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This is a new organizing tool that I was recently introduced to through reading a fellow cohorter's blog. I LOVE IT! A great way for you, your students, and your PLN to organize your reading lists or even the books you want to read.

GoodReads is a social networking site used to share book recommendations.  Users can write reviews, look at recommendations, and share in group discussions about certain books.  

Great place to get photos that are free to use or share.

Great place to get photos that are free to use or share.

"Share what you know and love through presentations, infographics, documents and more"

Slideshare is a great way to share presentations….when you have the internet at your presentation site that is.

I use bitly all the time! As a frequent user of Google forms, I shorten the link before I share it. Sometimes I'm asking teachers to write a link on their boards to share with students, so this makes is less cumbersome.

Very nice application. any idea how it compares with tinyurl.com? There doesn't seem to be much difference.

Padlet offers students and staff a great way to collaborate with one another on a digital "whiteboard" of sorts.

twillis6science- These are great ideas for Padlet.

I'm excited to try to incorporate Padlet into my classroom. I think it's a great way to get kids to brainstorm together, or even use as an "exit ticket" for the day. I think both teachers and students can use this as a collaborative tool, to take a survey, to brainstorm, etc. This is a great tool for students and teachers to share ideas with each other. Pinterest would be a similar way for students and teachers to share their ideas with each other, but not exactly the same way. Thanks for sharing, Tamra!

Looks like a great way for students to create and share stories. Free account for teacher to set up class. Stories can be shared easily and students can comment on peer stories

This site allows you to make effortless videos and share them with others. The site does the editing for you and creates a very professional looking product. You can stitch together almost any image or video clip making it great for story telling.

Animoto is a great tool for sharing pictures and video. It makes very professional looking videos. Teachers can sign up for a free premium account that they can renew every year.

This site allows you to read an online document and highlight the information you are reading. It also allows you to take notes.

I really like this website! I use my SmartBoard often in class to highlight text to demonstrate main idea or important details. I would like to see what this looks like for students. It would be a great teaching tool for students to find main idea or practice researching for a paper. It would be very beneficial for teachers to see how students are highlighting main ideas in texts while also taking notes. Have you used this before? And how successful was it for students?

Sarah - I am new to using both Diigo and Scrible, so I did not realize all of the similarities between the two. I really like how you can highlight things with Scrible. Are you able to do the same with Diigo? Those were some of the same reasons I thought this would be a useful tool as well.

Meet Nearpod, an all-in-one solution for the use of mobile devices in education. Easily create interactive multimedia presentations to engage your audience. Also has pre-made or shared content, some free, some for minimal cost.

Meet Nearpod, an all-in-one solution for the use of mobile devices in education. Easily create interactive multimedia presentations to engage your audience. Also has pre-made or shared content, some free, some for minimal cost.

Schoology offers a great place to let teachers communicate with students and staff through a "Facebook-style" LMS server. Schoology allows you to communicate with students, post tests, and grades to share with students and parents.

A learning platform for schools to use for administration of curriculum, content, assignments, and a platform for collaboration and communication. 

I realize this is one of the initial ones for an example, but my district uses it already and I have a lot of examples to share for my blog post!

This site is set up like Facebook where teachers can create classroom pages to communicate with students in a variety of ways.

Classroom management system, collaborating on assignments, discovering

I like the teacher control I can have and the collaborative environment. The security and control that makes it good is also it's limitation in exposure to the outside world.

Very easy to interact with. A way to share great information with your PLN

Type in a topic and Scoop.it! will find resources that are related to the topic you entered. You can then share that information via Twitter, facebook, etc.

This is an awesome student source for beginning researchers. I spend a lot of time with my 9th graders vetting websites and this is a tool that can lead them to ideas faster. I see this being a great option for students in my class who need information but don't know where to start. Are there any other sources like this?

Create presentations, videos, stories, etc. and then share it with friends and colleagues.

Create online flashcards for a class. You can share these with friends or colleagues.

I agree that these can be used in the classroom successfully. I have used something similar and have found success. Now, I am not sure what you teach but I think this would be best in a language classroom. That being said, it works in all settings. I like that this is primarily a student centered resource. Since students have to create their own flash card set they internalize the information. Finally, have you tried quizlet.com? It is a very similar resource that allows students to play different games with their sets. It too has an ipad app like cramberry which I like.

I agree with Kenton - it is a great resource for students to use to learn information. What I like about this one is that you can search ready-made sets. But I like quizlet.com a lot better. It has interactive games to learn the words and can even write quizzes for the students to test their knowledge. I have used that for independent study of vocabulary words for novels. I couldn't write 30 different quizzes to assess their familiarity with the new words they chose for themselves, but on quizlet they can take a quiz and show me their score. It has apps from Apple and Android so students can use it from different devices. Also, it has a print option for students who don't have access to a smart phone or internet outside of school. I like that it gives them an active way to study and instant feedback on what they know and what they need to study still. Finally, it has class options so I could enter a set and share it easily with the students.

This would be a place for students to collaborate and share resources. The website also says writing workspaces and formative assessment.

This would be a place for students to collaborate and share resources. The website also says writing workspaces and formative assessment.

Edmodo is a free social learning network for teachers, students and schools. With a design similar to Facebook, Edmodo offers teachers and students a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate. Edmodo can be used to share content, access and submit homework, take quizzes, and collaborate with other students. Also offers a parent component that allows parents access to their student's account.

I like the wiki source in the aspect that it explains everything about Edmodo, which would be great to send parents/staff/administrator to if they were curious about what Edmodo is and how you are going to use it in your classroom. I think this provides a "safer and more private" learning environment for students that could be beneficial. I think this is pretty similar to what we are using for our online class with blackboard, but Edmodo provides a more user-friendly area for younger students. Thanks for sharing!

An easy way to share infographics and data. It is professional looking and interactive

Online Presentation Tools - SlideRocket provides presentation software that helps you create & share presentations; gain powerful insights with high security. Try it today!

Online Presentation Tools - SlideRocket provides presentation software that helps you create & share presentations; gain powerful insights with high security. Try it today!

Hands down, this is my absolute favorite to do list! It is VERY easy to use and has so many options for sharing, linking, connecting any of your content. Their Android app is very good quality too!

Hands down, this is my absolute favorite to do list! It is VERY easy to use and has so many options for sharing, linking, connecting any of your content. Their Android app is very good quality too!

This is a study tool for students to learn / memorize information (like vocabulary). Teachers can set up classes and share sets with all students.

This is a study tool for students to learn / memorize information (like vocabulary). Teachers can set up classes and share sets with all students.