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"Integrating video projects into the classroom can be as simple or complex as you want. Just grab a phone, digital camera or tablet and your students are on their way. Here are some video project ideas, divided into ideas for any classroom and ideas for specific subject areas."

"Combine creativity (the development of ideas in our imagination) with innovation (the implementation of ideas into real solutions) and students have a process for problem finding and solving that can be implemented beyond their school years. "

This site aims to provide students and teachers with information and ideas to assist them apply the Habits of Mind. Each of the sixteen habits is presented along with information on when to use each habit and strategies to make the process easy. Each page includes a short video that demonstrates the Habit of Mind and could be used as a starting point for discussion. The pages combine ideas from Making Thinking Visible by providing a set of thinking strategies relevant to each habit. Each of the Sixteen Habits are paired with a series of Thinking Routines modified to encourage application of the relevant Habit.

"visuals help people understand. They help compel them to feel emotion, and give them a visual anchor to recall ideas. That means they work, so we've collected a list of visual teaching tools and resources below for your perusal."

"Capture important moment of online video TurboNote provides in-page video note taking experience, it helps you keep your ideas right with the video. You can easily come back and review the video and idea at specifc moment any time you want!"

WikiBrains is a growing community of creative people from all walks of life who embrace associative thinking to get inspired and out of the box. You may associate "Freud" to "Psychology", then someone across the globe links it to "Libido", another one to "Subconscious", and another one to "Dreams" and so on ad infinitum with ever-expanding branches and related content. It is a social, fun and smart space where ideas roam free and multiply.

"It starts with an image. Define the image through multimedia.  Present ideas.  Pack it full of content. Create links to amazing sites. Explore, share and create with ThingLink in the classroom!"

"In today's world of video recording capabilities, it only seems fitting to utilize this advanced technology to record one's teaching. Teachers can use classroom video recording much like athletes do. Athletes review video tapes in order to critique and analyze their performances, while also generating ideas and ways to improve their next performance."

"Looking for some practical ways to get more out of your classroom tech? Check out these eight tips for ideas on how to use technology to enhance your students' learning"

The innovation adoption curve of Rogers is a model that classifies adopters of innovations into various categories based on the idea that certain individuals are inevitably more open to adaption than others. It is also referred to the Multi-Step Flow Theory or Diffusion of Innovations Theory.

"Certainly one of our goals as educators is for students to write more. However, that does not necessarily mean to write more words. Quite the opposite, there are actually several benefits that come from having our student write fewer words. By that what I mean is having students distill their ideas down to just the most important, relevant, clear, and concise words. By putting limits on the number of words or characters our students can use, this forces students to: Summarize key points Select what is most important Choose words that best convey meaning Restate concepts Avoid unnecessary filler and fluff"

Suggestions for blogging with your students. Basic ideas that need to be stated for all of the students and teachers involved.

This blog contains numerous ideas on how to incorporate various web tools into your classroom.

"Richer than a document, simpler than video, SlideSpeech transforms the way ideas are shared. By reading the speaker notes in your own presentation using the latest text-to-speech technology, SlideSpeech ensures your message comes across loud and clear."

"The Maker Movement, a technological and creative learning revolution underway around the globe, has exciting and vast implications for the world of education. New tools and technology, such as 3D printing, robotics, microprocessors, wearable computing, e-textiles, "smart" materials, and programming languages are being invented at an unprecedented pace. The Maker Movement creates affordable or even free versions of these inventions, while sharing tools and ideas online to create a vibrant, collaborative community of global problem-solvers. Fortunately for teachers, the Maker Movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. By embracing the lessons of the Maker Movement, educators can revamp the best student-centered teaching practices to engage learners of all ages."

Ideas, classrooms and projects to use with SKYPE. Become a member of Skype in the Classroom and you will be amazed.

"Video-based question, or VBQ, is a series of videos with critical thinking and higher-level questions. The novelty of this idea is that students are in control of their learning."

"ExitTicket is a student response system, designed by teachers to achieve one simple idea: Accelerate student achievement" This is a very powerful tool for PrimeTime 1 and PrimeTime 2 and during your class periods.

I once heard class discussions described as "transient instructional events." They pass through the class, the course, and the educational experiences of students with few lingering effects. Ideas are batted around, often with forced participation; students don't take notes; and then the discussion ends-it runs out of steam or the class runs out of time. If asked a few days later about the exchange, most students would be hard-pressed to remember anything beyond what they themselves might have said, if that.

Webjets allows you managing any kind of information with ease. Place cards freely, or group them at the speed of thought. Collect any information from the Web. Write notes and note ideas. Set goals and remember tasks. No matter if it's YouTube, Wikipedia or Instagram - drag anything into Webjets.