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"Social Learning Tools for the School Classroom (ages 5-18) This is a new page of the Directory showing SOCIAL tools particularly targeted at (or very useful) for the primary, junior, middle and secondary school classrooms. "

I hope this post will be a handy reference guide, especially for those teachers new to social media technologies and how to integrate them into the classroom. This resource is by no means exhaustive, but it's a good starting point for finding the information and people that will help you make the transition into a '21st century learning environment'. I intend for this to be a wikipost (I will update resources as they are shared with me by others), so feel free to bookmark the page and check in periodically for new material.

"7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers"

Good links for google info, spreadsheet info, google earth info "20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have In 2005 I wrote a similar article and have had requests to write an update. Technology has changed a great deal in the last 5-6 years. Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom.(\ 1. Google Tools Knowledge 2. Google Earth Knowledge 3. Wiki Knowledge 4. Blogging Knowledge 5. Spreadsheets Skills 6. Database Skills 7. Social Bookmarking Knowledge 8. Social Networking Knowledge 9. Web Resources in content area 10. Web Searching skills 11. Web2.0 Tools 12. Interactive White Board skills (SmartBoard and Promethium) 13. Website design and management skills 14. Presentation Tools 15. IM knowledge 16. Video and Podcasting 17. RSS feeds 18. Mobile and Handheld Computing 19. Virtual Worlds 20. Collaboration & Communication Tools "

"Web 2.0 productivity tools A roundup of apps & resources to make your day go easier Target audience: educators, students, nonprofits, social benefit organizations, NGOs, journalists, general public Following are Web 2.0 tools we've come across that have increased our productivity. Part of the early adopters creed is to share discoveries with others. Hat tip to Office 2.0 for initially compiling this roundup (which is not meant to be a comprehensive directory)."

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