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PBS: Need To Know – Making a Safer Hot Dog
Food designer Eugene D. Gagliardi Jr. demonstrates how one of the most famous of summer foods, the hot dog, can be transformed into a safer eat for kids (can you say “octopus?”). INTEGRATE: Create a...
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Dolphin Reading Testing Scientists at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences in Honduras, along with Cedana the dolphin, are working on a skill that we humans consider a sign of intelligence:...
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Website of the Week: Prezi
Prezi.com – Creating Presentations on the Web Prezi.com is an amazing web-based slide show creation tool that doesn’t limit you to actual slides. The site allows you to add text, images and video and...
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PBS Kids: Cyberchase
Cyberchase is a show about a group of tech-savvy kids who love to use technology to learn about the world around them. A key component of this group, known as the “CyberSquad,” is their ethical use of...
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Website of the Week: Viddler
Viddler.com – A friendly video platform Viddler.com is an online video hosting site where you can control who can watch your videos and leave comments and tags in response. Videos can be either...
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Bloom’s According to Pirates of the Caribbean
If you’ve had anything to do with being an educator, then you’ve probably heard about Bloom’s Taxonomy and the cognitive domain. Here is Bloom’s with a humorous twist using scenes from the Disney...
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Website of the Week: Nagasaki Archive
Nagasaki Archive – Real people tell their stories (Gr. 7-12) This project is designed to acquire, document and preserve the history and stories of the survivors of the atomic bombing that took place 65...
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Seven Search Engines for Students
A major concern the parents and schools share is the kinds of information students are exposed to when they perform searches on the Internet. Richard Byrne, author of the blog Free Technology for...
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Website of the Week: Oil Spill Crisis Map
Oil Spill Crisis Map (Gr. 3-12) This site uses a Google interactive map to plot the impact of oil spills, chemical contamination and other events that have caused damage to the land, the wildlife and...
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Historical Facebook Lesson
Facebook, one of the most popular social-networking sites on the Internet these days, is being actively used by our students. Students are constantly finding new ways to use it to communicate and share...
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EDCompass Newsletter: August 2010
Check out the August issue of the EDCompass Newsletter, put out by SMART Technologies. Download issue (PDF 3.10 MB)
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Website of the Week: Teachers Connecting
Teachers Connecting – (Gr. K-12) Teachers Connecting is a place for educators across the contents and disciplines to make connections with other educators for cross-classroom collaborations. STEP 1:...
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authorSTREAM
AuthorSTREAM is a web-based service that allows you to convert your PowerPoint presentations into Flash media and then host them on their website. Flash media files can be much smaller in size and more...
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Website of the Week: CNN Student News
CNN Student News – (Gr. 5-12) CNN’s Student News bureau covers news that students should know to stories students will want to know. Topics range from serious news stories reflecting current events to...
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Google Realtime Search
Last year Google launched an experimental search element designed to display results from realtime sources such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites and other news sources. Now Google has taken the...
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In The News: MLTI Program Turns 10
“Revolutionary Idea Triumphs Over Skeptics” September 1, 2010 Bill Nemitz, staff writer for the Portland Press Herald, contributes this article on the status of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative...
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Website of the Week: Online Idiom Dictionary
IdiomDictionary.com – (Gr. K-12) For someone learning the English language, idioms can be difficult to understand. This site, which contains over five thousand idioms, is here to help. Use the search...
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Website of the Week: The Science of Sports
Exploratorium’s Sports Science Website – (Gr. 5-12) This site provides students with several investigative courses to study how sports and science are interconnected. Students can study the science of...
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President Obama Speaks to Returning Students
Sept. 14, 2010 @ 1:00 p.m. EST President Obama makes his second speech to America’s students as they return for another year of school. Emphasis this year will be placed on taking responsibility for...
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EDCompass Newsletter: September 2010
Check out the August issue of the EDCompass Newsletter, put out by SMART Technologies. Download Issue (PDF 3.01 MB) RSU 21 SMART Share Center
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