Audio in Google Sites

Trying to get an audio file on your Google Site?
Try the tips mentioned in this blog post:
http://www.bloggertipsandtricks.com/2009/09/google-sites-host-music-files.html

GoAnimate - Make Cartoons and Animations

http://goanimate.com/

Notes from 9-16-10 Alan November Presentation

Educational speaker Alan November presented at Plymouth HS on 9/16. His lecture notes are shared at this site. Check them out for many resources you may use in your classroom.

tiny.cc/novembernotes

If you liked the way he zoomed into certain portions of his screen while presenting, check out ZoomIt by SysInternals. It's a free program to let you do the same thing on a PC.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx

Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/ - A great non-profit organization dedicated to providing learning for everyone, anywhere.

"View a vast array of videos on many topics: SAT prep, Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, History, Trigonometry, Calculus, Economics, Brain Teasers, Banking and Money, Statistics, Finance, Physics, and more..."

TeachersFirst Summer Sparklers

TeachersFirst: http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/spectopics/summersparklers.cfm This collection of editors' choices from TeachersFirst will spark summer excitement for parents and kids alike.

Reframing Google's Search Options: The Poster, by Joyce Kasman Valenza

This is a great article about some cool, little known Google search tools that could really help out in your classroom. (And anywhere else...)

Join the Microsoft Partners In Learning Network & Get FREE STUFF!

Join the Microsoft Partners In Learning Network today!

http://us.partnersinlearningnetwork.com/Pages/default.aspx

The Partners in Learning Network is a free online resource that lets you connect and collaborate with like-minded colleagues from across the globe or around the corner.

• Create or Join Communities and Discussions
• Find Lesson Plans and Activities
• Access Free Tools and Learning Programs For Your Classroom

Don't want to join? That's ok, I'll cheat and give you a couple of the links...

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx - "The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope—bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe."

http://photosynth.net/default.aspx - "Photosynth takes your photos, mashes them together and recreates a 3D scene out of them that anyone can view and move around in.Different than static photos and video, Photosynth allows you to explore details of places, objects, and events unlike any other media. You can’t stop video, move around and zoom in to check out the smallest details, but with Photosynth you can. And you can’t look at a photo gallery and immediately see the spatial relation between the photos, but with Photosynth you can."