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Great article that outlines "a number of advanced tips to make finding, sorting, consuming, and creating content on the iPad easier and more efficient."

From the Evernote Blog. Includes classroom planning, notetaking, sharing, grading, and other ideas.

A great overview article on ePortfolios. Includes many tips, suggestions, and guidelines for developing an ePortfolio program with your students and classes.

From Dynamic Geometry (app developer): "Drag, manipulate and animate visual mathematical representations to develop your understanding of fundamental concepts across elementary mathematics, geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and beyond. Based on the award-winning software The Geometer's Sketchpad®, the Sketchpad Explorer app allows you to interact with, and investigate, any mathematical document created in Sketchpad. With a simple, powerful, multitouch interface, Sketchpad Explorer puts mathematics comprehension literally at your fingertips."

Sketchpad Explorer tips: http://www.keycurriculum.com/resources/sketchpad-resources/sketchpad-explorer-for-ipad/sketchpad-explorer-for-ipad-tips

3 great tips on how to use Google Docs for teaching and learning.

Video introduction to Moodle rubrics. You can use these in your Moodle assignments!

"Official Google Earth Help Center where you can find tips and tutorials on using Google Earth and other answers to frequently asked questions."

"Visit this site to learn all the tips and tricks for using Google Earth as a teaching tool. You can view lesson plans for a variety of grade levels and subjects, discuss Google Earth teaching tactics with fellow educators, see student-created work, and read how other teachers are using Google Earth in the classroom."

From Glogster Edu: "Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the creative expression of knowledge and skills in the classroom and beyond. We empower educators and students with the technology to create GLOGS - online multimedia posters - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more."

Click the link below for a quick 1 minute tutorial overview video of Glogster from Tech & Learning: http://www.techlearning.com/pd-tips/0051/video-tutorial-glogster---glogging-explained/53408

A list of videos from the likes of Sal Khan, Linda Darling-Hammond, Judy Willis, and other notables. Great minds, not necessarily thinking alike.

"A Complete Guide to Using Google Earth in the Geoscience Classroom." Contains plenty of resources and helpful tips for teachers in other subject areas.

Google Earth can be used for learning in many ways and in all the subject areas. Check out this guide created by Richard Bryne for helpful tips and lesson/project ideas.

Un-peer-reviewed / un-published research, but potentially interesting as support of the U Utah study. Summary: "What we found is on average most people perform better when focusing on one single task," said Ms. Ulmer. "But this one group of people-the high media multitaskers-performed best when they are in a multitasking environment. The high media multitaskers actually excelled in the multitasking room."

"the goal is not constant focus, but a short period of distraction-free time every day. "Twenty minutes a day of deep focus could be transformative," Rock says." The steps: 1: Do creative work first. 2: Allocate your time deliberately. 3: Train your mind like a muscle.

"'Effective multitasking' is sort of an oxymoron. "The human brain doesn't really multitask," says Art Markman, cognitive psychologist and author of Smart Thinking (Perigee, 2012). "What the human brain does is what I call time-sharing.""

""Successful" multitasking has been shown to activate the reward circuit in the brain by increasing dopamine levels-the brain chemical responsible for feelings of happiness.... This is comparable to the rush you might feel while playing the slot machines in a casino.... It's important to be aware of how multitasking can stimulate us into mindlessness, giving the illusion of productivity while stealing our focus and harming performance."

This teacher chose to have his students create RSA Animate-style videos as "an easy way to make them visualize their information, make connections, and re-tell their facts in a story that had a very tight story line that flowed.  All skills that would transfer nicely to any traditional essay." He really emphasizes the preparation and planning stages, which is great. He also talks about the process, which is useful.  All said, a great resource.

This is the place to start if you are considering using ePortfolios with your students/classes. Dr. Barrett is an authority in the field of ePortfolios in the classroom. There are a ton of helpful resources and research articles related to ePortfolios here.

"This is the workspace for an online course Introduction to E-Portfolios in K-12 Schools, developed by Dr. Helen Barrett." https://sites.google.com/site/k12eportfolios/home

Additional resources from Helen Barrett: http://electronicportfolios.org/ Be sure to check out the following sections located on the page that opens from the above link: 1. "Electronic Portfolio Development" 2. "Frequently-Asked Questions" 3. ePortfolio Google Groups (might be a great way to connect with other teachers using ePortfolios!)

A very informative guide to all things ePortfolios from the New Zealand Ministry of Education. This is a very detailed report about how ePortolios have been used in schools throughout the country. Be sure to check out page 4 for a breakdown of the "distinguishing features & advantages" of ePortfolios compared to paper portfolios.