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Teachers start by defining cooperative grouping jobs for peer editing that are appropriate for the the level and needs of the learners in the class. While students are writing drafts, teachers take advantage of opportunities to work with small instructional groups to focus on specific job-related writing tasks to prepare students to put their new skills to work and contribute to the peer editing process. Here is an overview of some of the integrated writing supports available in Google Docs to include in small group instruction to that will empower students and help redefine the writing process. Peer Editing Job ideas: Word Smith, Big Picture Person, Tense Tracker, Fact Checker, Punctuation Person

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Charts are a great tool because they communicate information visually. You can design and share your own charts online and for free - supports a number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots. Shared by Dana B in her Lib510 project

Sir Ken Robinson's inspirational talk on education.

Even better than power point!

Looks like a great resource for teachers on a variety of subjects.

Joyce Valenza's LibGuide to Copyright-Friendly resources, such as Creative Commons images, free music, info about fair use, etc..

A collection of displays and bulletin boards for the library (Colette's Pinterest board)

This article lists ten top sites for digital collboration in project based learning. From management tools to social gathering sites, this article lists quite a few sites I've never heard of!

This blog links three short TED talks that creatively address technology in education across the world. The specifics of the talks may not focus on collaborative technology, but I believe that the TED initiative itself is all about collaboration and making resources accessible.

Bookshare is a website funded by a non-profit initiative to provide digital reading materials to people with print disabilities. The purpose is to allow these individuals timely access to materials that they might otherwise not be able to read because of their disability. The website relies on collaboration from others in order to add new materials to their digital library.

This article explains how the new software and technology that has been incorporated into the Tahoma School District has provided significant opportunity for students in the special education program. The article outlines several specific software programs and apps that students use to overcome print disabilities, speech impairment, and a number of other physical and academic disabilities.

DyKnow is a company that offers products for managing and enhancing technology in computer-based classrooms. They recently posted an article on their blog that links to the top read articles they've published over the last year. Many of these articles touch on challenges in technology based education, digital citizenship, and helpful tips for an edtech classroom.

This resource discusses collaboration between facilitators and teachers for integrating technology into the classroom. This seems like it would be useful for implementing collaborative technology tools on a large scale.

This is a lesson plan for a collaborative project involving water. It uses technology tools, and seems to be pretty well thought out.

Set up the Diigolet floating toolbar for easier bookmarking when using Diigo Diigolet is not as feature-rich as the Diigo toolbar, but it can be set-up by simple drag-and-drop - no download or installation needed, and it works for all major browsers. Much more powerful than bookmarklets offered by other social bookmarking sites, Diigolet is a "super bookmarklet" that allows you to highlight and add sticky-notes, in addition to simple bookmarking.

iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. As teachers seek ways to integrate these devices, we recommend focusing on specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments. Below, you will find a list of objectives, each one connecting to recommended apps and tools.

Dropbox is a robust independent file syncing tool (which Apple once tried to buy) that recently hit the 100m user milestone. It's arguably the most popular cloud service around, and for good reason. One of the key advantages of Dropbox is that it's so easy to use-you simply set it up and then forget about it - but if you dig a bit deeper into the application you'll find that it has more strings to its bow than you might have realized.

Here's a page with links to many more ways to use Twitter. I thought this was a good extension from the article we read by Steven Anderson early in the term (though he isn't referenced in this one).