Washingtonville Teacher Center
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Alan November: How Teachers and Tech Can Let Students Take Control
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/alan-november-how-teachers-and-tech-can-let-students-take-control/ -
Anxious About Tests? Tips to Ease Angst
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/anxious-about-tests-tips-to-ease-angst/ -
Educational Wiki
Mesquitehttp://www.edutopia.org/stw-differentiated-instruction-budget-resource-collaboration-video -
How Free Play Can Define Kids' Success
articlehttp://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/02/how-free-play-can-define-kids-success/ -
The Emerging Age Bias
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-age-bias-pernille-ripp
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Ask a Tech Teacher Blog
http://askatechteacher.com/ -
Blog of the NYS Council of School Superintendents
http://blog.nyscoss.org/ -
Diane Ravitch's Blog
Opinions on topics in Educationhttp://dianeravitch.net/ -
Education Week
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/ -
Edutopia
You'll find practical classroom strategies and tips from real educators, as well as lesson ideas, personal stories, and innovatihttp://www.edutopia.org/blogs -
Google Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/ -
Gotham Schools
http://gothamschools.org/ -
iPad Apps 4 School
This is a blog of posts with iPad app suggestions and ideas.http://ipadapps4school.com/ -
Mind/Shift
blog written by various authors on topics related to learning and teachinghttp://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/ -
National Board Certified Teacher's Blog
Stories from Schoolhttp://www.storiesfromschool.org/ -
Rethinking Schools
non-profit, independent publisher of educational materialshttp://www.rethinkingschools.org/index.shtml -
The Answer-Sheet
Washington Posthttp://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/ -
The Learning Network
NY Timeshttp://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ -
Will Richardson
http://willrichardson.com/ -
Bring Your Own Technology
blog on topics related to BYOThttp://byotnetwork.com/ -
Center for Teaching Quality
http://transformed.teachingquality.org/
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Poll Everywhere
create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile deviceshttp://www.polleverywhere.com/ -
Evernote
a suite of software and services designed for notetaking and archivinghttp://evernote.com/ -
Bring Your Own Technology blog
blog on topics related to BYOThttp://byotnetwork.com/
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SED Certification Forms
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/form.html -
Mentoring Verification Form
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/pdf/otmentoredexp.pdf -
Employment Verification Form
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/form.html
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Flashcard Machine
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/ -
Quizlet
http://www.quizlet.com/
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Comic Master
create graphic novelshttp://comicmaster.org.uk/ -
Toon Doo
Comic Generatorhttp://toondoo.com
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New Smartz Workshop
NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) thathttp://www.netsmartz.org/educators -
netTrekker
log on with your WCSD netTrekker log on informationhttp://school.nettrekker.com/authenticate/ipauth/1?np=/sections/homepages/home.ftl&pp=/sections/login/ipautherror.ftl -
Digital Literacy Resources
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators/curriculum -
Netsmartz
safety information for parents and studentshttp://www.netsmartz.org/Parents -
Eduscapes
evaluating the internet resourceshttp://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm
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Free Photo Bank
free stock photo sitehttp://www.freephotobank.org/main.php -
Pics4Learning
free copyright-free images for educational usehttp://pics4learning.com/ -
Open Clipart
http://www.openclipart.org/browse
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ASCD
ASCD is a membership organization that develops programs, products, and services essential to the way educators learn, teach, anhttp://www.ascd.org/Default.aspx -
Curriculum 21
http://www.curriculum21.com/home -
Edutopia
http://www.edutopia.org/ -
engageNY
http://www.engageny.org -
Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/edu/ -
New York State Education Department
http://www.nysed.gov
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Professor Garfield
free digital learning content with a primary emphasis on children’s literacyhttp://www.professorgarfield.org/parents_teachers/about/about.html -
Reading Rockets
ELA Resources for teachers and parentshttp://www.readingrockets.org/audience/teachers/ -
ReadWorks.org
We help teachers improve their effectiveness through research-based, classroom-proven practices and curriculum.http://www.readworks.org/ -
Storybird
Collaborative Storytellinghttp://storybird.com/ -
The Hunger Games for Teachers
Resources for teaching with The Hunger Gameshttp://teacher.scholastic.com/resources/hunger-games-for-teachers/
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Animoto
Tool for creating videoshttp://www.animoto.com -
Screencast-O-Matic
One-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install for FREE!http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ -
Knowmia
How to create videos for your classhttp://www.knowmia.com/howto
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Top 10 Sites for Images and Clip Art
http://techlearning.com/blogs/35376 -
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere is a way to create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile devices.http://www.polleverywhere.com/ -
ipadio
phone podcastinghttp://ipadio.com/ -
Document camera
How to attach document camera to a Smart board?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_B-rj8HC90&feature=related -
Lunch and Learn Webinars
a collection of how-to webinarshttp://www.naccrra.org/public-policy/policy-webinars/lunch-learn-webinars -
Technology Tutorials
Technology Tutorials by the West Virginia Dept. of Ed.http://wvde.state.wv.us/technology/tutorials/
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K5Geosource
grant information and activitieshttp://www.k5geosource.org/6training/pg3.html#dta -
Grant Wrangler
online newsletter of grant opportunitieshttp://grantwrangler.com/
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Education Oasis
58 graphic organizershttp://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/graphic_organizers.htm -
Popplet
Popplet can help you with organizing information. Our web, iPad and iPhone/iPod app helps you think visually and to see new connhttp://popplet.com/ -
Printable Graphic Organizer
30+ printable graphic organizers for a variety of purposeshttp://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ -
readwritethink/the Mystery Cube
interactive to help students identify and summarize story elements in a mystery... post-reading or pre-writing organizer.http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/mystery_cube/ -
Story Map Interactive
Interactive graphic organizers: Focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/storymap/
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29 Ways to Use the Only iPad in the Classroom
Tech and Learning Articlehttp://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&entryid=5189 -
iPad Academy
http://ipadacademy.com/ -
iPad Apps 4 School
This is a blog with posts about iPad apps.http://ipadapps4school.com/ -
iPad Apps from Teach with your iPad
http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/iPad+Apps -
iPad Lesson ideas
from ITSEhttps://sites.google.com/site/ilearniste2011workshops/lesson-ideas -
iPad use in Kindergarten - not just for apps
iPad workflow fluency in Kindgergartenhttp://langwitches.org/blog/2013/02/03/ipad-fluency-in-kindergarten/ -
iPads for School
many tabs with iPad resourceshttp://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=26195 -
Kleinspiration
Common Core elementary apps created by teachershttp://www.kleinspiration.com/2013/01/common-core-elementary-apps-created-by.html -
Pad Gadget - Periodic Table
iPad apps to learn about the Periodic Tablehttp://www.padgadget.com/2013/02/14/top-ipad-apps-to-teach-kids-about-the-periodic-table/ -
Pad Gadget - US Geography
iPad apps to teach US Geographyhttp://www.padgadget.com/2013/02/07/top-ipad-apps-to-teach-kids-us-geography/ -
Teach with your iPad Wiki
http://teachwithyouripad.wikispaces.com/ -
Toontastic
iPad and iPod app designed to walk students through the digital storytelling process of choosing a scene, climax, setting, conflhttps://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-free/id404693282?mt=8 -
Must-Have iPad Apps For Librarians
http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/02/19/innovative-librarians-apps-408/2/
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abc teach
geared toward elementaryhttp://www.abcteach.com/ -
Discovery Education
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/index.cfm -
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
teaching and learning resources from federal agencieshttp://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm -
Intel
Free tools and resourceshttp://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/k12/teachers.html -
pbs.org
hundreds of standards-based, online resources designed to help teachers promote understanding of science concepts and developmenhttp://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/science/ -
Periodic Table of Videos
short videos about the elements on the periodic tablehttp://www.periodicvideos.com/index.htm -
Share My Lesson
Developed by teachers for teachers, this free platform gives access to high-quality teaching resources and provides an online cohttp://www.sharemylesson.com -
TeAch-nology. com
Free and easy to use resources for teachers.http://www.teach-nology.com/ -
Teachers Pay Teachers
Online marketplace of free and for cost materials developed by teachers for teachers.http://www.teacherspayteachers.com -
The Teacher's Corner
teacher resources, lesson plans, worksheets and activitieshttp://www.theteacherscorner.net/ -
Thinkfinity NY
http://www.thinkfinityny.org/ -
Vital NY
Videos for Teaching and Learninghttp://vitalny.pbslearningmedia.org/ -
Ed Galaxy
"cool stuff for nerdy teachers"http://edgalaxy.com/ -
PBS Learning Media
BS LearningMedia™ is the go-to destination for instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources includihttp://www.pbslearningmedia.org/ -
National Geographic and the Common Core
Supporting K-12 Educators with Common Core Resourceshttp://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/ngs-common-core/?ar_a=1
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Scholastic Booktalks
http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/booktalks.htm -
Search for WebQuests
http://www.breitlinks.com/library_media_resources.htm -
sld directory
http://www.sldirectory.com/
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Kahn Academy
math tutorialshttp://www.khanacademy.org/video/solving-rational-equations-2?playlist=Algebra+I+Worked+Examples -
Hitting the Target
interactive website using sports to work with angleshttp://www.hittingthetarget.com/ -
Alien Angles
predicting angle measurementshttp://www.mathplayground.com/alienangles.html -
Fun Brain - Math
area and perimeter calculating practicehttp://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html -
AAA Know
rounding and estimation tutorial and practicehttp://www.aaaknow.com/est.htm -
Algebra flashcards
beginning solving algebra equationshttp://www.teachingtreasures.com.au/maths/algebra%20flashcards/algebra-flashcards.htm -
Math Playground
a variety of videos on math topics - good for remediationhttp://www.mathplayground.com/mathvideos.html -
Common Core
common core math practicehttp://commoncoresheets.com/Multistep.php -
Math is Power 4 u
a large collection of tutorial videos primarily covering topics found in middle school and high school math courseshttp://www.youtube.com/user/bullcleo1/videos?flow=grid&view=1 -
Math CCLS Vocabulary
Grade K-7 Math CCLS Math Vocabulary Lists and Vocabulary Cardshttp://www.graniteschools.org/depart/teachinglearning/curriculuminstruction/math/Pages/MathematicsVocabulary.aspx
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MLP Log On
http://www.mylearningplan.com/Index.html
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National Board Standards
http://www.nbpts.org/the_standards -
Take One Q & A
http://www.nbpts.org/help_and_faqs/take_one#2677 -
5 Core Propositions for NBTS
http://www.nbpts.org/the_standards/the_five_core_propositio -
New York State NBTS Site
http://www.nbpts.org/resources/state_local_information/New%20York -
NBPTS Certification Fields
http://www.nbpts.org/become_a_candidate/available_certificates1/fields_of_certification -
National Board Council of NY
http://nbcnys.teachercenter.org/
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VitalNY
PBS LearningMedia™ is your destination for easy, instant access to thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including vidhttp://vitalny.pbslearningmedia.org/ -
Thinkfinity
Verizon Thinkfinity offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by our content partners – the most respected orhttp://www.thinkfinity.org/ -
Professional Development Institute
low cost online classeshttp://www.webteaching.com/index.htm -
American Humanities Online Seminars
http://americainclass.org/seminars/ -
Learn Zillion
http://learnzillion.com/ -
Technology Tutorials
Technology Tutorials by the West Virginia Dept. of Ed.http://wvde.state.wv.us/technology/tutorials/ -
NY Public Learning Media
PBS LearningMedia™ provides educators with strategies, tools, and professional development resources needed to fully utilize dighttp://vitalny.pbslearningmedia.org/ -
Appitic.com
Directory of apps for Teachershttp://www.appitic.com/index.php/teachers/apps-for-teachers
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Corkboard Me
online corkboardhttps://corkboard.me/syBFUKv6mh -
Animoto
Animoto is a video creation service (online and mobile) that makes it easy and fun for anyone to create and share extraordinaryhttp://animoto.com/ -
fodey.com
make a newspaper clipping with your own headline and storyhttp://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp -
Prezi
a virtual whiteboard that transforms presentations from monologues into conversations: enabling people to see, understand, and rhttp://www.prezi.com -
Prezi - New Features
new features log for Prezihttps://prezi.zendesk.com/entries/22919692-New-Feature-Log
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Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/ -
Word Stash
http://wordstash.com/ -
Funk and Wagnall's Children's Encyclopedia
online encyclopedia with voicehttp://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search/basic?sid=749b4e5d-7179-45b2-8573-2be27d6262d7%40sessionmgr115&vid=3&hid=112 -
Searchasaurus
encyclopediahttp://web.ebscohost.com/sas/search?sid=617c5266-8246-4ad5-b817-c963240c2e39%40sessionmgr14&vid=1&hid=14 -
Kids Search
encyclopedia, pictures, dictionaryhttp://web.ebscohost.com/srck5/search?sid=158603ee-460f-4005-86e1-26f930663e4f%40sessionmgr10&vid=1&hid=14 -
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles inchttp://web.ebscohost.com/mobsmart/results/render?sid=cc645fac-cece-4f63-b2e6-80561304e1f2%40sessionmgr4&vid=3&hid=14&bquery=hurricane&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPSZkYj1wcmgmdHlwZT0wJnNpdGU9bW9ic21hcnQtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d -
Gale
Database of research locationshttp://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=nysl_se_rohil&finalAuth=true -
Grolier Encyclopedia
Grolier1696, password grollierhttp://go-middle.grolier.com/
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Log on to SAS
said3sing password coast7oncehttp://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/ProductEntrance/Login/login.jsp -
SAS Training
//http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/community/training/
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Alta Vista
http://www.altavista.com/ -
Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/search_engines/effective/ -
Blog Search Engines
http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/newsblog.htm -
KID REX
A kid-safe search engine by Google.http://www.kidrex.org/ -
Sweet Search
A search engine for studentshttp://www.sweetsearch.com/ -
Tommarks
A place to find teaching resources, homework help and educational websites for use in the classroom.http://www.topmarks.co.uk/
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Innovative Seating Strategies
http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/06/27/tln_merz.html?tkn=YZCFajk5r%2Fb92%2Fo9bUnosmyT2Dx54mVPd4Ke&cmp=clp-sb-ascd
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SMART Exchange - Smart Board lessons
http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=01 -
SMART Response resources
http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=04&tab=resources&sf=d -
Colette's SMART Portal
a portaportal of SMART Board Resourceshttp://www.guest.portaportal.com/coletteretrosi
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Digital Public Library of America
A Wealth of Knowledge from libraries, archives, and museumshttp://dp.la/
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Mission US
a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive gameshttp://www.mission-us.org/ -
Revolutionary War Animated
great place to find nice animated maps of troop movements throughout the Revolutionary Warhttp://www.revolutionarywaranimated.com/ -
Ten Google Earth Tours
These tours include major themes and events in US History. The list includes the Revolutionary War, the path to the Civil War, Whttp://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/america8/full/historytours.aspx -
Teaching American History
a series of interactive lessons about the American Revolution that are suitable for middle school and elementary school use. Thehttp://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/neh/interactives/americanrevolution/ -
National Archives Pictures of the Rev War
a compilation of images about the Revolutionary Warhttp://www.archives.gov/research/military/american-revolution/pictures/index.html -
Crash Course
a ten part series on U.S. History. Included in that series is Taxes & Smuggling - Prelude to Revolution.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eytc9ZaNWyc&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s -
The American Revolution Center
a fantastic interactive timeline about the American Revolutionhttp://americanrevolutioncenter.org/
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Survey Monkey
create free online surveyshttp://www.surveymonkey.com/
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Education World
a quotation a dayhttp://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_back_to_school_quotes.shtml -
Thinkexist.com
quotes about childrenhttp://en.thinkexist.com/quotations/children/ -
Quote Garden
quotes and advice for graduationhttp://www.quotegarden.com/graduation.html -
Inspirational Quotes
inspirational quotes about teachers and teachinghttp://www.inspirational-quotes.info/teacher-quotes.html -
Pinterest Collection of Quotes for Teachers
a pinterest collection of quoteshttp://pinterest.com/lessonplanet/quotes-for-teachers/ -
30 Dr. Seuss Quotes to Inspire
quotes from Dr. Seuss storieshttp://edgalaxy.com/journal/2012/4/21/30-dr-seuss-quotes-to-inspire-your-students.html
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10 Tips for New Teachers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHI9leKqxg&p=822A677119ACEF9F&playnext=1&index=9 -
The Good Mentor
article describing characteristics of a good mentorhttp://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may99/vol56/num08/The-Good-Mentor.aspx -
Top 10 things you don't learn about Teaching in College
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lulUvYfRl_c&feature=related -
video: mentoring a new teacher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxkt3Eq7ao -
What's Wrong With Kristine?
mentoring 1st year teachershttp://www.mentors.net/03ocasspapers/gfawcett.html
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Timer Pop
allows you to create and save multiple timer settings. For example, if I want to have a count down that lasts for five minutes,http://www.funsumer.com/apps/timer/ -
Online Stopwatch
a free website that gives you the choice of a stopwatch function or a countdown function. You can set the countdown timer for anhttp://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/ -
Online Egg Timer
a simple website offering three countdown timers on one screen. You can set just one timer or run all three at the same time wihttp://my.online-eggtimer.com/ -
Timer tab
a count-down timer, an alarm clock, and a stopwatchhttp://www.timer-tab.com/
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Using Twitter for History
http://www.twhistory.org/ -
Twitter 1.0
webinar for beginning Twitter usershttp://mfile.akamai.com/23543/wmv/citrixvar.download.akamai.com/23543/www/177/155/3806169109612177155/2-3806169109612177155-1369d35d0cc.asx? -
Twitter for the Ultra Beginner
http://www.guide2digitallearning.com/blog_mark_brumley/twitter_professional_development_ultra_beginner_edition -
Twitter 2.0
Using Twitter Strategicallyhttp://mfile.akamai.com/23543/wmv/citrixvar.download.akamai.com/23543/www/131/772/6091833733463131772/2-6091833733463131772-137758035d7.asx? -
Educational Hashtags for Twitter
http://h30411.www3.hp.com/discussions/68995-Twitter_Educational_Hashtags
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Top 10 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom
http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/58905.aspx -
Image Chef
word cloud generatorhttp://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/ -
Guide to Wordle for Educators
http://www.edgalaxy.com/journal/2010/1/22/the-ultimate-guide-to-wordle-for-educators.html -
Wordle Tutorial on Teacher Tube
http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=97685&title=002___Creating_word_clouds_with_Wordle -
ABC Ya
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm -
Tagul
http://tagul.com/ -
Word it Out
http://worditout.com/ -
Tagul
http://tagul.com/ -
Tagxedo
http://www.tagxedo.com/ -
Wordle
graphic organizerhttp://www.wordle.net/ -
Wordle Home Page
http://www.wordle.net/create
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NASA Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/NASAtelevision -
NOVA youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/NOVAonline#p/u/1/KCvcnJ-MRqE -
Computer History Museum youtube
http://www.youtube.com/ComputerHistory#p/u/0/gqO-DfJDfjs -
TED youtube
http://www.youtube.com/TEDtalksDirector#p/u/15/OT9poH_D2Iw
