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Inlcudes 7 actual tools available online 1. Prezi 2. Animoto 3. Zoho 4. Empressr 5. ImageLoop 6.Google Docs 7.Slideshare

Here are 8 alternatives to giving a presentation with PowerPoint. As well as standard presentations, some of these tools create slideshows from sets of images. They are all free, or at least have a free option.

TES is a huge network of teachers from all over the world with a ton of shared teaching resources, forums, and they even post job listings.

This links to a review by Andrew Cox of four seminal works on Communities of Practice. Three of the works are authored/co-authored by Etienne Wenger. Although it is geared toward management/business, the underlying theory of the necessity of belonging to a larger network is the same, as individuals seek communities that meet their needs and interests.

science resources for grade levels 6 and up

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22 tutorial videos teaching vocabulary and grammar

This article discusses that learning should not be a passive learning dependent on artifacts but should be active learning utilizing evolving data and learning networks. This will provide for an environment to overcome socioeconomic differences.

Hi Daniel! I appreciate that this resource addresses how eLearning and networking can break down the barrier of socioeconomic differences that can really hinder some students' achievement. Thanks for sharing!

I'm in love with world of graphic design. How many people can say that they teach their craft, I can. That said, I needed to find a CoP that does just that. Although this is from the University of Brighton it provides support with young aspiring graphic designers. 

That is great! I would love to teach more of what I love to do. This is a great article that explores CoP within a specific group of learners interested in the same topic (graphic designing).

this site provides users with fun interactive examples of idioms and other ELA concepts.

This blog tells the importance of teaching coding to all children. In my Prezi, I listed Scratch as excellent problem solving software for kids, codeacademy.com is another great resource.

Provides excellent examples from teachers, worldwide, on how they use social media tools in their classroom to enhance learning.

Lists over 100 ways that different social technologies (and tools) are being used by learning professionals worldwide - compiled from various educators.

Professional re-enactors will replay the various aspects and roles from Viking culture. During the event, those at the show will be allowed to ask the Viking actors questions via twitter. This live question and answer time makes the storytelling that much more engaging for attendees.

This site dicates how facebook, twitter, and youtube were all used as social media for a school platform. While it does not make any strong conclusions it does indicate that it was positive, and how they made it so.

This site explains how facebook was setup at one learning center and some of the perceived accomplishments. It indicates increased communication and promotion of services and events with community.

Jeff Jarvis, a professor at City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, gathered a conference that discussed the use of alternative media for reporting news. Blogs with comment sections seemed to be the main technology of course for the conference participants.

This site explains the many ways you can change your browser, computer, keyboard and mouse settings to make the web more accessible to anyone.

One of our readings discussed a 2008 graduate online course in educational technology (EC&I 831) that was one of the first to translate connectivist principles into practice. Shortly thereafter, the leaders of connectivism, Siemens and Downes, moderated a similar class (CCK08) as a MOOC with thousands of participants. This article documents both the successes and struggles associated with the CCK08 MOOC.