Here's a neat video that not only reviews the year's top news stories, but also shows off some of the things that can be done with Google Wave.
Mashable has a little more information about the video.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
Year in Review Music Video
Three Year in Review Presentations
Survey - Technology in Education 2009 and 2010
Monday, December 21, 2009
Survey - Technology in Education 2009 and 2010
The next couple of weeks will see millions of blogs and websites posting all kinds of "year-in-review" articles. This is a good time of year to reflect, but it's also a great time to look forward. So that we can all learn from each other, I've created this short survey for reflections and predictions. All of the results will be published for everyone to see. If you have a couple of minutes, I'd love to read about your discoveries in 2009 and your predictions for 2010. I've included an option for you to leave a link to your blog. Results can be viewed here.
Louisiana Purchase Lesson Plans

Video - Two Cases of Global Warming

Watch CBS News Videos Online
Applications for Education
This video is not terribly different from dozens, perhaps hundreds, like them on the Internet except that rather than focusing on "how global warming happens" or "what to do to stop global warming," this video focuses on how people are adapting to climate change. After showing this video to your students you may want to ask them how global warming could affect them and how they would adapt to a change in their climates.
Here are some related items that may be of interest to you:
Rising Sea Levels - A Tale of Two Cities
The Breathing Earth - Interactive Map
View Glacier Melt in Google Earth
Vokle - Host an Online Show or Video Conference

Thanks to Kristen Swanson for telling me about Vokle. By the way, make sure you check out her blog and wiki, they're both packed with useful information.
Applications for Education
In testing Vokle and by watching recorded Vokle sessions I realized that the real utility of the service would be to host an interview with someone while using the chat area as back-channel for questions. I can see Vokle being used in a classroom to bring in an author, scientist, or other person of interest to your content area. You could conduct the interview and use the chat area for students to ask questions and exchange comments.
Update: Watch an interview with Vokle's Chief Marketing Officer.
Here are some related resources that may be of interest to you:
Connecting Classrooms Through VoiceThread
Present.io - Free Web Conferencing from Drop.io
Wetoku - Conduct and Share Video Interviews
City Data - Stats About US Cities

Applications for Education
City Data could be used by students for an assignment in which they compare the costs of living in various US cities. You could use City Data to customize this lesson plan to accurately reflect your part of the country.
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