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Look at free versions of capture software.

This is from the Bill Gate's backed Khan Academy and houses lots of audio and visual videos on differing topics from math to the humanities. It's worth perusing!

We love Khan Academy but are working on ways to use the videos to add depth to instruction not just replace the sage on the stage with another digital sage.

My thought was to have the students embed the videos into glogs or other presentations they create.

Voki for Education

Teacher created templates for a fake version of "twitter" and there's also a "fakebook" one...

After reading this article, I was encouraged to search for projects that enhance creativity in students.

This is apparently one part of an article about Einstein. I found many of the ideas outlined about Einstein and how he thought about his own creativty very interesing.

This non-profit group promotes creative ideas across the state of Oklahoma through initiatives to help in education, among other things. "Creative Oklahoma recognizes that creativity must become an overarching and essential mindset for Oklahomans if this state is to thrive economically and socially in the 21st Century. Creative Oklahoma is the only statewide non-profit organization in the nation that encourages and supports creativity in the multiple arenas of Culture, Commerce and Education." Note: It is part of a world-wide community dividing areas into "districts of creativity."

GeoGebra is a free interactive mathematics software that allows the userto integrate geometry and algebra into the classroom. The program can be used online or downloaded to a computer so that the user does not need to be online in order to use the softward.

Clemons addressed his own issue surrounding his inabiltiy to read and the importance of literacy.

A study that lookes at matheamtics understanding in gifted students and its links to creativity.

I heard this report on the radio tonight on the way home and I thought it may be worth sharing if someone missed it. It brought up some of the same points we're talking about with 21st century education.

This seems like a very interesting site/organization to note as an overview of the educational topics we are discussing so far. The bulleted articles are quite informative.

Part I: Defining the Need for Change Part II: The Key Elements of 21st Century Learning Part III: Implementing 21st century Skills: 9 Steps to Build Momentum

Site from the University of York concerning science education and the 21st century. This university has many YouTube videos on chemistry related topics that I sometimes try to use when I can get them downloaded.

Article links for science on the need to use 21st century skills with related NSTA standards and moving education forward for inqury based learning.

This is using Prezi.com and I have used this in the past. There are some nice examples like this that show how to link ideas.

This website has some interesting information on major educational initiatives that are going on currently, and educational resources for K-12 and higher education.. For example I found a podcast on using mobile devices in education. My graduate students are all required to have mobile devices, perhaps I could be doing more with this technology?