Featured: 7-9-2013 WeVideo

WeVideo is a web application that allows you to edit videos online and collaborate on the editing process with others.

Edit anytime, anywhere, on any device with WeVideo's powerful cloud-based video creation tools.

Teachers can set up class video projects with WeVideo for Education, making relevant media available to each class. The educator can also group students, view and comment on their work, and monitor the progress of each video project.

WeVideo has three interface levels. It can be used both by novices that have never before edited a video, as well as more experienced editors and even experts. You can switch between modes at will, as you like.

Unique Themes give your video a specific look and tone with a single click. Your video can be designed with professional visual effects, transitions, typography, and sound tracks.

 Watch WeVideo - Video Editing in the Cloud

Capture videos and photos and upload them into your WeVideo account using apps for your Android or iOS device. Mobile users who already use WeVideo can quickly transfer footage into online video editing projects.

For $100 (USD) per semester, up to 50 students can use WeVideo. Volume license pricing is available for multi-class, school, or district subscriptions at lower costs per student.

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Featured: 7-8-2013 Federal Registry for Educational Excellence

Making it easier to find digital teaching and learning resources from the federal government as well as public and private organizations is the purpose of the Federal Registry for Educational Excellence (FREE).

Currently, more than 180,000 learning resources are registered with The Federal Registry for Educational Excellence. Signing up for the FREE RSS feed gets the newest resources delivered to you several times a week.

A new version of FREE, powered by the Learning Registry - an open database for sharing digital learning resources, incorporates a more responsive design for better access from mobile devices.

The new FREE is a work in progress. More and more resources are being correlated to national and state standards and more social features are planned for the site.

FREE is maintained by the Office of Communications and Outreach and the Office of Educational Technology at the US Department of Education in partnership with the Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative.

FREE originated in 1997, in response to a memo from President Bill Clinton. The site was launched a year later. It was redesigned and relaunched for the first time in 2006 and again this year.

The Federal Registry for Educational Excellence is one of the most popular K-12 websites maintained by the US Department of Education because of the many resources being offered by contributing federal agencies.

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Extra: Mathblogging.org [Math]

Mathblogging.org has collected over 700 blogs and other news sources focusing on mathematics all in one place.  The goal of Mathblogging.org is to be the best place to discover mathematical writing on the web.

Sources are categorized according to a list of topics. You can see the specific topics a writer has chosen by clicking on the bubble next to each post. You can then click on those topics to find other posts on the same topic. Users can recommend posts and comment on them. You can search Mathblogging.org using keywords, and you can create a custom feed to follow using an RSS feedreader. Use the Mathblogging.org Widget to place that feed on your own site. Mathblogging.org has four Twitter feeds you can follow: Editors' Picks, Recent Posts, Notes, and the official Mathblogging.org Twitter account. You can also Like their Facebook page, or follow updates on Google+. DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION: http://cmp.ly/0

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Featured: 7-2-2013 Engineering is Elementary

Increasing students' interest in and confidence about engineering is the intent of Engineering is Elementary (EiE). The mission of EiE is to foster engineering and technological literacy among elementary-aged children.

Engineering is Elementary's 20 units present fun, engaging engineering challenges that allow students to apply science knowledge. The units are designed to be taught in conjunction with (or soon after) a corresponding science topic. EiE also integrates with literacy, mathematics, and social studies.

Engineering is Elementary works to:

• Reach children who are underserved or underrepresented in STEM fields.
• Improve elementary educators’ ability to teach engineering and technology.
• Increase the number of schools in the U.S. that include engineering at the elementary level.
• Research teaching and learning at the elementary level.

Each EiE unit can be used in multiple grades because they are designed to be taught in conjunction with a science topic. EiE units include a number of modifications to help differentiate the lessons and activities to be appropriate for a variety of students.

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Engineering is Elementary units are mapped to national and state science and technology/engineering standards. EiE units do not follow a particular sequence and do not build upon each other so they can be used in any number or order.

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Featured: 7-1-2013 MapStory

MapStory is a free online tool to organize many sorts of knowledge about the world spatially and temporally.

Anyone can become a 'Storyteller' who can create, share, and collaborate on MapStory and ultimately improve understanding of global dynamics, worldwide, over the course of history.

You can browse MapStory or search by keyword. Narrow your search by type (MapStories, StoryLayers, StoryTellers), section, where, when, or who.

Teachers and students are able to create their own MapStories and publish them on the web. MapStories may be about history, important recent/current events, or any number of other subjects.

 Watch What is a MapStory?

The aim of MapStory is to make history, geography, and many other academic subjects more meaningful to your students and their parents. MapStory wants to "empower you to succeed in inspiring the next generations of our global society."

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