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This video and article who how an award winning teacher uses an amazing example of digital storytelling from the New York Times to teach about the "future of storytelling" to his middle school students and to inspire their own multimedia digital stories.  Check it out!

This blog offers some good ideas about how teachers might use QR codes in the classroom to give "voice" to student work. I can see this adapted to almost any grade level or subject area for adding value to student work. via TeachThought http://www.teachthought.com

Good video animation on how the human respiratory system works.

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These embeddable games can be added to your Haiku classes.

via TechLearning RSS Feed http://www.techlearning.com/rss This free video tutorial provides a good, concise overview of Diigo for beginners.

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Love this creative idea for creating interactive displays of student work and giving the traditional "oral report" a twist to expand the real audience for student work. via Moving at the Speed of Creativity http://www.speedofcreativity.org

Digital Explorer is an organization that helps students learn about science and geography through the study of expeditions around the world. Digital Explorer publishes educational materials that are connected to expeditions. via Feedly Digital Explorer - Follow Expeditions and Learn About Science via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

A fun blog entry that might make a good close reading for science. Underlines the connection between science theory and falsifiable evidence. A Beautiful Notion: That Caterpillars Killed Off The Dinosaurs via The latest articles from Radiolab Blogland http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blogland/

To some the electric slide may just be a novelty dance. Astute readers of technology blogs will know that this Electric Slide happens to be a application that allows visitors to wirelessly present their PowerPoint slides, documents, and videos using just their iPhone or iPad. First-time visitors can watch an instructional video and then go ahead and get started. The Features area contains details on the operations of the program and the Help section offers up some useful suggestions. This version is compatible with all operating systems running iOS 5.1.1 and newer. From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2013. https://www.scout.wisc.edu/

A great tip from Richard Byrne. Read his blog at http://www.freetech4teachers.com

"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection is often the first place I go to when looking for old maps to use in a social studies lesson. The collection contains more than 100,000 historical maps documenting places throughout the world. " via Feedly Collections of Historical Maps and Ideas for Using Them In Your Classroom via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

How to Insert Videos Into Google Forms via Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

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7 Steps to BYOT Here's what Georgia's Forsyth County Schools recommends when thinking about implementing BYOT. (Find more at www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/byot.) 1. Think carefully about your goals. 2. Survey students about what gadgets they own. 3. Get buy-in from parents and the community. 4. Determine rules for personal devices, and make sure everyone is clear on them. 5. Test connectivity by inviting students to bring in their devices. 6. Ask students about their experiences with their own gadgets. 7. Plan how you can use BYOT to develop fun, challenging activities for students.

This webinar underlines the emphasis on speaking in the ELA CCSS via ASCD SmartBrief http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ascd?sb_code=rss

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