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"Curation - is it the new search tool (Valenza 2011), the new search (Good 2012), the future of Web 2.0 (Boyd 2010), or the new black (O'Connell 2012)? What is curation anyway, and how can it be used as a tool for student and teacher learning? This essay will investigate what curation is and the different contexts it is used in. Why is it important; who are the curators, what motivates them and what makes a great curator? What processes and tools are used for curation and what digital literacies are required for successful curation? It will conclude with an investigation into ways teachers can use curation both with and for their students and as a tool for their own professional learning and a brief look at some curation tools."

"Any blogger will know that social networking is a great (if not the greatest) way to direct traffic to your site. Many new bloggers struggle to find their audience, but with some careful link sharing on the various social sites, you can have traffic flooding to your site each time you add a new post. Here at Edublogs we use a variety of social networks to keep in touch with the students and teachers who blog with us. You can catch us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest… and now, you can share your latest blog posts on our brand new "subreddit", /r/Edublogs."

I am just a teacher, but not a tech person. However, at this point of my life I have realized that I need to improve my tech skills if I want to continue teaching the new generations. Also, if I want to spread my ideas. Thank you for share this post. It was very interesting because it help me to develop other ideas for my professional projects.

"Across the arc of a well-designed project, teachers build in frequent opportunities to assess for learning. Formative assessment opens a window on student thinking and, when applied frequently, sets the stage for timely feedback, just-in-time instruction, more productive classroom conversations and revisions that lead to higher quality results by the end. How can you incorporate more formative strategies into projects?"

And interesting blog post from User Education about the merits of Andragogy and Heutagogy in Mobile Learning

"It's one of the most talked-about trends in education right now. Right behind the iPad and Common Core. Flipping your classroom is a trend that doesn't seem to be going away any time soon. That's great, because it offers a lot of advantages for your classroom regardless of your students' age or what subject matter you're presenting in your classroom. If you're new to the concept, flipping your classroom can feel a little bit overwhelming: How much should I switch around? What is best for the classroom vs at home? Why am I doing this again anyway?"