OpenCongress - OpenCongress Tools

OpenCongress - OpenCongress Tools
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about congress. This site offers a ton of information and is easy to navigate. A great resource for studying congress and the debates of 2008.

Splicd

Don't want the entire Youtube video?  Capture the frames you need with http://www.splicd.com/ .  It is so simple grab the url, choose the time duration and click continue.  The movie clip will open for embedding and linking.  A great way to capture the clips that you want.

Show Document

Instant Collaboration on any file!!  This is a must see!! http://www.showdocument.com/  It is one of the easiest collaboration tools that I have ever seen.  Simply upload a file and share it. As soon as the invitees join they can annotate, comment, highlight and chat about the document.  Save as a pdf.  What a wonderful tool for editing papers and reports together.  Students could do this in pairs, small or large groups and learn from eachother in an instant.  The origianl file stays in tact.  I love this tool.  Give it a try in your classrooms!

Cullen's ABC's

This site is full of resources for the early learner. Primary and even Preschool children can benefit from this site. Cullen sings and shares so many activities that will engage young children forever. She is really doing a great job with this site. If you teach K-3 you will love this site. http://cullensabcs.com/

Edmodo - Safe Social Networking For School

Edmodo is a great way to allow your students to create an educational social networks.  Imagine a social network for kids that is absolutely safe.  How about creating a group for students and for their parents as well.  Opening up the communication with students and parents will prove to be invaluable!!  Give it a try.  It may just be worthwhile.

Jigsaw Planet

Cool site!  Upload your photos, choose the type of jigsaw and level of dificulty and create your personalized puzzle.  When finished, you receive timed results.  Great for uploading pics and giving kids a chance to solve puzzles and touch visual concepts.  Jigsaw Planet, a must see and play.

My Mini City

Wow this is the neatest site for building and growing a city.  No downloads, or registration.  Create a city, grab the link and send invitations out to your friends to get inhabitants and grow your city.  Chat features are included.  Manage the entire city from your web browser.  http://myminicity.com/  Check it out now, you will have a blast watching your city grow.  Kids would love this activity.  Imagine the graphing and math calculations that could happen with this type of site.  They could also manage population, industry, transportation, environment and more.  What a great way to see just how a productive they could be in growing their own city or paradise.  Visit my city here to help me grow my population  http://land-oftech.myminicity.com/  Have fun building your own as you click the build my city button. 

Ustream.tv

I know that I have shared ustream before, but I just stumbled upon some of the latest new ustream features. It's becoming increasingly easier to share your streams. You can now embed your favorite ustreams right into your igoogle page, your blog sidebars, netvibes and more. Ustream is one of the best tools on the net. If you don't have your free private or public channel yet, you must get one now. It is really revolutionizing how media comes to us. You can watch some of the best streams there or create one of the best when you get started. All you need to have is a webcam and some creativity. Make sure not to record anyone without permission though. It's a must see and do. Ustream.tv

Dabbleboard

Create an instant collaboration board online. No registration necessary. Share instantly!! A great tool for school and collaborative activities. Check it out. Dabbleboard is really a fun tool integrate. Copy image galleries to help with diagrams and drawings. It's a must have.