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Sharing docs on Google Drive creates an excellent environment for good composition practices, especially in a flipped classroom. Students begin writing by structuring in class on computers, using templates and discussion of the assignment with the teacher. Plagiarism is non-existent as all interactions with the text are transparent.

This Etherpad clone allows you to set up a live public text chat on the fly. Enter your name and then invite users to share your pad. Use it as a backchannel during a flipped classroom, or with your lecture or conference presentation on land to receive questions from the audience.

Another site where teachers have posted videos of teaching. Very useful for flipped classrooms, though the focus is on maths and sciences.

EDPuzzle let's you insert questions, add notes, and make the flipped classroom more interactive at home. You need to use one of the video sites that EDpuzzle offers. This YouTube video shows how to crop a video, add notes, and so on.

Be sure to view the 2.21 min. video of Mazur at work in his "lecture" class. If students "end up understanding nearly three times as much..." in a flipped classroom, how can this approach best be used in a language class?

A video demonstrating some of the things Google Classroom might do for your classes, and how to use it.

The backwards is really what should be forwards, that is, it starts with what tasks the students need to accomplish. Blow-up the chart to see the tools that can accomplish these tasks. The second page also has a list of goals and links to tools. This should come in handy as you think about how to successfully integrate technology into your class, or flip you class.

This site for educators shows how to used video, for example, in flipped classes. Video can be combined with voice-overs, screencasts, and dialogues to leverage learning.

A compilation of math post with links to great sites for teach math. Several of these are detailed videos describing key standards in the common core by grade level. Some are how to teach items, others virtual manipulatives, lessons plans, ways to brush up on a subject or use flipped learning.

This is a reasonable article on getting prepared for a MOOC or flipped class -- or any class, for that matter. Steps include setting goals, knowing your LMS and the authoring system involved (especially important with an interface like Coursera). The eLearning Industry (Insturctional Design & eLearning Professionals' Group) is also linked on this page.

"Use Moovly to take your lessons, tutorials or presentations to the next level and increase student creativity and involvement. Combine visuals, sounds, voice and video in clear explanations or engaging stories. Have your students prove their multimedia skills and apply these to any educational topic." I think this includes making those clever drawings that are speeded up in animation. The tool would be good for student-student instructional videos or for your own flipped classes.

"Teaching in the 21st Century demands instructors adapt their methods and learn new skills. In an effort to support best practices, we've compiled resources for current and future online educators to help generate quality online education." A list of references on various aspects of online teaching, including authentication of student work, flipping classes, developing engaging courses, best practices, etc.

This description of how a computer science instructor flipped his class is really a classic. You can do this with any subject, and not too long ago we did something very similar with Shaking the Way We Teach English for 20,000+ EFL teachers in an online class that ran fro over 2 years in 6-week intervals. This approach really works.

"Online platforms like Khan Academy are already starting to flip classrooms across the country so that students can learn at their own pace. But some think it might not be too long before technology pushes schools to personalize education in even more structural ways, so that students are no longer grouped by age, but by competency." The concept makes so much sense: why force students to go through seat-time if they can demonstrate they know stuff way beyond their assigned grade level? And why do all subjects have to be the same grade level at the same time?

Guides to several popular online tools and strategies that you are apt to use in class, including Twitter, Flipped Classrooms, Google Glass, et al. The Guides include a how-to video tutorial and tips on pedagogy. Each one is useful in itself.

"What does this emerging landscape of educational delivery models look like? I have categorized the models not just in terms of modality-ranging from face-to-face to fully online-but also in terms of the method of course design (see Figure 1). These two dimensions allow a richer understanding of the new landscape of educational delivery models. Within this landscape, the following primary models have emerged: ad hoc online courses and programs, fully online programs, School-as-a-Service, educational partnerships, competency-based education, blended/hybrid courses and the flipped classroom, and MOOCs (see Figure 2)." This article has excellent graphis and visuals to help explain his categories.

Points out the advantages of using a tablet device for content-creation. It's fast, mobile, and economical: "We've had computers in schools for years, but in reality many (most?) classroom teachers don't and never did have their students making podcasts, movies, eBooks and websites. Doing so seems too time consuming and for many non-technical teachers the learning curve appears disproportionate to the benefits realised. "But producing comparable creative content on an iPad is relatively quick, simple, yields impressive results with minimal fuss, and the learning curve is … well, there almost isn't one! There is no need to connect an external microphone (the built-in one is better than that in any laptop), no need to adjust recording levels, no need to use a pop-filter. No need to import media from a recording device to the editing device (becasue they are one and the same), and it's unnecessary to allow 10 minutes at the end of a class, to save, unplug devices, shut down and stow the laptops. Instead, when the bell sounds, students simply flip their iPad cases closed and walk to the next class!"

"In the playlist you will find videos about tools for flipping your classroom, videos on managing workflow, social media tips, search strategies, and media production. The playlist also contains videos about tools like Remind, Duolingo, ClassDojo, Classtools, Photos for Class, and many other popular web services for teachers and students. " The entire playlist is embedded in this site. A nice way to prep yourself for the school year. From R. Byrne

"8 ways to use Learnist, a Pinterest-like education sit By Lindsey Smith Learnist bears a striking similarity to Pinterest by way of Wikipedia, and the busy knowledge-sharing site is bursting at the seams with content. "Want to know how to write objectively, use Photoshop, or experiment with the "flipped classroom"? Now you can with Learnist boards. Experts create pages or "boards," which serve as informative or instructional layouts where external sources are used to support any given topic. "Education Dive compiled a list of 8 ways that education-focused Learnist boards present trends, tips, and resources to help you learn and eventually share what you know:" This is an informative list that shows how to use a technology in ways that can expand the mind to other applications/format. Good links!

This blog explores some of the reasons our brain is hungry for visual information, and why wee need more visuals in the classroom, whether it's land-based or flipped.