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***Do you feel a bit like Inspector Gadget lately with all this** **technology stuff coming at you so fast?** Don't worry! There is definitely a curved-shape journey in store for all of us... and we're all climbing at our own personal level of comfort which makes the journey much more interesting as we share our varied experiences with each other. To help out a bit, s[|tart by visiting this online, interactive mind-map to explore dozens of tech integration teaching and learning tools] (zoom in to see the mind-map in clearer detail,) and then you can also use the quick references below to guide your acquisition of new terminology and web-based learning and teaching tools... just click on the words to learn more about these technology terms and tools (why not add a new one form the mind-map if it's not already there?): [|Advanced Distributed Learning] [|Animoto] Fantastic picture and video production site... username is gstschool@gmail.com , PW is gladiators

[|Audacity] Relatively easy-to-use audio editor [|Augmented Reality]  Check this **[]** from the San Diego Union-Tribune on how m useums & city schools employ smart phones as interactive teaching aids [|blog] It's allot of fun trying it out... [|Book by You Publishing] Create personalized novels for your class.. [|Big Huge Labs] Awesome phot publishing site... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Blurb] Professional grade self-published books... awesome and affordable <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Bubbl.us] A great free online brainstorming site... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[] A user-friendly online drawing tool... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|CamStudio] A screen-casting service... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|digital story-telling] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Diigo] Awesome cloud-based web highlighter and storage service... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[|Dropbox] An awesome cloud based file sharing tool... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[|Edmodo] Create a classroom community (similar to wikispaces) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[|Evernote] Another awesome cloud-based web highlighter and storage service... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Facebook] Social networking giant... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|flickr] An unprecedented phot-sharing service... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Glogster] Blog by poster... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Goal Book] A very, very good online, individualized learning planning tool <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Google Docs] Share documents collaboratively.. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|History Pin] Really cool, blends historical images with present-day locations... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jing] Screen-casting made super easy! [|Mindmeister] Online mind-mapping tool... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Moodle] <span style="background-color: #fffcf6; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">Virtual Learning Environment <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ning Customized social network <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Nota] A simple to use, cloud-based alternative to Glogster <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|PBWorks] Great, free workspace service... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; line-height: 23px;">[|Picasa] Organize, edit, share photos... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Podbean] An easy and powerful way to start podcasting... <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Polleverywhere] Not useful for elementary school kids (yet;o) but really cool audience response service using smart phones <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Prezi] A dizzyingly superior alternative to PPT... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Quizlet] Really cool flashcard generator... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|social network] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|screencast] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Scribd] File sharing... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Skype] Free video and phone connections around the world... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Slideshare] The best way to share presentations, documents and professional videos <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 118.8%;">[|SMART goals] (not necessarily a tech term, but certainly one that should be applied to the AISI goal setting process) [|Storify] Create social stories... [|Storybird] Cute graphic story creator...  [|Story Jumper] Online publishing... <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Survey Monkey] Create online surveys quick and easy...  [|Twitter] The world at your fingertips 140 characters at a time...  [|UDL] Universal Design for Learning...  [|Unity Online gaming tool] Create virtual games for your class- great for point of view history lessons...  [|WallWisher] An online, collaborative bulletin board...  [|WingClips] An invaluable tool to embed movie clips into presentations, blogs, emails etc. for teaching values or incorporating values into curriculum (and it's free) [|Voki] Using speaking avatars as effective teaching and learning tools... [|Wordle] Create attractive word clouds...  [] Free auto credited web images...  [|vimeo] Video sharing...  [|Voice Thread] Really innovative, collaborative reviewing and sharing of multimedia...  [|You Tube (Teacher Tube)] Got video?...  [|Zamzar] Free, online file conversions...  [|ZooBurst] Create augmented reality pop-up books online...  media type="custom" key="12474692"