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A great place to find many different webinars, collaborate in forums, and share resources, to mention a few items.

Read Write Think is a website that has some great reading and writing resources for teachers. There are lesson plans, student inter-actives, mobile apps, etc. There is also a parent section that has subjects like "how to start a blog" and others.

cecibunney, I love this one and have saved it to use when I get my own classroom again for additional supports. Thank you!

creates a collaborative q & a for any youtube- or vimeo-hosted video

Lilianna, You made my day by sharing this site. First, my husband will love this. He is always looking for how to videos on youtube. I now have it added to my Favorites Bar for him. Second, there was an older gentlemen that was talking to me about computers. He feels they are our enemy and there is no good to them. We share the pros and cons of technology and computers, and I told him about how my husband looks up how to fix things all the time on youtube. He then explained that that is one reason why businesses are closing up. I do agree with his philosophy in some sorts, but it is the way of the world and we need to change with it.

A chat site where teachers share ideas in all different subjects or meaningful occurrences, such as math language arts, science, social studies, professional development, classroom management, special needs, or technology.

online tool to create collaborative diagrams and flow charts

creates a virtual binder/portfolio of resources that can be organised and shared

Celly brings the power of mobile social networking and knowledge discovery to everyday life in a private and secure way. Family, friends, neighbors, classmates, coworkers, and teammates can use social building blocks called "cells" for everyday collaboration, knowledge sharing, and group communication on any device. join by text in seconds unlimited members group messaging with moderation multiple-choice polling scheduled reminders track feeds automatically link networks together phone numbers are kept private works on any phone with text messaging (SMS), Android app, web and email

a friend of mine told me about celly last term, but i haven't had occasion to use it yet. have you?

amazing wiki with info on practically every area of tech in the classroom, has a whole score of things on social bookmarking

The collective effort and exchange of ideas lead to final products and understanding that would not be possible if students were working in isolation.

Facilitating collaboration is one of the many aspects of teaching that requires skillful planning, a high degree of awareness, and on-the-fly decision making. Of course, even with the best preparation, the

I think it is important to understand things that might get in our way of collaborating in order to be successful. We need to be ready to take these things on. this is a slide show I found on SlideShare, another tool that can be used for collaborating, that addresses this issue.

This is an article about the ten steps to making a teaming team that works. Collaboration is all about working together, and if we want that to happen the teams might be the way to go, hold each other accountable and be there to support one anther, in my time as a teacher this is what has worked, it gives us the right push.

Thinkbinder is an only group study collaboration tool. I think this would be a great way for students to find information from and for each other, ask similar questions, and be engaged in each others learning. This would be a great tool to use in the classroom and have as an optional tool or even an assignment that teaches collaboration.

WizeHive is collaborative tool that allows for voting, contests, sharing files, and more. I thought that the voting feature could be fun for students as then share work. could create a fun energy around doing their work.

this looks like a great way to get live feedback. could be used during presentations or as a way to comment while watching a film.

here's a cool article with a bunch of ways to use pinterest in the classroom

This is a common concern of teachers who are new to Project Based Learning. Things can appear to be going smoothly; students have been engaged by the project, they've been learning content and skills, they've been busy and meeting deadlines… but their thinking is not as in-depth and their final products not as polished as they should be. If this is your experience, it's time to ask yourself some questions: