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Mr. Beat is a teacher who makes educational videos about social studies and attempts to incorporate music into almost every lesson he creates. He has written songs about all of the Presidents and has created music videos for all of them."

"Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities, or click below to find out how to get our engaging 15-minute video programs."

"In the last 10 seconds, 9 iPhones were sold, 90 people joined Facebook, 100 blog posts were created, 6,000 people joined a "social game," 7,000 tweets were tweeted, 125,000 videos were watched on YouTube, and 2,00,000 SMS text messages were sent worldwide. This is according to a cute little Flash app by Gary Hayes, a social media producer and speaker from Australia. Be sure to click on the social media, mobile, and games tabs to see all the numbers. It's astounding"

"Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds" TED talk

"THE PRINCIPAL STORY Project couples THE PRINCIPAL STORY - a critically-acclaimed PBS documentary about school principals - with specially-prepared materials to help you promote excellence in education leadership. Whether you are a principal, state or district official, policymaker or concerned parent, please take advantage of the videos and conversation guides here."

This is the video that Candace shared in her email. "If we invest in programs that promote learning beginning at birth, the statistics will change, the stories will change, the future will change."

"Give Em The Pickle and Leadership Pickles and What's Your Pickle? from Bob Farrell , customer service & leadership training videos!" Mentioned by Ritz Carlton guy

"Turn your PowerPoint presentation into an interactive online lesson. We call this a mix. Everything you need to create and share your mix is included. Add audio and video of yourself giving your presentation, write on slides as you talk to them, insert quizzes, practice exercises, and more - all from within PowerPoint. It's like a screencast, but better. All you need is Office 2013 and the free Office Mix add-in."

Carly is a young woman living with autism who co-authored the book Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism. To help promote her book, they have created this video experience of what it might feel like to live in Carly's world, giving users a first-person point of view into Carly's experience.

"An eBook is a downloadable, electronic file which can include digital text, hyperlinks, images, embedded audio and embedded video. Enhanced or multimedia eBooks can be "aggregated documents" including media elements created and saved earlier."

Exploring Imagery Through Beowulf - Katie Novak UDL

"U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced today the upcoming release of the national frameworks for family engagement in which Senior Lecturer Karen Mapp, Ed.M.'93, Ed.D.'99, played an instrumental role developing. In a brief video (see below) played today at the National Family Engagement Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Duncan thanked Mapp and emphasized the importance of such frameworks."

Ohio schools are moving toward online assessments for their students which include interactive assessment items. These interactive assessment items have been enhanced by technology and in order for students to successfully complete these online assessments, they will need to be able to perform many technology tasks including: click/tap, scroll, plot points, drag/drop, type with text editor, select object, select text, use video player, select area, drag/slide, deselect, highlight, use ruler, use calculator, use protractor....

"All your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That's Slack. - Real time messaging, file sharing, supporting one-to-one and group conversations - Powerful search and archiving, meaning no one is ever left out of the loop - Dozens of integrations with tools including: Dropbox, Asana, Google+ Hangouts, Twitter, Zendesk - New integrations and features added frequently - Inline images and video, with rich link summaries giving context without leaving the app - Instantly synced across all devices - Configurable notifications for desktop, mobile push and email - Scientifically proven (or at least rumored) to make your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive"

Fun example of storytelling supported by an iPad

"See the world in your language: instantly translate printed words using your built-in video camera, in real time"