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A look at Tricider - a  tool that allows users to collect ideas, spark discussion and vote on any topic they want

"Google Classroom is finally available to all Google Apps for Education teachers and students. The venture into the world of learning management systems seems to be a pretty solid one. First impressions: It looks and feels like a Google product and so is familiar to most. It's clean and simple (which should make it easy to use) It provides a home base for everything you do in Drive" The author then briefly explains 12 ways she would use some of the features in a classroom situation. They offer ideas worth considering.

A post that offers and annotated list "These applications give teachers a good variety of collaborative and interactive teaching and learning opportunities to use in their classes. They are also free.

"In this episode, Jeff sits down with Kasia Chmielinski to learn how Scratch is being used in over 150 countries in more than 40 languages.  Join Jeff, Rob Pennington, Kevin Donatello, and Sam Patterson as we dive into the Hour of Code and Beyond on TeacherCast Podcast 124."

"Play this if you are interested in improving your visual note-taking skills.  You can tune in to learn how to bring ideas to life with sketchnotes. "

InstaGrok is an innovative search and notetaking portal that can be adjusted according to ability. It finds age-appropriate educational content on any topic presented with interactive multimedia interfaces. It also generates quiz questions based on student's research activity and skill level and supports creation of research journals and concept maps for learning assessment

A search engine designed specifically to guide learners to find and make sense of high quality, relevant information appropriate to their needs.

Some useful ideas that can be adapted by most teachers.

The graphic outlines the different steps teachers and educators can follow to apply SAMR model to iPad apps used in the classroom. " This graphic is not an exhaustive list but gives you an idea of how you can integrate the SAMR Model into your teaching and learning. "

"Canva is another web tool you can use with your students to create mini-posters for your class. Canva is easy to use and has user friendly interface. The process of creating a visual through Canva is as simple as drag and drop. Canva provides you with a wide variety of images and clip arts that you can modify to suit your purposes. You can even upload your own images to use as background in your graphics."

"Quick Makes is about giving the chance to tinker with a range of applications and programs, each with their own constraints, to discover that creating, making and engaging with technology is not only easy but can be fun, especially when we are focused. From mashing up a website with Mozilla Thimble to creating your own visual with Google Draw, spend a few minutes exploring the potential for technology to make giving a voice to learning more doable."

Some useful ideas for using screencasting to help studetns learn. "Screencasts can be a great tool for teachers to create presentations for their students to view away from the classroom. But it is even more powerful when it is used as a student creation tool. Screencasts can require higher order thinking skills when the students not only create a presentation, but then have to explain their thinking. "

The Gamification Guide for Teachers. This site offers gamification guides for teachers to use. It includes a variety of instructional strategies that can be implemented through games in order to develop students learning and build their skills with some specific content in mind.