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"Online timelines that allow students to create content for others to use and learn and also provide the possibility of collaboration. While traditional paper timelines were confined to the classroom, online timelines can be published, embedded and linked within a class blog or website, allowing students to view and learn from each others creation."

"The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells "

"You can download all of these documents free of charge or read them online. "

Blended Learning Open Source Science or Math Studies. This MIT initiative features a courseware library with about 50 math and science lessons, all freely available to teachers in multiple formats: as streaming video, Internet downloads, DVDs, and videotapes. Each 50-minute lesson is a complete resource with video segments, a teacher's guide, downloadable hand-outs, and a list of online resources about the topic. The lessons mix short videos--all less than five minutes--with in-classroom exercises designed to engage students in problem solving and critical thinking.

"Building the independence of learners through thoughtful uses of technology"

" how to fill those devices with free intelligent media - great books, movies, courses, and all of the rest. And if you didn't get a new gadget, fear not. You can access all of these materials on the good old fashioned computer."

math tools, to be used with your computer & projector. Requires flash

Interactive online French textbook, designed by the U of Texas at Austin

a list of some of the free tools you can use to convert YouTube videos into MP3 (and other formats) some convert only audio.

The Vatican Museums website hosts a fairly detailed virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. The tour allows visitors to zoom in on small areas and details of the interior of the Sistine Chapel. Visitors to the virtual tour can turn 360 degrees to view the interior of the Sistine Chapel from various angles.

Microsoft tools, includes teacher guides

"The New York Times Room for Debate is a wonderful resource that advances critical thinking and writing. Each week they cover several topics and invite "experts" to discuss their opinions in regards to a specific area of focus. You can follow their RSS feed or their tweets. Topics range from technology to education to government"

"online classes offer the opportunity to learn on your own time and at your own pace. All of our classes are completely free and will earn you accredited Continuing Education Units for North Carolina and a Certificate of Completion!"

"Studies show that using technology in education improves students' achievements. Voki is a unique tool to engage your students in creative expressions. There are endless ways of using Voki in your classroom! You can use Voki for any subject and any grade. Our users upload their lesson plans for your convenience. Additionally, we encourage you to visit the Teacher's Corner to learn and get inspired by our community of educators."

a free online suite of extremely powerful multimedia tools that can be used by learners to help gain 21st century fluencies. The suite includes a sophisticated image editor that can be used to create from scratch or for modifying exiting images, a vector editor, an effects editor, a color editor, an image markup tool for screen captures, a Firefox extension for doing quick screencapture, a versatile audio editor, and even an amazing music creator.

How to Moodle Introduction to Moodle 2.0 Available for guest access, full of short YouTube videos to demonstrate tasks.

The Translator ! use it to create or understand text messages and check your spelling, Just type or paste in here the message that you want to translate , Pick the type of translation and then click go! Just hover your over or click the highlighted words to see the definitions of the words.

research tools focusing on Google's capabilities

Directions for using the Sharing Card block in Moodle, allowing sharing among courses with different teachers