Get Organized Online

I'm testing out a very interesting tool called If This Then That. I just created two "recipes": 1) when I add something new to Delicious it will automatically be tweeted on my Twitter account and  2) when I write a new post on this blog it will also be tweeted on my Twitter account.

There are many recipes you can create depending on the different tools you use (Dropbox, LinkedIn, YouTube, Tumblr, just to name a few).

New Things to Share

Figment 
Were you born to write? Would you like to publish your work for free?    If you answered yes to either question you need to check out Figment, an online community for young authors.
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Meograph 
A really cool presentation tool. Just answer three question: What happened, when did it happen, and where? The information is placed on a timeline where you can embed images, YouTube clips and/or narration to guide your audience.
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Awesome Apps and Enhanced Books

Frankenstein. Dave Morris (based on the novel by Mary Shelley). Profile Books.inkle Ltd. 2012.iOS, requires 4.3 or later. Version: 1.0.6. $4.99.

Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy. Martin Clayton. illus. by Leonardo da Vinci. Touch Press with The Royal Collection. 2012. iOS, requires 5.0 or later. Version: 1.0.2. $13.99.

Minds of Modern Mathematics. Glen Fleck, MartianCraft in collaboration with IBM and the Eames Office. 2012. iOS, requires 3.2 or later. Version: 1.01. Free.

Tate Modern Art Terms. Simon Wilson with Jessica Lack and the Tate Staff. Tate Publishing. Aimer Media. 2012. Version: 1.1. $2.99.

The Physics of Angry Birds

"When I first started playing Angry Birds oh so many years ago, I had this feeling that after tapping the screen the yellow bird just went at a constant velocity. Then one day, I accidentally shot it super high. The bird didn’t just keep going up, it looked like some parabolic motion. I guess I was wrong. What next? Collect some data."

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Dead Languages Come Alive

"What can possibly get kids excited to learn a dead language? This was the challenge for Latin teacher Kevin Ballestrini.

Ideally, he could take the entire class to Rome and walk them through the ruins, where they could practice speaking the language while learning the history. He found a way to do it — at least in the virtual world.

Ballestrini has turned his introductory Latin class at Connecticut’s Norwich Free Academy into an alternate reality. The students’ job: to save the world by joining a shadowy organization on a quest to find the Lapis Saeculōrum that was part of an Ancient Roman society..." 

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Free Stuff: Films for Classrooms

Find free full-length documentary films using SnagFilms or its educational component Snag Learning.  Search for films by subject, grade level or channel (PBS, National Geographic, Explorer, and Sundance)  then "snag" a preview and embed the code in your Moodle or class web page.

Subjects include Arts/Music, Foreign Language, History, Math/Science, Political Science/Civics, World Cultures/Geography.