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VEry handy tool that will open a list of URLS in a browser--all in diff tabs! VERY COOL!

This is part IV in a series dedicated to free, online writing tools for kids. 

Web 2.0 tools for 2012 tools and trends for teachers to keep up with their tech savvy students.

spanish to english translator via iphone - way cool

Webinars from ISTE's SIGMS that focus on tools for you to use in your professional practice.

"Ever wanted to know how your favourite books were written? A new infographic shows us the pens and typewriters authors like JK Rowling and Agatha Christie used to write their best-selling novels with."

"Our job as teachers is to draw our students attention to the fact that copy-paste culture is destructive and that appropriate citations and crediting back the sources, if ever we are allowed to, are two important things we always need to invoke as we are dealing with both digital and non digital content.  I have an entire section in this blog packed full of resources, tools and tips on how to teach your students about copyright, check it out here to learn more. Today, I am sharing with you this wonderful flowchart I come across in digital inspiration. You can use it with you students to teach them about the kinds of images to cite and how to do so."

cool tools for schools, too!

"QR Codes make the switch from just being a fun fad or cool gadget to a meaningful tool that can not only extend learning but also help cultivate a love of reading in our students"

"The purpose of this website is to provide a place for K-12 school library media specialists to learn a little more about web tools that can be used to improve and enhance school library media programs and services, to see examples of how they can be used, and to share success stories and creative ideas about how to use and integrate them. Hundreds of free and inexpensive web tools are available for school library media specialists to use that can make us more productive, valued, and, perhaps, more competitive."

Videos are becoming such important tools for teachers, but one thing that stops many of us from using videos is making them: With all the other things we have to do, there's very little time to find the right video creation tool, learn how to use it, then actually create the videos.

Web curation tool similar to LiveBinder.  Like the Bagging for Education Section.

10:41 PM Susan Oxnevad 15 comments Technology is a tool that can be used to help teachers facilitate learning experiences that address the diverse learning needs of all students and help them develop 21st Century Skills. At it's most basic level, digital tools can be used to help students find, understand and use information.

It's time to re think our perspective on Technology from nouns (tools) like Powerpoint, Wordle, GoAnimate, to Verbs (skills) like Communicating, Presenting, Telling stories! Thanks Jeff Hoffart

Need to have learning at point of need but do poeple know what they do not know? How do we market what we can add to the learning.