Flip Flop Fly Ball

This site contains a number of graphical representations of statistics as they relate to baseball trivia. There are a number of great examples of graphs and charts here.

http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/index.html

Spezify

Spezify is a search tool that presents results from a large number of websites in different visual ways. They take web searching further, away from endless lists of blue text links and towards a more intuitive experience. They want users to get a good overview of a subject, find useful information and be inspired. Spezify mixes all media types and makes no difference between blogs, videos, microblogs and images. Everything communicates and helps building the bigger picture.

http://www.spezify.com/

Learning and H1N1: Students Skyping into Class

Here is a great story of a teacher in Colorado who is using Skype to communicate with her students who are at home sick with H1N1:

I had a few students take me up on the offer to Skype into class yesterday and today. The students have different computers at home with two capable of using a webcam and microphone and the other just being able to listen and text/chat back to class. What was really impressive was that the students’ willingness to be connected back into our class when they are at home feeling crummy. They want to participate, they want to stay in touch, they want to continue to learn and aren’t letting the flu get in their way. Watching my other students react to the webcam in our classroom and then being able to watch the girls and boy connect into class, many of the students thought about what an amazing use of technology they were witnessing. We were truly extending the walls of the classroom to homes in Littleton doing our own part, along with the number of hand sanitizing dispensers we have installed here at AHS, to put H1N1 out of our minds and keep on exploring the wonderful world of Macbeth.

http://learningandlaptops.blogspot.com/2009/09/learning-and-h1n1-students-skyping-into.html

100 Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers

Here is a nice collection of free web-based tools ; the authors write:

There are new web 2.0 tools appearing every day. Although some of these tools were not originally meant for use in the classroom, they can be extremely effective learning tools for today’s technology geared students and their venturesome teachers. Many of these teachers are searching for the latest products and technologies to help them find easier and efficient ways to create productive learning in their students. More and more teachers are using blogs, podcasts and wikis, as another approach to teaching. We have created a list of 100 tools we think will encourage interactivity and engagement, motivate and empower your students, and create differentiation in their learning process.

Tools are organized into the following categories:

• Interactivity
• Engagement
• Motivation
• Empowerment
• Differentiation