• Effects of High School Assessments Questioned

  “There is absolutely no expectation in education policy right now that these reforms would be evaluated. It’s almost as if drug manufacturers were able to dream up drugs and go ahead with them without any testing,” said Daniel Koretz, a professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. “We have very little hard, empirical evidence about the effects of these test-based accountability programs, all of them, on student learning.”

  tags: washingtonpost, news, educational reform, assessment

• Remember The Milk – Services / Remember The Milk for Gmail / Gadget

  http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/modules/gmail/rtm.xml

  tags: gmail, gadget, gadgets, google, remember the milk

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• DealWaiter

  DealWaiter allows you to find great deals, without looking.

  If you want to purchase something, but are willing to wait for a great deal this site is for you.

  You will be emailed immediately when we find a match. 100% Free.

  tags: shopping, deals, discount

• Sploder

  Make your own Online Games Arcade, War Space & Platformer Games: drag-and drop, visual, programming environment for creating platform (side-scrolling) as well as shooter (space ship) style games.

  tags: tools, games, resources, programming

• 30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media

  30 of the best resources online for audio, video, images and more for finding just the perfect Creative Commons licensed item for use in your next project.

  tags: creativecommons, media, copyright, clipart, Audio, Video

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• Wolfram Alpha Google :: Firefox Add-ons

  Display Wolfram Alpha results in Google searches.
  No need to switch search engines when you can use both at once!

  tags: firefox, google, wolfram alpha, search

• Public Domain Photos and Wallpapers

  This is a place for free public domain photos and desktop wallpapers. Large collection of High Resolution photos and wallpapers, Thousands of high quality public domain pictures, easy to search.

  tags: photos, photography, copyright, resources, education, graphics, clipart, creativecommons

• GroupCard

  Free Group Greeting Cards, Birthday eCards, Office Greetings

  tags: ecard, services, tools, celebration, fun

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• Bio Mapping

  Bio Mapping is a community mapping project in which over the last four years with more than 1500 people have taken part in. In the context of regular, local workshops and consulltations, participants are wired up with an innovative device which records the wearer’s Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which is a simple indicator of the emotional arousal in conjunction with their geographical location. People re-eplore their local area by walking the neighbourhood with the device and on their return a map is created which visualises points of high and low arousal. By interpreting and annotating this data, communal emotion maps are constructed that are packed full of personal observations which show the areas that people feel strongly about and truly visualise the social space of a community.

  tags: visualization, map, maps, mapping

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• How to Get Elected Officials to Listen

  Feel like elected officials never listen? Want to know the best way to get their attention (and support?) With hundreds of millions of communications coming into the offices of elected officials, it can be hard to get their attention (much less their support). Follow these simple ideas for effective communication with elected officials at the local, state and federal level.

  tags: government, politics, activism, congress

• C-SPAN

  Broadcasts of major events – debates and votes in the House and Senate, committee hearings, press conferences, etc.

  tags: government, politics, media, news

• U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records

  Find active legislation by topic

  tags: government, politics, congress, law

• Eric Cantor :: Office of the Republican Whip

  Both major political parties have a whip who posts a notice of bills appearing for a floor vote that week along with a one line summary.

  tags: government, politics, congress, law

• Democratic House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn

  Both major political parties have a whip who posts a notice of bills appearing for a floor vote that week along with a one line summary.

  tags: government, politics, congress, law

• USA.gov

  The U.S. Government’s Official Web Portal

  tags: government, reference, research, information, portal

• Congress.org

  A generic site with posts by individuals and advocacy groups.

  tags: government, politics, congress, law, activism

• OpenCongress

  Track bills, votes, senators, and representatives in the U.S. Congress

  tags: politics, government, congress, democracy, activism, reference

• GovTrack.us

  GovTrack.us helps you keep tabs on the U.S. Congress — This is an innovative clone of THOMAS. GovTrack is not affiliated with the U.S. government; it is non-commercial, non-partisan, and an open source project.

  tags: government, politics, reference, research, law, activism

• THOMAS (Library of Congress)

  In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress

  tags: government, congress, politics, law, reference, research, library

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• Just One Club Card – Combine All Of Your Club Cards

  # Choose 8 or less of your favorite clubs cards.
  # Find the barcode on each club card (usually on the back)
  # Locate the numbers right under the barcode and type them into the barcode number box.(Make sure to include any numbers to the right or left of the bar code itself, even if they don’t line up with the main row of numbers.)
  # Choose a store from one of the choices in the “Store” dropdown. If you don’t see the store you need check the FAQ first, then email me to add it.
  # When you have finished filling out the boxes, click the “Create your card” button.
  # Print out the generated card and follow the instructions to create a new card containing all of your favorite club cards.

  tags: shopping, organization, discount

• KeyRingThing Cards

  Create one card with up to 6 bar codes (from store loyalty cards) and eliminate wallet clutter.

  tags: shopping, organization, discount

• Cobocards

  Create and study flashcards – alone or with your friends
  Cobocards are virtually created flashcards. You can print them and study offline, edit them again and again, compare with older versions, check the status of your knowledge, upload pictures and graphs, include formula with LaTeX, share your flashcards with friends, set a deadline for exams,…

  tags: tools, learning, flashcards, study

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• Remindd » Never forget anything again

  Remindd is an easy to use tool that allows for you to set reminders and be reminded about them, so you never forget anything. Have a meeting next week that you can’t forget? A date? Something important? Regardless of what you need to be reminded about, we’ll help you out.

  tags: reminder, organization, productivity

• Wridea.com

  Free Online Idea Management and Collaboration Service: Wridea is a web service first to avoid ideas being forgotten, then to organize and improve those ideas by giving you the opportunity to share your ideas with friends and necessary tools to improve your ideas by yourself and individually.

  tags: brainstorming, tools, collaboration, organization

• The Hero Factory

  Make your own superhero. Simplistic but fun.

  tags: superhero, comics, fun, cartoon

• Photovisi

  Create a wallpaper collage and more from your photos

  tags: photos, image, tools, visualization

• Wolfram Alpha

  Five Things Wolfram Alpha Does Better (And Vastly Different) Than Google

  tags: search, searchengine, google

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