A resource map with a lot of interesting ed tech tools!
http://www.mindomo.com/view?m=48511abbfb7e4145a33dbe6453d0f8af
FreeOnlineOCR: Convert PDF Files & Images To Tex
If you have an image that contains text, FreeOnlineOCR is one of the quickest tools to convert it into text. It works with several image formats including JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF and even PDF files. Simply upload your image,
Presentation of the Week
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The rise of personal robots
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Quebec-designed ExoPC Tablet Unveiled
The tablet is now on display at all Dumoulin and Audiotronic stores across Canada during the month of February 2011. After that, it could be available in other stores. The tablet has received decent reviews in the press, and it
Fridge – Create Cool Private Social Networks
This is a service that makes it easy to set up your own private social network. Signing up and creating your first private social network on Fridge takes just a couple of minutes. Once you’ve created your account and network
Technology in Education – What Do Kids Think?
This video produced by Justin Tarte features interviews with 25 of his students. They mirror the voices and opinions of thousands of students reminding us that it is NOT a technology thing; its a learning thing!
http://www.angelamaiers.com/2011/02/technology-in-education-what-do-kids-think.html
Book Lamp – A Book Recommendation Engine
Book Lamp is a new service that aims to help readers find new books that they might enjoy. Once you’ve registered on Book Lamp you can enter the title of a book you like or the name of an author
How I Use Google To Organize My Entire Online Digital Life
Let’s take a look at how using Google has gotten me more organized than I have ever been.
http://simpleorganizedlife.com/how-i-use-google-to-organize-my-entire-online-digital-life
Free Tools for Teachers: Teacher Guide
Engage your students, energize a lesson plan, and save time using free tools from Microsoft you can download today. Some of these include Windows Live Movie Maker, WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft Photosynth, Bing Maps, Digital Photostory, Songsmith, Office Live Workspaces, Windows
50 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed
This is by no means an exhaustive list of what’s happened during the previous week in EdTech–it is just a lot of things I found interesting and thought others might find interesting as well.
Revolution or Evolution? Social Technologies and Change in Higher Education
New social technologies, along with the easy access to information that the Web provides, can open up new avenues for learning that have the potential to revolutionize higher education. But is revolution possible in an environment where evolution–in fact, slow
Video Search Engine Qwiki Is Now Available To The Public
Qwiki basically reads heavily Wikipedia-sourced articles out loud with photo and video accompaniments. Heralding itself as an “information experience,” Qwiki has about 3 million reference topics at the time of its launch and hundreds of thousands of users according to
100 Mobile Tools for Teachers
With all of the new mobile tools on the market today, teachers can more easily work from satellite locations, share educational resources and access school-related data directly from their cell phones. Here are 100 mobile tools for teachers that make
The Best Tools For Creating Fake “Stuff” For Learning
The fake “stuff” I’m referring to in the headline includes newspaper articles, sports “trading cards,” iPhone conversations, Facebook pages etc. These can be used for conversation practice, to create reports on historical figures (or on natural disasters or on just