What is ThinkQuest?

ThinkQuest is a protected, online learning platform that enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their classroom curriculum and students to develop 21st century skills.

It includes:

* ThinkQuest Projects (formerly Think.com): A project environment where teachers and students engage in collaborative learning
* ThinkQuest Competition: A competition space where students participate in technology contests
* ThinkQuest Library: The world’s largest online repository of student-developed learning projects, visited by millions of web learners each month
* ThinkQuest Professional Development: A comprehensive training offering for educators

The Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) provides ThinkQuest as a free service to K-12 schools globally. No advertising or spam is allowed.

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I was browsing Patricia Donaghy’s blog and came across another great resource. Photo8 is a public domain free high resolution photo website. What a great resource for student presentations!

Here is a little excerpt from Photo8:

Photos8 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, You may use these images for any purpose, including commercial. As the owner I have explicitly placed it in the public domain. If you do use any photo, please consider linking back to this site or giving credit to this site. Just something like, “Photo courtesy Photos8“, This is not required, but its a very good way to support the site efforts here.

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I know that TinyURL has been around for what seems like forever. However, many students are not aware of it and its’ potential.

If you have created a website project for school using free webspace, chances are your domain name is pretty long (eg: www.somefreewebhostingservice.com/abunchofnumbers/studentsname).

TinyURL will provide you with a much shorter URL that redirects to the monster link you have (eg: www.tinyurl.com/studentsname).

Check http://tinyurl.com/mraspinall – it redirects to this site.

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