12.31.2009
12.30.2009
Potentially Cool Links 12/31/2009
Sprixi - Free images to choose and use!
tags: photos, creativecommons, image, search, searchengine, sprixi, flickr, education
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12.28.2009
12.24.2009
12.17.2009
12.16.2009
12.11.2009
12.04.2009
Dodging Bullets in Presentations
12.03.2009
Sheji Diigo 12/04/2009
Education 2.0 - Edmodo - Free Private Social Platform For Education
tags: microblogging, education, twitter, teaching, Tools, lms
SchoolRack » Create a FREE Teacher Website or Educational Blog!
DOC Cop = Accurate + Fast + Free + Simple + Plagiarism Detection
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11.27.2009
Sheji Diigo 11/28/2009
Why you want to use scenarios in your elearning » Making Change
Obviously not just for elearning.
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11.26.2009
Sheji Diigo 11/27/2009
tags: presentation, PowerPoint, presenting, speaking, ppt, education, blog
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11.24.2009
11.17.2009
11.16.2009
Sheji Diigo 11/17/2009
PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations
java apps
tags: science, physics, simulations, chemistry, biology, math, education
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11.12.2009
Sheji Diigo 11/13/2009
Flash cards, vocabulary memorization, and studying games | Quizlet
tags: flashcards, vocabulary, education, quiz, tools, memory
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11.10.2009
Sheji Diigo 11/11/2009
Online video creation editing tool. Mix of free and $ functionality. Film conversion for $.
tags: editing, video editing, pixorial, editor, tools, media, collaboration, video, education
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11.03.2009
Sheji Diigo 11/04/2009
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10.31.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/31/2009
A Sense of Purpose (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE
Nice interview with Michael Wesch.
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10.23.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/23/2009
NZ Interface Magazine | If you can't use technology get out of teaching!
Teachers should focus on information and learning, not on the technology and simply getting ICT into their classrooms, believes David Warlick. How is ICT changing what teachers can do? Technology has done a lot but what's really impacting on teachers is how information is changing. A number of years ago I wrote a book called Redefining Literacy. It started out being a technology book but the
tags: teaching, technology, ict, education, professional development
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10.20.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/20/2009
WebTools4u2use - Presentation Tools
tags: presentation, tools, resources, presentations, slide show, education, ppt
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10.19.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/19/2009
FREE PowerPoint Twitter Tools | SAP Web 2.0
Ever wanted to make presentations a more interactive, Web 2.0 experience? A prototype version of the PowerPoint Twitter Tools is now available for testing.
tags: twitter, powerpoint, tools, presentations, tool, education, comments, poll
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10.17.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/17/2009
Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
How the reading experience differs between paper and screen.
tags: ebooks, reading, neuroscience, books, nytimes, Kindle, education, brain
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10.12.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/12/2009
DocVerse | Group Collaboration Bliss
I wonder if this could be used for Composition courses where drafts are the norm. If students have DocVerse, and invite their instructor and any peer reviewers. How seamless. Everyone needs Word though.
tags: Word, documents, collaboration, docverse, education, doc, Office
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10.11.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/11/2009
compfight + a flickr™ search tool
Find images for comps, inspiration or research.
tags: flickr, search, cc, creativecommons, photos, tools, photography, images, education
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10.10.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/10/2009
Pronunciation dictionary categories: Pronounced words thematically ordered
A different way to search pronounced words in all languages
tags: phonology, sound, words, language, pronunciation, education
nice layout of tutorials
BrainFlips | Home of the world's smartest flashcards
Learn anything with flashcards at BrainFlips.com. Create and study flashcards and share them with your friends and classmates.
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10.08.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/08/2009
HubbleSite -- Out of the ordinary...out of this world.
tags: astronomy, science, space, nasa, hubble, education, photos, images
Pics4Learning | Free photos for education
Thousands of copyright free and copyright friendly images and photos for teachers and students.
tags: photos, clipart, education, graphics, resources, images
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10.06.2009
Sheji Diigo 10/06/2009
draw and record voice narration. could be useful for math, accounting formula or problem solution sharing.
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9.29.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/29/2009
Curriculumbits.com Online Interactive ELearning Teaching Resources
Curriculumbits offer free online access to interactive multimedia e-learning teaching resources including games, quizzes, animations, videos
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9.24.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/24/2009
Free Streaming Independent Documentary Films, Environment Documentary, Israel, Palestine, War, George Bush, Afghanistan, Iraq, 9/11, Globalization, Media, Politicians, Environment, Domestic, Election Fraud, Religion Documentary Films, Buy Documentary DVDs
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9.23.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/23/2009
FunnelBrain is a collaborative academic question and answer flashcard site for online learning.
tags: flashcard, funnelbrain, education, practice, vocab, explanation
the23thingsproject / FrontPage
A less than descriptive name, but a nice outline/course for instructors who want to learn more about tech for teaching.
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9.20.2009
9.18.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/18/2009
Online Audio Editor - Aviary.com's Myna
audio editor on the web
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9.16.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/16/2009
AudioPal - Add voice to websites for free with AudioPal
Make your own internet audio & voice for web sites, blogs, or social networks with AudioPal, a free web site audio software
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9.15.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/15/2009
flash animated movie on creative commons
Web Resizer - Crop & Resize Images Free Online - Optimize images for websites and email
Free online tool to optimize images for websites and email. Crop, resize, add a border and sharpen your photos easily.
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9.09.2009
Sheji Diigo 09/09/2009
Storybird - Collaborative storytelling
story book creation made simple
tags: writing, story, storytelling, collaborative, storybird, education
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8.26.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/26/2009
an open source layer of information above the web
tags: shiftspace, meta, layer, notes, comment, highlight, open, education
The Knowledge Sharing Place - LiveBinders
LiveBinders are the best way to organize and share information online.
tags: organization, livebinders, sharing, bookmarking, binder, tools, efolio, education
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8.23.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/23/2009
Screenr - Create screencasts and screen recordings the easy way
Screenr - Instant screencasts for Twitter. Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you'll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds.
tags: screencast, twitter, screencasting, screencasts, tool, screenr, video, narration, education
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8.17.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/17/2009
Boinx Software - BoinxTV - Overview
BoinxTV - Say goodbye to post production.
tags: Mac, BoinxTV, video, production, education, distribution, editing
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8.14.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/14/2009
30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media - Annotated
more in the comments too
tags: creativecommons, education, media, Audio, Video, copyright, creative_commons, Sound
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8.08.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/08/2009
ediscio.com is the place in the web where you can share flashcards with others and learn cooperatively.
tags: flashcards, ediscio.com, multimedia, collaboration, learning, education, practice
TubeChop - Chop YouTube Videos
TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.
tags: youtube, editing, tools, tubechop, edit, video, education, splicd, splice, clip
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8.07.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/07/2009
Stellarium is planetarium software that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. It's easy to use, and free.
tags: astronomy, science, simulation, platetarium, education, sky, stars
Celestia, a real-time 3D space simulation featuring a database of over 100,000 stars, nearly a hundred solar system, objects, and a complete catalog of extrasolar planets.
tags: science, astronomy, software, space, freeware, simulation, education, opensource
Many languages including Chinese (ä¸æ–‡) pronunciations of words
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8.06.2009
8.05.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/05/2009
Medieval Map. An interactive history website.
VCASMO is a multimedia presentation solution for personal photo-video slide show, business presentation, training, academic teaching, sales pitching, seminar, conference, press release meeting, live event.
tags: presentation, powerpoint, collaboration, slides, audio, ppt, video, education
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8.03.2009
Sheji Diigo 08/03/2009
Challenge Archive - Iron Teacher
On Iron Teacher, you can submit lesson challenges and have other instructors suggest new and exciting ways to present these lessons to your class. Or you can contribute your own solutions to other instructors' challenges.
tags: iron, teacher, education, challenge, contest, teach, instruction
Nice simple paint tool/site. Email or link to finished recording of the entire paint process.
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7.30.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/30/2009
First Year Chinese I — Free Online Course Materials — USU OpenCourseWare
an open course for first year (and second year) chinese
tags: opencourseware, utah, online, course, chinese, education
search engine for open source and creative commons learning materials
tags: searchengine, education, creativecommons, resources, opensource, tools
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7.21.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/21/2009
Myths and Legends Story Creator 2 : Editor
click and drag story creator
tags: myths, writing, animation, education, storytelling, audio, narration
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7.13.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/13/2009
7.12.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/12/2009
A comparison and contrast for teachers moving from an LMS instructional model to a virtual world instructional model. Some initial thoughts.
tags: lms, virtual, worlds, secondlife, sl, education, teach, learn
WebTools4u2use - Audio & Podcasting
Great list of resources for audio and podcasting creation
tags: podcasting, podcast, education, tools, audio, technology
Soshiku › The Smart Way to Keep Track of Your Schoolwork
Organize courses and assignments online. A simplified LMS of sorts. Could grow into something much larger.
tags: homework, organizer, education, school, students, Tools, LMS, CMS
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7.11.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/11/2009
Adobe Buzzword online word processor from Acrobat.com - Annotated
Adobe Buzzword is an online word processor, perfect for writing reports, proposals and anything else you need to access from anywhere, or work on with others.
tags: collaboration, documents, tools, word, writing, adobe, education
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7.10.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/10/2009
This service allows you to tweet screencasts. Not only tweet them, but also record them - 3 minute time limit. Sign in with your Twitter account. Full screen recording. Perhaps no editing.
tags: screencast, twitter, screencapture, screencasting, record, tool, education
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7.09.2009
7.02.2009
Sheji Diigo 07/02/2009
6.25.2009
Preparing Images for the Web
Preparing Images for the Web
Where to find images
- Take them yourself
- Flickr
- Creative Commons Search
- The Commons Project (Library of Congress images)
- Edupic.net http://edupic.net/index.html
- Clipart ETC http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/sitemap/sitemap.htm
How to prepare the images
- Crop and make it pretty
- Resize
- Usually under the Image menu
- Size depends on the application (WSM & ANGEL width max @ 500px)
- Format (jpg or gif or png)
- Width max (ANGEL and WSM) about 500px
- jpg for photos
- gif for clipart (transparency optional)
- png for transparency
What program will do this
- Plixr http://www.pixlr.com/app/
- Pheonix http://a.viary.com/tools/phoenix (registration required)
- Slashup http://www.splashup.com/splashup/
- Sumo Paint http://www.sumopaint.com/app/
6.23.2009
Sheji Diigo 06/23/2009
digital storytelling links and resources
BabelWith.Me - Create a Conversation
Chat tool that can translate conversations on the go. Chat up to 45 participants in variety of language. Powered by Google.
tags: chat, translation, babel, language, translate, conversation, education
EduPic Graphical Resource for Educators
EduPic Graphical Resource is a teacher designed free image resource for use by teachers and students. All images contained within are free for use by educational professionals and the students they serve without permission. All other use is by permission only. All other rights are reserved.
tags: Clipart, photos, edupic, science, graphics, education, images
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6.20.2009
Sheji Diigo 06/20/2009
SlideSix :: Multimedia Enabled Presentation Sharing
Online presentation creation and sharing. Share your PowerPoint (PPT), OpenOffice (ODP), and Keynote presentations!
tags: presentation, slideshow, powerpoint, sharing, slides, slidesix, education, video, audio
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6.16.2009
Sheji Diigo 06/16/2009
Livescribe :: Never Miss A Word
Livescribe paper-based computing platform includes a smartpen, dot paper and software applications that changes the way people capture, use and share audio and visual information with pen and paper.
tags: technology, pen, writing, tools, livescribe, education, notes, audio
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6.09.2009
Sheji Diigo 06/09/2009
A community/class driven step-by-step decision and argument web site. A compelling model for engaging students in a critical thinking project/series of events. Multiple perspectives are built in.
tags: education, SCAN, decision, argument, issue, opinion, perspective
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6.06.2009
Sheji Diigo 06/06/2009
A quick simple metaphor for approach to change (in this case, tech).
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6.05.2009
Experience and Education
I do enjoy these old videos. Not so much for the content necessarily. I find them interesting propaganda of the past that often never really succeeded (sometimes for good reason).
6.02.2009
Sheji Diigo 06/02/2009
Add Multimedia to Your Website with One Click – Apture.com
include multiple formats and links in one embedded item in blog, webpage
tags: multimedia, tools, blogging, media, blog, apture, widgets, education
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5.29.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/29/2009
Creaza offers an engaging suit of web-based applications where kids can use their imagination by creating, publishing and sharing digital stories.
Video editor, cartoon creation, mindmapping and audio editing. Slick tools.tags: creaza, audio, video, edit, cartoon, podcast, education
Embed MP3 Files Into Your Website
use the odeo player to embed single mp3 files onto a web page.
tags: mp3, embed, audio, blogging, howto, player, podcast, education
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5.28.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/28/2009
5.27.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/27/2009
information connected - kind of like a search engine with a more powerful brain to organize and synthesize information it finds.
TimeRime.com - Make your own timeline!
TimeRime.com is a website that allows visitors to create free timelines. These timelines can also be viewed or compared online.
tags: timeline, web2.0, history, tools, visualization, timerime, education
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5.18.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/18/2009
An interesting tool from Google Labs. Kind of a mashup of discussion and polling and survey.
tags: google, moderator, collaboration, crowdsourcing, tools, questions, education, voting, moderation
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5.14.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/14/2009
Understanding Online Interaction -- Week 1: Introduction — USU OpenCourseWare
Utah State Unversity open course on online interaction. I really like the dialog, screenplay style approach of the content. Makes the page so easy, a pleasure, to read.
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5.10.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/10/2009
Whiteboard web app with social networking options
tags: whiteboard, education, network, homework, collaborate, draw, study
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5.09.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/09/2009
Stykz - The first multi-platform stick figure animation program
stick figure animation creation software. looks promising.
tags: animation, pivot, stickfigure, software, figure, stick, tool, drawing, education
visualize texts. A bit like Wordle, but more function with less artistic qualities. click on words in sifted text to see synonyms and more.
tags: visualization, wordle, wordsift, text, vocabulary, words, Tool, education
Stupeflix - Video creation made easy - Welcome
a multimedia, image slideshow, video, audio narration tool
tags: tools, multimedia, slideshow, video, slide, ppt, presentation, audio, education
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5.08.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/08/2009
Scribble Maps - Draw on google maps with scribblings and more!
Draw on google maps with scribbles, squares, circles, and more!
tags: googlemaps, geography, google, map, maps, education, tools
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5.07.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/07/2009
Educational software for creating quizzes and e-learning activities. Suitable for corporate training, homeschooling, primary schools, secondary schools, universities and all other types of learning situation.
tags: quiz, test, selftest, assess, assessment, education, create, play
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5.06.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/06/2009
Phun - 2D physics sandbox - Home
software for creating and playing with physics and mechanics and wow! free!
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5.05.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/05/2009
picture and video vocabulary cards. create your own, share with others.
tags: vocabulary, SAT, english, words, brainyflix, education
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5.04.2009
Sheji Diigo 05/04/2009
Seavus DropMind | Powerful, highly-interactive and unique online mind mapping tool
Seavus DropMind is online mind mapping tool with unique four sphere map layout. Create original mind maps and deliver superior and stylish presentations with the next-generation Microsoft Silverlight.
tags: mind-mapping, mindmap, brainstorm, education, presentation
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