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This website is devoted to home school ideas an art projects. It is for kids of all ages who are home schooled. This website also includes information about playing, learning, food, holiday it is chalk full of ideas.

"Ipads in the Classroom" pages 18-20 This article includes the benefits and the disadvantages of ipad use in the classroom. It mentions how ipads help students with adhd and applies the use of these technological tools into different classroom settings, varying on subject and education level.

This website has good tutorial that has step by step instructions on how to make a YouTube video. It includes what equipment to choose, ideas, how to make the video, how to edit the video, and how to upload and promote your video.

TeachWithMovies.org offers a collection of lesson plans and curriculum materials using movies to inspire, inform and motivate your students. There are subject-specific sections for English, Social Studies, Sciences, and Other Subjects (which include Math, Health, Music, and numerous other subjects). These subject areas are often broken down into sub-categories (for example, Social Sciences is broke down into US History, World History, and Civics).

This a website that gives you advice on projects or other things that one can include in a classroom wiki.

Includes questions a teacher can keep in mind while choosing resources for the classroom.

This talks about different species of endangered plants and why they are endangered. It also includes some information about why plants are important for the environment and why they should be protected.

Children's Poetry includes several featurues that make it ideally suited for teaching phonemic awareness, word recognition, and reading fluency. -children's poems are short and easy to learn -Poems Play with the Sounds of Language -Poems Make Phonics more engaging Poems can range from simple to complex.

This site includes a review and test of Weebly, our tech tool of the week. It has a chart that gives direct commentary on different aspects of Weebly sites. It is very helpful it you are trying to compare different blogs to use.

Website Tooltester.Com reviews and informs the reader of all the advantages and disadvantages of websites, particularly Weebly.

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 resource is excellent because it provides a definition of a what a Wiki is, what the benefits for use in the classroom are, and provides examples of how a Wiki could be used in different content areas. It has videos that help expand on the topics included. It also includes some tips on how to create these resources and use them effectively in the classroom.

This article lists the top 10 content curation tools for teachers. It includes valuable resources for organizing and utilizing resources that supports this week's lessons. This article is valuable for exploring other curation tools.

This site is a perfect rundown on how Easel works. Also includes an educational video on how to use it!

This website addresses why teachers should have their students create new media assignments and provides suggested assignments that teachers can have their students do. The website also has links that will be helpful in having students create media assignments including a link on how to assess these assignments.

This webpage has multiple links for different media projects teachers can assign to their students such as narrated art or a digital story. Within each link, a definition, workflow, and appropriate tools are provided for teachers. Also included are videos & tutorials and examples for students.

This site has some examples as well as some explanations of the different types of portfolios there are, including best work and growth. 

This is a great source because it includes iPad apps for every situation you can imagine. There are apps for all ages, over countless subjects, and for the teacher.

The University of Southern Florida's website offers helpful information on multimedia in the classroom, including what it is, how to implement it, and steps to use it in the classroom.

Having students make video projects is a great way to get them involved and invested in their learning, and this website provides helpful tips for studentst that are creating video projects in the classroom.

These tips will help everyone film their videos the correct way! The video is a good resource too! 

These tips will help everyone film their videos the correct way! The video is a good resource too! Please watch the video if we don't have time in class to do so!