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"Collaborize Classroom™ allows teachers to extend their classroom discussions to a structured and private online community. * Get 100% student participation. * Save on monthly printing costs. * Reduce grading time by up to 2 hours per week."

Collaborize Classroom™ allows teachers to extend their classroom discussions to a structured and private online community. Get 100% student participation. Save on monthly printing costs. Reduce grading time by up to 2 hours per week. *Yes, it will always be free!

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"Being productive and getting things done both rely on planning and being organized. But with the hustle and bustle of courses, it's sometimes easy to forget what you have to do and when. So here are 25 Web 2.0 applications (mostly free) that should help you on your quest as a student or professor in being productive."

"The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement*."

"The smell of a flower - The memory of a walk in the park - The pain of stepping on a nail. These experiences are made possible by the 3 pounds of tissue in our heads...the BRAIN!! Neuroscience for Kids has been created for all students and teachers who would like to learn about the nervous system."

"Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting."

"While many of you may be heading for the beach this week, it won't be long before you're ready to start exploring some new tools to help your students be better creators and collaborators when you go back to school in the fall. This week we published a new video on Nicole Dalesio, a fifth-grade teacher who uses all kinds of free technology tools in her class to keep her kids engaged, and it inspired me to go hunt down the best tutorials for all these great, free Web 2.0 tools. Did I mention most of them are free?"

"This is a collection of some awesome educational infographics for teachers, parents and students" All located in PinInterest

About Creaza Creaza is used worldwide by thousands of students and teachers every day. Creaza offers you an integrated, web-based toolbox for creative work, both at school and in your spare time. You can use the toolbox along with various fully developed thematic universes: historical periods, fairy-tales, fantasy worlds, and current challenges, such as climate change/environmental issues. You can combine these themes with your own uploaded content. Creaza integrates professional and user generated content, creative tools and a social network in a new and innovative way.

This guide is part of a series from NWREL to assist in school improvement. Publications are available in five areas:
 Assists schools, districts, and communities in reshaping rules, roles, structures, and relationships to build capacity for long-term improvement        Provides resources and strategies for teachers to improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment by promoting professional learning through reflective, collegial inquiry          Promotes child and youth success by working with schools to build culturally responsive partnerships with families and communities       Assists educators in understanding the complex nature of literacy development and identifying multiple ways to engage students in literacy learning that result in highly proficient readers, writers, and speakers  Helps schools identify, interpret, and use data to guide planning and accountability This project has been funded at least in part with federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under contract number ED-01-CO-0013. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizat

"he Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers to ensure that all students in the United States receive a world-class education and are prepared to be a literate person in the twenty-first century regardless of their zip code."

20- time in education for inspiring students.  Website put together for information on how to introduce this in education.

"ETLO provides capacity-building, research-based programs, courses and services to enable organizations to build successful online and blended learning programs that meet the needs of their teachers, administrators and students."

"Creating a presentation or slideshow is a staple of any 21st Century Classroom and a skill that every successful educator has and every successful student should learn.  It used to be that only programs such as PowerPoint could create presentations.  However, now there are lots of sites and apps that not only create stunning presentations but also make it easier then ever. Below is my list of some of my favorite tools for creating beautiful-looking presentations and slideshows. This list is in alphabetical order. "

"Welcome to the CTAP, Common Core State Standards Instructional Modules website. Brought to you by CTAP, the CaliforniaTechnology Assistance Project, this site is designed to assist educational professionals with the task of preparing teachers and students to excel in the Common Core environment, while developing the necessary technology integration skills for mastery of content and performing well on the Smarter Balanced Assessment."

"He, along with Aaron Sams, are considered two of the pioneers in the Flipped Class Movement. They co-wrote the book on the Flipped Classroom. It will be available from ISTE Press in June of 2012. They also have a popular YouTube channel which contains the videos they have used with their students in the flipped classroom. The videos are mostly Chemisty, Astronomy, and Space Science videos. "

Screen Recording is a very handy tool to have. You can use it to create presentations, help sessions, and more. I've used them to create review sessions for students, as well as presentation videos and even live, remote presentations. Here are five, free screen recording apps and services:

"The National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) is a growing library of high-quality online course content for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement*."

"50 resources for iPad use in the classroom By Charlie Osborne | May 3, 2012, 6:00am PDT Summary: A roundup of educational articles, apps and tutorials for educators looking to integrate iPads into the classroom. The transition to the more extensive use of technology in classrooms across the West has resulted in the integration of bring your own device (BYOD) schemes, equipping students with netbooks and tablet computers, and lessons that use social media & online services."