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A list of things to try this semester. If you are looking for where to begin integrating technology into your classroom, pick one of the technology tools from this list.

More twitter for teacher links than you'll ever need - scan through and see if one strikes your fancy.

Good list of reasons to use twitter as a Teacher.

This document is only a few pages long with paragraphs that succinctly address: * Online Mentoring and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - revisited * Reimaging Teacher Education * Global Research Challenges

A must read for the first time online teacher

"Whether you are looking for tools that can bring a distance education class together or tools to help students and teachers in traditional classrooms working on group projects, the following collaboration tools will help with any need. From group papers to file sharing to group communication, the following tools will help bring any educational group together seamlessly to produce awesome results."

Collaboration and group work tools. A long list, but would give you a sense of what's out there.

"Claroline is an Open Source eLearning and eWorking platform allowing teachers to build effective online courses and to manage learning and collaborative activities on the web."

This is an open source LMS, which could be compared to MOODLE

After a quick review, i would say this open source is much more friendly than Moodle and feels more like you are in a microsoft application...definitely worth use

excellent, but silent, slideshow on starting out in Second Life for educators

""Will what you're about to share offend, surprise, or shock your current or future Classmates Teacher Friends Boyfriend/girlfriend Family Parents Employer Clients Business partners in a way which critically jeopardizes your relationship? If you answer even one "Yes" for this short list of people, think long and hard before publishing your content.""

This easy tool will allow you to create, publish and grade quizzes online. This generator is very flexible and, perhaps even more importantly, is free of charge. (Source: Web 2.0 toolbox)

Great place to start looking for ideas!

K12 teacher shares his creative uses of Jing and Animoto

Flip Video Camera in Education

iNet has done a featured tool article on Flip Video focusing on a project that Dr. Nancy Short did with her Doctor of Nursing Practice Health Policy students. This article gives more information and project ideas abou the Flip Video at an elementary school level. (We in higher ed have a lot to learn from those teachers!)