Cool Links

Here is a place where I will  maintain a list of "cool links" that I  find along my digital travels.

This tool, which is still in Beta, is an easy to use mind map that  can be used on a computer. It's  free and easy.  You could  project it on a Smartboard and do a whole class activity. 

Here it is: http://www.mysimplesurface.com/ 

Here is a link to open Google Panoramio.It might only work correctly in Google Chrome. You can open it up and do your own virtual tour of images that have been downloaded and added to this site. So, if  as a teacher you are discussing a specific location in the world, now you might be able to find the exact spot you are discussing using this site. You can add to your lessons and create your own virtual field trips. 
Here is the site: http://www.panoramio.com/