Putting your Best Face Forward- Using avatars
I uploaded the following post to our school’s TechConnect blog. It was spurred by the wave of avatar creations for ALL students across grade levels due to the participation of each class in the Egypt VoiceThread.
What is an avatar?
An avatar is a computer user’s representation of himself or herself. [...]

Download CamTwist 1.6 for Mac - CamTwist - Add special effects to your video chats - Softpedia
CamTwist is tool that lets you add nice special effects to your video chats. It’s also possible to stream your desktop and still images. With CamTwist, you can also use multiple video chat programs at the same time.
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Resources for parents and teachers to teach children Scratch programming
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BuiLD YouR WiLD SeLF
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Thirty-One Interesting Ways (and tips) to use your Interactive Whiteboard - Google Docs
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PBS Teachers | learning.now . Teach and Ye Shall Receive | PBS
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Historic Tale Construction Kit
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There has been an idea of a global awareness/collaboration project floating in my head for a while. Yesterday I had a quick Skype conversation with Cheryl Lykowski from Wisconsin/USA and the idea crystallized itself some more.
The idea is as follows:
I created a VoiceThread, named “What Could it Mean?” (I am open to suggestions for a [...]

Log in 2 Lane: BLUE SCREEN WITH WINDOWS MOVIEMAKER
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How to Chroma Key in Windows Movie Maker
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Earth & Sky | kids
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Karma Tycoon : Free Online RPG
Karma Tycoon rocks the gaming world by offering you a thrilling ride through the world of social entrepreneurship as you earn [...]

Alejandro Lerner, my favorite Argentinean artist, has come out with a new album “Enojado”.
The lyrics of “I am American” are worth translating. It reminds “North America” especially citizens of the USA to remember that America is big and encompasses more than their country and people. The song reminds that there are different perspectives, raising [...]

I need to brag about my own sixteen year old daughter today. She surprised me … well… it was a school assignment… but she shared it with me. Her English teacher asked for a poem, comparing life to…
Life is an iPod, press shuffle
and see what you get.
Is it mellow, happy, upbeat
sing along.
Every beat has its [...]

Connecting in a Connected World: TweetScan is Twitter-sweet
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