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"VocabSushi provides thousands of sentences that demonstrate any vocab word's contemporary usage in news articles. Compared to the brute force method of flashcard definitions, a deeper understanding of the word can be attained simply by reading several interesting sentences that contain that word."

Knotebooks is a supplementary education platform that enables students, teachers and self-learners to effortlessly create and collaborate on customized multimedia physics lessons. Think Math too!

Site with physics and math resources. Lectures, lessons, and videos, mostly for grades 9-12.

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from The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: September 20 - October 5, 2010

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"A brilliant little gem for teachers collecting photos from multiple student digital cameras. Simply grab the URL directly above the logo and share it with the whole class. Students simply upload the images from their cameras to that URL (no login required) and within seconds everyone has an online album to share. No more having to bring the digital cameras up to the teacher's desk one at a time" (as shared by Mrs Smoke's blog: Making Teachers Nerdy."

Search both engines side by side. Great to compare how these search engines work.

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Welcome to "Googlios" where free Google tools meet ePortfolios. This site is intended to be a collection of resources for those interested in using ePortfolios in Education.

Googlios is a site for those interested in using ePortfolios in education. Students create digital portfolios online using google tools.

There are a great many online resources to assist with the 10 big ideas.

"The best homework tasks exhibit five characteristics. First, the task has a clear academic purpose, such as practice, checking for understanding, or applying knowledge or skills. Second, the task efficiently demonstrates student learning. Third, the task promotes owner ship by offering choices and being personally relevant. Fourth, the task instills a sense of competence-the student can success fully complete it without help. Last, the task is aesthetically pleasing-it appears enjoyable and interesting (Vatterott, 2009)."

"Comments4Kids is a way for students and teachers to find blogs to comment on and to get their own posts commented on."

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Digitales is a great site to assist in the development of evaluation rubrics for a variety of project types.

Like the variety of projects to choose from for which you could create rubrics. Very easy and the final rubric looks very nicely organized.

This site has a variety of icebreaker activities for free. There are also some additional activities that can be purchased, but there are a number of them free.

Neat site with a number of free icebreaker activities. Very helpful for those who run large professional development activities.

This site is a new multimedia project featuring free interactive adventure games set throughout U.S. history. The first game, Mission 1: For Crown or Coloni? puts players in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a 14 year old printer's apprentice in 1770 Boston. As players complete tasks throughout the city, they meet everyone from merchants to soldiers, sailors to poets, Patriots to Loyalists. The game reveals rising tensions threatening to come to a head, and, ultimately, players must choose where their loyalties lie. Teachers can use the website to manage classes and track student progress.

"Mission US is a multimedia project featuring free interactive adventure games set in different eras of U.S. history. The first game, Mission 1: "For Crown or Colony?," puts the player in the shoes of Nat Wheeler, a 14-year-old printer's apprentice in 1770 Boston. As Nat navigates the city and completes tasks, he encounters a spectrum of people living and working there when tensions mount before the Boston Massacre. Ultimately, the player determines Nat's fate by deciding where his loyalties lie. Mission 2, "Flight to Freedom" (working title), which focuses on resistance to slavery, will launch in spring of 2011. Other missions, as well as a broadcast special, are planned for release in 2012."

Interactive games to learn about American history - The Revolution and Underground Railroad.

NBC Learn has launched this website called Finishing the Dream. It chronicles the h istory of the civil rights movement. It includes more then 100 stories from NBC News archives. Materials include documentaries on significan events over the course of 60 years, including the Montgomery bus boycott; the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; the Freedom Riders; and more. The content provides the opportunity for community leaders, teachers, and students to discuss the impact of the civil rights movement and to consider related modern issues that affect people today.