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The California K-12 High Speed Network (K12HSN) is offering a comprehensive set of tools to support teaching and learning in California classrooms. Calaxy, this free suite of tools, includes blogging, videoconference scheduling, wikis, an asset management module, as well as Moodle-an online course management system and a file sharing system where educators can upload videos, podcasts, images and documents. Thousands of Thinkfinity resources are also available in Calaxy. Calaxy is an excellent tool to share lesson ideas, upload student learning objects, disseminate best practices, and more! Messaging and social networking functionalities help you connect with other educators in the K12HSN Trusted Community. Make sure you take advantage of these free resources provided by the K12HSN and the California Department of Education.

Examples of lessons created with Softchalk lesson design program.

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Create audio recording directly to the web and have them embed instantly. Neat idea to have kids create instant podcasts from phones or uploaded files.

Quest to Learn is a school for digital kids. It is a community where students learn to see the world as composed of many different kinds of systems. It is a place to play, invent, grow, and explore.

Think of YouTube with the ability to comment with text right in the middle of the video. Could be a static or simpler voicethread. Quite nice.

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Free software that adds visuals to your online conversations. Instead of typing at people show them what you're talking about...pronto.

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