Mobile Applications for Teachers and Students

If you are looking to engage your students with devices, this is a pretty comprehensive list of mobile applications that can be used in the classroom.
http://tinyurl.com/256gv4a

Home schooling Resources

Discovered a mom who has collected some great resources for homeschooling your kids. Check out the nice collection of link from her livebinders shelf.

http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/search?search=&terms=nanaelaine&type=1

Great and Clever student geometry projects

I couldn't help but admire the work 'librarybecky' did on the student geometry projects. Its a great way to use voice threads. I'm really impressed with the student work and creativity.

Web 2.0 Projects – a Celebration of Student Learning

Great Science project for the summer

here is a cool website that lets you help Nasa map the moon. There are high resolution images of the moons surface and this application lets anyone explore the pictures and map out craters with descriptions. I think this would be a great science project for the summer. And a great way to get free help for NASA...

http://bit.ly/dzTEYt

Amazing Man-Made Disasters that still exist

This is an amazing photoslide show that tells the story of man-made disasters that were never resolved and still exist today. It makes you think about how small this world is...

http://huff.to/dx5d8k

Great teacher and student resources on writing

I found a blog by a fellw blogspot blogger who discovered some resources that teachers put together on tech websites as well as a whole list of ideas and projects for helping students with their writing. As my daughters get older, I really see the advantages of being a good writer. Everyone needs to learn how to communicate their opinions and ideas in writing!

Her blog post is here and worth taking a look at. Check out her blog at http://wemstech.blogspot.com/

Gulf Oil Spill

I am concerned about the oil leak in the Gulf coast. It is not a spill which is finite but a leak that is continuing to cause havoc to our environment, not to mention our economy.

Here are some of the interesting stories and environmental perspectives that was put together recently on the issue.

Gulf Oil Spill