Miscellaneous Educational Resources 11-15-12

Some great web sites and web resources

Great livebinder - Math Apps IOS http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/417981 (Notice they use another nice Web 2.0 tool - Livebinders to put together this list.) 

10,000 Newspapers On Google Maps - NewsPaper Map

Infuse Learning is a free student response system that works with any Internet-connected device: infuselearning.com

STUDENT FILE MANAGEMENT WITH GOOGLE DRIVE - A great document on setting up shared folders with students and classes.  Covers all the methods, pros and cons, and includes YouTube video tutorials. 

7 bibliography and citation tools for students  Remember, one of these, EasyBib, we have incorporated right into Google Apps and it's available via the drop-down menu. 

Have you used Diigo for bookmarking? If not, it's probably the one you should be using for bookmarking websites.  It offers a lot of research tools as well, including highlighting on web sites, putting notes on sites, and more.  Check out this great resource on Diigo. 

Math Lessons Using Google SketchUp  bit.ly/PRnS61  (We do have licensing for Google Sketchup for Norris.) 

Top 10 smartphone apps for students - Daily Californian dlvr.it/2TLqHp 

More IOS (iPad/iPhone) apps:

Grafikal is a powerful graphing calculator for your iPhone and iPad. Use its custom keyboard to quickly enter the variables and equations you need to draw a graph. The graphs can then be displayed in old fashioned 2d axis graphs or viewed in 3D. With iCloud support, any mathematician should take a closer look at this app.