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The maker movement

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Resource list of web 2.0 tools.

"Web 2.0 is about revolutionary new ways of creating, collaborating, editing and sharing user-generated content online. It's also about ease of use. There's no need to download, and teachers and students can master many of these tools in minutes. Technology has never been easier or more accessible to all."

This author explains how ipads, laptops etc., can help students utilize note-taking to its highest potential, Supporting organizational strategies and cognition, Saving info, allowing Searching of collected info and Sharing of the same. These 4 S's can be powerful for learning.

Digital safety

Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.

Common Sense Media improves the lives of kids and families by providing independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media.

A resource for struggling readers who are being introduced to Romeo and Juliet (or other Shakespeare plays). Presents full version of plays with animation, scene summaries, commentaries, along with translation of some aspects of the Bard's language.

Awesome graphical representation of all the male winners of the 100 meters in the Olympic games.

Good list of resources. Not crazy about the name of the website they came from though!

COMMON CORE- BENEFIT OF NATIONAL STANDARDS

Microsoft's latest bid to develop a competitive Windows based tablet

Lots of great links about using blogs

I love this concept of equal access of great minds for all students 

Shakespeare in Bits are a series of apps that present a number of the Bard's plays in full with commentary, character notes, and summaries. Think Cliff Notes with audio and animation! While they are pricey, schools are able to obtain bulk discounts.

Bloom's Taxonomy/Enhancing curriculum

Each of the images has clickable hotspots and includes suggestions for iPad, Google, Android, and Web 2.0 applications to support each of the levels of Bloom's Revised Taxonomy.

Renee, I really appreciate all of your great tips!

I'm not sure if everyone will have access to this since I do have an ISTE account. 52:49 min. We've read and said a lot of the same things this speaker shares.

"The most important component of a Personal Learning Network is the quality of the educators one follows. "Who is it that I should follow?" is a question that I am often asked by educators. It is the focus of educators every Friday on Twitter as the #FF hashtags fly"

Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.

Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.

A good resource geared more towards high school, focused on "Summary of Performance" when IEP students graduate.