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Today's guide is about Wikis in education. This is the 14th guide we are publishing here and there are more coming on the way.

21Things4Teachers is a web-based professional development resource offered both as a free online resource and as a structured professional development course. 21Things4Teachers provides just-in-time training based on the ISTE Standards for Teachers (ISTE Standards*T) for K-12 educators through an online interface. It covers a wide array of digital applications framed within the context of different educational practices, issues, considerations and environments.

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Digital Storytelling 106--better known as "ds106"--sprouted in 2010 as a computer science class on digital storytelling at University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Founded by Jim Groom, educational technology consultant Alan Levine, and instructional technologists Martha Burtis & Tom Woodard, ds106 has evolved into a model for all instructors and students who aspire to experience, explore, and extend connected learning.

Digital portfolios (or e-portfolios) are great tools for students that tick a number of different boxes for teachers. Aside from the obvious advantage of being a web based space to collect student work, it can also serve many other purposes - like tracking progress over time, keeping track of the work done towards meeting Common Core standards, teaching students technology skills, and easily keeping in touch with parents.