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"Making learning interactive has always been difficult for educators. Students rarely want to collaborate and get involved in discussions, because most of them are afraid of making mistakes and saying something wrong. Luckily for all of us, the emergence of technology used in classrooms has made educators able of making the learning process interactive. Blending the traditional textbooks with innovative web tools that inspire collaboration will be the wisest thing you've ever done for your students. The goal of project-based learning is to enable your students to put the things they have learned into practice and develop valuable skills through the project development. They will learn how to make priorities, manage sources, and summarize new concepts. The final goal is to enable them to understand a certain concept more easily."

This is a tool for makeing a poster with a quote, embedded in an image/template to post online, to tweetl to download as a picture - cool tool!

A digital story combines text and images with narration in the student's own voice to form a short digital movie. Digital Storyteller is a web-based tool that offers teachers and students frictionless access to digital images and materials that enable them to construct compelling personal narratives. Digital Storyteller was developed as an initiative of Primary Access.

Great infographic on the workflow of PBL using Google Apps

"In recognition of World Teachers' Day, Google used its blog site to honor teachers worldwide, and to announce that as of October 1st, more than 200 million students, faculty and staff use Google Apps for Education. If you're not an educator or student, you may not know about Google Apps for Education, a free web-based email, calendar and documents service."

Great tips for using social media in the WL class!

Un bon article à développer pour le cours AP - la beauté et l'esthétique

Constant assessment and feedback is absolutely crucial to guaranteeing that students are growing and moving forward with their learning - now Edcanvas allows you to mix assessment with your content to keep a pulse on how your students are progressing! You can create a quiz on any empty canvas tile by clicking "Add Quiz." Quizzes take seconds to make, and are also instantly and automatically graded, providing you with a detailed and easy-to-use report. This means more free time for you to give students individualized attention and support.

Many educators refer to the connections made via Twitter as their PLN or Professional Learning Network. I have recently decided my PLN is now my PPLN - Powerful Personal Learning Network. When you connect with the right people your learning network can become the most powerful part of your learning 24/7/365.

It's summertime! This is when educators, free from the daily schedule of a classroom, can focus on professional development. More specifically, summer is a great time to network and to build your personal learning network (PLN). If you're unfamiliar with a PLN, it's a network of individuals you foster specifically to learn from and cultivate your professional skills. They are especially important in the world of education where classrooms can easily isolate you from your colleagues and peers. Starting a PLN and cultivating it is surprisingly easy and doesn't take a lot of time.

Intro video on how to use Twitter

Great article for resources on PBL, links to other articles, project ideas, integration of edtech ideas...

We do not need to teach creativity, but rather inspire its daily practice. Somewhere along the way, we simply forgot to honor this innate gift and how to access its power. Our role as educators is to encourage learning experiences that increase the ability to recognize and listen to our inner voice.