What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools and resources that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom! » EyeWitness to History Profiles of historical characters and events from ancient times to today, told with the images and words of those who lived it. » Kizoa Unleash your photo creativity with a blend of the best media: slideshows, animated collages and/or videos—all from within this free online tool. » AudioPal Use text-to-speech, a mic or upload an mp3 to create an audio message for web sites, blogs and/or social networks with this free online tool. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.

Time to hit that rewind button and check out some super cool tools on the edtech scene. 16 resources can be found with in this collection of nifty stuff that can be utilized to tech up your classroom. Here’s how it works: Just hover over the interactive image below to reveal the best posts from February 2015! Check out the full screen version of this image on my Tech-Knowledge-y Rocks wikispace located here.

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools and resources that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom! » What2Learn An online virtual school consisting of ready-made interactive quizzes and tests in the format of games. Teachers can also create their own interactive activities which can be embedded into a website or blog. » Hot Potatoes Freeware that includes six applications enabling users to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for classroom purposes. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools and resources that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom! » Polldaddy Create crazy-easy classroom surveys, polls, and quizzes in minutes. Collect responses via a website, e-mail, iPad, Facebook and Twitter. » Fotobabble Attract and engage audiences by adding audio captions to photographs. Lots of classroom applications! Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools and resources that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom! » ThinkBinder A web tool for creating study and discussion groups. It allows students to collaborate on homework, ask questions and interact in realtime, upload videos and share notes and files all in a secured group. » MasterMath A great website that provides all kinds of math resources for middle school students, including video lessons, practice worksheets, self-grading quizzes, downloadable worksheets and much more! Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.

Appy Easter from Anna Maria Island where today marks the only time of the year when it’s safe to put all of your eggs in one basket. Here’s to having a full one! And while you’re at it, be sure to fill up your tech-box with these super cool classroom resources that can be utilized to engage students in learning! » Clyp An excellent web tool for recording audio, one that can also be used for uploading and sharing previously recorded audio clips. Available as a mobile app for both the iPad and Android devices as well. » Create A Graph A simple but effective tool for creating all types of graphs. Choose from a variety of pre-made samples such as bar, line, area and pie then customize the way you want. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here. Luke 24:6 ♥

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools and resources that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom! » CheckiO A browser-based game in which users solve problems through Python coding activities in order to advance. More suitable for older students. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.

I’m not much of a gamer, but one video game that always piqued my interest as a kid (OK, and as an adult too!) was/is Pacman, so when I saw this app shelf I knew I had to somehow make use of it. So here it is… Make your way around the Pacman gameboard to locate the best posts of March 2015: Tech it Up Tuesday with the latest cool tools reviews… Spotlight on Strategies focusing on integrating digital media into the classroom… New Diigo bookmarks highlighting useful resources… All of this and more lives within the must-see collection edtech goodies that can be utilized to tech out your lessons and assignments. Just hover over the interactive image below to expose what lies beneath the Pacman arcade! Check out the full screen version of this image here. Like this interactive image? Then be sure to visit the following must-see sites for tons of ideas for incorporating ThingLink into classroom activities: 87+ Interesting Ways to Use Thinglink in the Classroom created by Donna Baumbach (Aunty Tech) and the ThingLink Toolkit developed by Susan Oxnevad. Of course, my Educate with ThingLink post also contains a variety of integration strategies as well.

Even though there is always a mind-boggling amount of invaluable info shared on the Discovery Educator Network (DEN), one of the best resources available is the Spotlight on Strategies (S.O.S) series, a must-see DEN favorite designed to provide teachers with simple yet effective instructional practices for using digital content to support student learning. To date, there are 70+ teacher tried and tested strategies featured on the DEN blog and now thanks to Lance Rougeux, Vice President of Learning Communities and Educational Consultants at Discovery Education and all-around DEN tech guru, I will now be featuring these techniques on my space. Two thumbs up to this guy! So, enough of that. Let’s fast forward to the good stuff… This week’s feature—Whittle It Down—is an instructional strategy that reinforces summarization skills. Big Idea Summarizing is an important comprehension strategy which involves more than retelling content. In order to summarize effectively, students must have a solid understanding of the presented material (reading passages, videos, audio files, etc.) in order to synthesize large chunks of information into generalizations. The Whittle It Down strategy is designed to scaffold summarization by having students work independently, then collaboratively as part of a small group, and finally as a whole class to ‘whittle down’ a list of vocabulary words that are most important to understanding the topic being studied. This final list is then used to compose a summary of the topic. Now that I have your attention, all you have to do is click here to snag a PDF version of this super cool strategy which includes info related to materials needed, steps for integrating the Whittle It Down strategy into lessons, an example and extension activities. Better yet—click here to check out the entire S.O.S. series on the DEN blog! So, there you have it: Another S.O.S. trick to add to your edtech toolbox. Stay tuned for additional ways to activate learning in your classroom… Like what you see? Then be sure to check out other ideas in this series: » Reading Between the Lines » ABC Summary » 6-Word Stories » What Did They Say? » A-E-I-O-U » Snowball Fight

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest web tools and resources that can be utilized to engage students in your classroom! » Classmill A free web tool that enables educators to easily create classes using links, YouTube videos, images and files. Login and immediately start creating online courses! » Plotly An online data visualization tool that provides graphing, analytics and stats tools that can be shared with others. Users also have access to scientific graphing libraries for Python, R, MATLAB, Perl, Julia, Arduino, and REST. Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links can be found here.