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**A place to put miscellaneous resources I find!**
50 web aps for teachers []

Color Pictures from the 30s and 40s []

Ultimate Guide to Social Media []

Interactive Visualizations in a variety of subjects by Wolfram []

Awesome collections of relevant educational links []

Create a talking avatar [|VOKI]

Create a photo that talks [|Blabberize]

NETS Implementation []

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 * BLOG for PSU**

MASSCUE-Massachussets Computer Using Educators []
 * ORGANIZATIONS to check out:**

Massachusetts Educational Technology Administrators Association []
 * METAA-**

CoSN - Consortium for School Networking, Advancing K-12 Technology Leadership []

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
 * Great Article on Creativity'**

Great website with lots of tips and tricks [] []
 * Typing website**

Livemocha.com,
 * A place to learn languages**

Another Website for online text books http://www.ck12.org/flexr/

Online place to find free textbooks http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome

http://blabberize.com. You can check out Stan Freeda’s “blabberize” on the OPEN NH website. @http://nheon.org/opennh/. Just click on the play button on the Albert Einstein picture.

Gradequick Tutorial http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/gradequick/secondary.html

NETS in action and ISTE Standards []

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Great Website to create your own Teacher Portfolio/online CV []

Atomic Learning [|__http://www.atomiclearning.com/static/images/card/happy_holidays_2009.html__]

Nettrekker thought and blog http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/nettrekker-review/

Website Evaluation

[] It appears to have a great deal many resources available for teachers,across the curriculum, from lesson plans to educational games to many other links, The Smithsonian and to ReadWriteThink, are just two of MANY wonderful hyperlinks. It as It also contains a student link for maps, educational games and homework help. http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx?ShowIndex=Yes

Great research turorial []

Great blog to follow []

Sue McNiccols Newspaper Blog [].

Awesome resources http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=16731

Another fun Edutopia video http://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-technology-elementary-video

Cool social Bookmarking tool http://www.symbaloo.com/

Kelly's awesome Library Wiki http://portsmouthmiddleschool.wikispaces.com/

Take a look at this handbook and try out its tools! A glass of iced tea, air conditioning your favorite comfy chair, and internet access by phone or computer. You are guaranteed to find one tool that you will use with students next school year. __**Tools for the 21st Century Teacher**__ http://edudemic.com/2010/06/the-ultimate-teachers-guide-to-social-media/

Chicago Public Schools Library Wiki http://cpslibraries.wikispaces.com/Danielson+Rubric+Sample+Evidence+for+Librarian+Evaluation

Danielsons Domain Rubric (it is the last page 8) http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/teacher_certification/docs/alt_routes_docs/requirements/Classroom%20Observation%20Standards%20for%20Assessing%20Teacher%20Performance%20and%20Proficiency%20Rubric.pdf

Karen Brooks Educational Consultant for 21st Century Skills and Technology http://www.karenbrooksucboces.blogspot.com/

http://www.slideshare.net/kbrooks/summer-resources-for-the-k12-student-2010

Mobile Learning Environment, great report from the Nordic Countries http://www.m-learningenvironments.com/

Sue Birrell 2009-2010 Technology Presentation to school board, cool videos http://portsmouthpromotesp21.wikispaces.com/

Awesome Animation Software, not too expensive http://www.fablevision.com/animationish/

ISTE wiki space of how to implements the NETS standards http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/Videos+of+NETS%E2%80%A2S+in+Action

ARRA Technology Grant for NH 2010 http://dramaticallydifferent.wikispaces.com/

Techintegration? http://www.ct4me.net/multimedia_in_projects_2.htm

Edutopia Handouts-lessonplans http://www.edutopia.org/pdfs/stw/edutopia-stw-s.carolina-differentiated-instruc-best-practices-1st-grade.pdf Cameron http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-technology-cameron-video

When all you want to do is shrink //or expand// an image to a specific size, launching an image-editing application like [|Adobe Photoshop Elements], or even [|GIMP], [|FastStone], or [|Paint.NET] is overkill. The program has to load. Then you have to browse for the image. That's precisely when a specialized application like [|VSO Image Resizer] becomes the instrument you reach for. Unburdened by all those powerful effects engines, this fairly bare-bones resizer loads quickly and does you the favor of popping open an image-selection browser for choosing one or more files from a given folder. Bam! That's one unavoidable step out of the way. OK, so the nag screen does slow you down each time you open the app. The program really is free for individual use as advertised, but everyone's suspected of being a business customer who is repeatedly and quietly shirking the publisher's requirement to purchase a license. After selecting your image, you'll type in the resolution--the dimensions in pixels or percentages that you'd like your reproportioned image to take--or choose some presets from a drop-down list. Desktop, iPod photo, and HDTV are among the suggestions. I recommend clicking "More" to get at useful controls for safeguarding the aspect ratio and quality, and adding a few color-changing effects like sepia tone and grayscale. Choosing the output destination and whether to resize the original or create a copy are actions you can take from either mode. The resizing operation will be over before you blink. Don't expect to see a preview image or an image editor open for manual tweaking. You won't bestow upon the image a new name, either. It's just not that type of touchy-feely program. When it's done, it closes. This no-nonsense approach may be too toughened for your taste if visual scaling is what you're after. In that case, you'd do better with the Web app [|Resizr]. As another drawback, VSO Image Resizer's autoclosing makes it a pain to use for frequent or sequential resizing since you'll have to launch the app anew for each request. However, much of the fuss can be avoided by using [|Launchy] to open the app. On balance, VSO Image Resizer is a speedy, no-fuss solution for one-off resizers who know what they want. //The resizing operation will be over before you blink. Don't expect to see a preview image or an image editor open for manual tweaking. You won't bestow upon the image a new name, either. It's just not that type of touchy-feely program. When it's done, it closes. This no-nonsense approach may be too toughened for your taste if visual scaling is what you're after. In that case, you'd do better with the Web app// [|//Resizr//] //.// [] also found [] [] []

Cool Article from Harvard Magazine []

Great portsmouth Wiki link? http://portsmouthpromotesp21.wikispaces.com/

Hi, Here is an interesting ancestry site for teachers-goes along with genealogy and social studies curric. Did you happen to see this on Oprah this week with Lisa Kudrow and Sarah Jessica Parker, etc.? Any way it makes a good case for studying genealogy and making history personal for children. http://www.nbc.com/who-do-you-think-you-are/ancestry/eight-events-changed-family-histories.shtml

My social studies web page:( is here: http://library.billerica.k12.ma.us/Social_studies_elem/

Here is the blog that Beryl made it into (which is, admittedly, attractive, but not what we intended!) http://socialstudiesk5.billerica.k12.ma.us/

Also new Smartboard NING (social network of teacher/smart board users). Some great resources under links. http://smartboardrevolution.ning.com/

Enjoyed seeing you all last night! I feel energized by our visit! Lets do it again soon!