Useful site/links

• Over 30000 books to read on your iPhone. Free. TextOnPhone can only be viewed using iPhone and iPod Touch. More than 30,000 books and novels viewable on your iPhone and iPod for free ,

• Issuu – You Publish Issuu is the place for publications: Magazines, catalogs, documents, etc. It’s a site where you can become the publisher. It is free (and fast and easy) to upload a document. You can comment on thousands of great publications.

• chillintime » home A wiki that offers ideas and tools that might be useful to students

• 5 Reasons to Install Google Desktop Today This download combines the power of enhanced web and desktop search with the utility of Google Gadgets

• Idea : Docs for Teachers – Google Docs Help Center Different ideas for using Google Docs in the classroom.

• Smarter Surfing Starts Here An American ISP’s site that gives great info about teens and surfing

• Voicethread for Educators – Voicethread for Educators A Ning group that is “Looking to create, build and keep resources for people using http://voicethread.com in their classrooms. “

• MPR: Podcasts: Grammar Grater Grammar Grater™ is a weekly podcast about English words, grammar and usage for the Information Age.

• Twitter for Librarians: The Ultimate Guide | College@Home A good guide on using Twitter. Also has great general Twitter links.  

• Library Media Study Resources! 

• Mathematics in Movies This is a collection of movie clips in which Mathematics appears

• Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard The videos on this site were created for teachers to help them to incorporate technology into their teaching. Just click and a video will open and take you through how to use that technology.

• Adobe – Digital School Collection Teacher Resources The projects and assessment methods provided on site are from the Teacher Resource DVD that currently ships with the Adobe Digital School Collection and the Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 7 and Adobe Premiere® Elements 7 bundle. 

• The Connected Classroom Creative Commons Image Search 

• TRAILS: Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills  TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students. 

• Info Literacy on the Internet wiki A wiki about the following four topics for educators concerning information literacy on the Internet: copyright Basics, plagiarism ID & prevention, validity of a Website and resources for research. 

• How to Design and Publish Your Website with Nvu (thesitewizard.com) Nvu is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web editor based on the built-in Mozilla Composer web editor that comes with the Mozilla Suite. 

• Web Design Tutorials This site shows you, step by step, how you can create your own website from scratch.

• 2008 Student Technology Surveys « David Gagnon An interesting article comparing student use of technology with that of their teachers. 

• 5 Twitter Applications and Tools that Made Me a Better Twitter User in 2008  A list of 5 tools that have enhanced theuse of Twitter in 2008.

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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