Pausing to think

• How to Friend Mom, Dad, and the Boss on Facebook…Safely – ReadWriteWeb A helpful article on how to use Facebook. A good article to look at when explaining Facebook to students

• SpeEdChange: Curling up with… Literacy An interesting ost about the changing nature of reading and literacy

• Homework and Practice – Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano & Web 2.0 A wiki to support "Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works" book…excellent resource of web 2.0 tools and how to use them in the classroom

• Main Page – Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano & Web 2.0 A wiki to support teachers wanting to use technology in the classroom. An excellent resource of web 2.0 tools and how to use them in the classroom

• Peter Hirshberg on TV and the web | Video on TED.com In this absorbing look at emerging media and tech history, Peter Hirshberg shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much more than "better TV." 

• Crayon Physics Deluxe " a 2D physics puzzle / sandbox game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics."

• ScribbleLive | Liveblog live blogging ScribbleLive is a live blogging platform that allows for multiple authors to write at the same time. Built on Ajax, it supports text, links, Youtube embeds, and JPG embeds

• Put your thinking hat on: How Edward de Bono’s ideas are transforming schools – Schools, Education – The Independent Article about how schools are using De Bono’s ideas with their students

• Yacapaca! – Home This website is for teachers and students. It allows the teacher to create quizzes, surveys, tests, eportfolios, etc., & modify/share assessments, for free, online. Set work for the whole class with a few mouseclicks. Mark automatically 

• Grammar Ninja Game to reinforce parts of speech. Easiest level is nouns and verbs only. Good for iwb or projector. Teacher can write with mouse on the background.

• Twenty-Two Interesting Ways and Tips to use GE in the classroom – Google Docs A group of educators have put together 22 ways of using Google Earth in the classroom. Variety of topics, content areas, and level of difficulty. Great start to introduce the idea to teachers unfamiliar with Google Earth.

• Confusing Words A large collection of words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. 

• Google Earth, Google Ocean: mysteries of the seafloor are mapped for the first time | Technology | guardian.co.uk Google is expected to announce the addition of vast amounts of underwater imagery and seabed maps to the Google Earth project.

• make.tv – Web TV & LIVE Broadcasting make.tv offers everything you need to create rich and interactive Web-TV

• That’s Not Cool A site that offers ways to open up conversations with teens and younger kids about appropriate and inappropriate behavior, especially with regards to technology use among friends.

• Art of Europe – Art Prints, Poetry, Cine, Stuff Site devoted to European Art.. A strange but interesting site

• Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus An online graphical dictionary and thesaurus to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. 

• How Twitter Changed My Life A short introduction on the value of twitter, how to use it effectively, and how I think it will change the world. Presented to the NUS Entrepreneurs Association in Silicon Valley.

• Urban Street Art, Abandoned Places and Amazing Designs | WebUrbanist Blog for Urban Art, Urban Furniture, Street Art, Urban Videos and More Exciting Urban Stuff.

• Sawse – Stir it Up! » Blog Archive » 25 Photographs Taken at the Exact Right Time The post that contains 25 photos that captured the moment. Sawse is a blog where many things are stirred into one. Inspiring images are added to a dash of strange news

• YouTube – SAT Reading: Critical Reading PART 1– Chart the Passage "Using this new CHART method will help you get through the passaged-based reading or "critical reading" section. While skimming and searching for buzzwords, you don’t have to really care about the details and meaning of what you read."

• Language Learning An interesting post about language learning

• Philosophy for Children Stories Page Great picture books for teaching Big Ideas

• Shahi – A visual dictionary | Blachan Lab Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content with Flickr images,

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