A Google A Day is a great resource to help teachers improve students online research and search capabilities. Google has been promoting their educational resources that help students improve their information literacy skills and search capabilities.
A Google A Day
May 3rd, 2012TinkerCad
May 3rd, 2012
A web based 3D design tool that allows you to save your creations and print them out on 3D printers.
Google Apps For Education
May 3rd, 2012Learn how you can take advantage of the possibilites Google Apps for Education can provide.
TED-ED
May 3rd, 2012
Knowledge Mine Game (Biology)
May 3rd, 2012
A recent additon to the SpongeLab site. Teaches secondary students biology concepts through gaming. Containing over 3,500 questions in such topics as biochemistry, human anatomy, genetics, ecology, zoology, science history, evolution and more, it’s got some scope.
Blossoms
May 3rd, 2012
MIT’s K12 Video Project
May 3rd, 2012
A pilot program by MIT to have students create videos and share them explaining scientific principles that can be used by teachers and students. Their goal is to develop and host an open platform for crowd-curated content relevant to K12 STEM education.
Google Drive
May 3rd, 2012
Collusion
May 3rd, 2012
Disconnect makes tools for controlling your online data. Collusion is a tool that allows you to see who else is collecting your information when you visit specific web sites.
ANewSpring
May 3rd, 2012
One additional entry into the online educational content management systems currently available.
Easy Generator
May 3rd, 2012
EasyGenerator is a tool which promises easy development of online instructional resources through collaborative efforts of educators.
Everloop
May 3rd, 2012
The site is essentially a social network for children between the ages of 6 and 13. One of may type resources that are being developed for that demographic.
Panwapa
May 3rd, 2012
http://www.panwapa.com/panwapasplash.php
An early learning web site focusing on children ages 4-7 with a focus of making them responsible global citizens. (Created by the educational experts behind Sesame Street.)
View Pure
May 3rd, 2012
A web based tool for modifying YouTube video players. It strips out the advertisements, and links to other YouTube videos.
Stencyl
May 3rd, 2012
Free software for developing mobile applications and games. It is Flash based, and incorporates construction tools similar to MIT’s Scratch.
Slader – Homework Answer Site
April 5th, 2012
Connected Learning Network Research
April 5th, 2012
This interdisciplinary research network is dedicated to understanding the opportunities and risks for learning afforded by today’s changing media ecology, as well as building new learning environments that support effective learning and educational equity.
What Makes a Viral Video
April 5th, 2012http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral.html
Kevin Allocca, YouTube’s trend manager, shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral.
Socrative – Student Response System
April 5th, 2012
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/teacher-clicker-socrative/id477620120?mt=8
Classroom response system that works with any browser. You can download their iOS app at the link above.
InfoGraphics Guide from Kathy Schrock
April 5th, 2012iOS App Review Sites
April 5th, 2012
Scott McLeod has started crowd sourcing a list of sites that are reviewing iOS apps. Know of a site evaluating apps? Share it in his Google Doc! Or, check out some of the great resources listed in the Doc.
Today’s Meet
April 5th, 2012
Need a tool that allows you to create a quick online feedback tool for a classroom lesson or during a presentation? Today’s Meet might meet your needs!
FlipSnack
April 5th, 2012
Generator
April 5th, 2012
http://generator.acmi.net.au/storyboard
A great free tool for generating storyboards when planning multimedia projects.
iPiccy
April 5th, 2012
A “Photoshop” like web based application for editing images and digital painting.
iNaturalist.org
April 5th, 2012
…where you can record what you see in nature, meet other nature lovers, and learn about the natural world.
British Pathe
April 5th, 2012
British Pathe is an archive of video and resources covering the most recent history of Great Britain.
ASSISTments
April 5th, 2012
http://www.assistments.org
ASSISTments is a Bill And Melinda Gates funded project that allows teachers to write and select assessment questions, provide students with immediate and useful tutoring, and provide teachers with instant reports to help inform their classroom instruction.