Apps We Love: Edmodo
Edmodo for iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad makes it easy for teachers and students to stay connected and share information. Use your device to send notes, submit assignments, post replies, and check messages and upcoming events while away from the classroom. Teachers can...Visualizing U.S. Births and Deaths in Real-Time
This mind-blowing map updates births and deaths across the United States in real time as they are reported. It’s a powerful tool to help students understand population trends and the mortality rate. Click here to watch the cycle of life churn on. Browse more...What Happens When You Chop Up Cities And Stack Them Sideways
Imagine if city maps were puzzles. Have you ever really looked at the shapes involved? One clever artist looked at a map and decided to try a “city autopsy” and the results were interesting, graphic and ***oh so fun*** to study. This is Berlin: And this is...Meet the Black Marble
Every once in a while we share a resource that makes up stop and say, “wow”. This is one of those links! Big thanks to our friend Barb Wallner who brought this article and these pictures to our attention. Be sure to click on the article link to read more...Apps We Love: TourWrist
This week’s app is an award winner! It has won the DEMO 2012 People’s Choice Award and MacWorld’s 2012 Best of Show and has gotten high praise from CNN, Mashable, WIRED and more! Bring your panorama shots to life with “remote reality”...Super Tuesdays: Purple America
We ran across the Purple America and were mesmerized by how pretty it was. After some digging online, we found an article about “Purple America” on Wikipedia. We love this blended view of our nation’s political landscape instead of the traditional...Apps We Love: Remind101
First of all, a big thanks to our friend & colleague, Barbaree Duke for bringing Remind101 to our attention! It’s a great tool for teachers to communicate with their students! Remind101 provides a safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in...Welcome to FLU-Ville!
In preparation for flu season this year, the CC challenged web and app developers to come up with a clever app or online game to help raise awareness for flu prevention. You can view all the FLU app finalists here. Their first place winner was an addictive game called...Thanksgiving vs. Black Friday?
A design company, Accurat, created this great interactive map to visually compare geo-referenced Twitter and Instagram hashtagged contributions related to Thanksgiving and Black Friday over the 2 days of November 22 (Thanksgiving) and 23 (Black Friday) 2012 over the...