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 10 tips for using social media in the classroomTeachers should use social media in classroom lessons, and banning such tools will stifle learning and lead students to question teachers' relevance, university English professor Todd Finley writes in this blog post. Finley provides 10 guidelines for incorporating social media tools in the classroom. He offers several resources and suggests that teachers: create social media rules that are directive, but unrestricted; draw a distinction between academic and informal writing; and promote constructive online discussions. Edutopia.org/Todd Finley's blog 

Bloom's Taxonomy - using Google Tools.

The graphic below is a clickable image map. Simply click on the tool to visit it! 51 tools of Google grouped based on Blooms Taxonomy.

Blog about great ways to use cell phones as a tool for teaching and learning.

We often hear: "Teachers won't use tech unless administrators make them..."  This article argues otherwise - and ends with some ideas of tools that should be available to students today.

Big list of tools and handouts available here.

Google Sites, Weebly, Edmodo, Wikispaces, Chatzy, TodaysMeet, Twitter, Vocaroo, Voki, Poll Everywhere

Look for the tool specific webinars for training purposes.  The "case studies" are interesting, but tend to be more about "why" you should go google.

SMART Board/Notebook Newsletter. Includes several Math ideas, articles, research, tools, etc.

With benefits from apps to battery life to free e-books, is the iPad the ideal tool for today's classroom?By Wayne D'Orio

Great article about reading, technology and different types of literacies.  Be sure to read the example from Fort Collins about the variety of ways to interact with the book, "Holes." some quotes: "Experts figure that kids today read and write even more than previous generations. And they do so in a broader and more complex environment - though not always in academic ways.""Mastering the technical aspects of multimedia tools is essential. And both reading and writing in the digital world demand a more collaborative approach, played out before an ever-widening audience equipped for rapid-fire feedback."

"Americans and Their Gadgets" - survey results: Fall 2010