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Playing for Change

Posted in Videos To View on Aug 15th, 2009 No Comments »

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Science Fair

Posted in Science on Aug 15th, 2009 No Comments »

Science Buddies provides free science fair project ideas, answers and tools to teachers, parents and students. The site offers a project guide which is an online encyclopedia for how to do science research and science fair projects. It includes step-by-step guidance, sample assignments, photos of science fair projects, tips for success and self-grading checklists for [...]

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Timelines

Posted in Timeline on Aug 15th, 2009 No Comments »

Capzles allows you to create timelines filled with images, sounds, text and video. Themes, colors and backgrounds can be added to personalize your timeline.  Timelines can then be shared with others.
An interesting way to have students create a timeline of events of a story they have read.

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12 Best Google Keywords for Finding Classroom Resources

Posted in Search Engine on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »

This article recommends you use the following 12 words when looking for classroom resources:

Biography
Discussion Questions
Practical Exercises
Interactive
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Lesson Plans
Quiz
Readers Theater or Readers Theatre
Timeline
Video
Webquest
Worksheet or Handout

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ePortfolios

Posted in Digital Portfolios on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »

A set of tutorials on creating ePortfolios using Acrobat and other applications in the Adobe School Collection.

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Pirooz Mishim

Posted in Videos To View on Aug 14th, 2009 No Comments »

An appropriate sentiment. She sings the song both in English and in Farsi for the people of Iran.

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KeepHD

Posted in Video on Aug 8th, 2009 No Comments »

KeepHD lets you download High Definition videos from Youtube.

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A Year in 40 Seconds

Posted in Videos To View on Aug 7th, 2009 No Comments »

Time Lapse Photography

One year in 40 seconds from Eirik Solheim on Vimeo.

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Olympus Pen

Posted in Videos To View on Aug 7th, 2009 No Comments »

A wonderfully creative advertisement:

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Simply Box

Posted in Screen Capture on Aug 7th, 2009 No Comments »

SimplyBox is an add-on for Firefox which allows you to capture parts of your screen and then store the images online. It recently won the Top 25 Web Sites for Teaching and Learning.

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