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"Thinglink can be used to turn any static image into an interactive, multimedia image. Yesterday, we used PicMonkey and PicCollage to create collages about what a good learning environment looks like to us. After creating those collages we saved them as PNG files and uploaded them to Thinglink where we added videos, audio files, and links to articles to enhance our collages and make them interactive."

""A collection of articles, resources, etc. for convincing teachers of the benefit of social networks such as Twitter.""

"How can Twitter, which limits users to 140 characters per tweet, have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are 3,000 to 8,000 words long, and where books contain 80,000 words? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters? We have put together a short guide answering these questions, showing new users how to get started on Twitter and hone their tweeting style, as well as offering advice to more experienced users on how to use Twitter for research projects, alongside blogging, and for use in teaching."

""Friending", "favouriting", "IMing" and lost in a world of verbs that barely existed a decade ago, the learners of today are growing up in a time when the online social networking landscape is as comfortable to them as the playground of yore. In an exemplary new learning culture, some teachers are now incorporating these media into the classroom routine."

"IPads, Tablets And Learning"

"The "Flipped Classroom" is a term that has recently taken root in education. Much information and misinformation currently surrounds the conversation. We, as outspoken advocates for the "Flipped Classroom" concept, believe the following:".....

Young children are increasingly using tablets (as well as smartphones and other devices with touch screens) in early education settings and with family members. This raises important questions, such as when and how these devices can be used with young children.

"I recently discovered this map of the internet through Stephen Downes' newsletter, OLDaily. Downes says, "It's mostly eye-candy, but it's good eye-candy". I prefer to think of it as "interesting" eye-candy. It's visually attractive, but what I find interesting is the fact that the descriptions are not necessarily value-free."

"What do we know about the impact of ICTs on student learning?"