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Google announces preview versions of the new Google document and spreadsheet editors and a new standalone drawings editor, all built with an even greater focus on speed and collaboration.

Wiki pages are always a work in progress. The wiki is like a dynamic online science classroom which continually grows and changes. Applications for the use of Wikis in science classrooms is only limited by the creativeness of the teacher in support science teaching and student earning.

Strategies are provided for classroom integration, creating survey, and science or math activities.

"At Google, the only thing we love as much as science is science education. We want to celebrate young scientific talent and engage students who might not yet be engaged with science. So, in partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic, and Scientific American we've created an exciting new global science competition, the Google Science Fair. Students all over the world who are between the ages of 13 and 18 are eligible to enter this competition and compete for prizes including once-in-a-lifetime experiences, internships and scholarships. "

Here's an excellent website for teaching kids creativity, literacy (storytelling and spelling) and technology! Check out the make a movie feature, where kids as young as kindergartners can learn the basics of basically Flash, by learning about objects, timelines, and actions. Very cool!

LiveBinders is a free web 2.0 tool which offers educators the ability to save and organize materials for any class. One advantage of this online service the capability to update a binder anywhere an educator has internet access.

Guess how many social networks there are? (such as Facebook, MySpace, Goodreads, etc.). 350+ such technologies! This is an interesting list of as many of them as we know about, organized by subjects. There are some interesting student ones, geared more for university students.

interesting article about what might be safe passwords, and what might not be.

this is an interesting use of technology in the English classroom -- to express poetry through video

it also has tips for creating videos in the classroom that I thought were helpful

A student found this website. As long as you focused on the content, and not just the animations, it could be a fun way for students to represent things they have learned in much the same way that they normally give presentations.

A conversation from teachers of IPT286 courses around the country about what Firefox/web plugins they find are most useful for teachers!

A technology from Christina for having books read to you.

Great video from Heather about how culture impacts our whole life.

a good example of a class website made with wikis.

Sprint Framily Plan - the price of mobile is dropping, lowering barriers http://bit.ly/1giipyO