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The web site--WeChooseTheMoon.org--goes live at 8:02 a.m. on July 16, 90 minutes before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It will track the capsule's route from the Earth to the Moon, ending with the moon landing and Armstrong's walk--in real time, but 40 years later. Internet visitors can see animated recreations of key events from the four-day mission, including when Apollo 11 first orbits the moon and when the lunar module separates from the command module, as well as browse video clips and photos and hear the radio transmission between the astronauts and NASA flight controllers.

TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students.

These lesson plans are complete with multimedia, readings, discussion questions, activities and hands-on production projects that enable students to strengthen their understanding of copyright and fair use. There are strands for high school, undergraduate and graduate learners.

"Fing is the ultimate tool for network discovery and scanning, allowing administrators to troubleshoot their network easily and at the speed of light. Once installed on a Windows, Mac or Linux computer, your home, office and corporate network are just one click away." Freeware

And, now, here are the best ways for students (and anyone else) to create online content easily, quickly, and painlessly: includes cartoons, comics, maps, movies and lots more!

Math TV provides an extensive collection of high quality mathematics tutorials. Math TV's video lessons cover basic mathematics and Algebra. Math TV videos are not easily embedded in other websites, but they are free and you can create your own individualized playlists.

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The DeepDyve research engine uses proprietary search and indexing technology to cull rich, relevant content from thousands of journals, millions of documents, and billions of untapped Deep Web pages. Science oriented

Cut & paste your students paper or homework assignment into the box below, and click the "check" button. This free plagiarism detector will find plagiarized text in homework and other essays/reports.

gives you what it refers to as the very best resources for scientific research and for educational purposes. The sites that are added to this site are inspected and judged before they make it on to the Intute site so that you have less work to do. Aside from gathering a number of high quality resources for you to use all in one place, this type of screening process also cuts down on the spam interruptions that one often finds when surfing the web

99 online activities that help to make math come alive in the classroom or at home 508 lessons Illuminations is designed to: * Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students. * Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Illuminations is part of the prestigious Verizon Thinkfinity program.

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Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge!

eJamming, a software application and online service that enables musicians to find, network, and play music online with one another in real time, facilitates music education, collaboration, and social networking over the internet, its authors say. Usi

a free, creative-commons licensed, multi-media web-book designed as a dynamic enhancement or substitute for the traditional art history textbook ... [using] conversation instead of the impersonal voice of the typical textbook in order to reveal disagreement, emotion, and the immediate experience of looking.

"Meraki's Systems Manager provides over-the-air centralized management, diagnostics, and monitoring for the mobile devices managed by your organization. Meraki provides Systems Manager as a free tool for IT organizations of all sizes. "

"the flipped classroom is that the major focus is on the didactic presentation of information, that it is still at the center of the learning experience. The flipped classroom, given that is currently getting so much press, provides an opportunity to change the paradigm of learning, whereby learning-by-doing, the experiences along with the understanding and application of those experiences become core to the learning process."