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Purdue University's online guide-book to successfully using the APA style in writing professional papers.

"The ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age. When students create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their story, learning becomes personal. With digital storytelling, students can: Improve their writing. Show creativity. Have a voice. Digital storytelling projects lend themselves well to portfolio assessment"

Resource for teachers about digital storytelling.

Interesting Ways includes ideas for using Google Tools, including forms, docs, earth, searching, and maps. It also includes information on ipads in the classroom, IWB, Ipod touch, class blog posts, mobile phones, audio, video camera, QR codes, reading, creative commons, writing, internet safety gaming, wordle, twitter, voicethread, prezi, moodle search engines, wallwisher and wikis.

" Groupboard Groupboard is a free online shared whiteboard and chat app that can be easily embedded into your website. It works on any web browser including iPhone, iPad and Android with no downloads or plugins required. Groupboard has been used by universities, online tutors, architects, designers and artists since 1998 for distance learning, collaborative design and online doodling! 2- Concept Board 3- Scribblar Scribblar is another great whiteboard tool that is perfect for online tutoring. It is actually used by teachers, students, and schools in over 25 countries. 4- Twiddla Twiddla is a real-time online collaboration tool. Its beauty is in its simplicity and accessibility: no plug-ins or downloads, no need to work around complex firewalls, no advanced scheduling. 5-Vyew Vyew allows you to meet and share content in real-time or anytime. Upload images, files, documents and videos into a room. Users can access and contribute at anytime. 6- Skrbl Simple and easy online multi user whiteboard, start skrbl, give out your URL & start working together. Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space. There are no new tools to learn, nothing to download, nothing to install. 7- Web Whiteboard Web Whiteboard is a simple online tool for writing and drawing together with other people. It is optimized for instant access and ease of use. You might also like: Personal Learning Networks: A Short Guide for Teachers ... RealtimeBoard A Great Tool for Visual Collaboration A Great App to Track and Find Your Misplaced or Lost iPad Ed Tech Terminology and Concepts Teachers Should Know About Linkwithin Newer Post Older Post Home Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest RSS Email Educators Technology Follow On "

4 awesome facebook templates for your class. This article includes 

You can choose a script and create a storyboard using this tool.

Use this tool to create your own storyboard.

Explains new words and phrases with new entries added regularly, plus archives of previous entries.

Interesting. I didn't realize there were so many new words.

Lexipedia is an online visual semantic network with dictionary and thesaurus reference functionality

Confusing Words Website. It has a collection of 3210 words that are often confusing to readers and writers. This is what would be called an orphaned site, but the creator, while not updating it, has left it up because many people still find it usefull.

this site, maintained by RobinL. Simmons, provides grammar explanations and numerous interactive exercises handouts for teachers and students in grades 6-12.

Teachnology has a variety of graphic organizers worksheets that can be printed out.

This is a tool designed for history classrooms but able to be adapted to any discipline.

Free site that looks like it would be fun for kids.

"The LF10 is a loose association of middle school students in undisclosed locations in cyberspace dedicated to promoting awareness of important academic terms and concepts through absurd stop-motion films"

I checkd out some of the videos the kids made. This looks really engaging. What a great way for kids to demonstrate their understanding.

I checked out some of the projects. What a great way for students to demonstrate understanding of a concept.

Scholastic is a partner of thinkfinity.

Zoho provides an easy online word processor to create, connect, and collaborate.

From A-Z classroom strategies for Teachers

Lots of resources for teachers.

Check out these 10 tools to create digital books.

Tech and Learning article about top 10 tools to create digital books. this is a blog that you should add to your RSS reader.

Online free graphical dictionary and thesaurus.

"Storybirds are short, art-inspired stories you make to share, read, and print. Read them like books, play them like games, and send them like greeting cards. They're curiously fun."