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"Whether you're new to Twitter or have 5,000 LinkedIn connections, one thing's for sure: social media keeps getting more popular and more powerful. If you haven't used it for your own professional development, what are you waiting for? Too overwhelming? We get that. To help you start, we gathered advice from some expert users."

"MyClassText is a fully integrated digital textbook composed of a Learning Management System (LMS) and Collaborative Authoring Tool (CAT) which is completely compatible with Open Educational Resources (OER) available for FREE on the web. MyMathText is completely FREE to teachers and students using it. "

"Though all classrooms are different, there are four critical elements that successful flipped classrooms have in common, according to a new report developed by the Flipped Learning Network, George Mason University, and Pearson's Center for Educator Effectiveness."

"Welcome to the Commons The network that brings together 49,972 OER, tools for sharing curriculum with the world, and news and training on the brave new world of open education. LEARN ABOUT THE MOVEMENT"

tutorials in several areas for everyone to learn.

"4 Features to Look for in a 21st Century LMS Two districts share their experiences of choosing a learning management system that does a lot more than help teachers post assignments."

Online Learning course site created by Denver Public Schools.

http://www.e-learningforkids.org is a great site that provides free e-courses for kids all around the world. This site has engaging and interactive courses for kids in online safety, computer skills such as using Google, typing, and core subjects like language arts, math, and science. Most of the courses are for elementary school-aged children, and involve dynamic avatars, and are highly interactive.

iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) is the world's largest non-profit global network that enables teachers and youth to use the Internet and other technologies to collaborate on projects that enhance learning and make a difference in the world.

Learning management system

Hi Randy, Great to have a chance to talk to you earlier this month.  As promised here is the Wave information: - A paper written by Educause Learning Initiative about Wave and its potential for Education to help get you started: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7055.pdf - I've enabled your Google Apps domain (ocde.us ) to use Wave, so now anyone who has an account can access Wave at http://wave.google.com/a/ocde.us/ - CCed are a few additional folks from the Google Education team who can answer additional questions you might have about the OCDE using Google Apps and Wave. I hope that's a good start.  After you've had a chance to get started with Wave, let me know and we can set up additional time to talk if that would be useful. Thanks! Greg

Point Counter Point: How to Use (and Avoid Misusing) PowerPoint Great for classes at OCDE. How to use powerpoint correctly. Can be taken back to the classroom.

"To out-educate, we must out-innovate Posted by michael_horn | Under Online learning, Schools Thursday Feb 10, 2011 In his State of the Union address, President Obama urged the country to out-innovate the rest of the world. If we want to bolster America's competitiveness now and for the future, there's no better place to start than education, where Obama also said we need to out-educate the rest of the world."

Reports for use on Online learning

"The simplest way to bring the web to your classroom ...and your classroom to the web"

Are your goals... To improve student achievement? To help your staff develop expertise in standards-based lesson planning? To see technology benefit student learning in every classroom? SchoolKiT's products play a key role in districts that are effectively addressing these challenges.

Techsteps is an online learning program that allows teachers to create classroom projects for students.

Marc has created over 50 software games for learning, including the world's first fast-action videogame-based training tools and world-wide, multi-player, multi-team on-line competitions. He has also taught at all levels. Marc has been featured in articles in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the BBC, and was named as one of training's top 10 "visionaries" by Training magazine. He holds graduate degrees from Yale (Teaching) and Harvard (MBA).

epals learning community that includes blogs, wikis, and web2.0 toolkits

"My Big Campus is the buzzing educational hub between students and the Web. It takes all the features of an LMS (like lessons, assignments, reporting, calendars) and puts them into a safe, collaborative community. With My Big Campus, students are engaged, educators are inspired, parents are involved, and IT is confident that everything's safe. Let me take you on a tour to show you how My Big Campus brings together all the tools students and educators need and makes them easy to access and share - so it's easy and fun to learn."

"CHICAGO - Seventh-graders at Northbrook's Maple School had just started learning about the Cold War when a handful of boys sat down at the school's library computers to cement their understanding of the subject."