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(WEEK 12) We chose this source because as we were teaching we found it to be a little difficult to actually find more than a few people to connect with on a professional level on twitter. This actually shows you how to make connections that would better you as a teacher and improve your learning environment.

List format article with 10 tips concerning how to be a more connected educator. Contains a video about the EdCamp movement.

Easy way to inform all of the students what is going on in the class

Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages.

Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages. This final resource is a tool that you can create a page for parents and students to access with useful information related to the class. It works similar to a Facebook page, but is a more appropriate way to communicate.

Edmodo is a website similar to facebook that corresponds to a site that is similar to D2L. If a school does not have their own D2L, Edmodo is a good site to use for one.

Edmodo is an easy way to get your students connected so they can safely collaborate, get and stay organized, and access assignments, grades, and school messages.

My daughter's school uses Edmodo and it works great for students. Teachers assign homework, and students ask follow-up questions while completing the assignment or anything concerning the class lesson.

DonorsChoose.org connects teachers in high-need communities with donors who want to help. This shows how easy digital access is, and how easy it is to connect with the world.

Today, parents not only want to be in the know about their children's education, they demand it. This website provides 10 tips for teachers when connecting with parents on social media platforms.

CiteULike is a site used to not only find scholarly articles, but also to connect and collaborate with others who are researching the same topics. You can connect with other people who have related searches and can join groups about the topic that you are researching. You can create a library of your findings so that they are all in one place, so it is a good example of a social bookmarking site.

"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.

Article regarding how to build a PLN. Contains a chart and 2 screen caps in order to illustrate its point. Also has a helpful list of links that have been organized into a step-by-step process for starting a PLN.

This site covers the importance of PLNs within the topic of continuing education and independent learning. It discusses the importance of staying up to date and in communication with other professionals in the same field.

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

This website is a great resource to show students about digital security!

Take This Lollipop is an Interactive Live Action Facebook Connect experience.

Take This Lollipop is an Interactive Live Action Facebook Connect experience. It teaches students how important it is to have your social media on private, and how easy it is for people to find out information about you through the internet.

ISTE Standards for Teachers are the standards for evaluating the skills and knowledge educators need to teach, work and learn in an increasingly connected global and digital society. In week 5 we will be teaching discussing these standards.

ISTE Standards for Teachers are the standards for evaluating the skills and knowledge educators need to teach, work and learn in an increasingly connected global and digital society. In week 5 we will be teaching discussing these standards.

I chose this resource because it is a video that explains how social media, particularly Twitter, can be a great resource for teachers everywhere. It explains how having a professional Twitter can allow you to make connections with Twitter all around the world.

Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Our software turns any iPad or web browser into a recordable, interactive whiteboard, making it easy for teachers and experts to create engaging video lessons and share them on the web. Students can replay these lessons any time, any place, on any connected device. We're on a mission to dramatically improve student achievement by extending the reach of great teaching.

This is a good site for connecting education and technology. It has options for you to choose rather you are a teacher or a student; they also have a teachers guide column.

Wiggio lets students, teachers, and coaches, communicate by managing their meetings, practices, deadlines, and more. It is applicable for anyone in a club, academic group, sports team, or all other kinds of groups to simply connect with each other.

D2L is a Learning Management System (LMS) that we here at OSU know quite well thanks to the Online Classroom. It is a great way to connect all of your students into the class. You can do online quizzes, synchronous communication, asynchronous communication, upload syllabi and other content, etc.

I chose this website from the chapter because I think it is important for parents to know how to teach their children to be smart with their cellphones and it might also help parents learn how to be smart with their own cell phones.

Do we remember to include cell phone safety when discussing digital citizenship? Great Website for educating students on proper smart phone usage using games and interactives.

This website helps kids get connected through their cell phones, and how to be safe using their cell phones.

This is a social network that allows educators and professionals to connect with their colleagues to collaborate ideas and eventually form their own professional learning communities.