Spark curiosity in the classroom -- Discovery Education and Intel have teamed up to create Curiosity in the Classroom, a website designed to bring teachers, students and families on a journey through life's biggest questions.
Create and share your own eBooks using Moglue. For brief time, free to publish via MoglueBooks store; option to publish (for fee) to App Store too. 
Infographics blog covering infographics, data visualization and visual thinking... 
Education 2.0: If you're looking for a Facebook alternative with more teacher controls and online safety features... 
The purpose of this resource is to provide ”Just in Time” training through an online interface for K-12 educators based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T)....
An interactive timeline of Presidential history, presenting materials drawn from the Presidential Libraries.
Diigo is a powerful research tool and a knowledge-sharing community
Create live spaces for collaborating, writing, discussing, brainstorming, and more!
Access your bookmarks anywhere with Symbaloo with a visual interface (rather than text only, like Delicious). Plus, see latest news (News Highlights tab) in a visual manner.
Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting.
YouTube too busy or distracting... try Quietube! Here's a video tutorial showing you how to use the Quietube plugin
For more "Take 5" posts... view them here at this blog.
21st century teaching and learning outcomes, strategies, resources, tools, tips, and musings, focusing on ed-tech (educational technology) |
Find/follow your favorite apps to see when they are free or reduced in price. Sign up to "want" an app and when it's reduced or free, get an email notice! "Mac Apps, Mac App Store, iPad, iPhone and iPod touch app store listings, news, and price drops..." 
Find apps and digital tools that correspond to the revised Bloom's Taxonomy (cognitive)... Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, and Creating! "If you don't know the internet, you can't be my teacher... I need someone who knows what I know. Meet me on the web, at least half way. Teachers today need to be literate to relate to digital natives." 
A self-directed program created for Ohio educators to explore and engage in web 2.0 technologies and 21st Century Learning Skills.
Find all Online tools and applications on one page, get a short description, compare, read reviews, see what people are saying about each one on the web, see screencasts and more...
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Empowering and connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and
resources to better education. Join the conversation today! 
Edutopia's newest guide offers ten tips for assessing project-based learning. (RT @newtechnetwork: Love the PBL Assessment Guide from @edutopia! http://goo.gl/uYcpm)
Business bloggers at Harvard Business Review discuss a variety of business topics including managing people, innovation, leadership, and more.
Math, finance, science, social studies videos for all levels; math worksheet generator for early levels of math.
Vision is our primary input for daily life and learning, so why not focus (pun intended!) on integrating it more in your classroom? Learn about a selected sample of technology tools and teaching strategies that allow students to create, synthesize, summarize, communicate, analyze, and share their understanding.
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