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On the surface, Poll Everywhere is a simple text message voting application that works well for live audiences. People vote by sending text messages (or using Twitter) to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Advanced uses include texting comments to a presentation, texting questions to a presenter, web voting, and SMS interactivity in print, radio, and TV.

Use this list and information to create a product for classroom application to share with class.

This Guide will help you make an effective PowerPoint presentation quickly and easily. You'll learn: The one sentence that will make your presentation memorable Three questions to answer to create rapport with your audience The key factors in keeping your audience engaged The five PowerPoint slide formats that will enhance your presentation.

The ED Pubs web site is intended to help you identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education. ED Pubs offers more than 6,000 titles. Items include: * Brochures * CD-ROMs * Grant applications * Newsletters * Posters * Research reports * Videotapes * Financial aid products

Despite the tremendously diverse speakers covering an incredibly wide range of topics, TED goes far beyond merely conglomerating "ideas worth spreading" and draws the big picture by sketching out all the little pieces that surround it. And it does it with the distinct stroke of an unmistakable artist. 

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I haven't seen this yet, but I thought it sounded like a good thing to look at later!

As you watch this video, think about what could happen in schools if  adults got out of the way. 

Taking the boring "create a booklet, brochure" class project and taking it online and shareable.

Blogs are becoming more and more commonplace for educational use as alternatives to Learning Management Systems (LMS) or for the use of teaching aides in the classroom. With Class Blogs, teachers can create unlimited free blogs for bibliographies, assignments, e-learning, learninglogs, or student blogs for their students. If you would like to try out the service, subscribe to the mailing list below. When we are ready, you will be sent an invitation code to try out the service and you will also be able to send out invitations to friends and colleagues as well.

Neurologist and teacher Judy Willis will be presenting a 4-part series on how young brains develop neurologically; she'll also offer some research-based classroom strategies to teach critical thinking and other 21st century skills.

A new wave of school reform is about to break. Will it change classrooms for the better?

"Digital media is increasingly present in kids' formal and informal educational settings, becoming as common as pencils and notebooks were to their parents. Yet in many American classrooms and homes, these high-tech tools are severely limited or forbidden. Teachers and parents wonder: What are students doing with these technologies?"

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Thanks to @H2JillO for sharing this site

view and create notebookk files without software

"Social Media + Education"

"Social Media + Education"

The CAST Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Lesson Builder provides educators with models and tools to create and adapt lessons that increase access and participation in the general education curriculum for all students.