Praxis Education Tools and Links

October 5, 2008

EdTechWeekly – October 5, 2008
EdTechWeekly is part of the EdTechTalk network: http://edtechtalk.com/
The following are a sample of some of the links discussed on Sunday, October 5, 2008.

1. EdTechTalk has a new page – this will be added to as time goes on:
http://edtechtalk.com/tools
2. Writing a paper – useful FireFox extension:
http://www.zotero.org/
3. No need to set up a print server (and print from anywhere):
http://www.printeranywhere.com/
4. If you have a Mac this utility may be useful:
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html
5. New eBook Reader:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081003-sony-goes-after-kindle-with-newtouchscreen-
ebook-reader.html
6. Various on-line dictionaries (reviews):
http://aceonlineschools.com/frippery-froth-a-user-critique-of-online-dictionaries/
7. Splice part of a YouTube video:
http://www.splicd.com/
8. One view of “cloud computing”:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman
9. How Web 2.0 has changed education:
http://www.nccmembership.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_WEBART/view.asp?Q=BF_WEB
ART_305924
10. A flickr search tool for photos you can use in class:
http://johnjohnston.name/flickrCC/
12. Another image search too (easy to use and you can specify if you want free images):
http://www.behold.cc/
13. On-line picture compression (FireFox plugin):
http://smushit.com/
14. Study groups (not sure how useful this would be):
http://www.studycurve.com/
15. Spelling games:
http://www.spellingcity.com/
16. Daily math challenge questions:
http://maaminutemath.blogspot.com/
17. Paperless learning environments:
http://digitaldialogues.blogs.com/learning_technologies/2008/09/the-paperless-l.html
18. The Ignoble awards:
http://improbable.com/ig/2008/

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