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It's an introduction to learning about classroom blogs and why they can be beneficial to the classroom for not only the teacher but also the students.

This site gives you 17 simple reasons why you should integrate iPads into your classroom. Very helpful and great ideas!

This website provides ten different ideas for video projects that teachers can assign to their students. It provides an example video for each idea and explains how to do these videos and why they are beneficial.

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 explains why teachers need to assess student learning and provides links on how to assess student made blogs, wikis, websites, voicethread projects, podcasts, and video projects.

Great article on how technology is helping the classrooms and why it is important for teachers to integrate their classrooms with technology.

Explanation on how you would use one and why you would create a portfolio on LiveText

This is a great blog about how differentiation should be. 

Article about mistakes made when trying to use differentiation in education

I thought this was a great comparison article between resumes and portfolios. In a generation where everything is online, portfolios have become the norm.

I thought this was a great comparison article between resumes and portfolios. In a generation where everything is online, portfolios have become the norm.

Chose this resource because it gives insight into what time students should be creating these portfolios.

Chose this source because it shows students how these portfolios can benefit them and why they actually need these.

Again, this source provide insight into why students should have a digital portfolio.

Here we can see educators and researchers share their opinions on why technology integration is important for 21st century classrooms.

For future reference: How to conduct a SUCCESSFUL Twitterchat. In case you forget or need a little more convincing on why a Twitterchat is a good tool for you and your students.

Five Keys to Successful Parent-Teacher Communication Keep these ground rules in mind and parents will thank you - and your life will be much easier! The best way to avoid misunderstandings with parents is to have ongoing, clear lines of communication from the beginning.

This chart gives examples on why parent teacher communication have become disconnected as well as gives us insiders on how to improve parent teacher communication.

This is a blog that has many resources and articles over why you should use twitter in the classroom and how you can use it in the classroom.