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"The goal of Verizon Thinkfinity's Professional Development Program is to help educators, parents and afterschool practitioners engage students and enhance learning using our online resources. "

Nice Google Presentation on how to effectively integrate Moodle and use the different modules within Moodle.

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A nice listing of resources for Moodle

I set out to create this poster size guide for teachers, allowing them to compare the functionality and pedagogical advantages of some standard Moodle tools, adding a column to indicate how tricky the tool is to set up.

"The Digital Library is a database of articles about successful VoiceThread projects. Our hope is to create a resource that offers guidance and inspiration for people undertaking new projects. Please contribute a VoiceThread to help the Digital Library grow."

"With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age. To help you get started with this process with your students, I have designed a series of evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. The elementary, middle, and secondary surveys have been re-designed and updated in February of 2009. The virtual tour, blog, podcast, and teacher site evaluations have been added since 2005 and updated in 2009."

"We provide quality background textures that can be used free of charge for digital artwork, 3D rendering, web design and print projects. We specialize in weathered and worn surfaces. Our texture gallery currently contains 1,453 high resolution images in 21 categories "

"lino is a free sticky & canvas service that requires nothing but a Web browser."

"the easiest way to work with your google apps"

Create your own music, online!

"These are just a very few examples of different types of poetry. Most of the definitions have at least one example of each particular type of poetry for better understanding. All examples were provided by the members of Shadow Poetry or previous Egroup. More definitions for related poetry items may be found in the Shadow Poetry Handbook (link located above). As a bonus, we feature poetry forms created by selected poets as new and challenging writing styles. Try not only the traditional forms, but some of the rewarding invented formats as well!"

micromobs is a group messaging service and is the easiest way to manage and communicate with multiple groups. micromobs presents your group messages as a stream of content which means you can chose which messages to respond to and which messages to skim over or ignore. This means your group messages will no longer clutter your inbox, and you wont need to go to different websites to interact with your various social groups.

"WELCOME TO WONDER ROTUNDA, AN INNOVATIVE ONLINE EDUCATIONAL GAME FOR KIDS! Wonder Rotunda is a virtual theme park designed to spark curiosity and open the eyes of youngsters to the wonders of our world. Kids are transported to the Great Barrier Reef, to the African Serengeti, to a Costa Rican Rainforest and to the Moon aboard Apollo 11. They can travel through the human body, run their own business or take a VIP Tour of Washington D.C. Kids learn while the are having fun!"

Written for both new and veteran users, Mac|Life provides exclusive, authoritative information and advice for readers who want to get the most out of their Macs, iPods, and third-party hardware, software, and services. The magazine also delivers informative feature articles showcasing the latest hardware and software, an expanded "how-to" section, and candid reviews of the latest gear.

"If you're an educator, parent, or anyone thinking about education, the Thinkfinity Community can help you: ORGANIZE - Use the My Stuff page to save your favorite Thinkfinity lesson plans, interactives and resources so they're always at your fingertips. SHARE - Visit Thinkfinity Discussion Forums to talk to other parents and educators - share ideas, resources, and useful advice. CONNECT - The Thinkfinity Community can help you create a network of colleagues, friends, and industry experts."

"Mac OS X comes with a variety of assistive technologies to help those with vision disabilities, including a built-in screen reader, screen and cursor magnification, high-contrast settings, and more."

"Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively. "

Educator Nancy Willard outlines six key components that could guide conversations and policies about online safety in schools.