YCST Online Resources

Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it via Twitter or email. Use it to quickly share cool apps or software tips, report a bug, or just show stuff you like. To start recording, click on the red button. No need to install or download anything!

Here's a math problem for the Geography set!

It creates a link to a YouTube video where you set the start time.

turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning tag cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

Common Sense Media is dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.

it means FOR TWO and indicates the collaborative character of mind42. Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free.

doXtop is your own, full-blown virtual publishing house * Manage and publish anything you've written for audience * Author and collaborate freely across corporate and international barriers * Distribute publications via content-rich Web sites, RSS feeds and secure extranets with a click * Engage with colleagues and readers with built-in Web 2.0 functions * Market your published content to any audience

Improve your listening skills and hear about the news. Listen-and-write.com is free listening practice.

Google Apps Education Edition Creative Commons Search Zoho Creator Dropbox Wallwisher Jing Twitter DocsPal Tagul Pageflakes and Netvibes Photo Peach Acrobat.com

This posting will focus on the art of searching using the basic Google search engine. I have tried to include the obvious and the not so obvious techniques. As you look through, I am almost certain you will learn something new.

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Just a thought

Something for the kids to think about

Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into 'visual metaphors.' So the comic's heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean 'Rights Monster' - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement.

If you are interested in special education, or if you are a parent who has a special-needs child, then you know that Internet resources for this topic have increased in number over the past few years. From blindness to ADHD to Asberger's Syndrome and the entire autism spectrum and from classroom techniques and technology to parent support groups, you can find many resources on the Web. This list of the top 50 special education blogs includes all those topics and more.

If you are interested in being a better special ed teacher, you can use the following open courseware classes to learn interesting techniques, and even to prepare special education lesson plans. Increase your knowledge and become a better teacher with help from these 50 free open courseware classes for special education teachers:

Print a diary of your tweets. Think "Class notes" (Backchannel Info) Archive your tweets: print to a pdf. Add tweets & twitpics to your holiday photos. Surprise your friends with their tweet journal. advanced filtering and keyword searches

What would be your top 5?

"What does this mean? When will I use this?" If you're a math teacher, you've probably heard these questions before. We're here to help you answer them. At Mathalicious, we believe that math isn't something to learn, but a tool to learn about other things. Our mission is to help transform the way math is taught by providing you with the best, most meaningful and most relevant math content available. Our lessons are aligned to traditional state standards but, unlike most content, emphasize conceptual understanding through engaging real-world applications. What does this mean for you and your students? It means you can use linear equations to pick the right cell phone plan, and percents to get healthier. It means you can use proportions to compare the iPhone and the iPad, and explore whether the Olympics are fair. Our approach means that you as a teacher can foster real conversations, real learning about topics that students really care about. And best of all, Mathalicious means that math can be…fun again.