ToonDoo

Add your own cartoon to your Blog or WIKI

About us - ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator - Create, Publish, Share, Discuss!

ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities. This effort is backed by the US-based software powerhouse AdventNet Inc., a highly successful and profitable organization that has several successful brand names to its credit. ToonDoo was the happy result of brainstorming session that was aimed at creating a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw. You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!

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Bubble Share

Need to share resources - here is one way to share pictures

BubbleShare - About Us

At BubbleShare, we know that photos are more than just static images. Every photo is a story - an adventure, a piece of solitude, a relationship, or a tall tale. BubbleShare's mission is to help you tell your story using fun Web-based tools that make your photo sharing experience easy and entertaining.

Simply put: You have stories, and we want to help you tell them.

If you think sharing photos is a pain, then you're not alone. It takes time to register, fill out a profile, upload and arrange your photos, and to show them to the folks you care about.

We agree. That's why our service requires no software downloads, has a super simple registration process, and has no expensive monthly subscriptions. We built BubbleShare to make it simple for you to share your photos and tell your stories.

Just upload your photos, and if you care to, remix them and add comments or your own voice to them. BubbleShare generates a private link for your friends and family to view and sends it with one click. You can even add your album to your blog.

We're here to turn your digital media quickly and easily into highly interactive, Social Presentations™.

Tell your story, your way, instantly -- go and BubbleShare it now!

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About us - ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator - Create, Publish, Share, Discuss!

ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities. This effort is backed by the US-based software powerhouse AdventNet Inc., a highly successful and profitable organization that has several successful brand names to its credit. ToonDoo was the happy result of brainstorming session that was aimed at creating a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw. You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!

About us - ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator - Create, Publish, Share, Discuss!

Bubble Share

Need to share resources - here is one way to share pictures

BubbleShare - About Us

At BubbleShare, we know that photos are more than just static images. Every photo is a story - an adventure, a piece of solitude, a relationship, or a tall tale. BubbleShare's mission is to help you tell your story using fun Web-based tools that make your photo sharing experience easy and entertaining. Simply put: You have stories, and we want to help you tell them. If you think sharing photos is a pain, then you're not alone. It takes time to register, fill out a profile, upload and arrange your photos, and to show them to the folks you care about. We agree. That's why our service requires no software downloads, has a super simple registration process, and has no expensive monthly subscriptions. We built BubbleShare to make it simple for you to share your photos and tell your stories. Just upload your photos, and if you care to, remix them and add comments or your own voice to them. BubbleShare generates a private link for your friends and family to view and sends it with one click. You can even add your album to your blog. We're here to turn your digital media quickly and easily into highly interactive, Social Presentations™. Tell your story, your way, instantly -- go and BubbleShare it now!

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Sketchcast

Another good 2.0 app, now to figure out how to integrate it.

Sketchcast.com

What's Sketchcasting?

Step 1 Record a sketch with or without voice. Explain something, have fun, or create art.
Step 2 Then embed the sketch player in your blog or point people to your sketch channel. Start creating your own sketchcasts now!

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Skrbl - Share a Whiteboard

skrbl: easy to share online whiteboard

skrbl Simple and easy online multi user whiteboard, start skrbl, give out your URL & start working together. Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space. There are no new tools to learn, nothing to download, nothing to install. Brainstorm on our simple whiteboard to start thinking together, everyone sees the same screen, everybody gets on the same page.

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Video Streaming

What's Stickam?

Whether you are famous for 15 or 15,000, Stickam is where you will find your friends and your fans, LIVE! See and be seen at Stickam, the LIVE community. Here's what you can do with Stickam. Free 2GB Storage Space & Unlimited Bandwidth! - Stickam is a 100% free service.

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NiceNet.org

Teachers Network

How-To: Incorporate New Media into Your Classroom Using a Discussion Forum on Nicenet.org
Peggy Maslow

As I have mentioned in many of my columns previously, www.Nicenet.org is a free discussion forum which can be used by all educators. A discussion forum is a public classroom forum for creating, discussing and reflecting on ideas. Characteristics are: * An asynchronous experience (Writing can be posted by students at any time before the appointed date.) * A place where assignments can be posted by the teacher and then students post their writing * A place to post pre-selected links * A place where a teacher can read student work samples and any member of the class can also read other students' writing. * A place where any member of the class, teacher or students, can reply to a posted piece of writing. Students respond to various topics under what is called "conferencing," usually posted in advance by the teacher. Depending on the purpose of the writing, it may be revised or not. The writing can be informal and shared with others in the class. Or it can be a final draft posted for assessment by other students and/or the teacher. It is expected that students will be respectful of the writing and opinions of others and that they will respond accordingly.

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Kerpoof

Fron Steve Dembo - Digital Passports

Digital Passports » Kerpoof! Eat your heart out Kid Pix

Kerpoof! Eat your heart out Kid Pix

As a former kindergarten teacher, it sometimes seemed like my life revolved around KidPix. And while it had a bazillion features packed into it, when you got right down to it we spent 90% of our time creating pictures and slide shows.

While there had been a few open source programs similar to Kid Pix (anyone remember Tux?), they don’t hold a candle to one of my new fave’s for lower elementary/early childhood, Kerpoof! You can make books, pictures or stories.

Just choose a background, and start dragging the clip art onto the page. Yes, you can resize, rotate, and move them all. What’s interesting is that they incorporate the concept of scale! Put a penguin on the picture. If you move him towards the back (farther away) he gets smaller. Bring him into the foreground (closer to you) he gets bigger! You can always resize them manually, but it does a pretty good job on its own. That’s not the only dynamic piece. In the arctic background, all the chunks of ice are live. You can move or delete them to your hearts content. Same thing with other backgrounds. When you drag a sun into your picture, it figures out automatically if it should be in front of the mountains or behind them. If the sun is low in the sky, you’ll get a beautiful sunset on your picture. Drag the sun up to the top and it’ll turn the sky to noontime! Drop the sun way down low and the picture turns to night with the sun invisible. VERY cool.

And what’s the cost of Kerpoof? Oh yeah… Free. They even have a teacher section with a few ideas for using it in the classroom. Only thing two criticisms from me. 1) I’d love to see some drawing tools in there so kids can add their own free hand stuff. And 2) They need code to embed the resulting projects into web pages and email them to friends. I had to do screenshots instead. Well worth checking out!

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Poll everywhere

I found this entry at Teach42

Poll Everywhere - Simple Text Message Voting

Poll Everywhere is the World's first all-software audience response system. Unlike other voting solutions, you don’t have to buy expensive proprietary hardware or “call for special pricing,” you just sign up and immediately start creating text message polls. Your first 100 votes are free and if you decide that you love Poll Everywhere, you can buy more votes for about 16 to 12 cents per vote.

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Thinkfinity - an elevator speech to describe it.

What is Thinkfinity? Thinkfinity is a collaboration and sharing web portal, which allows teachers and students to zero in with laser like precision onto educational resources that meet their needs. Instead of using a search engine, like Google, which may give you millions of hits to willow and wade through when searching for content related to a standard, Thinkfinity almost instantly gives you teacher and peer reviewed web sites and documents which are aligned to state and national standards.

The web resources include lesson plans, printable documents, multimedia, as well as interactive computer simulations for the majority of curricular disciplines. From mathematics, dance, geography and even literacy. It is a way to save time searching the plethora of items on the web and is a well organized library of curriculum - and it is free. The site partners with National Education partners, like NCTM, NCTE and more. So find an internet connection and enhance as well as differentiate your instruction using Thinkfinity.

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ED SiteMent

EDSITEment - Reference Shelf

Reference Shelf Classroom Internet Integration One important goal of EDSITEment is to help educators integrate the Internet as a standard classroom resource. Once you tap into this seemingly boundless source of ideas, new experiences, and information, you will recognize that it holds a unique potential for inspiring real intellectual curiosity in your students and for stimulating multidimensional intellectual growth.

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Make a CD/DVD Cover

ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: CD/DVD Cover Creator

CD/DVD Cover Creator The CD/DVD Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate CD and DVD covers and related booklets for liner notes and other information. Students can use the tool to create covers for books, music, and films that they explored as well as to create covers for media they compose individually or as a class. Students can use text tools to add formatting to their titles and notes, add shading to background areas of the covers and booklets, and draw original images to illustrate their covers and booklets. For additional ideas on how to use this tool, see Tips for Using CD/DVD Cover Creator. Visit this interactive tool at: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/cd-dvd/.

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quarterlife - the show

Welcome to quarterlife... A new community for artists, thinkers, and doers –- and a new Internet series from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the creative minds behind “My So-Called Life” and “Blood Diamond.” Come in, check out the site, set-up a profile, and invite your friends to be a part of this new creative community. Part 1 and 2 of the first Episode are available now on The Show page.

quarterlife

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MyiCourse

myIcourse

Our mission is to provide software that helps users create and post their own educational materials, at no cost. We do not believe all of life’s necessary learning is contained within the walls of universities or between the binders of books. We want to democratize knowledge for those who wish to learn. Come help us flatten the world!

People are creating their own public and private MyiCourse universities to benefit their business, ministry, product or people through online education and effective coursework. People are using MyiCourse to teach customers about their products. Others use MyiCourse to teach people about their favorite hobby. Create your own free site today and share your passion with the world.

The sky is the limit and it’s FREE! Now you have the opportunity to share your special skill or knowledge with the world. If your course is for everyone, create your own public university. Does your company or organization have specific training needs for its employees? Is accountability for the course essential? If so, create your own private university. MyiCourse will allow employees, students and even friends, to become knowledgeable in areas they never imagined.

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It's not all what we hear - Digital Natives may need us more than we think

Digital Nativism

Digital Nativism Digital Delusions and Digital Deprivation By Jamie McKenzie About author Being born into a culture saturated with things digital is not a complete blessing despite the eager claims of digital drum majors and pied pipers. Neither is such immersion an automatic state of grace. Those leading the digital surge are quick to exile older folks to a dust bin of irrelevancy simply because they were born before the iPod. Their point of view is harsh and ill informed. Their stance is unsubstantiated

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Welcome to Speak Up

Speak Up, a national online research project facilitated by Project TomorrowSM, gives individuals the opportunity to share their viewpoints about key educational issues. Each year, findings are summarized and shared with national and state policy makers. Participating schools and districts can access their data online, free-of-charge.

Welcome to Speak Up

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http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/qp_form.html

Ask?Away is a service provided by a consortium of reference librarians throughout the state, nationally, and globally. You may use the forms below to submit a request for help with research or general information needs; to submit a question about DPI services or navigating the DPI website*, or to get help searching BadgerLink or the Internet. You may use either the e-mail or the chat form to submit a request at any time, day or night. Ask?Away is a service provided by a consortium of reference librarians throughout the state, nationally, and globally. You may use the forms below to submit a request for help with research or general information needs; to submit a question about DPI services or navigating the DPI website*, or to get help searching BadgerLink or the Internet. You may use either the e-mail or the chat form to submit a request at any time, day or night.

http://dpi.wi.gov/rll/qp_form.html

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Intel® Teach Program: Apply to Participate

An area to work towards

Apply to Participate in the Intel® Teach Program LEA participation Scalability and program fidelity LEA application Contact information The Intel® Teach Program is built on the belief that educators learn best from one another, fostering a community of practice that is invaluable in creating systemic change. The program results in increased technology integration and an energized standards-aligned curriculum, created by the teachers themselves, that speaks to today's students.

Intel® Teach Program: Apply to Participate

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Intel® Teach Program portfolio

It appears Intel is really ramping up their staff development and partnering with other areas - I will need to look closer at thier involvement and hope to take part  in some of their courses.

Intel® Teach Program Portfolio Whether a country has excellent Internet connectivity or very limited connectivity, the enhanced Intel® Teach Program portfolio has offerings designed to enable teachers to introduce, expand, and support 21st century learning with project-based approaches in the classroom.

Intel® Teach Program portfolio

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Podcast player

This should be a player for the podcast Subscribe Free Add to my Page

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Talking with Jeff

I had the pleasure of connecting with Jeff Johnson earlier today.  Tony and I went to see Jeff and discuss what K12 Euducators should know. Here is our conversation. Enjoy.

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eSchool News online - Parents, kids don't see need for math, science skills

I worry when reports like this come out - not the report exists, but that it reinforces my concerns as to why Science and Mathematics instruction is so hard.

By Meris Stansbury, Assistant Editor, eSchool News A new report commissioned as part of an initiative to improve Math, Science and Technology (MST) education throughout the Kansas City area suggests that on the whole, parents, students, and local communities nationwide are complacent about or even resisting efforts to strengthen MST education, failing to realize the opportunities that knowledge of such subjects can bring in the 21st century. September 21, 2007—With lawmakers and school leaders alike stressing the importance of math, science, and technology (MST) education in preparing students for 21st-century jobs and careers, one might assume that parents and students would agree these subjects are crucial to their future success. But a new report challenges this assumption. According to the report, titled "Important, But Not for Me: Parents and Students in Kansas and Missouri Talk About Math, Science, and Technology Education," parents and students say they understand the importance of MST skills in general--but they don't see these as important for themselves. The report is based on a survey of about 2,600 parents and students in grades six through twelve from Kansas and Missouri public schools. It comes from Public Agenda, a nonprofit organization .....

eSchool News online - Parents, kids don't see need for math, science skills I recall once meeting with a parent who told me it (their childs difficulty) was genetic - "in their genes".  Would they tell an English teacher the same thing?  "I'm sorry, but I don't expect my child to know how to read, I found it difficult" - time to keep on trying.

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Zooomr | No Limit Photo Sharing

Zooomr is a next generation universal photo sharing site.  Originally, the site started in late 2005 by Kristopher Tate as a place for him to share photos with his friends in Japan.  Since most other photo sites were only in English, Kristopher decided to build a site that could be viewed in both English and Japanese.  The site was relaunched in April of 2006 after a favorable write up from TechCrunch's Mike Arrington.  Since then, Zooomr has continued to evolve and is now localized in 18 different localizations. Zooomr | No Limit Photo Sharing

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Codev2:Lawrence Lessig

Recommended Reading

Codev2 by Lawrence LessigFrom the Preface: "This is a translation of an old book—indeed, in Internet time, it is a translation of an ancient text." That text is Lessig's "Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace." The second version of that book is "Code v2." The aim of Code v2 is to update the earlier work, making its argument more relevant to the current internet.Code v2 was written in part through a collaborative Wiki. That version is still accessible here. Lessig took the Wiki text as of 12/31/05, and then added his own edits. Code v2 is the result.The Wiki text was licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License. So too is the derivative. Reflecting the contributions of the community to this new work, all royalties have been dedicated to Creative Commons.You can download the full text in PDF form. The text is also available in a Wiki hosted by SocialText. And obviously, you can also buy the book at the links to the right. (A wise choice, as it is cheaper than printing the book in most contexts.)

Codev2:Lawrence Lessig

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T.H.E. Journal: Educational RoadMap to the Web

Resources for 2007 T.H.E. Journal: Educational RoadMap to the Web

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Infinite Thinking Machine

Here is a blog worth following on the use of Technology in the Classroom - subscribe! Infinite Thinking Machine

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VoiceThread

What a great idea for changing the way we tell stories.  Combine it with Flikr!

VoiceThread

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AppFresh - All Software Updates for your Mac in One Place

I'm a big user of Mac's and Windows - but this is a great application - I am using it to help me weed out software I've installed and stopped using, or that is out of date and needs an upgrade.

AppFresh helps you to keep all applications (third-party and Apple), widgets, preference panes and application plugins on your Mac up to date, from one place. It works by checking the excellent iusethis.com for new versions and lets you download and install available updates easily.

AppFresh - All Software Updates for your Mac in One Place

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Scribd

Wow!  While looking for the NSBA - Creating and Connecting document link I stumbled upon it on Scribd - I did not even know about this site.  What a wonderful resource in terms of hetting documents online and stored for future reference.

Put your documents online.Scribd's mission is to create the world's largest open library of documents.Explore the thousands of docs already uploaded or contribute your own!

Home | Scribd

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Banning Pencils

I found this on Doug Johnson's "The Blue Skunk" blog. - worthwhile reading - see the entire article for more.

I gotta say that this “potential misuse” as a reason for banning technologies drives me nuts. If we applied this rationale for not allowing a technology to an old, familiar technology, we’d certainly have to ban pencils from school because:

1. A student might poke out the eye of another student.
   
2. A student might write a dirty word with one. Or even write a whole harassing note and pass it to another student.
   
3. One student might have a mechanical pencil making those with wooden ones feel bad.
   
4. The pencil might get stolen or lost.
   
5. Kids might be doodling instead of working on their assignments.

Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - Blue Skunk Blog - Rules for Pod People and a Proposal for Banning Pencils

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Jingproject

Listening to a Wesley Fryer - Speed of Creativity podcast I heard about this today

The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.It’s something we want to give you, along with some online media hosting, to see how you use it. The project will eventually turn into something else. Tell us what you think so we can figure out what that is.

Jing Project: Visual conversation starts here. Mac or Windows.

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Atomic Learning and PBWiki

Atomic Learning is giving some free tutorials on PBWIKI

Wikis are simple Web pages that let you collaborate with others. If you're looking for an easy way to get your syllabus online and a tool to let your students collaborate online, PBwiki is for you.

PBwiki - Wiki Workshop - Atomic Learning, Inc.

technorati tags:WIKI

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Steve Dembo on Social Networking

Steve has been one of my favorite people to learn from and this post says a great deal about what we need to consider in schools regarding this issue.

Social Networking: The Good, the Bad, and the NSBA

Teach42 · Social Networking: The Good, the Bad, and the NSBA

technorati tags:Social, Networking

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Scratch

A website for progamming for kids!

Scratch

http://scratch.mit.edu

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Using Digital Cameras

Introduction to Digital Photography * Digital Communications

Does your classroom have digital cameras, computers, printers, and access to the Internet? Then you're set to have your students "go digital" - shoot, edit, organize, and share digital photos - as they create information about the subject matter they study. From digital storytelling to powerful presentations, students learn better when they create as they learn, which is an aspect of 21st century learning. What are the steps you need to know? Follow this tried and true organization, and you'll have it all under control.

Introduction to Digital Photography | 21st Century Connections

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Video Games - Educational Vale

Understanding Video Game Players * News Summary

Game players are more rooted in reality than film viewers, says a new report. The project supports a virtually unanimous opinion among gamers that play does not need lead to real life violence.The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has released, Video Games, a report intended to give insight to why people play video games and what impact they think playing games has on them. BBFC is an independent, non-governmental body which rates films, videos and video games. This qualitative research project involved video games players ranging from children as young as seven through players in their early 40s; parents of young games players; games industry representatives; and games reviewers.

Understanding Video Game Players | 21st Century Connections

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CleanDesk

CleanDesk is an AppleScript that, within a given folder, moves files in folders by kind based on the file's extension.One-click on the CleanDesk icon in the Dock will automatically organize your Desktop while a cleaning "Leopard like" animation takes place!Your current applications will be hidden and your Finder windows will be minimized. Click their icon in the Dock to restore the windows.

CleanDesk 1.4 - MacUpdate

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ZamZar

A free onine file conversion utility - ever need to convert a file from one format to another?  Cool.  Useful.  Something we will all be using to ensure different formats are supported on different platforms.

ZamZar

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CrowdAbout

Need atool to help you know more aboutwho is listening to podcasts?  This may be a solution

So you have a podcast, and you are pretty sure you have an audience of some sort, because your download statistics have real numbers. But numbers don't tell you anything about the people listening or viewing your show. Those statistics don't tell you that Aunt Fannie in Missouri loves it when you talk about your cat, or Pierre in Paris wishes you'd mention your Ducati bike more often. Did you even know that Aunt Fannie and Pierre had names and faces? Do you know who is listening to your show?

CrowdAbout - Tour

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Celtx

Celtx looks great for digital storytelling - a free program to tackle storyboarding and more!

START TO ENDCeltx is the first, cross-platform media application that provides support for the entire pre-production process.

celtx - Overview

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ArtRage

Having something for everone - here is an art program - that will set schools back $20 id they go for the full version, or free - amazing stuff

This is the homepage for ArtRage, the easy to use, stylish painting package that lets you get painting from the moment you open it up. You can paint with oils, sketch with pencils, sprinkle glitter, and more. You can paint with gold leaf, silver foil, and other metallic colors. You can even load in your photos as Tracing Images to help you recreate them as paintings.

ArtRage 2

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The Secret Lives of MP3 Files

I heard this site discussed as a resource on GEEKed - and thought it might be worth all of us taking a look at -

The Secret Lives of Podcasts

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Levelator

More resources for all of us in the world of moving ewducation forward

Do you believe in magic? You will after using The Levelator to enhance your podcast. And you'll be amazed that it's free (for non-commercial use).

So what is The Levelator? It's software that runs on Windows or OS X (universal binary) that adjusts the audio levels within your podcast or other audio file for variations from one speaker to the next, for example. It's not a compressor, normalizer or limiter although it contains all three. It's much more than those tools, and it's much simpler to use. The UI is dirt-simple: Drag-and-drop any WAV or AIFF file onto The Leveler's application window, and a few moments later you'll find a new version which just sounds better.

GigaVox Media, Inc. » The Levelator™

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Joost

Getting caught up on the myriad of things I read about or hear about.  Another interesting concept on how the media is changing.

All the things you love about TV, fused with the interactive power of the internet – just the way you want it. Enjoy the ride!

Joost™

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I'm In Like With You

A whole new concept of Web 2.0 stuff

http://www.iminlikewithyou.com/

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ArtRage

Too much software, so little me.  Heard about this program on the GEEKed Podcast this morning coming in to work.  Only $20 for full version, and other version free.  Have to find an artist to put it through it's paces.

This is the homepage for ArtRage, the easy to use, stylish painting package that lets you get painting from the moment you open it up. You can paint with oils, sketch with pencils, sprinkle glitter, and more. You can paint with gold leaf, silver foil, and other metallic colors. You can even load in your photos as Tracing Images to help you recreate them as paintings.For the professional user, ArtRage also offers multiple Layers for painting, and layered PSD document import and export so you can easily use it alongside your existing tools.

ArtRage 2

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Hot Potatoes

While I have not yet looked at this - I thought it might be a useful program for those of us in education.  Seems to be windows - but a Java version for the mac.

The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions, who make their pages available on the web. Other users must pay for a licence. Check out the Hot Potatoes licencing terms and pricing on the Half-Baked Software Website.

Hot Potatoes Home Page

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flirga

Good grief - what good could come of this...

Send fake emails - so those parents who are not web savvy could think an email came from a teacher - but it does not.  Seems like trouble brewing - even more than SPAM.

flirga

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Professional Development

David Jakes has some interesting ideas in this article.  Many of them are what we are doing in one of the classes I am teaching to Educators.   I wonder what other items should be integragted.

Professional Development and Web 2.0
David Jakes
from Technology & Learning

Professional development in most schools has a predictable look and feel: summer workshops, brown-bag luncheon trainings, and the infamous in-service day. These events can be successful, and there is no doubt they have helped numerous educators become better at what they do. But Web 2.0 opens up a new world of professional learning.

Techlearning > > Professional Development and Web 2.0 > April 20, 2007

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Pandora

What will the Radio Equity Act, H.R. 2060 do - all but kill good resources like Pandora.  We need to open up information not shut it down.

Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio

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Pandora

What will the Radio Equity Act, H.R. 2060 do - all but kill good resources like Pandora.  We need to open up information not shut it down.

Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs.We created Pandora so that we can have that same kind of conversation with you.

Pandora Internet Radio - Find New Music, Listen to Free Web Radio

technorati tags:RIAA, Music

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Spresent

Spresent is free Web-based presentations application built with Flash. Create and edit high-quality Flash presentations online. You can send presentations via e-mail or publish on your web site or blog.

Spresent.com - Presentations for New Web

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Art Education 2.0

Art Education 2.0 is for art educators at all levels who are interested in using digital technologies to enhance and transform teaching and learning in their classrooms. The aim of Art Education 2.0 is to provide a safe and comfortable environment in which its members can pursue shared artistic and educational goals. Through the technology tools, forums, projects, and resources offered through Art Education 2.0, we intend to promote effective art education practices, encourage cultural exchanges and joint creative work, and support technology-enhanced projects and activities deemed important by our members.

Art Education 2.0

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Next Vista for Learning

What's NextVista.org?

An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - find resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. And Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!

Next Vista for Learning

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Scholar

Scholar

Blackboard recently announced the launch of Scholar, a free social-bookmarking web site aimed at connecting faculty and students, as well as enhancing teaching and learning.

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TEDTalks

Just was introduced to this - some good and interesting pieces.

Each year, TED hosts some of the world's most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. The talks they deliver have had had such a great impact, we thought they deserved a wider audience. So now - with our sponsor BMW and production partner WNYC/New York Public Radio we're sharing some of the most remarkable TED talks with the world at large. Each week, we'll release a new talk, in audio and video, to download or watch online. For best effect, plan to listen to at least three, start to finish. They have a cumulative effect...

TEDTalks (audio, video)

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Teachade: Online social networking for teachers

Educators who are looking for online sites to communicate and collaborate with their peers can register free of charge with Teachade, a site that lets educators share resources, create online learning communities, and connect with colleagues. Teachade is available to K-12 teachers, pre-service teachers, student teachers, and college professors through a free registration process. The site uses Web 2.0 collaboration and social-networking technologies. Teachers can join groups formed around topics such as music, 6th-grade science, supporting educational technology, increasing student and child safety, and so on. Educators also have access to a personal and group calendar and can keep lesson plans or other items in personal "favorites" files. http://www.teachade.com (Posted from eSchool News Online)

iTTUSB - USB Turntable

ION has created a revolutionary USB turntable allowing you to convert your old vinyl collection directly to CD or MP3 with included recording software. The iTTUSB also features a switchable phono/line level output for connecting to any home stereo with an AUX input. http://www.ion-audio.com/ittusb.php

Elluminate vRoom - Free

Whether you are a college or a corporation, Elluminate vRoom™ can help you integrate online interaction into your daily activities. So you can communicate, collaborate, and educate more effectively in today's global community.vRoom is easy to download, easy to install, and easy to use. And best of all it's FREE!

vRoom Powered by Elluminate

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Curriki

A new online community has emerged that promises to give educators around the world an opportunity to collaborate and share curricula in hopes of expanding the educational options available to schools. Called Curriki, the resource pairs the benefits of social networking with the freedom of open technologies to create an organic, constantly evolving online repository of free resources for teachers and students.

eSchool News online - Curriki offers new world of course content

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Ventrilo

Ventrilo 2.3.0 is the next evolutionary step of Voice over IP (VoIP) group communications software. Ventrilo is also the industry standard by which all others measure themselves as they attempt to imitate its features.

Ventrilo - Surround Sound Voice Communication Software

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