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Most Useful Websites on the Internet

280slides.com – create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world

alertful.com – quickly setup email reminders for important events

animoto.com – assembles stunning slideshows

aviary.com/myna – an online audio editor that lets record, and remix audio clips online

awesomehighlighter.com – easily highlight the important parts of a web page

bing.com/images – automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles

bounceapp.com – for capturing full length screenshots of web pages

boxoh.com – track the status of any shipment on Google Maps

bubbl.us – create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser

buzzfeed.com – never miss another Internet meme or viral video

chipin.com – when you need to raise funds online for an event or a cause

citrify.com – supplies quick photo-editing tools

copypastecharacter.com – copy special characters that aren’t on your keyboard

coralcdn.org – if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through coral CDN

crimson room – Takagi’s cultish puzzle game

cutmp3.com – trims any song to ringtone length

dabbleboard.com – your virtual whiteboard

dingitsup.com – alerts you via SMS, twitter or email when a website goes down or comes back up

disposablewebpage.com – create a temporary web page that self-destruct

downforeveryoneorjustme.com – find if your favourite website is offline or not

dropbox.com – gives 2GB of storage and syncs files

droolr.com – lists the hottest gadgets

e.ggtimer.com – a simple online timer for your daily needs

encrypted.google.com – prevent your ISP and boss from reading your search queries

errorlevelanalysis.com – find whether a photo is real or a photo-shopped one

eventful.com – lists happenings in your area

evernote.com – captures ideas, notes, or audio

everytimezone.com – a less confusing view of the world time zones

example.com – this website can be used as an example in documentation

faxzero.com – send an online fax for free

fb.me/AppStore – search iOS app without launching iTunes

feedmyinbox.com – get RSS feeds as an email newsletter

filleritem.com – digs up useful but cheap items on Amazon for meeting the free-shipping amount

flightaware.com – live flight tracking service for airports worldwide

flightstats.com – track flight status at airports worldwide

followupthen.com – setup quick reminders via email itself

fontsquirrel.com – a good collection of fonts – free for personal and commercial use

formspring.me – you can ask or answer personal questions here

gasbuddy.com – reports current local fuel prices

genbook.com – allows clients to schedule appointments with your company

ge.tt – quickly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloading

goo.gl – shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes

google.com/dictionary – get word meanings, pronunciations and usage examples

google.com/history – found something on Google but can’t remember it now

grooveshark.com – provides diverse music and social features in a slick interface

gtmetrix.com – the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online

hackaday.com – serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week

historio.us – preserve complete web pages with all the formatting

homestyler.com – design from scratch or re-model your home in 3D

howjsay.com – talking dictionary of English pronunciation

huddle.net – helps your workgroup manage projects, and offers online storage

humyo.com – provides 10GB of free storage

iconfinder.com – the best place to find icons of all sizes

imo.im – chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one place

isendr.com – transfer files without uploading to a server

isnsfw.com – when you wish to share a NSFW page but with a warning

iwantmyname.com – helps you search domains across all TLDs

jobspice.com – generates attractive online resumes

join.me – share you screen with anyone over the web

joliprint.com – reformats news articles and blog content as a newspaper

kuler.adobe.com – get colour ideas, also extract colours from photographs

librophile.com – offers downloadable audiobooks

livecage.com – allows live audio and video streaming

livestream.com – broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen

lmgtfy.com – when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own

localti.me – know more than just the local time of a city

logmein.com – gives you remote access to your PCs

lovelycharts.com – create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc

mailvu.com – send video emails to anyone using your web cam

measy.com – gives quizzes to narrow down choices

memorari.com – reminds you of your important dates by sending out quick notices to your mobile/email/im handle

mesh.com – syncs files and gives remote access

mint.com – syncs with your financial accounts to help you monitor your budget

mywot.com – check the trust level of any website

namemytune.com – when you need to find the name of a song

noteflight.com – print music sheets, write your own music online

nutritiondata.com – details the content of food at restaurants and in recipes

nutshellmail.com – Get your Facebook and Twitter streams in your inbox

office.com – download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents

onlineocr.net – recognize text from scanned PDFs and images

opentable.com – makes reservations at restaurants

passpack.com – manages all of your online passwords

pastebin.com – a temporary online clipboard for your text and code snippets

pdfescape.com – lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself

pearbudget.com – tracks your income and spending

phonebooth.com – provides phone services

picresize.com – online picture resizer

pixorial.com – presents easy-to-use video-editing tools

polishmywriting.com – check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors

prezi.com – create astonishing presentations live and on the web

printwhatyoulike.com – print web pages without the clutter

privnote.com – create text notes that will self-destruct after being read

proxify.com – gives you anonymous access to regionally blocked content

random.org – pick random numbers, flip coins, and more

regex.info – find data hidden in your photographs

retailmenot.com – provides store coupon codes

runpee.com – let’s you know when the best time is during a movie to go to the toilet

screenr.com – record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube

scribblemaps.com – create custom Google Maps easily

scr.im – share you email address online without worrying about spam

seatexpert.com – shows the best seats on any flight

seatguru.com – consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight

similarsites.com – discover new sites that are similar to what you like already

sitorsquat.com – indicates the closest clean restroom

sizeasy.com – visualize and compare the size of any product

smart.fm – provides free online courses

snapask.com – use email on your phone to find sports scores, read Wikipedia, etc

snopes.com – find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam

speedtest.net – assesses your Internet connection’s download and upload speeds

springpadit.com – supplies templates for organizing your personal data

spypig.com – now get read receipts for your email

sxc.hu – download stock images absolutely free

stickybits.com – links digital data to physical objects

stupeflix.com – make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips

sumopaint.com – an excellent layer-based online image editor

syfy.com – everything sci-fi

tabbloid.com – your favourite blogs delivered as PDFs

tempalias.com – generate temporary email aliases, better than disposable email

teuxdeux.com – groups your weekly tasks by date

textflow.com – simplifies document collaboration

thefind.com – ferrets out obscure products

thesocialmediaguide.com.au – awesome blog on social media!

timerime.com – create timelines with audio, video and images

tineye.com – this is like an online version of Google Goggles

tinychat.com – setup a private chat room in micro-seconds

topicfire.com – aggregates news in topics you choose

topsy.com – a better search engine for twitter

translate.google.com – translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents

truveo.com – the best place for searching web videos

twitpay.com – lets you raise funds via Twitter

tubemogul.com – simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites

typingweb.com – master touch-typing with these practice sessions

umbrella.com – tells you whether or not it’s umbrella carrying weather

untiny.me – find the original URLs that’s hiding behind a short URLs

urbandictionary.com – find definitions of slangs and informal words

usestacks.com – organizes tasks by person and project

valebrity.com – validates the authenticity of celebrities on social networks

viewer.zoho.com – Preview PDFs and Presentations directly in the browser

virustotal.com – scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses

vocaroo.com – record your voice with a click

wakerupper.com – makes calls to rouse or remind you

warrick.cs.odu.edu – you’ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted

wetransfer.com – for sharing really big files online

whatdoestheinternetthink.net – let’s you know what the internet thinks about something

whatfontis.com – quickly determine the font name from an image

whichdateworks.com – planning an event? find a date that works for all

whisperbot.com – send an email without using your own account

whoishostingthis.com – find the web host of any website

wobzip.org – unzip your compressed files online

wolframalpha.com – gets answers directly without searching

woorank.com – everything you wanted to know about a website

wordle.net – quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds

yammer.com – gives workgroups a private microblog

youtube.com/leanback – enjoy a never ending stream of YouTube videos in full-screen

yypewith.me – work on the same document with multiple people

zoho.com – offers a large variety of cloud-based apps

zoom.it – view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling

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The National Debt in Math Class

From the Tech The Plunge blog site:

Visualizing the National Debt in Math Class [Infographic]

by JEFFREY THOMAS on JANUARY 5, 2011

The United States National Debt just recently passed 14 trillion dollars!!!

There are not many people that can really visualize or put into context this enormous amount.

One method to try and grasp this amount is to look at the U.S. National Debt Clock.

LifesLittleMysteries has taken another approach with this infographic on the U.S. National Debt.

Once again, this is an infographic that has many educational uses.  Being a former math teacher, investigating these numbers and putting them into context is a great topic for the majority of grade levels.

After looking at the infographic, you could come up with an almost infinite amount of questions and/or projects regarding this data.  Just a few:

• What is the thickness of a one-dollar bill?  How did you arrive at this number?
• How many one-dollar bills would it take to equal the tallest building in the United States?  In the world?
• How tall would a stack of 100 dollar bills be?  You could actually test this and talk about error margins.
• Just for fun, how many one-dollar bills would it take to reach the moon?
• Pick your favorite item.  How many could you get for 14 trillion dollars?