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This is a list of apps used for digital storytelling. Using a variety of apps can be a great way to have students connect with technology and tell a story. Having a concise list of apps that students can use would be very helpful.

This is a video over how to build a professional learning network using twitter. This is what we have been working on in class and it's important to know how to build these connections over twitter.

This site provides information about growing a Professional Learning Network and provides reason behind the benefits of PLNs to educational professionals. It gives educators a place to find other professionals that are also interested in discovering ways to stay connected with others.

This resource is a web-based learning management system.Which allows you to be organize and connect with your students. It's just like D2L.

This website allows teachers to connect with friends, colleagues, peers, and mentors to share ideas, videos and comments. This allows teachers to gain new and creative ideas from other teachers that may have already implemented the idea into their classroom.

Gooru is an online source that gives standards for different learning styles and allows teachers all over the world to connect with one another. Teachers can share ideas and lessons.

Take a virtual tour with students to allow them to connect with the outside world.

English teacher and instructional technology coach Brianna Crowley offers practical advice on creating professional learning networks built on intersecting layers of relationships. I chose this article because it showed step by step what we need to do to build those connections.

This site provides information on how to create your own Professional Learning Network including how to get started, how to find other professionals, and how to use it to communicate effectively. It is great to join PLNs but it's great to learn how to create one!

I chose this resource because it gives a brief explanation of what a PLN is. Then it give three specific steps on how to build your PLN and goes into detail about each step.

This article explains how Skype classroom can broaden your students horizons. You can connect to classrooms all around the world or participate in virtual tours/field trips.

"Cult of Pedagogy" is a website and a place for teachers to unite and explore ideas together through a blog, podcast, and posts. The main page goes into detail about what Project Based Learning entails. This website uses the analogy "project based learning, the content is baked inside of a long-term project, a real-world problem students need to solve in a creative and authentic way. In the process of solving the problem, students also meet required standards, but this work is integrated into the project, not separate from it". This is a key component in understanding PBL because it is more than just solving a basic math problem. The really cool thing about this website is that it connects the viewer to a podcast called "Cult of Pedagogy". Teacher's can listen to this broadcast to get ideas about teaching and PBL. There is also a tab for teaching materials. The materials included are e-book template, google drive basics, and icebreakers that all educators can utilize when implementing Project Based Learning into their classroom. Overall, this is a great tool created by an educator for all.

Explores how Project Based Learning is a dynamic classroom approach in which students explore real world problems through hands-on, engaging activities. This website provides evidence of PBL through videos. The video portion of this website is very helpful and connects to this chapter because it shows different activities that teacher's can use to engage their students. Not only are there videos, but there is also topics that organize the different types of lessons and activities making it organized and efficient to use. Lastly there is a blog where teachers can communicate with each other, exploring new ideas and topics.

A list of educational servers in Discord, which could be used to connect with other teachers and share resources or to get an idea of how to make a private server for your students.

This is a great resource because it provides examples of digital storytelling in each content area.

We chose this website because it gives information about how to create digital stories to show to your class. We thought it was a different way to teach material that many teachers may not think to do. We thought that because it is not very common that when digital stories are shown to the class, they will be more interested in the material that is being taught.

Gives great ideas and examples for digital storytelling.

Tells how teachers deal with the new technology in the classroom, and how they should not be afraid of it. Some teachers do not want to use new technology in the classroom because they do not understand it or do not want to learn. This gives encouragement to those teachers who struggle with technology. It also gives helpful suggestions such as have a phone that automatically connects a teacher to a tech agent, so they do not have to wait a half hour for help.

This is a collaboration website. It allows teachers from all over the globe to interact, share, and collaborate their different ideas and lessons.

This poster is great for older kids. It pathways how they are not being a good digital citizen.