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Harness the power of video in conveying emotion, tone, and energy while leveraging the flexibility of an email-like system, where each party can send and view messages at their convenience.

"Using RabbleBrowser, one person can lead or facilitate a shared experience with an unlimited number of locally connected peers. As the leader browses the Web or views files, the others in the session with them will see the path they are taking. Integrated group chat, private chat and bookmark sharing keeps the collaboration levels high. Using the easy integrated social tools, anyone in the session can share URLs to the Web via email, Twitter, Google+ and Facebook."

"Our app features 25 graphic organizers for students to use to organize their thinking while reading or preparing to write. Covers all common comprehension skills: cause /effect, main idea/detail, sequence events, pro/con, story elements, characterization, word meaning, plot, KWL and much more. Save to your device and/or email. Use again and again. Project on board and collaborate with team members. Use to organize notes while reading or use them as a prewrite to school papers. Great tool for instructors as well."

Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox. Ever wish you could easily receive big files from anyone? Now you can! Together with Dropbox you can setup an unique upload address with password protection. DROPitTOme is your one stop solution when an email is just not enough.

I am a 2nd grade teacher from OHIO who is WILD about technology! This fall will be my 17th year of teaching! I have enjoyed sharing my ideas and supporting teachers who have attended my technology sessions. We have traded many ideas and given support to each other over the years through email and Facebook. This blog is a new adventure to share ideas and to learn from a new community! I hope to inspire teachers to use technology in their classrooms. I hope to motivate parents/community members to use technology in their homes and in their daily lives!

"Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a math formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play... With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photo imports, and simple sharing through email, Facebook or Twitter, now you can broadcast your ideas from anywhere."

", online collaborative writing is generally safer, more reliable, and more efficient than emails." 10 tips to get started

"Teacher Notes functions as an easy way to file written notes, photos, movies or audio on multiple children, domains and content areas all at one time. Then when it is time to write reports cards or evaluations Teachers Notes has a quick way to sort notes by any combination of children, domain and content area. You can then e-mail your organized notes, or email just one note with its accompanied photo, movie or audio file."

"Unlike complicated calendar or task apps, It's Done! is quick and easy, letting you instantly recall every routine task you performed. It's Done! is the perfect app for anyone who's ever forgotten anything. It's also ideal for those suffer with short-term memory loss due to brain injury, dementia, or other medical-related conditions. It's Done! can even notify others by text or email that a task is done. Rest easy that mom took her medicine or the kids locked the door."

"FETC 2010 Session on Assessment and Ripple Keynote Cheryl Lemke (clemke@metiri.com) Greetings! Thanks for joining my FETC sessions. The slides are hotlighted in the box to the right. The research and web links are listed below. Enjoy! If I missed anything, just email me at clemke@metiri.com or call at 310.945.5155. Keynote: The Ripple Effect: 21st Century Innovations Thursday Session: Assessment of 21st Century Learning"

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."

"Scientific Learning's Fast ForWord Language series included on NCRTI Instructional Intervention Tools Chart Printable Version Email this page September 20,2011 The National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) has added the Fast ForWord® Language series program from Scientific Learning (NASDAQ:SCIL) to its "Instructional Intervention Tools Chart." The NCRTI publishes the Instructional Intervention Tools Chart to help educators and families select instructional intervention programs that best meet their particular needs. Through intensive, individualized interventions, Fast ForWord Language Series helps districts move elementary Tier 3 students, as well as struggling students, English language learners, and those with special needs, toward grade level reading skills-and success in the general classroom. Fast ForWord Language Series is part of the Fast ForWord family of educational products that accelerates learning by applying proven research on how the brain learns. The products can improve student achievement by one to two years in as little as eight to 12 weeks."

"MATH 42 helps students from the 5th to the 12th grade with math - starting with homework to the preparation for tests - by (1) presenting intelligent recommendations, showing how to solve a problem, by (2) giving detailed, illustrated step by step solutions, and (3) a Training and Test Mode that allows you - thanks to statistics - to evaluate your progress and improve yourself. Problems and Solutions can be posted on Facebook or sent per eMail. "

"INTRODUCING THE STUDENT BILL OF RIGHTS We believe that all students should have a voice, and that all students should have the ability to vote on issues in their schools that matter to them. The Student Bill of Rights is a way for students and education stakeholders to do exactly that. Below, you'll find a list of a variety of different issues that matter to students. To make your voice heard, simply select one and share your thoughts, or add new ideas to vote on. Sign up for the email list below to stay updated on our pilot launch."

"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"

"This app allows users to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles. Users identify and record concepts that can be placed in one of the circles or in the overlapping areas, allowing them to organize their information logically. The finished Venn diagram can be emailed out or saved to the device's photo album."

"These are the top 20 movies every educator should watch. While every movie is not specifically about educators, there is definitely something to take away from each. These movies are not listed in order of importance, just the order they came to me. Each title is linked to their IMDB page."

""Here is a list of useful tools for flipping your classroom compiled by Jeff Dunn in the following article featured on Edudemic"

"if you're looking for video sites for using in your classroom, look no further than this article for Edudemic by Jeff Dunn. He has compiled a comprehensive list of over 100 of the very best video websites out there, and broken them up into various sections according to different lesson theme preferences. Explore and enjoy!""

from the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform