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Fakebook is the newest tool over at the excellent ClassTools site (Russel Tarr is the creative genius behind the site). Teachers and students can use it to: - chart the career of a historical character - create a timeline of important events - outline the main plot of a book, play or film and so on!

very clever way to get kids thinking differently about content/context

If you have an epson printer this will make your life so much better. No more printers dying or asking for a service when they do not really need it!

Very cool RSS feeds from student blogs. It's important, when managing student blogs, to be able to quickly read all their latest posts and any new comments. Sure you could visit each individual blog but that is incredibly time consuming. The better way, which saves time, is to bring the posts and comments to you using their RSS feed.

Would you like to learn more about some famous artists? This is a great place to start. We have included some information about our favorite ones. Take a look at the ones we wrote about. Look for your favorite and learn about new ones! There is a lot of information from when they were born to when they died, and important facts about their lives and artwork. Enjoy reading and learning about our favorite artists!

Important stuff for the Facebook Gen

The online Photo Editors allows users to upload images from their PC or they can also import images from photo sharing websites like Photobucket.com , flickr.com , Picasa.com , facebook.com , etc. They provide image resizing tools which will help all webmasters to re-size images easily online. After editing images you can also upload images to the photo sharing websites or you can save in your hard drive. Some very cool ways for kids to alter images without the pain of Photoshop!

cool photo fun

Free documentaries come in a number of different styles and are made for a variety of reasons. Most of them aim to educate the viewer on a particular topic: war; environment; health. Documentaries can also be used to enlighten viewers and give them a new point of view. Mostly they serve to highlight our previous mistakes so they don't happen again - which is why it's important to watch them. Many documentaries these days also try to incorporate stunning visuals and sound to keep the viewer's attention as they're watching.

Greg, this could be a way to cover video and web ettiquette with grade 7-8's?(Video - Social Studies Project) Students discussed how technology has changed over time and the ways that some people use it in an inappropriate manner. Students created short movies to address particular behaviors, emphasizing the importance of correcting those behaviors. This video is a compilation of their work to educate everyone on technology etiquette.

All living things need water to stay alive, which is why water is our most precious natural resource. For this reason, it is important to learn about the causes of water pollution.

50+ Ways to Tell the Dominoe Story Just to prove it can be done, I am going to try and tell the same story as an example for every tool in the list. Previously, I created a short story originally as a video assembled from still images and audio that was submitted for a 60 Second Story contest Every story is based on my storyboard and assembled images on flickr and in Picasa -- a number of tools allow you to directly import media from these storage sites. Below are examples of the same story (over and over again!) I was able to create in the 50+ tools, with both linked versions (on the tool's web site) and embedded versions, using the code provided to embed a media player into this web site. One of the most interesting discoveries was that about 2/3 of these tools provided the ability to embed the media in other web sites.

Lots of ideas for teachers

"What technology skills do our youngest learners really need to know in order to be successful when moving to Kindergarten? Read on to find out."

What technology skills do our youngest learners really need to know in order to be successful when moving to Kindergarten? Read on to find out. Read more: http://www.brighthub.com/education/early-childhood/articles/71852.aspx#ixzz0oznTuPNG

Make 2D screen based cartoon stories to illustrate conversations and dialogues. Stories can include an unlimited number of frames and are view frame by frame. Each frame can include: * Images: Drag and drop library items onto the frame, or import your own digital photos or images saved from the web. * Text bubbles: Select from a range text bubbles and information boxes. Drag and drop onto the frame and start typing! Text can be in any language and any script. * Voice recordings: Add new voice recordings using the simple built in recording panel. You can also add recordings already saved on your computer. Stories are saved on your computer as HTML page (webpages), and can easily viewed by others on any computer using a web browser such as Internet Explorer. Stories can also be printed. Completed stories can also be loaded back into the Cartoon Story Maker and edited or added to. Very cool

Learning typing is the focus of these keyboarding games. Learning keyboarding skills is vital for today's learners and tomorrow's earners. These free typing games are a great way to build typing skills. Keyboarding games teach important skills through a variety of online typing lessons and typing games..... oh yeah, they're fun!

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!! Hopefully this gets you looking, some great ideas about how we as teachers can foster good questioning in our kids. Ed Said it all right!

For students, the classroom environment is very important. The size of the classroom and interior areas, the colors of the walls, the type of furniture and flooring, the amount of light, and the room arrangement all influence how students learn. Thoughtful arrangement of the indoor and outdoor environments will support your learning goals for students.This tool provides an opportunity for experimentation with the layout of your classroom without any heavy lifting!