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Archive for April, 2012

Clustrmaps: Who’s visiting your blog?

April30

Clustrmaps is a must-have hit counter widget and geotracking tool that shows locations of all visitors as well as a cumulative total of visitors to any site.  All you have to do is add the HTML code provided by the folks at Clustrmaps, and just like that, your site is all pimped out with a […]

Infographic of the Week: The Human Subway Map

April29

Hey, science, health and PE teachers!  Here’s a very cool visual for you—an infographic depicting the human body, subway map style.  “Underskin” traces the routes of eight different systems within the body (i.e. Digestive, Respiratory, Arterial, etc.), and highlights the major connection points. Be sure to check out the details of this infographic using the […]

Diigo Weekly Update

April29

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » Powerpoint Palooza A site that includes over 200 pre-made History and Social Studies PowerPoint presentations created by teachers and students. » […]

Math: Brown Sharpie Style

April27

So, I was checking out the “What’s Hot” section in the iTunes app store not too long agao when I stumbled upon Brown Sharpie, a collection of mathematical cartoons “inspired by sharpie fumes”, of course!  Not only can interested individuals download a free version of this app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod, but I also discovered that […]

Get Inspired with Automotivator

April26

Automotivator is an online poster generator that allows users to create motivational posters that can be shared with other 2.0 applications, such as wikis and blogs. Besides being free (although there is an option to professionally print your final product), the process of creating a poster is a fairly simple one. Users can upload an image […]

Infographic of the Week: Student Bullying

April24

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I am starting a new weekly series entitled “Infographic of the Week” to promote the use of infographics in the classroom. Welcome to the first installment! Need a neat visual to accompany a lesson and/or discussion about the negative impact of bullying? Then be sure to check out the Student […]

New Series: Infographic of the Week

April23

I’m not sure how you could help but notice that infographics are everywhere these days. In fact, newspapers, magazines and the web is full of them. Lately I’ve seen so many of these cool images that it prompted me to begin a new weekly series of posts: Infographic of the Week. Why? Because there are […]

Block Posters: Print Yours Today!

April22

Ever wish you could take a really cool image, infographic and/or flyer and transform it into a classroom poster?  If so, your wish just came true!  That’s right!  With Block Posters, a free web-based tool, educators (and students) can create any size wall posters from images using a standard inkjet or laser printer. Just upload […]

Diigo Weekly Update

April22

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your classroom! » MentorMob A user-friendly and visual tool for creating and curating digital playlists that include articles, videos, web sites and more! » […]

Zoom that Image!

April21

I recently wrote a post about ZoomIt, a nifty zoom and annotation tool that enables users to magnify their desktop with the mouse or the up and down arrow keys on the keyboard. Ironically, I just learned via the Free Technology for Teaching blog that there is another “Cool Tool” with the same name, yet […]

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