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Windows 7 can wait!
I have been very impressed by the rave reviews I’ve been hearing for the Beta of Windows 7. Unfortunately, reviews and reality are two seperate things. I was quick to join the beta program when it became publicly availible because I was excited to try out the “Vista that works”. After trying a few times, [...]
How to learn, 77 tips to improve memory.
http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/hacking-knowledge
OEDB (Online Education Data Base) produced a great article that compiles a lot of the data about learning to give you a handy guide on best practices for learning. Many of the suggestions are tailored for personal learning, that we as educators have little control over. Even with this focus it has many suggestions that [...]
Picturing History “US History as seen through the artists eye”
http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/index.php?sec=home
Picturing History is a site develped by the National Endowment for the Humanities that has a collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures that have a connection to historical events. The pictures themselves are great, but the are brought into context as you click on a picture. You get a descrition of the historical event that [...]
Free Photoshop for Teachers and Students Online
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
Adobe has just released a great tool for basic editing of photos. The best part about it is that it is free and does not require installation. Photoshop Express is a free online application that lets you do a variety of things to photos, including: Cropping, Rotating, adding effects, correcting blemishes and more. This is [...]
Investment Simulation for Teenagers
http://simulator.investopedia.com/
In one of my high school business classes we did an activity where we got to buy and sell stocks on paper for a quarter, and it was a great expierence. The down side to that expierence is that it was limited to the major stocks listed in the local paper, and we had to [...]
Flash Cards online
http://www.flashcardexchange.com
Using flash cards does not really seem like it belongs in a technology blog, but I have found a site that makes great use of the internet community to take this old educational tool to a new level. Flash cards are still around because they are very effective. The challange is finding flash cards that [...]
Great Science Project Site!
http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com
The science fair season is upon us, and we are always in need of fun and easy science projects. This free site has a wide variety of science fair projects availible. It is well organized and broken down into categories making it quick and easy to find just the right projeect for your students interests.
Special Education Websites
http://www.edtechreview.net/best-special-education-websites/
We have begun our directory of special education directory. This will include general information sites and sites for Special Education Technology.
The 10 Best Math Activity Pages
There are many great sites out there for better teaching students about math skills. Here are a few
of the best sites I’ve found and use on a regular basis. I must admit I have not visited all of the
math sites on the web, so to say they are the 10 Best Math Sites on [...]
Conversion Calculator
http://www.worldwidemetric.com/Measurements.html
Have you ever wondered how many yards the 100 meter dash is, or wanted to figure out how many inches, or centimeters your 23 mile commute is. Well OK maybe I’m the only one interested in some of these trivial bits of information, but we often find it necessary to make conversions between different units [...]
