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This teacher chose to have his students create RSA Animate-style videos as "an easy way to make them visualize their information, make connections, and re-tell their facts in a story that had a very tight story line that flowed.  All skills that would transfer nicely to any traditional essay." He really emphasizes the preparation and planning stages, which is great. He also talks about the process, which is useful.  All said, a great resource.

"Sprout Labs apps stimulate a lifelong passion for learning by catering to everyone's individual learning style. Different parts of the brain are used by different learning styles. Visual learners prefer images and pictures, aural learners prefer sound and music, verbal learners prefer speech and text, and physical learners prefer touch based learning."

"Google Earth Outreach gives nonprofits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources they need to visualize their cause and tell their story in Google Earth & Maps to hundreds of millions of people."

This is a must watch/view resource! A very informative and interactive Prezi Presentation all about ePortfolios which includes helpful visual aids and links to research articles. From the creator: "A short presentation designed for those who are unfamiliar with e-Portfolios. It defines, illustrates and identifies the impact of e-Portfolios on learning with a focus on the 5-18 age group."

"How do we get people to understand programming? We change programming. We turn it into something that's understandable by people." Excellent demonstration of application of contextual understanding toward learning.

From Dynamic Geometry (app developer): "Drag, manipulate and animate visual mathematical representations to develop your understanding of fundamental concepts across elementary mathematics, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and beyond. Based on the award-winning software The Geometer's Sketchpad®, the Sketchpad Explorer app allows you to interact with, and investigate, any mathematical document created in Sketchpad. With a simple, powerful, multitouch interface, Sketchpad Explorer puts mathematics comprehension literally at your fingertips."

Sketchpad Explorer tips: http://www.keycurriculum.com/resources/sketchpad-resources/sketchpad-explorer-for-ipad/sketchpad-explorer-for-ipad-tips