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Recently I've had some inquiries about the best tool to use for a group to collaborate and share articles, videos, images, documents, etc. My initial thought was a wiki, but now that I've fully investigated the features of Diigo (dee'go), that is the tool I would recommend. Diigo, an online curation tool, is another one of my top 10 tools that I use every day.

This blog post is dedicated to all of the overworked teachers who just don't have the time to seek out this information. I have provided brief explanations, links to and pictures of the tools mentioned by Simple K12 (and a couple of my favorites). I hope this makes it more manageable for teachers to pick and choose which tools they want to use.

Time is short and math instruction needs to be focused. This easy tool helps educators locate resources that can help with instruction and identify those skills that are most relevant to the topic of the daily instruction. This tool has been aligned with state mathematics curriculum standards to make it directly applicable to use in the classroom.

Engaging students is not an easy task for teachers and educators, but Web 2.0 provides a lot of resources that they can use to improve learning and teaching in and out the classrooms.

I think the best paedagogic use of digital tools in school is the same way they're being used in society: As an interactive information and communication medium. For the first time in paedagogic history we have such simple ways of organizing the most important aspects of learning, namely internalization, externalization, individualization and collaboration. Good practice for me is to use blogging for the collaborative collection of material, to discuss problems and to show results. They pretty works in all subjects, I've even seen a successful implementation in sports.

The content of MyFootprintSD is designed to make students cognizant of their digital footprint. In that way, it helps students be aware of what is safe and what is risky when using the web or other digital communication tools.