Ed Tech @ OSU

A word or phrase preceded by a "#." How do hashtags work? Twitter can be a busy place with lots of tweets-and thus lots of "noise." A #hashtag is a way to aggregate tweets that are appended with a hashtag. Picture it like a magnet that attracts all messages categorized by that topical word or phrase. Also this website offers great resources for every possible class a teacher could teach.

Hashtags to look at whenever searching for resources on twitter.

"Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Our software turns any iPad or web browser into a recordable, interactive whiteboard, making it easy for teachers and experts to create engaging video lessons and share them on the web. Students can replay these lessons any time, any place, on any connected device. We're on a mission to dramatically improve student achievement by extending the reach of great teaching." You are able to create videos where you can teach your lessons and draw like it is a white board.

Educreations is a community where anyone can teach what they know and learn what they don't. Can be used when assessing a student or create one for a sub to show when you are absent.

This app allows you to create your own things and then share with others!

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.

This article explains how Skype classroom can broaden your students horizons. You can connect to classrooms all around the world or participate in virtual tours/field trips.

This is an app with e-books that can be used in the classroom or at home. It provides a large variety of genres and age levels.

An article on the use and merit of social media platforms in the classroom.

A great resource of tools that techers can use to develop and grow PLNs

An article over the use of twitter in the classroom which covers not only student involvement, but teacher experiences, as well.

A case study of using Facebook in the classroom in such a way, that I believe is a great example of building a PLN.

A great little artlice that not only covers what a PLN is, but also gives an example of how to grow your own, while doing so.

This is a free video editing software designed for students and teachers.

This is a video editing feature on Youtube that allows you to make a new video and post it.

This is a free video editing software that can be downloaded.

This is a free video editing software that can be dowloaded.