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"Inquiry is a dynamic process of being open to wonder and puzzlement and coming to know and understand the world. As such, it is a stance that pervades all aspects of life and is essential to the way in which knowledge is created. Inquiry is based on the belief that understanding is constructed in the process of people working and conversing together as they pose and solve the problems, make discoveries and rigorously testing the discoveries that arise in the course of shared activity."

"Frequently this conversation focuses on the most effective hardware for teaching and learning. While this is an important decision to make, it should not be the focus. In fact, the best devices a school can employ are great teachers."

"An infopic is a photo with text layered on top that is designed to communicate a message. The message might be a summary, quote, definition, notes, data, weblink, hashtag, or other informational tidbits. The information might come from a conference, workshop, activity, lesson, video, book, a conversation, etc. Your blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Plus are great places to share infopics. The process of creating an infopic forces you to listen or read information and decide what is most important to remember and share. Learners of any age can make an infopic!"

Synths are searchable and scannable on Explore, shareable externally with transcriptions and each one is a gateway to more. Use threads, hashtags and comments to have open, real-time conversations or in an experience you synthesize using Podcasts. The website includes essential tools for synthesizing an experience, including participation management, privacy and publishing controls. Invite one or many participants. Discuss a topic on a one-time or ongoing basis. Keep it private for participants only or make it all discoverable.

"Kialo is designed to facilitate constructive debate about the most important issues in the world, without turning into the usual Internet Shouting Factory. We aspire to become not just where you come to argue, but also where you can explore the reasons why people disagree and see diverse points of view on the issues that matter. On Kialo, you can view and critically assess others' discussions, add your voice, and watch the conversation expand as more and more people chime in."

A brief description of what a flipped classroom is NOT and what one should look like.

A free online file converter for audio & video files.

dotEPUB is software in the cloud that allows you to convert any webpage into an e-book.

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