This is an excellent presentation on some great apps for education.  

Hackeducation's write-up is very helpful.  Here's a quote: "Edshelf hopes to become a go-to site where teachers can recommend to one another what’s worked for them, and it’s building a directory of educational materials that have been reviewed for educators by educators."

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit/365641

If you find yourself looking for a new tool to use in your classroom, this is one mighty fine place to look.  As I looked, I saw plenty of sites that I was familiar with and others which are new to me.  I'm looking forward to looking at it more carefully.

Read the short article from Edudemic here: http://edudemic.com/2012/04/the-60-second-guide-to-how-flashcards-actually-work/

http://lifehacker.com/5888189/five-best-powerpoint-alternatives

The article from Lifehacker features a poll in which over 5000 respondants voted on their favorite alternatives to Powerpoint.  

I have favorites too, yet it depends on what I'm trying to accomplish.  My favorite, hands down, is Prezi, yet Prezi has a learning curve and it takes more time to creat a presentation.  But the presentations are fabulous.  

I also like Google Presentations.  I have recently used it for a workshop presentation.  I like how easy it is to drop in a Youtube video.  But I wasn't too happy with its print features.  Sometimes I like to print out notes from presentations for students who missed class or have make up work to do.  Google doesn't give many choices.  Googles transitions aren't all working for me either.

Slide Rocket is another favorite of mine.  It is just slick--nice interface, and great transitions and animations.  

Yesterday, I had the privilege of presenting about Google Docs to teachers at Mike Moses Middle School.  The following is the Google Docs presentation as I shared it:

http://bit.ly/googleTalk

If you just want the links without all the pretty pictures:

http://bit.ly/mosesDocs

In the links above you will find many ideas for using Google Docs in the classroom, some interesting videos and my ideas. 

http://pixlr.com/ I was looking for an online image editor today and found Pixlr very helpful. 

For a full review go to Richard Byrne's website: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/12/pixlr-excellent-set-of-image-editing.html

image: http://browserland.com 

http://www.google.com/edu/ Google has redone it's webpage for teachers. 

Here's a good article from mindShift that shares the details: http://mindshift.kqed.org/2012/01/google-launches-new-education-site/