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"Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues."

"Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues."

Martin Burrett 01 Sep 13 06:48:33 A huge collection of science videos on an array of topics from space to life science to geology and much more. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

History Animated is a great resource for US History teachers and students. History Animated provides animations of the American Revolution, the US Civil War, WWII in Europe, and the US Pacific Campaign in WWII. In each of the sets of animations you will see the animated movement of armies displayed on a map. Each animation is accompanied by captions describing the strategies of the armies as well as the results and consequences of each battle.

Good tips for organizing in Google Drive, also mentions an interesting sounding feature (I haven't tried)--Doctopus.

Create crossword puzzles.

Science 360 is an educational video site hosted by the National Science Foundation. Visitors to Science 360 can search for videos according to topic. Science 360 also gives you the option to browse for videos according to series. Some of the series that visitors will find on Science 360 include climate change, sustainability, engineering, and the science of sports.

BigHugeLabs provides a great way to make posters and trading cards easily. Best of all, using the free education-specific login students won't see any advertisements. It's good for younger kids or an older kid who wants to put together a presentation fairly quickly.

The Noun Project is making clip art icons for every known noun making it a perfect place to look for the images needed for a precise infographic. It can take a lot of time to find a perfect image of a cracked cell phone or a specific kind of dog and the Noun Project makes that a little easier.

Padlet used to be called Wallwisher, but it got a makeover and a name change recently. It's essentially a virtual board with sticky notes that can be easily moved, shared and embedded. There are several views, including something that looks more like a scrollable blog and it's easy to both personalize the experience and organize notes. The privacy and moderation settings make it easy for students to become members of a board where a teacher can post resources and encourage them to do the same.

A collection of articles, journals, videos and other resources on the Common Core

Besides being interesting information, I thought it might be useful to look at this when we do research--to have students decide what kind of evidence they're looking at, practice introducing the information--and citing it since the authors would be cited by their usernames.

Besides being interesting information, I thought it might be useful to look at this when we do research--to have students decide what kind of evidence they're looking at, practice introducing the information--and citing it since the authors would be cited by their usernames.

Wow--there's a TON of great video clips here. If you don't see anything else, watch Mr. D_Assessment. Fantastic laugh--could be great conversation starter about assessment.