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JogLab

Here's a great site to improve memory: 

http://www.joglab.com/

South Pole Race

Here's a collaborative lesson idea: The Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race will feature 10 international teams of men and women who will compete in a 30 to 45 day journey to the South Pole on skis.  Beginning in January, it will be possible to follow teams on their web sites and through GPS systems. Math and science curriculum connections could be set up where students graph team progress and calculate the amounts of food and supplies that each team member will need to carry on their pulkin (sled).

FlowGram

Just discovered Flowgram thanks to a post on TechLearning.com. This looks like a great tool which allows the user to combine web information into a multimedia presentation. "A flowgram combines the advantages of slide presentations and screencasts with an interactive user experience that fully exploits the fact that almost all the information we might ever need is already on the web."  I'll check it out for possible classroom use.

Tools for digital storytelling

Here's a great site from Alan Levine's blog CogDogRoo: 50 tools for digital storytelling

Presentation Zen

What do judo and PowerPoint have in common? You must read Garr Reynolds’ masterpiece Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery to find out. If you have ever experienced death by PowerPoint, then you must read this book. It is the most useful of my summer readings and a book that I will re-read many times. Reynolds teaches at a university in Japan. His knowledge of Zen Buddhism allows him to incorporate its culture and philosophy into a simple method of design and delivery using multimedia software, such as PowerPoint. He manages to draw connections between Zen simplicity and a professional quality PowerPoint, and then he shows the reader how to do it. This book should be required reading for every school administrator and teacher.