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"To watch web videos without the comments and garbage, just drag the button below to your browser's bookmarks bar. On any of the supported video pages, click the bookmark button to watch in peace."

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"A collection of rubrics for assessing portfolios, cooperative learning, research process/ report, PowerPoint, podcast, oral presentation, web page, blog, wiki, and other web 2.0 projects."

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"A great site for more than just English teachers. The tools are easy to use and logically constructed. You can copy/paste from documents you have already created." 

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We're the super sonic, thrifty, all-in-one picture finder, re-sizer and attribution builder for bloggers. A lean, scrappy, bootstrapping web start-up, we're located in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee.

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"Just because you're not ready to shell out $99 per month to figure out the best times to tweet and post Facebook status updates doesn't mean you can't take better control of understanding your social media output. Indeed, paid Twitter analytics services may offer way more than the average user needs. And despite increasing sophistication of their competitors, some of the best analytics tools remain free for users, either on a trial or permanent basis. Here are four free tools to get you started in better understanding how and when to tweet."

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Any teacher who has assigned group projects to students has at some point had to help those students organize and equitably distribute work. (Or has had to listen to students complaints about other group members not pulling their weight). Here are some tools that you can have students use to manage their responsibilities when working on group projects.

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(via @cindybrock) "An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!"

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"Create: bring “flat” PowerPoint® slides to life with your webcam, microphone
Edit: make changes, without the need for video editing software or skills
Share: publish instantly to private spaces or your social networks

Whether for business, education or individual use, Knovio adds your personality and improves the effectiveness of any presentation."

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"SimpleMeet.me is a simple service to solve an awkward problem. You are corresponding with somebody on the phone, a potential new business partner for example, and no electronic contact information was exchanged yet. During the call you want to exchange some textual information which is too complex or simply too much to spell, which is where SimpleMeet.me comes into play. SimpleMeet.me provides an instant chat between two or more users, the only thing necessary: A simple code."

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"Having been an advocate of Visible Thinking routines for many years, I was excited to be involved in using these with a Grade 3 class as they started blogging."  

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"This is a project out of Harvard University. The essence of this project is a series of routines or perhaps “mantras” for thinking. They are simple and to the point. While more suited to Middle school students they are good, apt and appropriate. Some of the truth and understanding routines will definitely have a place in senior classes."

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in list: Visible Thinking

Thinking is pretty much invisible. To be sure, sometimes people explain the thoughts behind a particular conclusion, but often they do not. Mostly, thinking happens under the hood, within the marvelous engine of our mind-brain. As the name suggests, the basic strategy is to make thinking visible in the context of learning.

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"Visible Thinking is a flexible and systematic research-based approach to integrating the development of students' thinking with content learning across subject matters. An extensive and adaptable collection of practices, Visible Thinking has a double goal: on the one hand, to cultivate students' thinking skills and dispositions, and, on the other, to deepen content learning. By thinking dispositions, we mean curiosity, concern for truth and understanding, a creative mindset, not just being skilled but also alert to thinking and learning opportunities and eager to take them."

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Message your class
A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free.

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Read all the novels you want, anywhere, anytime, on any device, for free.

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"Do It Yourself Web 2.0 Tools eCourse for FREE! Sign up and you’ll receive an email every day for two weeks with a Web 2.0 tool activity. At the end of the eCourse, you’ll be well on your way to being a Web 2.0 tools master and developing your personal learning network."

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(via @rmbyrne) Technology alone is not going to rehabilitate our lesson plans. However, when used correctly technology can improve our lesson plans and in turn our students' learning experiences.

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