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Another great source for reviews and recommendations of educational tools and apps.   The site is easy to use, well organized, and visually appealing.  Check it out!

via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation This article reviews several productivity apps for time management and task management from a student's perspective.

Insignio is a database of educational apps for mobile devices focused on bridging the gap between technology and individuals with disabilities.  The reviews include a description of the app, a rating, skills embedded in the app, and other important information.

A review of apps that support creative work.

"This versatile browser-based tool enables students to combine blogging, videos and photographs on interactive Google Earth and Google Maps. MyHistro's chronological timeline makes it great for collaborative tasks, multimedia projects and presentations in History, Geography and Social Science." -TeachThought This would make for an excellent writing/multimedia project for our US History students.  The projects could be embedded into Haiku for presentation, discussion, and review.  Check it out!

via Best content in Diigo In Education | Diigo - Groups http://groups.diigo.com/group/diigoineducation As the title says, this article reviews some of the better options for annotating PDF files on the iPad. This is useful for providing feedback on student writing or work, filling or signing PDF forms, and more. Check it out!

A Nice review of apps and ideas for using the iPad in the music classroom. via Edudemic

Via Free Technology for Teachers and Richard Byrne: We know that using nonlinguistic representations for new vocabulary supports student learning. In this post, edtech Blogger Richard Byrne provides quick reviews of five free online dictionaries and thesauri that will help teachers and students find images to connect to words and their definitions.

Good ideas for one-iPad classrooms. via Edudemic http://edudemic.com

via Edudemic http://edudemic.com a crowd-sourced list of the best educational apps, tools, and services online.

In this Education Week article, the author summarizes research that decries the poor quality of many of the "educational" apps available on the market today. The article offers suggestions for how to find the best quality apps.

Article about course designed using web 2.0 tools.

TED Education is the education site for the TED organization. TED has short videos showcasing some of the most interesting and inspiring thinkers, innovators, scientists, and artists on the web. In this case, James Watson, one of the discoverers of DNA explains the circumstances of his discovery. TED Education lessons provide lesson plans to help students think and write critically about the media, an important skill in CCSS.