MIT and Elsevier offer (OCW)
MIT’s movement for OpenCourseWare is reaching new heights. It is partnering with Elsevier, world’s leading publisher of science and health information, Elsevier serves more than 30 million scientists, students, and health and information professionals worldwide, to make more than 2,000 titles available on OCW. Truly amazing! If this were available to me twenty years ago, who knows where I’d be today. I hope that educators and students realize just how fortunate they are to have these resources available at no cost. Open education is seriously breaking down the demographic barriers in educational institutions. Bravo!!!
Picturing America
An unbelievable web site gallery of American History. The site provides a rich look into the history of the American Dream. Through the American Art Galleries that are filled with pictures and images of the Anerican History. Visit the site and find the most amazing art in American history. http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/index.php?sec=home
A Comprehensive List of Ed. Blogs
You have to see this wiki!!! I have never seen such a great compilation of educational blogs. Some that I have been following and some new ones that I will follow. See what you can find that interests you. http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
Movino- A great video tool w/o a webcam
Make you cell phone a webcam. This broadcasting application allows a person with a bluetooth cellphone. Go and check it out. Movino.org
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Broadcast LIVE video from your mobile phone
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Use your phone as a bluetooth webcam in Mac OS X.
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Free and Open Source.
Google Turns their lights out…..
You probably noticed Google’s change today…. what a great idea. They never cease to amaze me…..Read more about it here. Let’s all do our part to help!!!
Google users in the United States will notice today that we “turned the lights out” on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don’t do this permanently – it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display. However, you can do something to reduce the energy consumption of your home PC by joining the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.
http://www.earthhour.org/downloads/EH_300×250.swf
The Apple – A Network for Teachers!!
I just joined The Apple Network to find that I have begun to build a social network in about 20 minutes. The nice thing about the site is that all of the groups and members are either education professionals or ones soon to become. The resources and lesson plans are easily accessible and you can even add your own. Get noticed by adding your own content and tutorials. Create an educational group and invite members to join. Give it a shot and join. Also look for my group Teknowledg-E-Matters in Education. Join me in the Big Apple!!
Mixwit – Create an Audio Cassette Widget
This is really easy and fun. In the digital age, who would remember the cassettes as an audio resource? Do you think the students today would even know how to use such a device? Check it out, create an mp3 and uppload it or choose a link where an audio file resides, then choose your skin, title, to build and embed your audio cassette.
Don’t have Skype? Use Vawkr
Connect to anyone in a live video chat room. This one is so simple it’s hard to believe that it’s free. Tap into another classroom with a webcam and share stories and lessons. Just met up with a third grade class and read them a book. They loved it. You have to give this one a try!! Vawkr you won’t believe how simple it is. Just share the room link with someone you know and get started.
VerveEarth – Add Your Blog to the Map
What a great mashup blog tool. I will have to share this one with everyone I know. Visit VerveEarth to put your blog and yourself on the map. The verve map is getting filled by the minute. Read some interesting blogs and read your comments after your register and log in. I just added this blog in Harrisburg, Pa. Check it out! Get your blog noticed!!
