quizinator acts as a online resource library that organizes and manages these collections of questions, allowing you to group and categorize them in whatever way suits your needs. When you want to create a new exam for example, select from your question library what you want, arrange the questions with drag and drop, and save. Everything is conveniently centralized online. You can manage and print your documents and library components anytime, from any browser.

Create diagrams online Real time collaboration. Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as site maps, wire frames, UML and network charts. \nCacoo can be used free of charge.

With Gliffy online diagram software, you can easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more. Our online diagram editor makes it easier than ever to create great looking drawings.

The Virtual Courseware Project produces interactive, online simulations for the life science laboratory or for earth science field studies. The activities are designed to enhance an existing curriculum and include online assessments. They can be used by students ranging from middle school, high school, or college classrooms.

Parapal Online contains a variety of interactive English exercises. They are designed to improve your listening, writing, reading, vocabulary and grammar skills. It also includes software for schools and teachers to use.