In just a few months, the world will be tuned into the city of London for the 2012 Summer Olympics.  This year marks the very first time in the history of the games that social media will play an integral role. Yep, it’s true!  The official web site of the Olympics is not only connected […]

Live Binders is a virtual 3-ring notebook for the Internet. This free Web 2.0 tool allows users to collect resources—web sites, images, videos, PDFs and Word documents—and then organize them into tabs and subtabs so they can be viewed like pages in a book instead of URLs on a page. Live Binders can be easily shared from […]

Qwiki is multimedia search tool/encyclopedia that creates an interactive, on-the-fly presentation of information. To utilize Qwiki, enter a topic in the search box and/or select a featured topic on the homepage and then watch as the query is answered with a dynamic collage of relevant content—images, video and text—woven together from a variety of sites […]

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! » Embedit.in Embed any document or webpage into a blog, profile, or website. Compatible with PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and many other […]

If you love museums as well as challenging your students to think and learn “outside the box”, then Museum Box is the perfect Web 2.0 for you! In much the same way an actual museum displays objects showcasing an event, person and/or historical period of time, Museum Box provides the tools—text, images, links, audio and […]

Ever wonder how horses, birds, sharks, insects and your favorite pets perceive their surroundings—including you? Regardless of the answer, be sure to check out this fantastic infographic explaining how these animals see the world around them. Don’t forget to use the Zoom.it tools embedded below to zero in on the details.   (Infographic obtained from […]

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a recycling video my Tech Club students created and then entered into a contest. Well, the results are in—and I’m extremely proud to announce that we won First Place, Middle School Division, in the Blair County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling Sixteenth Annual Environmental Awareness […]

Transform your learning environment into a newsroom with the Printing Press, an interactive resource from ReadWriteThink designed to assist teachers and students with creating and publishing ideas in a variety of formats—newspapers, brochures and/or flyers.  How cool is that? This handy tool allows for multiple pages as appropriate while text added to the templates can […]

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! »  The Hero Factory Create your own superhero! » Dipity Find, create, and/or embed interactive timelines. » Jing Capture screenshots and/or record […]

Need a cure for writer’s block?  Then be sure to bookmark Lightning Bug, a visually appealing web site containing a treasure trove of writing and storytelling resources for the upper elementary through high school crowd. Providing student users with jump starts, tips and inspiration, this web site describes itself as “your writing partner—helping you write […]