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This website defines technology integration and gives different examples of what that integration could mean. It also gives various examples of ways/games/activities to use for learning while using technology.

This Edutopia offers an easy to understand definition of technology integration and how to SUCCESSFULLY implement it. It also provides the reader with differing avenues and examples on how to use technology in the classroom.

An article about how to integrate technology into classrooms, and some examples of what to use

I chose this resource because it explains how teachers can use social media for professional development. It explains how Twitter can be a helpful resource for teachers, how social media can be used just for teachers, and list social sites teachers can use in specific situations.

Great way to learn how to use a PLN in education !

This is a ning site dedicated to the support of a Personal Learning Network for Educators. This website creates connections between professionals and provides many available resources.

This site is actually a PLN for educators to communicate information and includes numerous types of discussion.

Ways and ideas to prevent plagiarism in your classroom. Teaching students, especially those that are young, not to plagiarize is in important. Some ideas of how to avoid having to deal with plagiarism in the classroom are provided.

Project-Based Learning

I feel that this is a great resource for Project Based Learning because Edutopia does a wonderful job of explaining what PBL is, how it came about, and how successful PBL can be in the classroom.

Edutopia is a great site in general and provides an abundance of valid sources the teacher can use to educate themselves on PBL.

Has step-by-step instructions and storyboarding tips on how to make a storyboard for videos. A storyboard is a tool for sketching out how a video will unfold, shot by shot. It looks like a comic strip.

Explains how elementary school teachers can use infographics in their classroom. It describes how to make them and how allowing the students to make their own and different learning styles that it helps.

Search and create Pins to share and use for lesson plans and other activities for classroom

Pinterest is a site where people can "pin" many different types of resources. These pinned resources are shared with all Pinterest users and categorized into a variety of categories. You can search other peoples pins and also pin and categorize your own collection.

Pinterest is a great way to find unique ideas for your classroom. Whether its an idea on how to decorate or how to teach a lesson, Pinterest is a great place to start looking!

This is a great website that describes how to survive in a one computer classroom. It gives examples of how classroom management is with one computer and gives great activities to do to utilize the technology given to you!

Do you suffer because you only have a single computer and want to bring more technology into the classroom? Well suffer no more after reading this informative article that will teach you how to make that single computer into a "super computer".

This resource gives examples of different activities for a one computer classroom and how to use them from other qualified teachers.

This website gives tips for teachers on how to incorporate technology in a one computer classroom. A lot of American schools today do not have the resources to finance ipads in the classroom. Therefore, teachers need resources such as this to make their content as effective as possible through technology.

This article provides multiple videos showing how a teacher can use blendspace in the classroom. Since blendspace is our learning tool this week, I thought these videos would be helpful in helping the class understand how blendspace can be put to use in the classroom.

This article provides multiple videos showing how a teacher can use blendspace in the classroom. Since blendspace is our learning tool this week, I thought these videos would be helpful in helping the class understand how blendspace can be put to use in the classroom.

As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a "filter bubble" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy. Our filter bubble causes Google and other search engines to limit our searches by personalizing them. Personalized filters look at what you click on first which will throw off the balance of the information you receive. This filter bubble is important to understand so you know when search engines are personlizing your searches so that you can learn how to balance your searches.

X-ray Goggles is another great tool that Mozilla makes to help students learn the code that powers much of what they see on the Web. X-ray Goggles is a free tool that lets you remix any page that you find on the Internet. (Note, it doesn't change the way others see the page, it only changes the way that you see it). To use X-ray Goggles you need to install it in your Chrome or Firefox bookmarks bar. Then you can launch it on any webpage. When you launch X-ray Goggles you will be able to select images and text on a page and then shown the code behind your selection. X-ray Goggles will let you then alter the code to display new things on that page. Watch my video here to learn how to use X-ray Goggles.

The use of personal portfolios for assessment and presentation long has been a component of higher education. In fact, personal portfolios are a graduation requirement at many colleges and universities. Now, electronic portfolios have begun to enter the world of K-12 education as well.-Mary Daniels Brown with Education World. This website builds on our learning and use of digital portfolios for ourselves to show how to use them with our students. We will learn how to do our own, and can then help our students in the future.

Teaches you how to communicate through ASL. This can be used to create classroom symbols or to learn how to speak with any students hard of hearing.

Awesome way to explain what a tweet is and how teachers can use it for education!

This is a good site to learn how to use twitter for educational purposes. It explains how social networking and microblogging platform works.

Provides statistics for why graphic visuals can be useful in a classroom and how the human brain responds to pictures.

A detailed tutorial on how to create an infographic for the classroom. The website also includes ideas for using Piktochart for homework assignments, lessons, comparison charts, etc.

Learning specific skills doesnt have as much value in today's world. Learning how to be more creative prepares students for life beyond the classroom!

This article explains why creativity is so important in the classroom and how it helps students even after they graduate. This article provides us with 5 ideas to bring creativity into the classroom.

This article explains why creativity is so important in the classroom and how it helps students even after they graduate. This article provides us with 5 ideas to bring creativity into the classroom.