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Part 1 of 100 Web Tools to enhance Collaboration

New teachers' report writing app - 600 sign-ups in last month! FREE & ONLINE school report writing software for teachers, easy-to-use, with great features including an OOOPS! DETECTIVE that spots embarrassing mistakes and SPELLCHECK AS YOU TYPE. LATEST TEACHER REVIEWS From TES (Times Educational Supplement) http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/NEW-6204573/ "So grateful for this - took me a while to get the hang of it but the time investment was worth it. Thank you." "The software is great, really excellent. I love it already!" "Well worth investing the time to set this up with specific subject related comments. Has made the actual report writing process much faster! Really helpful spelling/grammar checker included. When I had a query, the online support was very useful and prompt. Thanks for this!" *** COMING SOON *** Statement bank sharing with colleagues... and more... (we're new - YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE VERY WELCOME)

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a map is worth ten thousand. This is not like any atlas you remember. Maps of America are what you'll find and make on nationalatlas.gov™. Maps of innovation and vision that illustrate our changing Nation. Maps that capture and depict the patterns, conditions, and trends of American life. Maps that supplement interesting articles. Maps that tell their own stories. Maps that cover all of the United States or just your area of interest. Maps that are accurate and reliable from more than 20 Federal organizations. Maps about America's people, heritage, and resources. Maps that will help you, your children, your colleagues, and your friends understand the United States and its place in the world.

The value of Twitter for helping you and your colleagues stay informed of the latest trends, ideas, resources, and Web 2.0 integration tools has increased tremendously in the past year. A Web 2.0 tool is available for exploiting the every growing information on Twitter to remove barriers and allow you to collaborate with other science and math teachers. This new online tool is paper.li - a source of daily Twitter newsletters in education.

"SymbalooEDU is a PLE curation tool to organize and share the best of the web with others, for example your friends, colleagues or students"

This is a unique site in that it is the application of apps that creates a transformation in learning. Various apps are covered by offering suggestions of ways to use them in the classroom. There are even video examples to help further educator understanding. Apptivities is the response to a challenge given at the ADE Summer Institute 2010 at Full Sail University, Orlando, Florida. ADE colleagues contribute apptivities, a specific learning activity using apps on mobile devices.

more than 2,000 pre-K-12 resources, including: * math, ELA, science and social studies for grades pre-K-8; * resources designed to promote middle school literacy; * Regents-aligned resources in Global History and Geography, U.S. History, Living Environment, Earth Science, Physics and Chemistry; * tools that let you save and organize resources to share with students and colleagues.

Teachers must be proficient in, and be able to model, 21st century skills such as finding and managing resources, publishing on the web, and connecting with colleagues, students, parents, and local and global communities.

often think in metaphors. They help me to clarify and communicate my thinking. A metaphor can make a complex idea accessible and comprehensible. They invite understanding and are a useful catalyst for conversation. A metaphor can be made even more powerful when it is combined with a practical demonstration. One metaphor I like to share with colleagues revolves around the impact that we might have as teachers. - A guest post by Stellina Sim

Free Lifesaver PPT Template has a red colored lifesaver rescuing the globe. It has a light background and has the vibe of a swimming pool. Explain your take on environmentalism through free backgrounds for PowerPoint. Urge your colleagues and people on the internet to heal the planet through free Philanthropic PowerPoint slides and Global business PPT theme.

Whether you're a new teacher entering the classroom for the first time or a veteran teacher with experience to spare, we're all looking for ways to improve our performance and better serve our students. Setting goals for development before the year begins enables you to track your evolution and share your progress with colleagues.

Specific recommendations are made for taking steps to building a professional presence by focusing on a member's profile, connections, and website links.

Free Hand Drawing PPT Template encourages drawing and provides means to showcase your work. Simply draw a sketch, create art, and then share it with colleagues or kids in your drawing class. The title slide of this free template for PowerPoint features the hand of an person, who is drawing a straight line.