a new service for privately sharing videos. Unlike YouTube's private sharing option, the videos you post on VidMe cannot be forwarded without your consent. VidMe allows you to post your first few videos for free, but after that you do have to pay to use the service. Learn more about VidMe here or on Read Write Web.
BookletCreator - create a booklet from any PDF document
"BookletCreator is a free online tool that allows you to create a booklet from a PDF document. It reorders pages so that after printing and folding the pages, a small book is created."
I am gone to ISTE in Denver for a couple of days.
When we recently announced our new pricing plans (which launch July 20th, 2010), we heard from many of you who were concerned about the future of education-focused Ning Networks. Ning Networks have become a valuable complement to many schools and other educational institutions by helping teachers, parents and students supplement class curriculums; allowing educators and administrators to share best practices; and by helping all these groups bring the vitality and vibrancy of their institutions online. 
As a meeting facilitator, I LOVE Next Up! Next Up is a site that allows you to put your topics into an agenda with a time limit for each item. Then you click "start meeting" and the timer starts counting down. There is no alarm, and the time remaining for each element is visually displayed. When I facilitate tough meetings, I like to use this to keep everyone on schedule. It is unobtrusive, simple, and PERFECT. Enjoy! (Thanks to the Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness for sharing this site!)
Today, Google announced that they are making their free Google Voice service available to everyone in the US. Google Voice provides you with a phone number that can ring all of your landline and mobile phones simultaneously. Google Voice also offers a slew of other features that you might find handy. I think the free conference call service could be very handy for conducting parent-teacher conferences over the phone. 
Fuzzwich - Animation for Everyone
a free website that makes it easy to create short (20 second) animated movie clips that can be customized with uploaded faces, customized text, music, movement and more.
It’s finally here! 
The federal education program appropriated funds “based on good test scores in math, science, and reading,” she said, but it did not distribute money for history or civics. O¹Connor¹s new web site aims to right that wrong.
Launched on May 24, iCivics.org is a rebranded, expanded version of an earlier site called OurCourts.org. “Barely one-third of Americans can even name the three branches of government, much less say what they do,” O’Connor said. “… I’m worried.” Games on iCivics include “Do I Have A Right,” in which the player runs a virtual firm specializing in constitutional law; “Executive Command,” which offers a chance to play president; “Supreme Decision,” about the Supreme Court; “Branches of Power,” which gives the player control of all three branches of government; and “LawCraft,” in which the player is a member of Congress. The iCivics program is based at Georgetown University Law School. O’Connor is the project founder and leads the board of the nonprofit iCivics Inc., iCivics spokesman Jeffrey Curley said. The project began in 2007 and is in use at schools around the country.
Schoology - Your Digital Classroom
allows teachers to perform routine tasks like recording attendance and grades. Schoology also provides a platform for giving tests and other assignments online. The social networking aspect of Schoology lies in the interface for posting messages to a large community (whole school), to a smaller community (an individual class), or to individual students. The Schoology interface will look very familiar to anyone that has used Facebook.
Your students can create and erupt their own virtual volcano with Discovery Kids Volcano Explorer. Just change the viscosity and gas levels to create different types of volcanoes. Click set conditions and the virtual volcano will form. The most fun comes next as you click to make your volcano erupt. Use this interactive resource to also learn about the global location of volcanoes, various types of volcanoes, and what is inside a volcano. 
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