Ed Tech @ OSU

Separated into 2 lists of 10 items each that detail how to use PLNs and how to build them, respectively.

Social media can be great tools in education. Yet, many teachers remain reluctant to use them. Blogger Matt Davis has gathered some of the best resources to help teachers use social media with their students.

Social media can be great tools in education. Yet, many teachers remain reluctant to use them. Blogger Matt Davis has gathered some of the best resources to help teachers use social media with their students.

Collaborators come in all different shapes and sizes. This info-graphic identifies the top nine types of collaborators that typically exist within organizations. Ranging from early adopters to social butterflies to the begrudging skeptic.

Collaborators come in all different shapes and sizes. This info-graphic identifies the top nine types of collaborators that typically exist within organizations. Ranging from early adopters to social butterflies to the begrudging skeptic.

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.

Infographics blog covering infographics, data visualization and visual thinking. Charts and graphs communicate data, infographics turn data into information.

This app allows students to receive due date reminders, track assignments, projects, tests, and other classes! There is a reward system for students that do the homeworks, and it can be used on different devices!

This website has a mass of very helpful tools and links to use use in your classroom and on classroom websites. They have apps, online resources, tutorials to work with technology in current classrooms, and support.

Padlet is another way to collaborate with students or parents who want to quickly and easily post something for anyone to access. There is an option to post anonymously. It's a great tool for feedback or questions/concerns or even a way for parents and students to talk to one another.

This App allows you to "take collaborative notes, share data and files, and use comments to share your thoughts in real-time." It is an excellent tool to develop collaborative note-taking and writing outlines. Classroom projects and group works can be a lot easier with this app.

This is an interactive, online whiteboard where you can plan and draw webs and timelines and whatever you can think of. You can also insert videos, documents, photos, and lots of other things. You can put notes and post-its and, best of all, you can invite other people to be on the board with you and edit together!! As a teacher this could be very handy and posting a link to it on your classroom website will enable you to work with your students at home!

According to the textbook, this is a great source to use to "bundle" all of one lessor, or a whole course into one, easy to use site. By using My Big Campus, you are using Web-Based Learning Management Systems (LMS) to incorporate student management tools into your daily learning.

A Learning Management Systems is a wonderful tool that gives you access to class information at your fingertips! The features include: syllabi, teaching materials, quizzes, tests, survey, email, discussion forums, automatic grade book and drop box, just to name a few. Most school districts provide an LMS but if not, My Big Campus is a good resource.

My Big Campus is a Learning Management System that extends the classroom to a safe and engaging online environment, balancing educational use of Web technologies with network and student safety.

Dropbox is the premier file backup, sync and sharing solution beloved by more than 300 million users and used by more than 4 million businesses

Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom As the Internet becomes an increasingly pervasive and persistent influence in people's lives, the phenomenon of the blog stands out as a fine example of the way in which the Web enables individual participation in the marketplace of ideas.

This page has been set up so you can check out different types of class blogs to get ideas for your own class blog or use it to make connections with classes in other countries.

Communicating with Difficult Parents

Great ideas for Teacher/Parent communication!

This website lists a variety of collaboration tools that can be benefitial in the schools. Some of these collaborations sites deal directly with documents, spaces, sticky notes, notebooks and walls, PDFs, and even graphs and charts. Check it out!

This website lists a variety of collaboration tools that can be beneficial in the schools. Some of these collaborations sites deal directly with documents, spaces, sticky notes, notebooks and walls, PDFs, and even graphs and charts. Check it out!