Feed for the Brain

• Interactive online Google tutorial and references – Google Guide

  Tags: google, search, tutorial, guide, howto, reference, tutorials, web

• WorldHistory.com

  Interactive Maps, Timelines, Videos, Geocoded Photos, Museum Artifacts, and your Ancestors are just a few things you can do and discover on WorldHistory.com, the new social history experience. We connect the dots of history, we connect you to history. Sources, partners, and YOU provide the content, history provides the story.

  Tags: history, interactive, maps, reference, world, socialstudies, education

• Educational Jargon Generator

  Tags: education, jargon, generator, humor, writing, grants, fun, teaching

• What Should I Read Next?

  Tags: books, music, recommendations, search, social, reading, film, cd

• Literactive – Teaching Children to Read

  Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child’s reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner. Developed and approved by teachers and parents across the United States, Literactive is the acknowledged leader in early learning online. All the material is available for free from this site but you need to register.

  Tags: reading, literacy, education, resources, activities, Games, languagearts, esl

• Instructional Coaching

  Instructionalcoach.org is pleased to present an online weblog written by Dr. Jim Knight specifically about Instructional Coaching. In this weblog, Dr. Knight will offer his insight into Instructional Coaching and education – a useful tool for all teachers. Be sure to bookmark the page as he will be updating frequently!

  Tags: coaching, cff, instructional, kit, professionaldevelopment

• Pipes: Rewire the web

  Tags: mashup, web2.0, rss, yahoo, pipes, aggregator, tools, ajax

• Soundsnap.com: High Quality Sound Effects and Loops

  Not just a sound library. Choose from 100,000 sound effects and loops.

  Tags: sound, music, audio, sounds, effects, samples, soundeffects, loops

• Create Photo Books Online For Free | Mixbook

  way cool photo slideshow books for your widget-filled pages

  Tags: web2.0, photos, books, photography, collaboration, publishing, tools, printing, for:cffcoach, widget, slideshow, photo, video

• OpenCourseWare Finder

  Find opencourseware (open source courses)

  Tags: opencourseware, education, opensource, learning, ocw, e-learning, search, Research

• Blank map, Printable world map, Blank world map ALL FREE

  free blank printable maps. engrish

  Tags: maps, geography, graphics, map, download, printable, design, cartography, engrish

• LOLCat Bible Translation Project

  Tags: humor, bible, lolcat, religion, lolcats, wiki, funny, fun

  • lolz – By Darcy Goshorn

• Myths and Legends from E2BN

  Create your own myths and legends

  Tags: storytelling, writing, myths, digital_storytelling, digitalstorytelling, education, legends

  • way cool – By Darcy Goshorn

• Interactives . Spelling Bee

  This set of activities is like an old-fashioned Spelling Bee.

  Contestants — that’s you! — in grades 1-8 will listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. Students in high school will listen to separate sentences and then spell the words from each sentence.

  If you get stumped, you can click to hear a word again, as many times as you need to. If you’re in grade three or higher, you can ask for a definition too. Since words often make more sense when they are attached to an idea, all the words in the story or sentences are in context.

  Review the words, hear the audio, and SPELL the missing words. Make sure to check your SPELLING carefully, since your results will be calculated at the end.

  Tags: spelling, interactive, vocabulary, writing, audio, interactives, grammar, elementary

• CogDogRoo – home

  Tags: web2.0, storytelling, wiki, digital_storytelling, tools, presentation, writing, cogdogroo

• CollegeWeekLive – Largest virtual college fair

  The Largest Virtual College Fair

  * Meet hundreds of Colleges Live & Pick the Perfect U
  * Get Admissions Questions Answered in Real Time
  * Hear Expert Advice on Test Prep, Application Essays
  * Discover New Ways to Pay for College
  * Video Chat With Students on 75+ College Campuses

  Tags: college, fair, virtual, guidance, postsecondary, university, school, for:cffcoach

• Create Games and other Fun Applications – Sharendipity

  create and share flash games

  Tags: sharendipity, game, education, gamedesign, game_design, tools, embed, web2.0

• Fiery Ideas :: Freebies

  Free timers and tools to use on your interactive whiteboard

  Tags: classroom, downloads, education, interactive, tools, resources, iwb, for:cffcoach, fromdelicious, freebies, smartboard, fiery, flash

• Guides to the 2007 Office system user interface – Training – Microsoft Office Online

  interactive guides for 2007 office system

  Tags: Office, office2007, guides, microsoft, tutorials, education, technology

• Budget Hero | Marketplace from American Public Media

  Tags: economics, budget, game, Politics, socialstudies

  • Allows you to choose your federal budget based on values (badges) you select at the beginning of the simulation. Extends you budget into the future. From the Marketplace radio show on NPR – By Anne Van Meter

• Has Educational Computing Jumped the Shark by Gary Stager

  hrm…?

  Tags: edtech, technology, stager, research, shark, acec

• Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game

  Tags: physics, game, science, flash, interactive, contraption, fun, kids, at4, ac4, iwb, ict

• Telescopic Text – descriptive writing

  Single great demonstration of descriptive writing.

  Tags: writing, text, interactive, English, telescopic, typography, language, funny, for:cffcoach

  • cool. one-time-use – By Darcy Goshorn

• Body Parts

  Interactive body parts for interactive whiteboard

  Tags: parts, interactive, elementary, science, anatomy, health, esl

• iTweet 2 : Web

  web interface for Twitter (for those behind filters)

  Tags: twitter, itweet, web2.0, tool, socialnetworking, tools, microblogging, social

• Punch Up a Photo in Under 60 Seconds – How To

  Tags: photoshop, photography, tutorials, lifehacker, tutorial, howto, tools, photos

• MobilePress – Enable The Mobile Web

  creates a mobile version of your wordpress powered blog

  Tags: wordpress, mobile, mobilepress, plugin, plugins, wp_plugins, blog, iphone

• K-2 Writing Interactives – UEN

  Online writing tools (interactive!) for Grades K-2

  Tags: writing, K-2, literacy, elementary, uen, lessonplans, interactive, kindergarten

• How to Insert YouTube Videos in PowerPoint Presentations

  Tags: powerpoint, youtube, presentations, tutorial, technology, embed, reference, tools, for:cffcoach

• Watch Free Documentaries – SnagFilms

  SnagFilms is committed to finding the world‘s most compelling documentaries, whether from established heavyweights or first-time filmmakers, and making them available to the wide audience these titles deserve.

  SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we’re also a platform that lets you “snag” a film and put it anywhere on the web. With a library of over 550 films, and rapidly growing, you’re bound to find films that resonate with your interests. We make it easy for you to find a film that shines a light on a cause you care about. You can then open a virtual movie theater on any web site, so any one can watch your favorite SnagFilms for free.

  Tags: Video, documentaries, Documentary, Videos

• KickYouTube – Download videos from youtube | KickYouTube

  download and convert videos from youtube

  Tags: youtube, download, kickyoutube, converter, tools, conversion, web2.0, convert

• Auditorium

  Fun stuff for your IWB

  Tags: music, game, flash, auditorium, fun, puzzle, interactive, SMARTboard

• Welcome to the Cassiopeia Project

  Effort to make HD science videos available to anyone

  Tags: science, cassiopeia, education, HD, resources, biology, physics, video, for:cffcoach

• Student Response Network – Virtual student response system

  OOooo, cheap, virtual response system. Not many features, but the price is right.

  Tags: student, response, system, cps, srs, software, purchase, download, data, feedback, assessment, for:cffcoach

• Learning Styles Or Learning Preferences In The Classroom? | Graham Wegner – Open Educator

  Do learning styles really exist?

  Tags: wegner, blog, thoughts, learning, styles, di, for:cffcoach

  • hmmm – By Darcy Goshorn

• techLEARNING.com

  The Resource for Education Technology Leaders

  Tags: education, Technology, techlearning, web2.0, integration, tools, learning, magazine, for:cffcoach

• Learning Games for Change | Mission to Learn

  36 learning games to change the world

  Tags: world, learning, change, gaming, change the world, mission, geography, for:cffcoach

• Brain Training Games | Brain Fitness and Exercise – Mind 360 – Play Smart

  Tags: game, education, logic, memory, brain, exercise, fitness, 360

• DocJax

  document (.doc, .xls, .pdf, etc.) search engine

  Tags: Search, searchengine, documents, doc, docjax, pdf, DOCUMENT, Engine

• MyAlltop

  MyAlltop enables you to create a “personal, online magazine rack” of your favorite websites and blogs. You can create a personal collection from over 32,000 information sources—if you’re interested in something, we probably have it covered.

  We provide a custom URL so that you can share your masterpiece with others. The starting point is this tutorial that steps you through the process of creating your MyAlltop page. Everything is point-and-click, so you’ll be up and running in a few minutes.

  Tags: rss, myalltop, news, aggregator, magazine, rack, share, collaboration, embed, widget, for:cffcoach

• Hamster

  Throw this up on your interactive whiteboard for the kids.

  Tags: elem, elementary, hamster, animation, iwb, screensaver, flash, for:cffcoach

• Worksheets and Printables for All Grades

  searchable, organized directory of worksheets, if you’re still into that kind of thing

  Tags: worksheets, printables, search, directory, for:cffcoach

• Yola | Build a Free Website

  Welcome to Yola – where you’ll find all the tools you need to build a website just the way you want.
  Point and click. Drag and drop. That’s all you need to know.
  Amazingly enough, you can build and host your website for free. That’s Yola.

  Previously: SynthaSite

  Tags: website, webdesign, web2.0, web2tool

• http://www.pezone.co.uk

  Resources for Physical Education instructors.

  Tags: physed, education, physical, pezone, pe, health

• Convert Data, Files Online FREE: PDF, Word, Excel, Text, Images

  Data Conversion – Online Media Conversions

  Convert CSV file to a delimited format.
  File converter for PDF conversion (Adobe Acrobat) to text file.
  PDF to Word
  Diff online
  Mp3 info
  XML lint
  Convert html file to RSS feed
  Convert ls directory listing to Google sitemap
  Audio converters
  iTunes XML to M3U converter
  Metastock data conversion
  Legacy word processor to Microsoft Word conversions
  Legacy spreadsheet to Microsoft Excel conversions

  Tags: converter, conversion, file, tool, PDF, web2.0, Online, documents

• How to Bypass Firewalls & Get into Blocked Websites in School or at Work with FreeProxy (Windows)

  Got some good home interwebs? How ’bout setting up yer own free proxy server instead of finding one that the filter hasn’t busted?

  Tags: proxy, Internet, anonymous, proxy_browsing, freeproxy

• YouTube – homeproject’s Channel

  Tags: homeproject, Home, environment, youtube, earth, movie, free, science

  • Full length (1.5 hours) video of earth & environment – By Anne Van Meter

• PennDOT Traffic Cameras Map

  Tags: penndot, traffic, cameras, webcam, webcams, travel, roads, pennsylvania

• Connecticut District Tosses Algebra Textbooks and Goes Online – NYTimes.com

  Tags: no_tag

  • “With all that is expected of teachers and students today, building a mathematics curriculum that has the depth to meet the needs of all classrooms is a very hard thing to do
    • But, if a teacher or a school is creating the online material, then it doesn’t need to be good for “all classrooms” just the ones you are creating it for! And the teacher(s) can alter it every year if it’s available and editable online. – By Anne Van Meter
  • “They’ve sidestepped the math wars because they have a rational curriculum, well-taught, and they get great results, so how can you argue with that?
    • Exactly, how can you argue with a program that helps students achieve at high levels? – By Anne Van Meter

• Shmash.tv

  learning through filmmaking.

  Tags: shmash, shmash.tv, movie, create, creation, education, cms, for:cffcoach

• How to Grow a Moodle

  How to cultivate the growing need for Moodle amongst faculty using student teach-the-teacher program

  Tags: moodle, blog, t3, students, professionaldevelopment, training, for:cffcoach

• Exchange: Course Exchange

  Directory of many Moodle courses you can import to your own server

  Tags: moodle, course, exchange, directory, opensource, openlearing, opencourseware, for:cffcoach

• Education Week: Graduation Rate Trends 1996-2006

  interactive map showing graduation rates by state. SHOCKING!

  Tags: graduation

  • I don’t know the answer to this, but it can’t be just, “more of the same.” Share this with your teachers to help them get a vision for the need for change. – By James Gates

• NHSCEightElements7-25-08.pdf (application/pdf Object)

  Summary of ideas related to improving instruction in high school.

  Tags: highschool, reform

  • Thanks to Joanne Romano. – By Michelle Krill

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