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Many regard Twitter as quite a useless social media sharing portal. Some have this negative opinion, mainly because of the fact Twitter allows you to "tweet" or post only 140 characters in length. This length equals the text of a regular SMS, and for some this is simply not enough.

I found a good list of how one teacher uses Twitter in the classroom. Personally, I love the idea of a hashtag for a specific class.

Superior collection of videos by and for teachers of all levels.

This blog post announces a new teacher professional development category.

PlayPosit is an "interactive video" tool that I'm excited to try out. Not quite there yet, but this is a neat blog article talking about how they use it.

Google Classroom. Do you use it? What part do you find the most useful?

Yes, there are a ton of great ed-tech tools out there, but which ones should you be adopting for your classroom? One of the best ways to narrow your choices is to get in touch with experts. I sent an email out to ed-tech experts (and great teachers) asking for their recommendations.

Education World provides a home for educators on the Internet, where teachers can gather and share ideas.

This is a wiki created in May 2006. The author is Mr Demetri M. Orlando who is currently working as director of information technology at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School, chair the NAIS technology & curriculum task force, and do consulting work for strategic thinking around technology. This wiki site offers information to K-12 teachers on how to grow their professional network, integrate technology into teaching, and teach & learn online. It is intended as a comprehensive source of information about all aspects of eLearning.

How to use itunes to post presentations for students

I found this interesting article when I was familiarizing with twitter.

From netbooks to blogs, students in Southwestern Illinois know a lot about technology.

Developed by the National Education Association covers all aspects that teachers need to know or learn in teaching an online class.

I know a couple of these and thought this list was good to have on here.

This blog lists ideas for teachers when using Diigo or delicious and discusses the differences in the two sites from a beginners point of view.