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Sustainability & Global Issues Curriculum - free and downloadable

"These little black and white 2 dimensional bar codes are going to start showing up everywhere."

"The CARS Checklist for Information Quality"

DesignBlocks is a drag-and-drop programming language based on Scratch, TurtleArt and Processing. It is being developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab.

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6 in the US, key stages 1 & 2 in the UK). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides chil

"GoAnimate state-of-art animation tools are perfect to complement your teaching and get your students to put learning into practice."

Useful way to view YouTube videos without the comments, related videos, and other junk.

Energy in sports poster shows amount of energy used to perform different taks like throwing a baseball or kicking a soccer ball. One section shows weightlifting records in pounds, watts, and horsepower. Could be used in science, phys ed, or wellness class.

This site provides itneractive whiteboard resources for various subjects.

A middle school diigo activity! Easily adaptable.

How to videos

"Using Blooms Taxonomy in education is a highly effective way to scaffold learning for the students. With the recent popularity and pervasive nature of iOS devices in school districts it is essential for educators to understand how to implement Blooms in the classroom using the apps that are available. While this list is by no means fully comprehensive, it will assist educators in getting started when implementing iOS devices in the classroom. This site will change almost daily as it will be updated with new and exciting apps! "

Don, I was really excited to see this. But, take a look at the apps in the Creating level. I think they prove my point that the ipad isn't a serious player, yet. If those are prime examples of what can be Created on the ipad, then I still say that it's not the answer to Education's persistant questions. It's a great personal device but not one for school.

'A place to share e-learning and Web 2.0 tools for education. Computers and laptops in education are important only when used with good pedagogy. Digital content and creation is an important part of the process for educators in the 21st century.'

Free eBooks for elementary & secondary. Available for Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, and Science in web, Kindle, and ePub formats.

"Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flipbook. It's very easy: upload your file and you will receive an email with the url to your creation. You can share this with your friend, family... by email, on your blog, on facebook or twitter"

Class Parrot - Text Students and Parents for Free http://t.co/a0kVnnNA (via @rmbyrne) RT @bhsprincipal

"Tiki-Toki is the best and easiest way to create beautiful interactive timelines that you can share on the web"

Create beautiful web-based timelines. Include images and videos. Tiki-Toki provides integration with YouTube and Vimeo for videos (premium accounts only). Free.

Evernote for Students: The Ultimate Research Tool - http://t.co/tcdmKbPx

Great ideas in educational categories for technology integration.