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Steve Anderson's LiveBinder for using Twitter in the Classroom

It's time to bring you more information on some fantastic iPad resource sites for education. As more schools discover the power of the iPad, there seem to be more educators excited about discovering apps that engage students while making classroom learning come alive!

There is nothing more motivating (and exciting) as digital creativity in the classroom. I personally think you would be hard pushed to find a teacher who doesn't love offering their pupils digital creativity opportunities yet we all face the age old problem of having little TIME to learn new technologies and even less time to freely experiment in class.

1. Free Technology for Teachers - This site provides countless tools and tips for teachers who want to integrate technology into their classrooms. Blogger Richard Byrne has won more than one Edublog Award, such as "Best Individual Blog" and "Best Resource Sharing Blog" two years in a row. 2. E-Learning Queen - Voted as one of the "Top 50 Education Innovators," and one of OEDb's Top 100 Education Blogs, this blog updates readers on the latest in technology and provides interviews with different authors. 3. Box of Tricks - This blog provides educational resources, and discusses the latest in technology...

Read this blog to find ideas and resources for your classroom.

History and Current Issues for the Classroom

Free Technology Toolkits for UDL in All Classrooms

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From Denver, CO Videos include 21st Century Classroom (2), Personal Learning Networks, and Digital Citizenship

Objectives:Students will be able to compile information on given subjectStudents will be able to organize information on a given subject using tagsStudents will be able to present information Process: If you are presenting this lesson in a Web 2.0 class you will have many directions in which you can take this lesson. If you are integrating these tools and this lesson into a content area classroom, you will want to focus your lesson around what you want your students to find. 1. Have students respond to this prompt: Social Networks are closing us off from the rest of the world and creating a society of selfish, ego driven individuals. They are wasting time in workplace and are a constant disruption to a student's learning.  2. Explain that students would normally respond to this type of response in a written essay, however, that will not be the case today. Have students seek out information to either defend or challenge this prompt. Instruct students that they have the entire class period today to work in groups or individually and find clippings that support or challenge this prompt.

Sharing audio files in Education

White Paper on Using Social Media in Classrooms

Steve Anderson of web20 classroom created this binder. @web20classroom http://blog.web20classroom.org