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Google Docs is a powerful word processing tool many schools have adopted. As it's similar to Microsoft Word and others, its features are intuitive to use.

Teachers should only use social media as a teaching tool to improve their students' education. "If it's not to the betterment of your kids, why are you doing it? It may not be for you," says Brian Aspinall, an elementary Teacher in Chatham, ON who speaks and blogs about technology and educational reform. "Don't do it because you went to a conference on Twitter and someone said you should do it."

This has some good ideas.

A way to communicate (Google Voice) with students and/or parents in lieu of personal number.

The Global Digital Citizen Foundation helps teachers develop values in their students, and these values guide them towards a vision of creating a better world for themselves and for others. Compassionate, innovative, inspirational, and fun-that pretty much sums us up!

This website has a number of really helpful videos on using tech in education.

Here's a creative and effective way to use Snapchat to teach.

Great tools for history teachers! I especially like Docs Teach from the National Archives.

Interesting thoughts on using Tik Tok as a teaching tool.

This short video explains how you can easily convert a Microsoft Word document into a PowerPoint Presentation. A very handy hack for busy teachers!

Interesting discussion of educational videos and whether we should include ourselves in them or not.

A free online tool to connect students and teachers.

Comprehensive list with a brief description of how each tool can help to enhance learning through interaction and collaboration

This is a very good list.

Useful information for instructors

Check it out a good place to steer students has educational videos

While many parents allow children free reign of the Internet at home, there is a debate on the pros and cons of digital devices at school. Let's take a look at some of the positives and negatives of electronic devices in the classroom for teacher and students.