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"Tackk is a place connect with friends, be creative and have fun conversations." Based on what I learned from my short time of playing on Tackk's website, I have found it to be an interesting way to allow students to be engaged in their learning. One big use that comes to mind for me would be an online study guide. In history courses this could be particularly useful. You can add videos, maps, images, text, etc that the students can look over and review at their own pace.

Edchat uses twitter to spark conversation and discussion between fellow educators about ideas for the classroom.

Tackk is a place to connect with friends, be creative and have fun conversations.

allows people to have conversations and to make comments using any mix of text. It is group conversations around images, documents, and videos

Skype allows you to have face to face conversations with multiple people around the world. If you are a very busy person this PLN allows on the go people to chat with big name people at anytime.

This site is for recording video and doing some editing for free. Just another option for making your video should you choose not to use iMovie or Movie Maker.

This site provides information about what a PLN is, what if can be used for, and what it often includes. It gives tips on how to effectively use a PLN.

This website provides ten different ideas for video projects that teachers can assign to their students. It provides an example video for each idea and explains how to do these videos and why they are beneficial.

Education Nation is a nationally broadcast, in-depth conversation about improving education in America. During an interactive summit on Rockefeller Plaza, parents, teachers and students will meet with leaders in politics, business and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities in education today.

This website discusses the importance of storytelling when teaching new material to a class. We felt like when most people think of storytelling they only think of teaching in that method to younger kids but it can actually be beneficial to all ages. We thought this website had a lot of good reasons and facts as to why storytelling can be beneficial in the classroom.

This article is a good read because at the bottom it gives tips on how to get people engaged and do what you want them to do!  Highlighted in green is the important tips I took out of this read. 

A good story can make or break a presentation, article, or conversation. But why is that? When Buffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof. Here he shares the science of why storytelling is so uniquely powerful.

We have an elite team of candid photographers equipped with people skills. With a friendly approach, they make you feel ease and help you face the camera without being nervous. They thump interesting conversation and intermingle just like your long known friend. This is the appreciable quality of our candid photographer that makes them your first preference over the traditional photographer.