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A site which gives a lot of great information on multimedia and hypermedia uses in the classroom, as well as many informational resources.

There is a clear disconnect between the media students are accustomed to using outside the classroom and the media they predominantly use within the classroom. Students spend copious amounts of their free time socializing, shopping, and even studying on the Internet, where they are flooded with text, images, video, animation, and sound in what is a complex multimedia environment.

There are four main aspects to a successful PLN: 1. Tools - depend on learners ability level but commonly include social media 2. Connection - groups of people with similar interests and goals. There is no boundary for location of group. 3. Delivery - can be through any method the learner prefers 4. Opportunity - with the development of technology, this can happen anywhere the learner has access.

This wiki site was one of the most simplest definitions displaying the elements of a PLN: tools, connections, delivery, and opportunity. Tools allow the learner to use what is most familiar, connections provide the ability to build relationships with others, delivery includes how information is disseminated, and opportunity is when the learner has the time to practice.

This is a great site for someone new to PLNs. It provides a description of what makes up a PLN along with visuals. I also like the "growth" section of the wiki. In the first paragraph it discusses district PLCs. Many districts like to have vertical meetings, where all of the math teachers from elementary through the high school meet to see how their coursework aligns. These meetings are inconsistent because it is difficult to get all of the teachers out of class at the same time. Digital PLCs for vertical meetings would be a great way to allow for more constant collaboration.

Xtranormal combines text-to-speech with animation, allowing you to create movies by simply choosing a scene, selecting actors, and typing in a script.

xtra normal is a site that helps you o create and publish animated movies. There is a filtered education site so kids don't access questionable content.

This is also a great alternative to the mundane presentation. A glog can consist of text/images/multimedia, which is included in a "virtual poster" in order to make the entire glog interactive. This can also be easily embedded into websites and blogs. Teachers have access to extra features that are enhanced for educational purposes.

Great interactive poster creation tool!

A web-based word processesor that allows people to work together in real time, which is great for collaborative projects. Has a cool timeslider feature so you can watch your document as it changed over time which is great for teaching revision.

Great links for science and technology sources. I don't have a science text and I use this site all the time for my students.

If you wanted to use a specific book in your classroom, but didn't have enough copies, this site could really help. It contains many complete children's books--both text and illustrations for younger children, older children, and young adults. In addition, there are activities in which students could engage.

This site has the most information of any of the sites I found. In addition to text and photographs, there are also videos, lesson plans, and information about the scientists who study the biomes.

Found this when searching assistive technology and thought it may be useful for some this week.

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.

Save your ideas, things you like, things you hear, and things you see. Evernote works with nearly every computer, phone and mobile device out there. Search by keyword, tag or even printed and handwritten text inside images. Get Evernote. It's free.

I recently just started integrating Evernote with writing my lesson plans and lecture notes. In my classes I have a mixed bag of students. Some of my students have varying degrees of IEPs. For along time students who needed audiobook publisher support, to have the chapter notes read to them were bound by 1. The book we were using in class and if it had that type of support and 2. What the publisher thought was important to include in the audio, which often does not provide alternate examples for the concepts the student are trying to learn. With the record Evernote feature I have a simple and easy way to integrate audio and send my recorded lecture notes, examples and recorded exam questions to the students that need this type of alternative learning experience . I'm aware there are other resources where this was possible. Evernote just happens to be in my opinion the best one stop app to write a lecture ,integrate pictures,graphics and audio to effectively reach my entire class. So if you were on the fence about Evernote or have never heard about it before be sure to check it out from the link I provided

A great collection of free ebooks, including many primary documents and other texts with historical significance

I stumbled across the video that a former student created that shows the differences of CoPs, Connectivism, and PLEs. What is cool is that the author uses only pictures, music, and written text to define them - no dialogue.

I watched this because it was made by a former student. It was nice because it was different - the no words was a nice touch. I wasn't really a fan of all the images and I think they only made sense because I am watching this last. If I watched this first, I am not sure I would be much wiser. Not a criticism of the video per se, just didn't do a lot to further my rather limited knowledge. Sorry Matt! ;-)

I watched the video and now need to go improve my presentation. The student did a great job of finding images that exemplified the topic. Even knowing this was for module 2, I kept waiting for words, not because I didn't get the message but I think people (teachers and students alike) are just so used to having words to rely on.

All kinds of creative uses of this tool come to mind. One can use it to have students visualize a character in a story and create a composite based upon the text and their own mental picture. Art Technology, Theatre, Language Arts, History could take strong advantage of this tool.

present pdf files as flipping book pages on website--- Oops! Just noticed some body else recently posted this same site...

Flipsnack is a free and easy site to make attractive flipbooks by uploading images or video and adding text. It can be personalized and would be great for an online art portfolio for students.

Book creator from PDF file, book pages flip similar to real book. Free and embeddable.

technology is "offering new opportunities for engagement with texts, expanding the classroom beyond its walls and time slot, and encouraging students to pursue their reading and writing independently"

Voxer is a messaging app for your smartphone with live voice (like a PTT walkie talkie), text, photo and location sharing. Download Voxer for iOS, Android, Windows phone or use Voxer for web.

Another great alternative to powerpoint and slideshow presentations that can be a bit uninteresting. This is a free online tool that can be used to create exciting presentations. Instead of being based on slides, the presenter is able to create a concept-map of ideas/images/text/pdf docs/etc in order to visually engage his/her audience.

Presentations with zooming animations.

Engaging presentation tool that allows a close up view as well as animated transitions.