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"Easily Annotate Videos VideoAnt is a web-based video annotation tool for mobile and desktop devices. Use VideoAnt to add annotations, or comments, to web-hosted videos. VideoAnt-annotated videos are called "Ants". Organized Ant Farm Create a user account to create and save collections of Ants. Authenticated users can manage their Ants from their account dashboard, otherwise known as their "Ant Farm". Export Options Export your annotations in a variety of data formats. You can even embed your Ants on a personal website, learning management system, or anywhere HTML is allowed."

The web provides limitless opportunities for learning, creating, sharing, and exploring the depths of human knowledge. But it is also an unsafe arena where one needs to be equipped with the needed tools and know-how to better stay safe and browse the net securely. As parents and teachers, we need to teach our students about the basics of staying safe online and luckily there are several resources to help you do that. Google Safety Centre is one of the best of them.

Cool ideas to use memes in class

Pros: High entertainment value brilliantly engages players in tough subject matter. Cons: Contagious gameplay can make deeper concepts ignorable without reflection. Bottom Line: Hours of engaging gameplay will grab even non-gamers and, with some guided reflection, can spur serious learning about the human body.

Game designers have mastered certain tricks that make games so addictive that people can't stop playing them. Here are the top five secrets that game designers know, and some tips on how you can use these same game dynamics to make learning in your classroom as addictive as gaming.

Competency based education (or competency based learning) is one of those buzzwords that I hear thrown around often in the education world. Mia MacMeekin puts it together in 5 easy steps in the handy infographic below.

Custom-made parachutes helped the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity touch down safely on the Red Planet. In this interactive, learn how engineers build chutes that are strong, stable, and compact. Then design your own parachute and test it out in our virtual wind tunnel.

TL Virtual Cafe is an online community for teacher-librarians to connect and learn from each other. TL Virtual Cafe hosts numerous webinars and online discussions including a monthly show called TL News Night. TL News Night features conversations with experts from state library associations, an overview of "this month in libraries," and a tip, tool, or title of the month.

In our Olympic Sport Activity Packs you'll find everything you need to teach your students about four of the top events at this year's winter Olympic games. Each sport contains an overview and history of the sport, featured athletes, competing countries, and a primary and secondary Authentic Learning lesson plan

BBC Schools offers an excellent collection of resources for helping students learn about World War I. The materials are sorted into a section for primary school students and a section for secondary school students.

Assessments are a part of every classroom, regardless of subject matter or grade level. They come in all shapes and sizes, and they can be used for a number of reasons. Sometimes, the differences between the types of assessments can be subtle. Many teachers will find that some subjects lend themselves really well to certain types of question formats (like multiple choice vs. short answer vs. essay), but the style of question shouldn't be confused with the type of assessment. While there are many more, summative and formative assessments are probably two of the most widely used in education today. The handy infographic below takes a look at the main concepts of each type of assessment along with examples of each. Keep reading to learn more!

A great article that provides resources so that you could use coding/gaming in your classroom environment.

Professor Word is a neat tool that can help students learn new SAT and ACT vocabulary words. Professor Word operates as a browser bookmarklet in Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari. With Professor Word installed in your browser whenever you're reading a webpage you can click on the Professor Word bookmarklet to quickly identify SAT and ACT vocabulary words on that page. You can also use Professor Word to get definitions for any unfamiliar word on a webpage. To get a definition just highlight the word and a small dialogue box containing the definition will appear.

How could you create a project/game that incorporates assessment while learning is occurring?  

More about PBL in the classroom and the benefits of creating 21st century skills while learning content.

Explains what PBL is and shows examples of what it could look.

What is flipped learning?