Scribblar - Online Webinar Tool

Another online webinar meeing tool.  This is completely free for up to http://www.scribblar.com/.  Grab a room for free and send out your invitations.  Give it a try. A great tool for creating online meeting solutions. 

Science Stage

A great Science website that allows you to create, share, and download Science related videos, audio, and documents.  Talk about a WOW website http://sciencestage.com/ currently in its beta stage. Create a free account, upload audio, video, documents that you want to share. Create groups to share content with.
Share this with your Science teachers!

Talk to Abraham Lincoln

Visit Virsona.com to meet and chat with Abe Lincoln. A site devoted to bringing personas back to life through investigation and personal interest in the past. A fun and new way to offer learning. Visit back often since the site is in its infancy and has only just begun. Create a free account and start your very own Versona. Be who ever you would like to be.

Kwiry - Mobile Learning

The cell phone is no longer just for calling and texting friends and family. It is truly revolutionizing daily interactions. Instead of having to sit down on the internet to retrieve information about any given topic, you can now simply send a text message to Kwiry. You will then receive an email with related resources to your text or desired topic. Conduct your research with a cell phone. Who would have ever thought of such a thing? Create an account and give it a try. Pretty darn amazing! Text rates do apply.

2008 Election Resources

So who isn't posting and writing or following the convention? I just wanted to share some great resources from colleagues and searches for useful links. Check some of these out!!


Templates and scoring rubrics for debates and more http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#election

Cool, Interactive and Fun!! http://www.ciconline.org/elections A great interactive online game that allows students to choose and rate topics then compare them to other states. An interactive board game that allows players to act as candidates while running a campaign. You have to see this one!

The Online News Hourhttp://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/primaries/states/

NPR - http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1102

ECO Research - http://www.ecoresearch.net/election2008/ and http://www.ecoresearch.net/election2008/technology discover and track media attention and sentiment about candidates.