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This blog entry is mostly an advertisement, but also a description of the ebook you see in the title. Author Michelle Pacansky-Brock offers multiple options for using Voicethread in the online classroom, backed by research and her own experience. As an ebook, readers are given the opportunity to see actual Voicethreads that she has used and are given step-by-step guidance on how to build their own.

Building Classroom Community

Regarding holding chat sessions in an online class, "Feedback indicates that students appreciate that Hall takes the time to conduct them. 'My being there and being able to make contact seems to have more value than I would have guessed. Students feel like they get a sense of who I am in these chat rooms.'"

collaborative mindmap site - very cool. Limited tools in free version, and only allowed a few maps. But right now you can get a edupersonal year for $30 which I think is well worth it. It is a very cool tool

To help teachers navigate this ever-changing landscape of social media tools, here are some of the best guides on the web for four popular networks -- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Issues including whether parents should be reading kids' private emails, and how parents should deal with open social media sites.

engagement of students in the classroom

higher-order thinking questions

student perception on learner-centered classroom

A blog entry about what they don't tell you in "teacher school" -- namely, that there is not enough time, not enough resources, not enough YOU -- to do everything that you know know needs to be done. Peter Greene's blog is called CURMUDGUCATION.

This article discusses the benefits of peer review in writing instruction, outlines common variants of student resistance to the peer review process, and suggests strategies to make peer review more successful as a learning activity.