Issues and Trends

Here is a list of different digital storytelling tools that I would like to research at a later date. I have the common ones I go to, but I would like to see which different elements can be taken advantage of, when not using a tool I typically do! If you have any experience with these tools, please comment!

I like this website for my future instruction. I would definitely use it to enhance students message meaning. I have heard of similar websites and would like to compare them. I storytelling is more for students rather than teachers but can be used interchangeably

This website is a good tool for teachers to map student's ideas within the classroom. Teachers can model the use of this website and have their students use it as well.

Mindmeister is a great resource for students! Graphic organizers are a powerful tool to help organize thinking. Mindmeister's ability to bring collaboration into the mix just makes it better, as well as being able to present. Works on multiple types of devices too, so good for everyone!

I really like this software! When I think of Social Bookmarking I want to use it to help me find different tools that will benefit me in my classroom. I can think of a time where I am going to want a nice mind mapping software that you can collaborate with, and I know I will be able to come and look at this resource. I agree that this software could be used very effectively, especially because it does have the collaboration tool. I believe this tool could be used both for the teacher and also the student. I could see how easily I could use this website in my life, both when trying to explain things and also in group work. I am aware of different concept maps you can create online, but I believe this one looks user friendly and I would like to explore it even more!

This is a great resource to use in educating yourself on information about digital storytelling in the classroom. You can use this to learn information about it and why it should or should not be used in the classroom. It is a good idea to know the benefits and downsides to any resource we are using in the classroom

The two extra resources I found were in correlation to my final topic I am writing about in this class, digital storytelling! If you have any resources related this topic, please share!

This is a great website for 21st Century Learning. There is a large possibility in the future the students are going to be getting the news and updates about their society through online news sources. This is a great way to start the students on reading the news and educating them about the world. We can teach them strategies on how to filter through news in the online environment. I also like this website is kid friendly language.

Taking the time, even 15 minutes a day on social media for your classroom can make a different. I think this is an important reminder on the reasons why we should use social media. This is a great starting point if you are just introducing social media into your classroom. I will continue to revisit this website to improve my instructional practice.

We all hear we should be using Twitter to enhance our classroom, but where do you start? I would like to incorporate Twitter into my classroom and I think this is a great resource to start up with. Please use this if you are looking to incorporate Twitter into your classroom!

This module explores ways to address the specific needs of ELL students and how to scaffold their language and literacy development. You will examine observable behaviors that indicate students' progression through stages of language acquisition. English-language learners are students who have acquired their primary listening and speaking skills in a language other than English.

The 21st century skills are a set of abilities that students need to develop in order to succeed in the information age. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills lists three types: These skills have always been important for students, though they are particularly important in our information-based economy.

A way for no extra nonsense and inapproriateness that YouTube provides. This is strictly for school purposes and is filled with students like you!

This resource is very similar to the TeachingChannel. I have used that a couple of times whether that be to use for videos I would show students, or for my own personal use. I love that these are videos by other teachers. This really gives you the sense of what is happening in actual classrooms.

While I appreciate having access to YouTube and will always prefer the ability to find videos on about anything I'm looking for, YouTube is not always appropriate. When you want to safe guard students from inappropriate material or advertisements you can't see coming this is a wonderful resources, similar to TeacherTube. SchoolTube is definitely growing and should be remembered as a place to find video resources for both teachers and students.

This list has tons and I mean TONS of cool teacher websites and links to teacher blogs to get fun classroom ideas.

This is a great one shop stop for teachers! I would definitely use it as a starting point for many of my classroom activities to spice things up and expose my students to a variety of learning methods. I think it focuses more on what teachers need to do but its great for students to learn with.

Wow, what a collection! All types of links including blogs, educational sites, apps, databases, and activities. This is a great place to visit when looking for ideas. Many subjects are included. A teacher could start here and spend lots of time expanding to other sites!

Offers ways to use technology to deal with behavior management in the classroom

Offers ways to use technology to deal with behavior management in the classroom

I feel like people are often so worried about integrating technology into the classroom that they often forget about how this is going to affect classroom management. As we implement technology into the classroom we are going to have to change other aspects of our classroom, and classroom management is going to be one of them. Great resource!

This website helps teachers connect and share their ideas with other users in order to enhance classroom learning

I LOVE lesson cast, it offers great support for all teachers. You can practically find anything you are looking for. This is mainly for teacher use but students benefit from it based on the quality of lessons teachers are giving them.

I have never heard of LessonCast until your post. I looked around the website and I plan on adding into my personal diijp library because it seems like an awesome resource. I like how it has lessons that are already aligned with certain standards.

20 different websites are given to give teachers access to lesson plans that engage students and provides outlines to support a classroom that supports technology, common core, and professional development.

Websites like this that have a list of other places to go make it easy to keep your resources organized and who doesn't love free online resources!

This website is a lot like the one Tabatha posted, I like that there are websites out there that can give a teacher multiple resources on just one page, it takes the search out of teaching, which is really appreciated from a busy teacher. This is mainly for teacher use, but students benefit.

This article is a question answer with a teacher who lead introducing devices in the classroom.

This article provides goods and bads to one to one classrooms.

The articles gives teachers some points on how to support a 21st century learning environment.

The articles gives teachers some points on how to support a 21st century learning environment.

Good resource for 21st century teachers. Gives information about 21st century learning, and an idea of student outcomes and support systems.

This article gives the necessary framework for 21st century teaching.

This article gives the necessary framework for 21st century teaching.

This article lets you know what the 21st centruy skills are and what teachers will get out of them

This article lets you know what the 21st centruy skills are and what teachers will get out of them

Thank you for posting about 21st century schools!! Lately in some of my other classes I feel like people are forgetting we need to teach these and how important they are for students to learn so I'm glad you haven't forgot about them! This a pretty nice listing too so you can easily see what you need to teach skill wise and why it's important

This is a great website that lists free resources that teachers can use in the classroom.

I LOVE Discovery Education! I had an account for a while and I used it a lot in my class. They have a variety of resources that can be used in the room. I especially like their videos! The footage is high quality and you can be sure that it will address the topic that you are searching for.

I've never have used or heard of Discovery Education, I just checked it out and think that it is great! I think that I could use this resource efficientlly in my own classroom because you can never have too many resources; especially free ones! I see that there is use for both students and teachers, I'm not sure how great it will be for students though.

This is a great website for some interactive whiteboard activities related to literacy.