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Every month Educational Technology and Mobile Learning features a short list of the best iPad apps for students. We pick these apps from the different review lists we did before and our selection is based on the app productivity, its rating, popularity and whether or not it conforms to our evaluation criteria or not. We are being very strict in our selections because the apps market is full of junk and if you don't try an app and attest to its usability then chances are you might end up recommending junk to readers.

This is a British site, but luckily we do speak the same language. I just had to check out what they call Whizzy things, these are web 2.0 tools you can use. Isn't it great that we can start collaborating with our teaching peers "across the pond"?

ommitted to offering women the ongoing inspiration and support to help them achieve their goals. If we talk openly about the challenges women face and work together, we can change the trajectory of women and create a better world for everyone

Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with a series of back to school top 10 lists. During August we will run about 40 'best of' lists, not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate.

Innovation and technology allow education to have access to new ways of doing things in the 21st Century. We welcome you to our virtual community, an all inclusive environment for educators, students and parents.

The Concord Consortium is a nonprofit educational research and development organization based in Concord, Massachusetts. We create interactive materials that exploit the power of information technologies.

This is a collection of links to resources and helpful sites for teachers. We hope that this list will grow and become useful for our students, faculty, partners and alumni!

If it takes a village to raise a child, how many people does it take to train an educator? It's hard to say, but 50 helping hands seems like a good place to start. In the spirit of community, collaboration and information sharing, EdTech: Focus on K-12 has rounded up 50 ed-tech blogs that we deem must-reads for the K-12 community.

July 16, 2013 By: Steven W. Anderson This is the second in my Summer Learning Series, where I share "make-it, take-it" resources, ideas, tips and tricks for the summer and for the classroom. The first in the series was Collaborative Learning With Edmodo. Today we will look at how to utilize hashtags for learning and sharing.

There are probably hundreds of different ways to use Facebook in your classroom. We've written about a number of them, and we know that a lot of educators out there are using the tool for everything from classroom projects to keeping in touch with parents.

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