Feed for the Brain

• Juice, the cross-platform podcast receiver.

  So what is it?
  Want to listen to internet audio programs but can’t when they are scheduled? This program lets you create your own custom online audio anytime, anywhere. Really.

  Tags: podcast, software, audio, podcasting, opensource, podcasts, aggregator, tools

  • So what is it?
    Want to listen to internet audio programs but can’t when they are scheduled? This program lets you create your own custom online audio anytime, anywhere. Really. – By Mardy McGaw

• ALA | AASL Best Web sites for Teaching and Learning Award

  The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians’ Standards for the 21st-Century Learner.

  Tags: education, resources, teaching and learning

  • The Best Websites for Teaching and Learning honors websites, tools, and resources of exceptional value to inquiry-based teaching and learning as embodied in the American Association of School Librarians’ Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. – By Ben Louey

• Computer_hardware_poster

  An illustrated guide to what all of those little things are inside your computer. Great for do-it-yourselfers.

  Tags: computer, hardware, guide, illustration, poster, doityourself, build

• HistoryAnimated.com

  Great collection of animated representations of battles, events, etc. New ones promised.

  Tags: history, socialstudies, animation, iwb, battles, war, for:cffcoach

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• Home ‎(Google Apps Education Community)‎

  This site is brought to you by Google – especially for Google Apps educators and students. Come join and help us build it!

  Tags: googleapps, google, community

  • This site is brought to you by Google – especially for Google Apps educators and students. Come join and help us build it! – By Michelle Krill

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• Fraction Monkeys

  Practice fractions with a little monkey that you hang on the number line. Works great with your interactive whiteboard in math.

  Tags: fractions, Math, numeracy, numberline, monkey, for:cffcoach, iwb, number, practice

• SUMS ONLINE

  Free samples of math games that work great on an interactive whiteboard.

  Tags: math, smartboard, mathematics, iwb, for:cffcoach, numbers, fractions, bracket, orderofoperations, degrees, rotation, coordinates, division, wordproblems, units, subtraction, elementary, primary

• MacTubes

  * MacTubes is YouTube video player and downloader.
  * You can create playlists and download video files.
  * It is a free ware

  Tags: download, software, youtube, mactubes

  • * MacTubes is YouTube video player and downloader.
    * You can create playlists and download video files.
    * It is a free ware – By Michelle Krill

• Screen Capture Tools: 40+ Free Tools and Techniques | Tools

  Screen capturing tools do what the basic tool don’t. What these tools could do varies, including the ability to include sketches and text, instantly upload image online, audio capturing, dimension-specific capturing and more. Make your screen capture and sharing experience more interesting, here’s a showcase of 40+ Free Screen Capturing Tools and Related Techniques.

  Tags: screencapture, screenshot, screencast, hotlist

• WatchKnow.org

  thousands of educational videos.

  Tags: learning, video, teaching, tube, watchknow, watch, for:cffcoach

• Slatebox :: Visualize Everything – Welcome!

  It’s simple: Markup ideas on embeddable “slates” and collaborate in real-time. Signup absolutely FREE and build yours today.

  Tags: collaboration, mindmapping, mindmap, slatebox

  • It’s simple: Markup ideas on embeddable “slates” and collaborate in real-time. Signup absolutely FREE and build yours today. – By Michelle Krill

• Top News – ISTE urges tech training for future teachers

  Lawmakers created the Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners (PTDAL) program last year when they reauthorized the Higher Education Act. The program awards three-year grants to colleges of education to make sure they are equipping pre-service teachers with the skills they’ll need to integrate technology effectively into K-12 classrooms

  Tags: eschool, article, preservice, highered

• BrainHoney

  BrainHoney is the only product that truly spans classroom, blended, and online instruction at any level. You need just one system, not three, to manage classroom learning, supplement with online instruction, experiment with online courses, or run a virtual program.

  Tags: cms, lms, elearning, virtualclassroom

  • BrainHoney is the only product that truly spans classroom, blended, and online instruction at any level. You need just one system, not three, to manage classroom learning, supplement with online instruction, experiment with online courses, or run a virtual program. – By Michelle Krill

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• June �July Conference Sessions

  Tags: google, tips, tricks

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• YouTube – Dimdim: More Document Sharing

  DimDim video tutorial site on YouTube.

  Tags: DimDim, tutorials

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• Instructional Strategies Online

  Tags: no_tag

• Twitter Support :: Contesting account suspension

  Why are accounts suspended?

  Account suspension occurs when an account is flagged for suspicious activity. One or more of these things may cause an account to be suspended:

  * Terms of Service Violations
  * Technical Abuse
  * Spam Investigation

  Please read the Twitter Rules to find out more about violations.

  Tags: twitter, support

  • Just in case it happens to you too…. – By Mardy McGaw

• ALA | AASL Best Web sites for Teaching and Learning Top 25 Award

  Tags: no_tag

• Educational Leadership:Revisiting Social Responsibility

  Free online-only issue of Educational Leadership magazine on Revisiting Social Responsibility.

  Tags: ascd, socialresponsibility, socialjustice

  • Free online-only issue of Educational Leadership magazine on Revisiting Social Responsibility. – By Michelle Krill

• ALA | AASL Best Web sites for Teaching and Learning Award Land Mark Award

  Tags: no_tag

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• Icebreakers, Warmups, Energerizers, & Deinhibitizers

  Activities for getting groups going.

  Tags: icebreakers, workshop, warmups, activatingstrategy, lfs

  • Activities for getting groups going. – By Michelle Krill

• How Teenagers Consume Media: the report that shook the City

  Tags: shift, teenagers

• Bloom’s Activity Analysis

  Analyze learning activities against Bloom’s in a spreadsheet setup.

  Tags: blooms, bloomstaxonomy, lessonplans

  • Analyze learning activities against Bloom’s in a spreadsheet setup. – By Michelle Krill

• Wages: Commission : Promethean Planet

  This flipchart helps students explore working on commission. Using 5 case studies they can explore straight commission, salary plus commission and draw against commission. They will also learn about vocabulary that includes: salary, commission, net pay, gross pay, bonus, draw, base and wages. This flipchart allows student to interactively explore types of jobs that are commission-based as well as the the pros and cons of commission-based employment. Student will need to understand simple mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplying, and percentages. Some actions are embedded in the flipchart like hide/show, page notes, show calculator and others.

  Tags: promethean, flipchart, economics, math, wages, commission

• Google in Education F.A.Q.

  Tags: googleapps, faq, google, coppa

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• exploringgoogledocs – home

  Tags: wiki, collaboration, Googleapps, google_apps, workshop, tutorial

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• Cell Phones in Learning With Liz and Jeff on Blog Talk Radio

  Jimbo Lamb’s discussion about using cell phones in the classroom on Blogtalkradio.

  Tags: web, 2.0, cell, phones, blogtalkradio

• Technology

  Tags: xtranormal, pd, workshop

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• Skitch.com + Skitch = fast and fun screen capture and image sharing.

  Tags: screencapture, web2.0, screenshot, software, skitch, mac, tool, tools

• the Awesome Highlighter >> Highlight text on web pages

  Tags: no_tag

• Forest Life

  An immersive interactive trek through a forest to explore concepts of sustainability.

  Tags: science, forest, biology, forestry, environment, sustainability, iwb

  • beautiful – By Darcy Goshorn

• Sporcle.com: mentally stimulating diversions

  An online quiz site with a multitude of topics.

  Tags: trivia, quiz, game, education, sporcle.com

• Infinite Thinking Machine

  how do you use the Google search box to get just the right amount of information, analyze it for authenticity, and get it quickly? The new Google Search Lessons are aimed at helping teachers and students learn the inside scoop about skillful searching. Check out nine compelling and practical lessons for students to understand and be successful with the Google search process. The lessons are divided into three modules; Understanding Search Engines, Search Techniques and Strategies, and Search Features. Each topic contains three lessons that build on the skills taught in the previous lesson. Teachers can mix and match lessons depending on the skills they want to emphasize. The lessons provide a guide for teachers, inquiry questions, a slide presentation, and search challenges for students.

  Tags: search, google, infinite, searchengine, education, tech_integration

  • how do you use the Google search box to get just the right amount of information, analyze it for authenticity, and get it quickly? The new Google Search Lessons are aimed at helping teachers and students learn the inside scoop about skillful searching. Check out nine compelling and practical lessons for students to understand and be successful with the Google search process. The lessons are divided into three modules; Understanding Search Engines, Search Techniques and Strategies, and Search Features. Each topic contains three lessons that build on the skills taught in the previous lesson. Teachers can mix and match lessons depending on the skills they want to emphasize. The lessons provide a guide for teachers, inquiry questions, a slide presentation, and search challenges for students. – By Donald Burkins

• Weblogg-ed » Digital Inclusion

  So, it is not a question of whether these technologies add value somehow to education, but the reverse, can education add value to the communications and information technologies of our present day world, and its future?

  Tags: weblogg, technology, education, willrichardson, 21stcenturyskills, 19thcenturyskills, tech_integration

  • And here’s the original ‘firestarter’ on the Richardson blog – 2 Richardson’s, 1 Ravitch, and a long host of commenters… Enjoy! – By Donald Burkins

• Common Core » Blog Archive » The Partnership for 19th Century Skills

  Tags: learning, skills, 21stcenturyskills, 19thcenturyskills, education, tech_integration

  • Thanks to Will Richardson’s blog for this link. This and his own two most recent posts make for a revisiting of the fundamentals of why we’re doing this – with each of us responsible for our own positions… enjoy! – By Donald Burkins

• Weblogg-ed » The Larger Lessons

  In light of the interesting back and forth that occurred on my last post, I’ve been thinking about what the fundamental lessons of schooling ought to be and the role of technology in helping us teach them.

  Tags: weblogg, willrichardson, 21stcenturyskills, 19thcenturyskills, education, tech_integration, technology

  • Here’s the second of the Will R posts that are linked to the Diane Ravitch post. – By Donald Burkins

• How to Embed YouTube Videos in PowerPoint for Web Publishing

  Normally, sites like Slideshare don’t play flash movies embedded into powerpoint slideshows. But AuthorStream has a plugin…

  Tags: powerpoint, embed, youtube, for:cffcoach, publish, upload, authorstream

• U.S. Capitol Historical Society | ONLINE EXHIBITS

  Slavery links and documents from US Captial Historical Society

  Tags: socialstudies

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