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A new edtech podcast with Chad Kafka

If there are any reading teachers out there that would like to give their students a chance to talk directly to the author of a book they may read in class, here's a list of authors who will Skype with classrooms.

This is the teacher who "designed and deployed the world's first whole-school 1:1 iPad deployment." He has a podcast called Canvas where he and another guy (Federico Viticci) talk about how they play and work only with an iPad. He also has a podcast called Out of School. He also has a killer Scottish accent.

Phraseology (iPad only) and Terminology (iPhone, iPad) are two low cost, high quality integrated writing tools useful for any writing task on the go from tweets to instructions, multipage reports, sermons, etc. Terminology (iPhone & iPad), in addition to its built in dictionary and thesaurus, allows you to chose which online word tools to check and integrate into your lookups/research. Phraseology (iPad only) is a friendly editing environment which is especially useful breaking down your word/phrase usage and frequency. Pay attention to the Flesch Kincaid Reading and Grade level scores along with other readability statistics, including root word frequency, and you can improve the comprehension of your written or oral presentation. Most pastors and teachers who either compose or copy-paste-revise content taking into account Phraseology's feedback should be able to greatly improve their audience's comprehension. Interested in tired old phrase remediation or reductions in redundancies and passive platitudes? Anyone?

Free online typing tutor optimized for classroom use.  And it just got better with improved teacher management tools.

Laboratory activities and simulations for a variety of science topics in Chemistry and Physics, etc... Includes teaching activities and materials written by other teachers. Simulations in multiple languages.

Jackpot of prof. dev. resources for teachers - August 2012

A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents.

A blog written by Ted Klug, technology coordinator for Lakeside Lutheran High School. The blog is designed to inform teachers on free or cheap technology tools that are floating around out there in cyberspace.

I love Planbook. I have used it for the past two years and am going to link worksheets to it this year so students can have them at home.

Great resource for Social Studies teachers - The World's Constituitions

Jerry Blumengarten is a 'Cybrarian' who maintains a vast website including over 20,000 links to educational resources and activities. If you are looking for it, chances are good that Jerry has it! Excellent stuff.