Cool+Stuff

Here is a collection of links to cool things out there.

I love this guy. This video is about 20 minutes long but so worth listening to. I highly recommend taking the time. [|Sir Ken Robinson: "Do Schools Kill Creativity"]

[|EdTechtalk]: This site is devoted to giving voice to teachers using technology in the classroom. It's nice to hear from and about other teachers who are experimenting and learning just as we are.

[|Classroom 2.0]: Here's a wiki about technology in education created by some folks who are much more "in the know" than I. Have a look. Lot's of good information on a higher level of sophistication.

[| Del.icio.us]: This site allows you to collect your bookmarks in one place and organize them by keywords or tags. Why would you want to do this? Well, if your computer crashes you lose all your bookmarks. If you have a del.icio.us account, you don't. It's cool to see what other like-minded people have bookmarked. Allows you to share (import and export) your list of favorites. It's overall a good way to manage the sites, podcasts, and feeds that you find on line.

[| Digg]: Digg is a site that collects articles submitted by members that are especially interesting. Helps you find both mainstream and off the beaten path articles about whatever you are interested in and things you didn't even know you were interested in!

[| Stumble Upon]: StumbleUpon lets you "channelsurf" the best-reviewed sites on the web. It is a collaborative surfing tool for finding and sharing great sites. This helps you find interesting webpages you wouldn't think to search for.Tell Stumble what your interested in and this site will help you "stumble" upon some cool websites relating to your interests. Websites are submitted by members as being particularly interesting. It's not like a Google search.

[|Flickr]: This site allows you to store your photos on line. Photos are tagged and can be viewed and shared by members with varying levels of freedoms. Cool because it's a place where your photos are available all the time whether you have your computer or not. Also is a neat way to find pictures you might want to use for a project or website design. Pictures come with varying levels of Creative Commons allowances.

[|Joost]: Hmm. Sounds like TiVo but free. May be worth checking out?

[|Teacher Xpress]: Links to gads of teaching resources all in one easy spot. Pretty cool.

[|Public Domain Images] Several thousand copyright friendly digital images nicely organized in folders, free for any personal and/or commercial use, credit or back link is not required.