Two Good Online Video Games | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...

Two Good Online Video Games | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...: "Here are two neat online video games that can be used for language learning and which may, with luck, may not even be blocked by school content filters. I’ve written about how I use these games, along with their walkthroughs (instructions on how to win), with my English Language Learner students. In both of these games, be sure to click the yellow bar in the lower left hand side of the game to turn the language to English:

Roof Escape 2 (walkthrough)

J Room (walkthrough)"

Mea Culpa Catholic iPhone App

Mea Culpa Catholic iPhone App: "Examining your conscience is the surest way to a thorough and good confession. Mea Culpa can help you become more thorough in that examination to make your more prepared for the next time you visit the confessional."

Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)

Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)

This is the coolest collection of medical pictures, some very old and strange, that I have ever seen. You can actually embed collections in your blog or wiki. A warning though, some of the images might not be suitable for younger students.

Collaborize Classroom - Online Education Technology for Teachers and Students

Collaborize Classroom - Online Education Technology for Teachers and Students:

"Why Collaborize Classroom?

Collaborize Classroom is designed to complement classroom instruction and engage students in online activities, assignments and discussions that allow for deeper participation inside and outside the classroom.

Do more with less. Allow your students to participate on their own time with an easy-to-use platform.
Enrich your curriculum with multimedia. Embed Microsoft Office documents, videos, pictures, and PDFs.
Download FREE lesson plans to help get you started.
Give every student a voice. Teach students how to have productive, respectful and supportive discussions online. This is a life skill that is critical to future success."

Everloop

Everloop: "Built for tweens, Everloop is the next step beyond social networking, to what we call social looping. Tweens really shouldn't be on open, social networks. Everloop's 'social looping' platform - the first of its kind -- creates a privacy loop around kids' connections. It's totally free. And kids are free from anonymous intruders. They can participate in collaborative learning and school projects, share information about their sports teams and clubs, play games, customize their profile pages, and communicate in real time with friends they know who are part of their loop."

Public Programs | First Person

Public Programs | First Person

Conversations with Holocaust Survivors Check out their podcasts.

Museum of Science and Industry | Online Science | Activities

Museum of Science and Industry | Online Science | Activities: "We invite you to interact with our exclusive online content. We hope you'll be inspired to share your inventive genius with others!"

Comic Creator - ReadWriteThink

Comic Creator - ReadWriteThink: "The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on). The organizers focus on the key elements of comic strips by allowing students to choose backgrounds, characters, and props, as well as to compose related dialogue (shown at left). This versatile tool can be used by students from kindergarten through high school, for purposes ranging from learning to write dialogue to an in-depth study of a formerly neglected genre. The tool is easy to use, made even easier with the Comic Strip Planning Sheet, a printable PDF that comic creators can use to draft and revise their work before creating and printing their final comics. After completing their comic, students have the ability to print out and illustrate their final versions for feedback and assessment."

The Ideal Technology Device for Students and Teachers - Leading From the Classroom - Education Week Teacher

The Ideal Technology Device for Students and Teachers - Leading From the Classroom - Education Week Teacher: "In 2001, Mark Prensky coined the terms 'Digital Natives' and 'Digital Immigrants' to describe the differences between adults and students in using technology."

Wordfaire : The fast and easy live blogging platform

Wordfaire : The fast and easy live blogging platform: "What is Wordfaire?
Imagine what it would be like if millions of people could see what you're saying as you say it. That's what Wordfaire gives you - it's a live blogging platform that anyone can use."

CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software

CamStudio - Free Screen Recording Software: "CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)"

Free Technology for Teachers: InClass - An App for Text, Audio, and Video Notes

Free Technology for Teachers: InClass - An App for Text, Audio, and Video Notes: "InClass is a free iPhone and iPad app that could be a very useful tool for students carrying those devices. InClass provides students with tools for taking text, audio, and video notes. Students can also use the app to take pictures of hand-outs, slides, and other valuable information that they see in class."

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz: "Have you ever wanted to write up a quick blog post on the go? Now there is an easy way to do this on your Android phone! We are excited to announce our first version of the Blogger Android App. Using the app you can easily compose a post, attach a photo that you just took with your phone, and either save it as a local draft for later or immediately publish it to your blog. If you are an Android user, you can start using the Blogger app today by downloading it for free from the Android Market."

21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Teacher – SimpleK12

21 Signs You’re a 21st Century Teacher – SimpleK12: "Are you a 21st Century Teacher? Find out! PLUS if you can help me add to my list you may win a special $200 prize. Keep reading to find out how..."

Does Online Collaboration Get Any Easier? – SimpleK12

Does Online Collaboration Get Any Easier? – SimpleK12: "Looking for an easy to use, no strings attached, online collaboration tool? Typewith.me is the tool for you.

Typewith.me is an online collaboration website where you and your students can easily share ideas or review documents you post. Each person is assigned a specific color so you can easily see who's participating, and who isn't."

Sport Science: Ray Allen - ESPN Video - ESPN

Sport Science: Ray Allen - ESPN Video - ESPN The physics behind a great 3 point shot.

Education Week's Digital Directions: Schools Tackle Legal Twists and Turns of Cyberbullying

Education Week's Digital Directions: Schools Tackle Legal Twists and Turns of Cyberbullying: "Case law regarding student speech, particularly off-campus speech, is outdated, many legal experts say. School leaders say it’s unclear just what actions they can take in some cyberbullying cases. And recent rulings in cases that have dealt with some forms of cyberbullying haven’t clarified the matter."

Entanglement - by Gopherwood Studios

Entanglement - by Gopherwood Studios Very interesting, relaxing game.

Art Project, powered by Google

Art Project, powered by Google: "Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces."

Orca Search

Orca Search: "Welcome to the Orca Search home page!

Scientists would like to know more about Orcas, also known as killer whales. Because of your interest in whales, you have been chosen to be a member of the research team that will study these interesting sea creatures.

As a member of the research team, your assignment is to gather as much information about killer whales, from as many sources as you can, before your team ventures out to observe them in their ocean environment.

You will learn about the tools scientists need to research killer whales and you will use some of these research tools to find useful information about them.
You will learn about wild whales being held in captivity and how you feel about that issue.
You will complete your research about killer whales by preparing a research report that can be submitted to the research team.
And, you will be considered an official ORCA SEARCHER by the time you complete this research.
Before you begin your search, you might want to prepare yourself by

looking up the word 'research' in a dictionary, and
looking up 'research scientist' in an encyclopedia or other resource."