links for 2011-05-04

Maps with live data overlays, icons and drawing tools – impressed.

http://dropl.at/ – android educators – leave docs at GPS locations. Great treasure hunt type potential @jamesmichie @davidErogers

Create poems from word banks, outcomes can be published, printed and emailed.

Very simple close quiz creator

Another word cloud generator, simple and easy to use.

The popularity of video games is not the enemy of education, but rather a model for best teaching strategies. Games insert players at their achievable challenge level and reward player effort and practice with acknowledgement of incremental goal progress, not just final product. The fuel for this process is the pleasure experience related to the release of dopamine.

geographers – Seen From Above: New Site Offers 30 Years of Landsat Data For Free http://bit.ly/lKe392 @davidErogers