OTR Links for 05/16/2011

• 50 Ways to Integrate Technology – Ways to Anchor Technology in Your Classroom Tomorrow

  50 Ways to Integrate Technology
  Using Free Websites as Learning & Teaching Tools

  Also a link to 50 more ways to integrate technology

  tags: technology web2.0 resources tools ideas education classroom 50

• EdTech Toolbox: Infographics – Own your Information

  I am a Visual Arts teacher, just so you might start to understand my next comment.

  I love good Infographics !

  I can not think of another technique that condenses the essence of a message down into a more accessible and easily understood medium.

  tags: infographics infographic toolbox information visual edtech tools teaching

• 50 More of the Most Famous Landmarks on Earth (Part 2)

  “Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

  Now, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument or a building, or any other spot to designate places that might be of interest to tourists.

  Last time we covered some of the most obvious, like the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty. But there are so many countries, and even more landmarks…

  So here are 50 more for you to recognize. Are you ready for another trip around the world?”

  tags: 50 more landmarks

• 50 of the Most Important Landmarks of the World (Part 1)

  “Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area.

  Now, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument or a building, or any other spot to designate places that might be of interest to tourists.

  A few examples are the Statue of Liberty, Uluru, the Taj Mahal, Mount Everest, and the Eiffel Tower.

  When we see one of those, everyone knows in which part of the world they are located. Here are 50 landmarks for you to recognize. Are you ready for a trip around the world?”

  tags: 50 landmarks

• Google launches notebooks with ‘no programs’ – Yahoo! News

  A line of notebook computers that operate with no programs on them has been unveiled by Google.
  The company’s new Chromebooks use the Google Chrome operating system, based on the company’s Chrome browser, Google announced on its blog and at its annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco Wednesday.

  tags: google notebooks launches

• QR Code Generator – QR Code Vcard – SMS Text

  Use our online generator to create your own QR codes. Select the type of the code, then press “create code” button. Once you do that you can save it (as GIF or PDF) for further use. Registered users have also option to store codes in folders, manage and edit them.

  tags: generator qr qrcode code tools text

• Why Should Your QR Codes Be Boring?

  Get your unique QR Code at BeQRious and include it in your latest advertisement. Make your advertisements the center of attention by adding a QR Code to all of your ads. Don’t find yourself out dated or left behind. Spice up your ads today with our QR Code technology!

  tags: your codes should qr why

• How To Make Quick Restart Or Shutdown Buttons

  Don’t you ever have those moments where even simple tasks are a pain? At times I do not feel like clicking on the start bar and performing the steps needed to turn of my PC or restart it. Instead I would rather have a shortcut to all of this. Even when I don’t have those moments, just having these shortcut icons or buttons are really useful.

  tags: windows buttons restart shutdown

• Kids Like . info – educational games and toys; teach children programming

  Kids Like . info is dedicated to bringing you the best, and most fun, educational resources for free. Our main emphasis currently is on teaching computer programming, math, and science. Information about business and innovation will be coming in the future.

  tags: programming Alice kids scratch teach games like

• Subject:Computer programming – Wikibooks, open books for an open world

  These books deal with Computer programming: the process of writing, testing, debugging/troubleshooting, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. A program’s source code is written in a programming language.

  tags: programming software computer books reference subject wiki wikibook

• Python Programming – Wikibooks, open books for an open world

  Python is a general-purpose interpreted programming language. It currently has distributions available for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, BSD, and many other platforms. There are currently three major implementations: the standard implementation written in C, Jython written in Java, and IronPython written in C# for the MS .NET environment.

  tags: python programming tutorial wiki reference book howto wikibooks

• Guido van Robot

  Guido van Robot, or GvR for short, is a programming language and free software application designed to introduce beginners to the fundamentals of programming. GvR runs on Windows, Macintosh, and GNU/Linux, in a variety of languages! It’s great in both the classroom and the home as a way of introducing people to the basic concepts of programming.

  tags: robot programming van robotics guido

• Simple Truths International – Movie Library

  Inspirational Movie Library: Click on the image to instantly view the movie

  tags: simple international truths books inspirational library

• You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School | Simple Truths

  Inspiration video

  tags: leadership duck eagle truths innovation

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.