This collection of links and applications highlights just the tip of the iceberg of educational resources that are available on the web. If you are interested in teaching yourself a new skill or learning a new topic indepth in your spare time, hopefully some of these will be of use.

Ever wish you could easily receive big files from anyone? Now you can! Together with Dropbox you can setup an unique upload address with password protection. DROPitTOme is your one stop solution when an email is just not enough.

TwitDesktop lets you share your desktop screenshot on twitter ,and you can review, vote and share other screenshots , also you can share the wallpaper , icons and the theme of the screenshot to let people install your desktop style on their own desktops.

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Some examples of how to use twitter for PD and in the classroom

Even though this article is talking about this handy tool for buss purposes I can see how we can use this in the classroom. For example, we can place the qr code on our classroom door and the students can scan it every time they come in to get the latest class assignments