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easily create and distribute a professional-looking multimedia newsletter

EdSurge shares information and articles related to new developments and innovation within educational technology. You can sign-up to receive their weekly newsletter! It is fun learning about new products being used in education and how schools are utilizing them.

This is our school's Facebook page. It is a good example of using Facebook to communicate with students, parents, and community members. It posts weekly newsletters, event photos, announcements, and allows for comments. 600+ people 'like' this page, which is twice the number of students who attend school.

When I started my career as a school administrator, the closest thing we had to public relations and communications was the biweekly school newsletter that we cranked out in MS Word. Photocopied newsletters stuffed into backpacks on a Friday afternoon seemed to do the job of communicating with parents.

This site allows teachers and students to create flyers and newsletters. It can be used for projects. For example, students could create a "digital poster" using Smore.

Looking for fast and easy mailing lists? Get stylish, effective results in 5 minutes or less. Love this. So easy to design a classroom newsletter to send home.

This resource ties social media and communities of practice together, discussing how social media can create a "more dynamic" type of community. We need to focus on the context of the community to find the best tools for the community to use to develop knowledge and skills together. Social media can create a better flow of discussion and engages more of the members with the ease of access and ability to share resources quickly and easily.

This article explains the positive impact and value that social media adds to communities of practice. And it explained the many factors to consider when using social media as part of a community of practice.

I use Evernote frequently for personal and school notes and organization. This is a great site showing how educators are using this tool in classrooms.

Great videos if your into CCSS.

I enjoyed this teacher's approach to using video in the classroom.

compilation of some of the top math websites by sylvan learning center.

This article cites the US Department of Education and explains what is true and what is myth when it comes to Internet filtering at schools.

ways to incorporate technology in ELA along with some musings

I get the email newsletter from this website and appreciate their efforts to promote competency/mastery learning.