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Nanoogo is an online e-portfolio. On this site students can create and share their ideas . This is a digital canvas that the students can share with classmates and parents. Parents can comment on students work. The site is currently free. It is recommended to sign on soon because they are considering charging a fee.

This is a premier membership association for educators. This site has ideas for integrating technology into our schools.

Check out how Education Technology is spreading to Pinterest-- click on the recommendations within the article to find new ideas and tools to use in the classroom! You may just find someone inspiring to follow as well.

Boards are created by teachers, admins, and other education enthusiasts. There are new blogs, tools, and ideas shared daily.

Turn any book or document into a digital classroom. Subtext is a free iPad app that allows classroom groups to exchange ideas in the pages of digital texts. You can also layer in enrichment materials, assignments and quizzes-opening up almost limitless opportunities to engage students and foster analysis and writing skills.

Digital storytlling resource, videos, examples, and ideas....

Great math resource page with student samples and journal ideas!

ALIMA students: Teaching learning as a skill- not a consequence

Some really great ideas for integrating Social Media into your classroom

If you are not sure where to start in Social Media here is a great place to get some ideas

DonorsChoose.org lets you share your classroom needs with a thriving community eager to help. Supporters have brought teachers' ideas to life in more than half of all U.S. public schools.

This article is by Dr. Hoffman, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the ALIMA program at UCF. It provides guidelines for creating digital learning materials for those with accessibility issues, such as learning disabilities, or vision and motor impairments. The fact that I had no idea that's what the article was about (I was thinking about general accessibility for everyone) is an indication that this is a topic that deserves more attention, awareness, and application in practice. The article will be freely available as a PDF from this webpage when on campus or logged into the UCF proxy server.

Bring your own device (BYOD) and bring your own technology (BYOT) policies are growing in education and the workplace. Teachers are taking advantage of mobile devices for "m-learning," putting those mini computers in kids' backpacks and pockets to use.

Connect your classroom to the world - A free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom. Meet new people, talk to experts, share ideas and create amazing learning experiences with teachers from around the world.

This article gives you an idea about what the "most innovative" schools in the world--and in the U.S.--are doing differently.

Ideas for using Powtoon in the classroom.

Excellent resource for journal articles and research ideas

Edublog Awards Winners 2011. Lists winner and several runners up for various student, teacher, class, library, ed tech, and administrator blogs. Also recognizes other categories such as best mobile app, free web tool, most influential blog post, educational wiki, open PD/webinar series, and use of a social network. I would recommend using this page for resources and ideas for creating your own educational blog.

Ever stand before your class and realize you have no idea how to pronounce the foreign word in the book? Words are pronounced by native speakers

EME5050 A good resource for students to get ideas on how to present projects