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paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user or any #tag. Think specific topic research project.

"FREE printable certificates, recognition awards, and blank certificates, certificates of appreciation, honor, and merit from 123certificates.com Use this certificate maker to print rewards for students, friends, family, party guests, anybody. Reward the student of the week, the player of the game, the spelling bee winner, teacher of the month, employee of the year, a student that has worked hard, you can even reward yourself! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3! "

This web site aims to help students to memorize English vocabulary in an easy and efficient way, by using pictures, sounds and games.

COREPlus is an exciting collection of FREE educational software programs that makes it easy to learn all about history, geography, science, fine art, and more. Click any title to start the program.

This blog has a list of historical twitter peeps eg J Q Adams, Paul Revere, Wendell Howe, etc. Easy to follow.

"Skype is a great way of calling people from all over the world. However, it lacks the call-record feature. One way to utilize this feature is to use the MP3 Skype Recorder program. This software can automatically record all your incoming and outgoing Skype calls. The output audio's format is MP3, so it's easy for you to listen and share the recorded call. You can use it as a podcast or as an instructional audio."

Easy to use music creator. Perfect for background and intro music for videos and podcasts.

"Ten easy tips for educators can help prevent bullying in schools and online"

"Are you looking for an easier way to conduct online testing at your workplace or school? Then you may want to have a look at ZohoChallenge's online test services."

The National Academy of the Sciences has launched this new website that gives an overview of the U.S. energy system. It covers 4 main topics: energy uses, sources of energy, the cost of energy (in terms of the environment, national security, and sustainability), and energy efficiency. The site has easy to navigate content and links to source material, and it includes n energy quiz, a glossary, and a source library. The site's producers are also developing curriculum-based materials for high school and middle school classrooms. Two special features--Our Energy System and Understasnding Efficiency--are designed to actively engage visitors and enhance their understanding of energy, including what it is, h ow we use it, and ways to conserve it.

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

"New and improved chart types We've added annotated time-lines, organizational charts, gauges, our popular motion chart (which makes it easy to visualize data changing over time) and more to our chart types."

"Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games. In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects."

I have used and have seen this used. It is like a PowerPoint but web based. Presentations can be embedded.

Upload your work, add comments, share files, and more. Invite your co-workers and start collaborating. Copy and paste from, and link to, any web site. Share with your friends to get their input.Upload photos from your last vacation. Design, and add a few comments if you like. Allow "guest view" so the whole wide web can see, but not add, edit, or delete.

Stixy lets you create online bulletin boards for collaborating with family, friends, and colleagues. You can share pictures, files, reminders, and notes by using different widgets whose size and color you can change. It's fun, free, easy, and colorful.

Video Slideshows made easy! Alternative to Animoto...Make amazing 60 second videos for free. Username & e-mail needed for account.

Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways you can use Kerpoof:\n * Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)\n * Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)\n * Earn Koins which you will soon be able to spend in The Kerpoof Store\n * Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug\n * Tell a story\n * Make a drawing\n * Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Clicktionary is a "click and easy" translation tool which supports multiple languages - English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese. Quick and dependable, Clicktionary is power-packed with features designed to give you the best translation results you need, while allowing you to experience the fun side of learning.

Simply capture part of the screen or a specific window with the same shortcut. Simple. Don't bother to save screenshots on your drive, Screenpresso does for you. Practical Drag and drop screenshots from history directly to your favorite email editor. Webmails like GMail are also taken into account! Swift. Crop, spotlight an area or comment parts of captured image. Efficient. Can't fit it on the screen ? Make a unique image thanks to the stitching mechanism. Smart. Add effects Look like a pro. Add drop shadow, round corners and reflection and more. Sleek. Need to export images or create thumbnails at specific size, one click. Easy share screenshots on Twitter thanks to Twitpic integration.

Yammer is a simple way for employees to connect and share by posting messages. As employee participation grows, Yammer becomes a corporate social network, discussion board, and knowledge base all rolled into one easy-to-use interface. *has a FREE piece