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"What Makes a Great Teacher? Image credit: Veronika Lukasova Also in our Special Report: National: "How America Can Rise Again" Is the nation in terminal decline? Not necessarily. But securing the future will require fixing a system that has become a joke. Video: "One Nation, On Edge" James Fallows talks to Atlantic editor James Bennet about a uniquely American tradition-cycles of despair followed by triumphant rebirths. Interactive Graphic: "The State of the Union Is ..." ... thrifty, overextended, admired, twitchy, filthy, and clean: the nation in numbers. By Rachael Brown Chart: "The Happiness Index" Times were tough in 2009. But according to a cool Facebook app, people were happier. By Justin Miller On August 25, 2008, two little boys walked into public elementary schools in Southeast Washington, D.C. Both boys were African American fifth-graders. The previous spring, both had tested below grade level in math. One walked into Kimball Elementary School and climbed the stairs to Mr. William Taylor's math classroom, a tidy, powder-blue space in which neither the clocks nor most of the electrical outlets worked. The other walked into a very similar classroom a mile away at Plummer Elementary School. In both schools, more than 80 percent of the children received free or reduced-price lunches. At night, all the children went home to the same urban ecosystem, a zip code in which almost a quarter of the families lived below the poverty line and a police district in which somebody was murdered every week or so. Video: Four teachers in Four different classrooms demonstrate methods that work (Courtesy of Teach for America's video archive, available in February at teachingasleadership.org) At the end of the school year, both little boys took the same standardized test given at all D.C. public schools-not a perfect test of their learning, to be sure, but a relatively objective one (and, it's worth noting, not a very hard one). After a year in Mr. Taylo

The video showcases applications being used in actual projects that one teacher and her classes have undertaken in a year. The applications being used in the video are listed below:Bubblr (PimPamPum), GoAnimate, (or its school friendly version Domo Animate), Voicethread, Xtranormal, Prezi, CrazyTalk 5 (This is the only application that requires purchasing, downloading and installing)

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"Sometimes parents and educators working with special needs students find that there is a lack of resources. The Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center has recently launched a free application for the iPhone, the IEP Checklist, which is the first special education related application."

Communities Start a community for your classroom, sports team or any other trusted group. Its fast, free and easy. Applications Take advantage of free built-in Applications: Centralized calendar Volunteering organizer Homework panel File Upload/Download Photo sharing Discussion groups Potluck organizer Snack scheduler

Equipped with an easy file manager and a photo application, icloud lets Marcus organize photos and share slideshows with his friends and relatives. His favorite icloud application is Photos for organizing and sharing photos with his family and friends.

Educause has done it again with another in their great "7 Things" pdf monograms this time turning their attention to VoiceThread. As usual they illustrate the application via a scenario before concisely looking at the upsides and drawbacks of the application as well as implications for teaching and learning. A really good read.

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Windows and IE Applications compatibility blog.

A site showcasing Adobe AIR applications.

Web 2.0 application for creating Charts and Diagrams online. Lots of pretty templates and design elements.

Lovely Charts is an online diagramming application that allows you to create professional looking diagrams such as flowcharts, taxonomies, sitemaps, organisation charts and many more. With Lovely Charts's extremely simple and intuitive drag'n drop drawing mechanism, you'll be able to focus on what really matters. You won't have to draw boxes and arrows, you won't have to worry about what symbol to use.

Create a game or other fun application in just a few clicks with Sharendipity's new free game creation tools! No programming required!

Another interesting collection of apps organised under a range of headings via a dropdown menu. Click on the icons that appear and you get a review of the app plus where applicable a YouTube review video.

The I Education Apps Review Ning is all about working with iTouches, iPods and iPhones in education. It contains sections related to the use of these tools as well as regular reviews of applications. There are the usual forums and special interest groups within the Ning as well as links to an associated Wikispace and podcast.

The I Education Apps Review Ning is all about working with iTouches, iPods and iPhones in education. It contains sections related to the use of these tools as well as regular reviews of applications. There are the usual forums and special interest groups within the Ning as well as links to an associated Wikispace and podcast.

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Artificial intelligence will become a $38 billion industry by 2025 and companies across all the domain. AI companies that are looking forward to building and revolutionize AI within the industry.