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This video clearly shows kids what personal information is and why they should keep it safe. It is promoted for grades 4 through 6, but it is appropriate for 3rd grade as well.

This article gives reasons on why digital storytelling should be used in the classroom. It explains all the benefits of using it and how it improves the students learning.

This website talks about the development of portfolios for teachers and 3 big reasons why we need them

This website answers why we need to have a teaching portfolio and ways we can utilize them.

This youtube video is a Tedx talk about digital footprints. Michelle does a great way of explaining why knowing how big of digital footprints you have is important. She gives insight for people and the students to understand more about this topic. We will show this in our class to aid in our lesson for online intelligence.

I chose this resource because it briefly explains a PLN. Then it explains five reason why future teachers should start their PLN right now and goes into explicit detail.

This article explains why teaching portfolios are helpful in the classroom. It also breaks down how you can assess your students using a portfolio.

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

This article tells why technology integration in education is important and it also gives a few examples of what that integration can look like it a classroom. It talks about how relevant technology is to our students.

This article elaborates on technology integration importance

This helps students understand why digital footprints are very important.

7 things you should know about flipped classrooms.

This article goes into a lot of detail describing what a flipped classroom is, why it is a good tool to use, who is using it, and what to watch out for.

Teaching is all about storytelling. By incorporating technology into storytelling, we can move ourselves and our students to higher levels of thinking.

Explore reading and play games with your favorite PBS KIDS characters like Elmo, WordGirl, Super Why and Daniel Tiger!

This is a good source because it can help everyone plan out their video through a storyboard! 

Storyboard Layout Add Cells Cell Size Move Cells Save & Continue Save & Exit Why Limit Yourself to the Basic Version? Upgrade for Privacy, Advanced Storyboard Types, Uploads and Much More! View Premium Plans great app for students to map out their brainstorming through visuals for a video project

This is a storyboard creator that makes amazing graphic organizers for digital storytelling! The software is perfect as a comic strip maker too!

This website explains what wikis and blogs are and why they are important to use in a classroom.

Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. The aim of this first step is to: Explain what is a PLN. Help you understand why educators create their own PLN.

Welcome to our professional learning series on building a PLN. This series guides you step by step through the process of setting up your own PLN. It's great for people who still need to delve deeper into what a PLN actually is.

This is a very information-rich site that further introduces the PLN and delves into several different avenues a teacher can take in developing their PLN, with one avenue explored being Twitter. I particularly found the Step 6: Curation page to be intriguing. This page introduces curation, the strategic collection and compilation of knowledge and media found online, and demonstrates how it can be a valuable tool for educators engaged in expanding and sharing their constant learning and teaching journeys (See the video towards the middle of the page where a teacher shows his netvibes and scoopit accounts, and the very complex ways in which teachers can organize and share knowledge from these information collection/filtering tools. VERY valuable for our fast-paced and information-heavy time.)