Useful Links (weekly)

• Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration An article on integrating technology into the classroom. It offers a good overview of new Web2.0 tools. Have a look at how math teachers & students use Voicethread to creat “how to” presentations

• Home – My English images Offers a collection of drawings demonstrating words, phrases, and parts of speech. The drawings are intended to provide visual aids for students that are beginning to learn English. The images are organized into collections for conversation, grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. In addition to the images teachers can find worksheets and games on My English Images.   

• Tools For The Classroom Howie Diblasi tools for the classroom Digital Tools for the 21st Century-Keynotes/workshops and seminars led by Dr. Howie DiBlasi. 

• Phreetings (Photo + Greetings) Great e-card service that pulls in flickr images and adds your greeting

• Twitter for Libraries (and Librarians) Article that discusses the relevance of twitter for libraries and gives examples of how some libraries are using it.

• 15 Stunning Examples of Data Visualization | Web Design Ledger “Data Visualization is a method of presenting information in a graphical form. Good data visualization should appear as if it is a work of art. This intrigues the viewer and draws them in so that they can further investigate the data and info that the graphic represents. In this post there are 15 stunning examples of Data Visualization that are true works of art. 

• The Carte Noire Readers Some excerpts from Penguin readers from three male readers–Dominic West, Greg Wise and Dan Stevens. Subtle advertising but useful for libraries

• Diigo in Education – Learning Telecollaboratively Clif Mims page about using Diigo from a class he taught.

• Wiki in Education – Learning Telecollaboratively Clif Mims page about wikis from a class he taught.

• Letterpop A good site for creating a newsletter/brochure. There are many templates. The only downside: they can’t be embedded into a website but you can print it as a .pdf then upload the image, or even e-mail it. 

• 50 Useful Mind-Mapping Tools for College Students | Associate Degree – Facts and Information A list of 50 useful mind-mapping tools that are designed to help you see your ideas more clearly, analyze and outline research papers, become more efficient when you study, and get inspired to be more creative in your work

• 50 Fun iPhone Apps to Get Kids Reading and Learning Interesting list of apps. for kids and education. The list is separated by categories, and each app is listed alphabetically under those categories. The links lead to reviews about the apps or to the businesses that created the apps. Most of these work on the iPod Touch as well. The Touch doesn’t have a built-in microphone, though so perhaps you can get microphones to work with them. 

• 45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online | art, creativity, student art | Making Teachers Nerdy The sites are labeled by grade level to help guide you to those that best suit your students. Ratings have been added to give teachers and students an idea of how much interactivity is available at each site.

• Cobocards » Study collaboratively flashcards and vocabulary online Useful web app which lets you create flash cards and use them for studying. These flash cards are interactive and can include both images and graphs. You may share them with friends, print out, edit and go back to previous versions. Additional features like posting comments on the cards, setting deadlines are also suported. 

• Web 2.0 Teaching Tools A teacher’s site, listing Web 2.0 sit and tools specifically for teaching. Ideas to enhance communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking.

• » Three Practical Ideas for Using Twitter in E-Learning The Rapid eLearning Blog Practical Ideas for Using Twitter in E-Learning. It offers some really practical advice and good ideas. ,

• Web 2.0 in School Libraries Lists links to numerous websites, blogs and wikis that discuss web 2.0 tools and uses in school libraries

• How to become Twitter Teacher(TT) in 23 steps or less ? | Kapil Bhatia Great post with a good collection of videos, tips and links outliniing how to get started with Twitter and using it in the classroom 

• 30 Twitter Tips for Teachers « So You Want To Teach? 30 tips for teachers who want to learn how to use Twitter to network, teach, and share information:

• LearniT-TeachiT Video tutorials and teacher resources. There ar project-based lesson plans provided online and in editable MS Word format. 

• http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash Physics concepts illustrated with flash animations. It contains a variety of topics, listed in alphabetical order.

• Web 2.0 Guru – Web 2.0 Resources A very comprehensive collection of web

• ALISON: Digital Literacy & IT Skills Free online courses 

• YouTube – オオカミとブタ。Stop motion with wolf and pig. A good example of a story told in stop-motion format

• YouTube – DEADLINE post-it stop motion A great example of stop-motion film made with post-it notes. 

• Are You Connected? tags: connected, ICT, primary, podcast

• Nota : Casual Collaboration Materials can be shared and edited simultaneously with group members — or anyone online. The work is never lost b/c it is auto-saved and immediately published. It is useful for group projects and hands-on instructions and you can incorporate student responses into your material as you develop it. It’s free of charge

• YouTube – The PEN Story A great stop motion video created with 9,600 prints and no added effects.  tags: stopmotion, animation, youtube, pen, Olympus, digital_storytelling

• VUVOX – slideshows, photo, video and music sharing, Myspace codes This tool gives you the power to create stories very quickly. You provide whatever content you have ie take pictures, video, audio and text. Then you mix it up, chse backgrounds, colors, textures that create the atmosphere you want. You can then share your work with the world tags: visualization, digital, audio, video, images, photos, presentations, digitalstorytelling, vuvox, slideshow, web2.0, tools, media

• Web 2.0 Teaching Tools: Top 5 Quiz Generators for Online Educators   

• Instructify » Blog Archive » Five great online tools for art teachers 

• Free teaching tools and resources for Teachers — Intel® Education 

• Information Literacy: Evaluating Information Part 1 – Trusting Websites NSW school library site with lessons for web evaluation and useful links.

• animoto – for education – features 

• Facebook – Learning Telecollaboratively Clif Mims page about using Facebook from a class he taught.

• Magid: It’s time to turn technology loose in the classroom – SiliconValley.com t

• Learning Spaces | EDUCAUSE 

• Using public pages as virtual libraries! « Tips for your startpage, best widgets & latest news about Netvibes 

• Meme: You own best posts of the past – NeverEndingSearch – Blog on School Library Journal 

• The Best Teacher Resources For Online Student Safety & Legal Issues | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… 

• Samorost 2 is a beautiful browser based flash puzzle game. The animation, illustration. sound and character development is amazing. A stand out in the genre of online games and puzzles. The basic level is also FREE, loads fast and invites exploration! It is so visually rich that it can easily be used to create a digital story or narrative well outside the computer screen. The art is engaging and contemporary in young children’s animation right now tags: flash, animation, samorost, adventure, design, resources, game

• GeekTonic: Games That Flickr Plays – 12 Cool Games That Use Flickr 

• Gizmoz. The world of animated avatars, widgets and user generated video clips tags: gizmoz, animation

• Classical Comics – Bringing the classics to life! Comics of Shakespeare plays, free downloads with multiple text options 

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