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While the Common Core State Standards share many features and concepts with existing standards, the new standards also represent a substantial departure from current practice in a number of respects. Here are nine important differences:

Interesting step-by-step guide to creating a maze with PowerPoint

Good site with explanations of online scams, ways to prevent & avoid spyware & malware, proper browsing techniques for students & parents. Good website to familiarize yourself (students, teachers, parents) with best practices of safe internet usage.

CIPA/COPPA compliance. This is to ensure student safety as well as monitor and filter their online behavior. As Web 2.0 becomes more popular and educational technology online sites replace desktop software, this has become more of an issue. A lot of subscription-based or ed tech sites require a student email address to create an account which can become a BIG issue when dealing with CIPA compliance, because a majority of students to not have a school email account. Here are 20 Web 2.0 sites that do not require a student email address to create an account. This list is in alphabetical order.

Very humorous examples of real world misuse of quotation marks. Great conversation starters for a grammar/punctuation lesson 

Thousands of videos pulled from sites such as YouTube. YouTube videos will play through this site even if YouTube.com is blocked (in most cases).

Check out these top 5 Apple applications for essay writing to make getting organizing and presenting your thoughts in a coherent manner a much easier process.

Twitter is a powerful communication tool. It is also a great way for educators to connect & share resources and best practices. It's Google Doc is a great overview of Twitter's value for educators...

We all know Google Presentations is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make interactive quizzes and "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories? With Google Presentations ability to link to specific slides you can build a non-linear slideshow that allows the user to make choices and go to different slides depending on their choice. Learn tips and tricks to make this work best, and see how this can be used for you or your students to make interactive quizzes and stories.

Amazing apps that can help students with a reading disability improve their skills not only in reading, writing, and spelling, but also get a boost in confidence and learn to see school as a fun, engaging activity, not a struggle.

An awesome infographic shedding more light on the use of iPad in education.It provides some amazing facts about the potential of this mobile device in learning and reviews the reasons behind this growing popularity of iPad in the educational circles.

Evernote is many things to many people because it's so powerful. But for the same reason, Evernote's purpose is vague enough that it can be hard to get started with it. First, you have to figure out what it can do for you. Here's a guide to how to think about Evernote, so you can get better at using it.

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Apple introduced a new great feature in OS X Lion called AirDrop. Using AirDrop feature you can share files between supported Macs wirelessly even you are not connected to a wireless network.

7 Virtual Field Trips (White House, Smithsonian Museum, 7 Wonders of the World)