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What it is: Me On the Web is a new tool from Google.  Announced just today, Me On the Web is part of the Google Dashboard that allows you to set up custom Google Alerts for your name in news articles.  This was always possible with Google Alerts but now those alerts are coupled with tips and resources for helping students manage their online identities.  Now everything can be tracked from one central location instead of scattered around in different places.  Me On the Web is easy to set up, just visit your Google Dashboard to get started. How to integrate Me on the Web into the classroom: There was a day when you could get away with not knowing and following your digital identity, that day is no more.  We all carry digital footprints, and now more than ever it is vital for us (and our students) to know how to manage those digital footprints.  Teaching students about their digital identity is the first step, Google's Me on the Web takes that a step further by helping students manage their online identities through Google Alerts and helpful tips.  Students must have an account with Google to fully utilize the Me on the Web features.  After students have their account set up, they can create a set of Google Alerts related to them.  This could be their name, email address, a sports team that they play on, the name of the school they attend, etc.  Students will quickly see just how big a memory the Internet has and get a first hand look at their digital footprint and learn some strategies to take care of it.

"Welcome to Webmath! Are you stuck on a math problem? We'd like to help you solve it. Click on one of the tabs above. You'll find hundreds of instant-answer, self-help, math solvers, ready to provide you with instant help on your math problem."

Some nice ideas and thoughts on using Prezi as a teaching tool - Ideas and reflections on the effective use of Prezi to support whole class teaching

Great on smtbd for music lesson - focus is on how music impacts on an individuals mood

A pretty cool site for creative writing. Puts a word on the screen and allows you to write for one minute. You can email the results. 

An interesting writing tool, no sign up. When finished read others writing on the same word. "simple. you'll see one word at the top of the following screen. you have sixty seconds to write about it."

Lighthouse Learning Technologies 2010 etherpad collaborative document. Etherpad is a free, no sign up, no ads collaborative editor. One click to create your own collaborative space. Share and discuss your most powerful learning tool and how you use it. Elaborate on such things as * classroom implications * student engagement * impact on learning outcomes

A video with up to date stats on where the web is heading and the impact that social media will have on various facets of our lives. Great video for PD, similar to the shift happens series with a focus on social media.

Another great blog entry on a new art site. Also includes some ideas on how to use the tool in the classroom. Creates some pretty cool abstract art, and very easy to save/download. Would work well on a SMARTBoard

This looks like an interesting application for collaboration on the iPad. You can collaborate with an unlimited amount of students/teachers/experts on the one pad and it is all in real-time, some fantastic potential uses for this app...

NASA has an excellent interactive timeline tracing the history of astronomy and space exploration from the Greek philosophers through  the current day. Planet Quest is actually three timelines combined into one. The three timelines cover technology, discovery, and culture as it relates to astronomy and space exploration. Each element on the timeline is narrated. Users can select individual elements on the timeline or choose autoplay to hear the narration of each item in sequence.

Links to a massive collection of science and maths movies on Khan Academy's channel on YouTube. We have 900+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology

What it is: Boy's Life Magazine is a great place to reach those boys in your class that are reluctant readers or writers.  On the Boy's Life site, you will find a Comic Creator where students can create a comic strip.  The Comic Creator is easy to use, offering enough tools for boys to really customize their comics but not SO many that they get lost in the forever search of pictures.  A great balance! How to integrate Comic Creator into the classroom: The Boy's Life Comic Creator is a great little tool to help your boys connect with writing and story telling in a way that they enjoy and understand.  The tool is simple enough to use as a writing station/center on classroom computers.  The comic does need to be created in one sitting, there is no way to save and come back to a comic later.  Completed comics can be printed off and shared.

Some fantastic tips on what to blog about, also touches on classroom management of student blogs (re: posting, comments etc) in the comments section...some schools starting as early as year 1 with services such as kidblog

Its a nice post with some good ideas about blogging with kids. Nice find Sam.

There are some great ideas on this to give meaning to blogging for students. They could be transferred to wikis too.

Site enables you to create search stories, very quick to use. I made one on Antarctica for my class in approx 4 mins

love this! Just fell across this tool this afternoon also - appropriate for all grades 3-12. Could also be modified for K-2

It looks good. Once people have seen it a couple of times it would take some careful planning to make something of value or real impact.

This looks like a great app for creating digital stories on the iPad. It allows you to draw characters or use pre-loaded ones, and then record a voiceover. Has some good reviews, too!

This is a neat website that lets students track missions as they are happening with the satellites that are collecting information about the Earth from space.  Students can learn about the earth by choosing a mission to follow, zoom in and out of the globe, view satellite paths, view city and location labels on the map, replace the sun with an "artificial light" and see the view from Earth's surface.  As students click on the satellite, they will be able to view and discover more information about the mission.  Students can choose to view the 3D Earth in real-time or speed up/slow down the Earth with a time control.

Are you understanding the tearing, stuttering, slow or choppy MP4 playback on a computer? Oh. it's really not a happy movie experience. Don't wait for the movie any more, here share the reasons and solutions with you.

Some great examples and strategies for teachers on utlising Social media within your classroom. I

This site is great , but unfort to access all content there is an acct fee. However, there is lots of great free stuff on it. Just click on the free stuff link.