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NYU Tries Digital Textbooks

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Get Going: Google Apps in Your School

National Education Technology Plan

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I’m constantly bookmarking great websites in all subjects.  You can see all the sites available here.

Also, you can see my current bookmarks in specific subjects like:

• English
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• EdTech
• College
• Learning
• Education

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Target is still giving away $800 grants for field trips. Link

If you have heard of Garage Band, try out Myna, an audio editor on the web. Link

“Did You Know? Shift Happens” Videos released a 4.0 version. Check out all versions here

Would you like to have a way to have all your website bookmarks sync among multiple computers? Check out Delicious or Diigo.

Google Docs have added more additional features for academic purposes.  Link

Good basic websites for blogging are Tumblr and Posterous and older students are WordPress and Blogger.

Web-based script writing.  Test out Story by Adobe.  Link

Create 3D models and designs with Sketchup.  Worth checking out.

Create interactive house designs with Small Blue Printer.

I use Orbit Downloader for downloading YouTube videos.  Download at home, play at school.  Check it out.  Link

Dirby converts YouTube videos to Audio for listening later.  Link

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Be sure to download and check out the new version of Google Earth. Supposed to be faster.

Also, take a look at Collecta.com. It’s a real time search of what people are talking about on the Internet. You can search for keywords, and it streams from blogs and Twitter and other sites. It’s a nice way to follow along during an event.

You can now embed Google Documents into your webpages. A Scribd-like feature, but with Google Docs. A great new addition.

Check out this cool Wordle of Obama’s student address! Most common words used: school, education, responsibility and know.

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I’ve found the flash drive useful for the immediate need, but I find that they are the worst spreaders of viruses whether you have Anti-virus protection or not.  The best idea for students is to store your information in the cloud.

Check out Box.net (1 GB free) or Google Documents (unlimited) or Microsoft’s SkyDrive (25 GB) for data storage.  Of course, it does require an Internet connection to access.  There are also ways to access documents on Box.net and Google Documents through IPhone and IPod touch apps (Box.net and Mighty Docs).

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