December 2010
65 posts
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sqworl →
Sqworl is an online bookmarking tool that saves a screen capture of each page you bookmark. To help you organize your bookmarks, you can create multiple groups of bookmarks in your Sqworl account….
Educational Leadership:Giving Students Meaningful... →
Let’s give students learning tasks that tell them, “You can be as smart as you want to be.”
Great article on changing the mindset of American mathematics students from smart kid.s are smart rather…
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I...”
– Quotation #1435 from Michael Moncur’s (Cynical) Quotations:
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Solar System Exploration: Home Page →
From NASA, what more do you need to know. Everything that humans have done to explore the solar system….
Quote of the Day
I’m beginning to really like Margaret Thatcher. I bet she was a real bitch in many ways, and I like that about her!
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
Margaret Thatcher
“(via ashleykanggg, hardtobeet)”
– The YUNiversity
A Message to Elia →
Eric Ripert on Elia’s undercooked fish!
Blizzard fills Iowa familys home with snow |... →
Look at the snow inside the house!
FullYearInFocus.pdf →
Federal Reserve Economic Data - FRED - St. Louis... →
Want to let students explore with real data then welcome to FRED® (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a database of 25,176 U.S. economic time series. With FRED® you can download data in Microsoft Excel…
Skype in the classroom (beta) | Skype Education →
Skype in the classroom (beta)
Meet new people, discover new cultures and connect with classes from around the world, all without leaving the classroom.
Google Zeitgeist 2010 →
Google does it again. They’ve got so much data that I’m glad they are sharing some of it. Cool data sets, ever changing, and up to date!
iCyte →
citation site, free for educators and students at this time. Great tool for helping students learn how to cite websites effectively. Not APA style but does allow for capture of text, images and…
The truth is out there: Social media in education... →
Social media is finally becoming mainstream with educator and researchers. You would think researchers would have known this was going to happen sooner…
10 Free Online Resources for Science Teachers →
Great online science resources. Yes that’s YouTube in the list, there are some great videos on YouTube.
Voxopop - a whole new way to talk online →
Voxopop talkgroups are like message boards that use voice instead of text.. Used by educators all over the world, they are a fun, engaging and easy-to-use way to help students develop their speaking…
Voxopop - a whole new way to talk online →
Create a threaded discussion for your students or a study group around review problems. Students can respond whenever they can gain access, or have questions.
Digital Reading: Diligence or Distraction? →
Great new blog post by Barbara Myerson Katz on reading in the digital age and it’s potential impact on developing brains.
Figment: Write yourself in. →
Site for sharing writing. Become a member of a writing community.
Leading Out Loud →
Sherri uses her unique view of the world to make connections between the Internet choir and leadership
Lincoln Archive →
the Lincoln Archives Digital Project (www.lincolnarchives.us) is providing unlimited access to the historic but fragile paper records of the administration of President Abraham Lincoln. This digital…
EmbedPlus - Easily add enhanced features like... →
If working in the virtual environment with students, you are likely aware that embedding video and other resources into pages/posts is an important aspect of online literacy. This site gives the user…
Acrostics for Children →
My kind of poetry, ACROSTICs. Nice site for sharing student/teacher acrostics.
PostPost →
Nice tool for organizing your facebook feed to look like a newspaper. If you don’t like the linear display used by facebook then this is a great tool. I wonder if Facebook will be buying this site in…
Sketchfu →
New tool for drawing. The drawing can be ‘replayed’ allowing students/teachers to tell a story or to make connections between parts of the drawing. Great visual imagery tool! Great for modeling…
Welcome to ARTstor →
Great tool for getting access to 100s of 1,000s of art images, with the goal of appropriate use. There are K12 applications and the site is very conscientious of appropriate use by minors.
