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Wednesday, April 5th, 2006Free AntiVirus Software for the Home Computer
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Avast antivirus software is available free for home use. It has been getting some fair reviews in recent weeks.
 Get more information here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/free_software.html
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Read a review here: http://tinyurl.com/cucu7
flickrleech
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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This web site allows you to view thumb nail collections of user images on flickr by themes, or flickr categories, and more.
Check it out here:
CTC Music Mixer
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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Want to mix some music using your web browser. Create music compilations by mixing samples and loops with CTC Music Mixer. Save your finished product and download as an MP3 file. Works similar to Apple Computer’s GarageBand.
 Check it out here:
http://audiomixer-d.oddcast.com/php/ctc
Annenberg Media – Learner.org
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006Examples of some of the professional development available on the web.
 http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/teachreading35/index.html
Is there a way we could allow teachers to get professional growth for online, self directed, professiojnal development?
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MapBuilder
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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MapBuilder lets you tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site.
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blurb
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
http://www.blurb.com/index.html
Create and publish your own books. Has some unique online abilites that separate it from the other online self-publishing companies.
ClusterMaps
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
 Provides (free) the HTML that gives you a thumbnail map, like the one on the left. When it loads, it increments a counter and shows the locations of all the visitors to your page, cumulatively (even for huge numbers). Clicking on it zooms in to a big world map, and (optionally) lets you zoom in to the continents, as in the example below.
GSpace – Using Google’s GMail as a Digital Locker…experimental!
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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Some enterprising individuals have developed a tool that allows you to use your Gmail account’s 2Gig storage as a digital locker. I’ve tried and it appears to work, although it’s a little slow.
 If you’re interested in checking it out, point your web browser at:
 http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htm
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FreeMind – Free Mind Mapping Application
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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Sounds like the solution to all our students’ learning problems, …not quite. This is a free piece of software which is similar to Inspiration. It’s not a replacement, but for student who would like to use software similar to Inspiration at home, this might be the “ticket.”
 Learn more here:
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
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JotSpot – Online Spreadsheet
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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Free online spreadsheet, but just for lists. Hopefully the capabilites will continue to improve!
QuestGarden – Automated Webquest Creation
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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 Bernie Dodge coined the term webquest years ago to describe online learning activities that incorporate strong teaching strategies.
 He has new web based tool now titled QuestGarden. This tool allows you to easily create and publish webquests online.
 Check it out here:
http://webquest.org/questgarden/author/
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Podomatic – Create and Share Podcasts
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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Podomatic is a site that allows you to create and share podcasts. The only tool you need is your Internet connection and a web browser.
 For more information, use this link:
AjaxWrite – Online word processor
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
AjaxSketch – Online Drawing Application
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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 AjaxSketch is made by the same people who make AjaxWrite. This online, web-based application allows you to create simple drawings and save them to your computer. AjaxSketch is not 100% complete, but it appears to be moving in the right direction.
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FOLD – Browser Based Portal
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Fold is a portal or start page. The aim of Fold is to consolidate most of the tools and information you need every day into a single web page. No matter where you are in the world, each time you log in you’ll fee right at home.
Quest Atlantis
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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http://atlantis.crlt.indiana.edu/start/index.html Quest Atlantis (QA) is a learning and teaching project that uses a 3D multi-user environment to immerse children, ages 9-12, in educational tasks. Building on strategies from online role-playing games, QA combines strategies used in the commercial gaming environment with lessons from educational research on learning and motivation. It allows users to travel to virtual places to perform educational activities (known as Quests), talk with other users and mentors, and build virtual personae. A Quest is an engaging curricular task designed to be entertaining yet educational. |
NCTM – Teaching Math
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Welcome to the Teaching Math online course for grades 3-5. This course will introduce you to the five process standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2000): Communication, Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Representation, and Connections. These process standards complement the mathematical content standards from NCTM. When both are used effectively in the classroom, students gain a fuller sense of what mathematics is, and have a greater opportunity for achieving understanding of its concepts.
Visit the web site here:
http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/teachingmath/index.html
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Machinima – New form of storytelling…?
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
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Some folks believe Machinima could become a way to tell and create animated stories/movies. Using computer generated characters and environments borrowed from the gaming world, people are developing animated short films. This genre has a ways to go yet, but there could be some possible educational use in the future.
To learn more about this developing technology, visit www.machinima.org
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Talkr
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Talkr provides a service that allows you to listen to your favorite text-only news source rather than read them. If you can point us to an RSS feed (a machine-readable version of your favorite blog or news source) we will convert that feed from text to speech.
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TappedIn – Online Learning Community
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Virtual Community (Developed by the University of Pepperdine) designed for teachers in K-12 education.
Learn more at http://www.tappedin.org/
SPARK*
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
What is Spark?
Spark is about Bay Area artists and arts orginizations –it is a weekly television show, an educational outreach program and web site. More than a showcase for art objects and the artists who make them, Spark takes the audience inside the creative process to witness the challenges, opportunities and rewards of making art.
 A comlete set of lessons plans is included with each episode.
Get more information here: http://www.kqed.org/arts/spark/
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April 6, 2006 – Technology Leadership Meeting
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006The following blog entries categorized under “Meetings” and “April 6, 2006″ are new resources shared during the April Technology Leadership Meeting.
Enjoy!