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"Recently ThingLink introduced ThingLink for Video, an exciting new editor for annotating video content with rich media. The new editor allows users to add notes and links to existing video content, and turn video into an interactive digital discovery platform."

"Have you read The Paperless Classroom with Google Docs by Eric Curts? If not, you should. It is a great way for Google schools to harness the power of Google for sharing documents, and establishing a workflow for students to turn in work for teachers to grade and return in a paperless environment. I love it. In fact, I liked it so much that I decided to pay homage to it with a version that is dedicated to doing the very same thing on the iPad using just the Google Drive app."

"Some simple tips and tricks on how the new features in Windows 10 save time for teachers and make learning more fun for students. There are links to more extensive training on using Windows 10 in the classroom in the Quick Tip videos"

Information Communication Technologies in Science Education The aim of this wiki is to provide a useful set of ICTs and other tech tools for Science Teachers to utilise in their classrooms. Each type of technology will be briefly explained and a classroom example will also be attached, together with a comprehensive list of links.

web2.0 and ideas of how you can use them in the classroom

"Revision is a critical piece of the writing process-and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader's Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way. On this page, you will find several reproducible PDF articles from Writing magazine filled with student-friendly tips and techniques for revision. You'll also find a teacher's guide that provides you with ideas for how to use these materials with Google Docs to create innovative lesson plans about revision for your classroom."

Back channel and chat tools suitable for classroom use.

Twenty-Five Interesting Ways* to Use Audio in your Classroom

"11 Reasons Advanced Technology Classrooms Fail"

Research in support of 1:1 devices (Like we needed any convincing! ;) "A Computer Per Student Leads to Higher Performance Than Traditional Classroom Settings"

"Using games in the classroom - This is a presentation to pre-service teachers about the affordability and importance of game-play. Low-end."

Group phone calls that are recorded. Use mobile or voip. Free. Classrooms could use this to create multi-classroom presentations. Player can be embedded on a page. See also podomatic.

"Use this guide to learn about ideas for classroom resources and lesson plans, to chat with other teachers, and to see external resources related to using Picnik in the classroom. Navigate through the information using the tabs below. Be sure to click the images in the tabs to see the full content."

"Last month, 16 teachers from across the country got together at Google's Seattle office for the YouTube Teachers Studio - a sort of bootcamp to learn how to best use YouTube in the classroom. Jon Corippo, a Google Certified Teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, was among the group, and came back with ideas about what YouTube was great for."

What happens when you take a classroom of students, add 24 iPads as well as sound recording gear and then throw in a live band? A pretty catchy song that gives you hope for the future of music in the digital age.

Most students have the idea that Google will answer their search queries without realising how it works as a search engine i.e. popularity of the site. Digital literacy and the ability to find relevant and reliable resources therefore requires the development of search skills in the classroom. These Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.

An online learning management classroom teaching with social networking. Includes live webcam and conferencing for realtime teaching. Tutors can charge or not.

An online learning management classroom teaching with social networking. Includes live webcam and conferencing for realtime teaching. Tutors can charge or not.

Pretty good list with more added in comments. Always finding a new tool. See other Edudemic blog articles too.

@chickensaltash posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms.

Straight forward description explaining how to utilise hashtags to maintain professional distance on Twitter

So how can you use twitter in the classroom?