Internet GEMS from CUE (Computer Using Educators Conference)

I'm back from an accelerating trip to the 30th annual CUE Conference. There is so much to share that I will just bullet the GEMS below. Let me know if you plan on using any of them! ENJOY!

• Visible Body: The Google Earth of the human body! You must launch in Internet Explorer.

• Scratch: A new programming language (developed by MIT) that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. Students will learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding of the process of design.

• ToonDoo: Create your own comic strips, Publish, Share & Discuss

• Animoto: The coolest new technology out there! Create your own movies.The heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that thinks like an actual director and editor. It analyzes and combines user-selected images and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in television and film.

• FreeRice: Is the sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com. Build your vocabulary and feed the poor at the same time.

• I Learn You Learn We Learn: The focus of this wiki is to provide resources about contemporary technology tools that could make a difference in the way we educate our students.
  

• The Math Worksheet Site: With The Math Worksheet Site you can create an endless supply of printable math worksheets.

• Free Stock Photos: Free photography for personal or commercial use.
  

I'll be adding more resources regularly. So keep checking in!

Diana Kenney