Ed Tech @ OSU

This website is similar to google docs, it's real time collaboration with members of a group (students and teachers) where they can write posts, submit files, draw on a whiteboard, and use a calendar feature. It also has a chat feature and is free

Weebly is another place where you can create a free website for your classroom. It had a ton of designs and tools for teachers to use to keep parents and students up-to-date

Wix is another online website creator for the classroom. This one is really cool because it does have a format that can be used from a mobile device. This website is a for more tech savvy teachers who have the time to figure out it's many different features.

This is a great website to build your own website

Create a free website with Wix.com. Customize with Wix' free website builder, no coding skills needed. Choose a design, begin customizing and be online today! This can be used to make a teacher website for parents and students to access for information that will be helpful for the class as well as to get to know you as a teacher.

I think that this is a good example of a classroom website that is not only educational for the students but it was made with a lot of thought and creativity.

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.

I thought this was a good recourse because it give a clear over view on what wikis are and provides examples of ones that are being used in classrooms.

This website focuses directly on the use of a Wiki in the classroom. It has focused information that is easy to read and understand. It also has sources cited at the bottom that you can explore.

This website defines and explains wikis in the classroom. It is a great resource for those unfamiliar with wikis and lists their features, where to make one, how to navigate them, how they can be used, and more. It also has a list of example wikis made by teachers.

A teachers classroom blog for her first grade students. I thought this would make a good example for seeing what a classroom blog would look like and how it can be useful to the students and parents.

A good example of blog being used in the classroom. This first grade teacher uses hers to interactive and leave messages for the parents of her classroom.

Check a number of social media sites to see if your username is available.

I found this particular twitter page very resourceful to early childhood education teachers. Ms. Graboski, the owner of this page, likes to share teaching ideas on this page and post pictures of her students learning through fun games and activities. This is great place where parents can tune in and see what their children are working on in class.

The link is to a Pinterest page that has many creative ideas on how to keep open communication and collaboration between teachers and parents.

Mr. Marcinek's blog is ranked in the top 10 educational blogs of 2013. Mr. Marcinek is focused on explaining and stressing the importance of technology integration into classrooms while making sure that his readers understand the balance between technology and face-to-face learning. Edutopie.org is a great tool for teachers to use so that they can remind students and parents of upcoming events, and successfully communicate and answer questions outside of school.

This is a website within classjump.com (collaboration tool) that one school created so teachers, faculty, students, and parents can collaborate and keep open lines of communication. From this site, you can view any teachers lesson plan for any particular class, as well as, get updated on upcoming events. Within this one site, there are many subpages that are easily organized so that any teacher, student, or parent can access the information they need. Assignments, payments, events, and many other things have been collaborated on this one website to make communication at any level much easier.

This page is a great example of a mastery level online classroom. Mrs. Marka uses this classroom webpage to post assignments, study guides, upcoming events, pictures of past events, quizzes, and links to other useful pages. She even created a login where a student can login into his/her personal account to view graded assignments. You can also send an email straight to Mrs. Marka if you have questions on an assignment, grade, or upcoming event.

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This looks really cool and would be great for incorporating lots of photos into a production or as a stand-alone.

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If you are unsure of what a PLN is this can help break it down to understand it better.