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"There were signs of movement toward a potential resolution of the federal government's debt ceiling crisis after both the House and Senate met in unusual Saturday sessions notable for partisan fireworks."

"Harry McCawley looks and sounds like a small-town character, in the best tradition. "It billed itself as the world's fastest growing newspaper," he recalled of his employer, The Republic, when he was hired 49 years ago. McCawley, 71, now associate editor, with a head of white hair and wearing a blue button-down shirt open at the collar, tilted back in his seat, a touch of Mark Twain, Frank Capra and Thornton Wilder in his story. "I got there, and realized that they came by that because they'd only been in business a couple of days," he said."

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A Google Tool that allows you to use an image as a search term.

Create free Infographics online.  *Currently in Beta* Drag & Drop pre-designed themes and vector assets onto your canvas for easy creation and customization of rich infographics.

This list includes subject specific hashtags to follow on Twitter.

Great wiki containing everything you wanted to know about Voicethread.

The EdTech Team shares top features of the Google Docs suite and additional capabilities added with the switch to Google Drive.

It's a process . . . The following steps will organize the benchmarks and processes for successful coaching of students' digital products into a zone of excellence. Rather than "go forth and good luck" with make a media product, strategically organizing feedback and signing - off processes along the way will ensure rigor that delivers high ROL (Return-on-Learning)!

"Make Games! No programming required Create beautiful games with Construct 2, the HTML5 game maker. Download the Free Edition and discover your creative potential. Unlock your inner game maker!"

"There are few things more aggravating than trying to watch a video whose audio is about one second too slow. Here's a quick fix for the problem in VLC. "

"We're excited to invite you to check out two new tools in OER Commons. One is for aligning OER to the Common Core State Standards and the second is a tool to evaluate the quality of a particular resource. Over 1,000 open resources have been vetted by teachers and curriculum specialists using our tools. Look here to see what has already been evaluated and aligned to the Common Core State Standards."

Try these nifty free Web-based 3D/CAD apps to replace the recently sold Google Sketch-Up.

The heart of the site is a collection of data visualizations. You may want to begin by browsing through these collections-if you'd rather explore than read directions, take a look!  On Many Eyes you can: 1. View and discuss visualizations  2. View and discuss data sets  3. Create visualizations from existing data sets If you register, you can also:   4. Rate data sets and visualizations  5. Upload your own data  6. Create and participate in topic centers  7. Select items to watch  8. Track your contributions, watchlist, and topic centers  9. See comments that others have written to you

-- MIX your own media Playlists using content from any collection --TRACK what media is "trending" this week for your subject area --FIND what media is rated highest by other HippoCampus users --SHARE your customized HippoCampus with your students and friends

Interactive map showing where and how we live.

Great interactive map from National Geographic! Easy way to work in geography skills.

Great ideas/lessons for teaching students how to search efficiently!

If you've ever wondered how big a Tyrannosaurus rex is compared to a beach ball, or wanted to discover the relative size of parsecs and Oort clouds and weirdly named nebulae, we have the site for you. Get ready for hours of endless fun! Okay, more like minutes, but we definitely recommend some high-speed scroll-zooming.

Check this out! So much fun :-)