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"What does student engagement look like? I have received this question from teachers in a number of different forms. Often the words "apathetic" or "unmotivated" are used in place of "disengaged." But the point is the same. Many of us have had students in the classroom whose stubborn lack of interest or motivation threatens to undermine the positive learning environment we've tried to create. How do we turn this around?"

"The fully automatic bibliography and citation maker. Save time by creating a cited page instantly in the MLA, APA,or Chicago referencing styles! It's easy, fast and it's free!"

"How it Works 1. Create an Assignment; 2. Create an Assignment; 3. Assign to Students; 4. Receive Live Results; 5. Give Feedback Formative runs on any internet connected device and is optimized for any 1:1, BYOD, flipped or blended classroom."

Bunkr is an online presentation tool which not only enables you to create your presentations (a la powerpoint) in your web browser but also to collect and store content (image, video, quote, text) from the internet which you can use later in your slides.

"Your referencing style supported. With over 7,000 reference styles, including Harvard, APA and MLA, you can be sure your bibliography is created in the correct format."

"Many school administrators, teachers and parents want the education provided to children to be high quality, rigorous and connected to the world outside the classroom.Teachers are trying to provide these elements in various ways, but a group of schools calling itself the "Deeper Learning Network" has codified some of what its members believe are essential qualities of deep learning (check out how students lead parent teacher conferences in this model)."

"Kahoot! empowers educators and captivates learners. Through the creation of a trusted learning space, educational content is delivered by asking meaningful questions in real-time, creating a social, fun and game-like environment. Kahoot! flips the classroom with a pedagogy based on encouraging a loop from 'learner to leader' within the learning space, which maximizes the precious learning time spent in the classroom and empowers learners to lead."

"Tackk is a simple way to create beautiful pages on the web. It's your very own page, flyer, blog post, or poster."

"Sophia was created with a vision of transforming education through a vibrant online community of teachers and learners. Our goal is to provide self­-paced, inspirational and relevant curriculum to learners of all stages and ages."

This website will help you get started using OneNote and integrating it into your classroom with your students...very powerful tool. "With Microsoft OneNote, educators can create digital notebooks that support academic standards and outcomes across disciplines. Students may use OneNote across content areas and grade levels. OneNote also supports research, collaboration, information management, communication, note taking, journaling, and other academic requirements."

"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!"

"I began creating dedicated time and space for reflection toward the end of my classroom teaching career, and the practice has followed me through my work at the WNY Young Writer's Studio. I've found that it can take very little time and yet, the return on our investment has always been significant."

"Make history with us: Interview an elder for the Great Thanksgiving Listen. Choose someone to interview. Pick great questions. Find a quiet place to record. Listen closely. When you're finished, share your interview with the world. Help create an archive of the wisdom of humanity. Browse the library; hear the stories of people all around the world."

"Search now to download properly attributed, Creative Commons photos for school! Teachers have told us they need a place to access safe images that are available to be used in the classroom and for educational purposes. Plus, they want accurate image citations. We've heard you and created "Photos For Class" to meet your needs for images!"

With Zaption Presenter, any video lesson you've created and published can be projected at the front of the room or streamed live for online presentations. Viewers join the presentation on their own devices to respond individually as they watch together. Instructors get real-time data and can add questions on the fly.

"I created my 250th Google tools tutorial. All of my Google tools tutorial videos can be found in the YouTube playlist listed below. The tutorials in the playlist cover a wide range of features of Google tools for teachers and students. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtx-qUNKJwDz6b_3NaGTkGXaTPrLCpacY"

"Create online forms the easy way. Whether you're looking to generate leads, collect order payments, conduct customer surveys, find applicants for a job, or register guests for an event, JotForm's easy-to-use form builder lets you build a customized online form to fit your exact needs in minutes. Make your own fillable PDF form for others to complete and send back to you in just minutes!"

"CoRubrics, an add-on for Google Sheets helps teachers in the assessment process. It is used to assess students (or groups of students) with a rubric designed by the teacher and also allows students to assess other students (coevaluation). CoRubrics automates the entire process. First, teachers design the rubric they want to use in Google Sheets, then they add the students' names and their email address. (These can be imported from Google Classroom). Once this is done, the add-on will: Create a Google Form with the contents of the rubric. Send the form to the students by email or simply provide the link to the teacher. Process the data once the form is filled out (by the students or by the teacher). Finally, send the results to the students (each student receives only their results) with a personalized comment. In addition, CoRubrics allows: Insert comments when answered. Allow Co-evaluation, self-assessment and teacher assessment with one link."

"Interactive Practice Template Use this interactive template to create works-cited-list entries in MLA style. "