{"id":489,"date":"2015-03-24T08:50:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T12:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/mediacenter\/mshicksonblog\/?p=489"},"modified":"2015-03-24T08:51:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T12:51:41","slug":"links-from-the-library-03242015-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/mediacenter\/mshicksonblog\/2015\/03\/24\/links-from-the-library-03242015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Links from the library 03\/24\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Look what I found today!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educational technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justintarte.com\/2014\/01\/10-ways-twitter-makes-me-better-educator.html\">Life of an Educator: 10 ways Twitter makes me a better educator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.40tech.com\/2015\/03\/17\/3-notetaking-apps-used-together\/\">3 Note-taking Apps, Used Together | 40Tech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/student-interactives\/word-mover-b-30964.html\">Word Mover &#8211; ReadWriteThink<br \/>\n<\/a>Magnetic poetry creator on computer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetech4teachers.com\/2015\/03\/discover-art-whenever-you-open-new.html?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VQq-M9IViSo\">Free Technology for Teachers: Discover Art Whenever You Open a New Chrome Tab<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetech4teachers.com\/2015\/03\/how-to-create-audio-slideshow-with.html?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VQq-PdIViSo\">Free Technology for Teachers: How to Create an Audio Slideshow With Annotations in YouTube<br \/>\n<\/a>&#8220;Within YouTube there is a free tool for creating audio slideshows. You supply the images and YouTube supplies the audio track. You can pick from thousands of audio tracks to match to your slides. After adding your slides and selecting an audio track you can add speech bubbles to your slides.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Sounds like an alternative to Animoto<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Curriculum content<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freetech4teachers.com\/2015\/03\/the-price-of-freedom-visual-history-of.html?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&amp;utm_campaign=freetech4teachers#.VQwTX9IViSo\">Free Technology for Teachers: The Price of Freedom &#8211; A Visual History of American Conflicts<br \/>\n<\/a>Multimedia timeline of history of American wars, hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyonthenet.com\">From Ancient Times to the 20th Century | HistoryOnTheNet<br \/>\n<\/a>&#8220;Stories and articles on all your favorite historical topics, including the Mayans, Mongols, Aztec and lots more! You can also find decision-making games, fun quizzes and quality worksheets&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/ng-interactive\/2014\/jul\/23\/a-global-guide-to-the-first-world-war-interactive-documentary\">A global guide to the first world war &#8211; interactive documentary | World news | The Guardian<br \/>\n<\/a>&#8220;Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely-seen footage, including extraordinary scenes of troops crossing Mesopotamia on camels and Italian soldiers fighting high up in the Alps, the half-hour film explores the war and its effects from many different perspectives. You can watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi thanks to our partnership with the British Academy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/444385\/how-most-productive-person-office--still-home-by-530-pm\">How to be the most productive person in your office \u2014 and still get home by 5:30 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/a>&#8220;To-do lists are evil. 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