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When it comes to searching for educational apps to install on your iPad it feels like you get drowned in an avalanche of apps and resources from which you emerge empty-handed. Everyday new apps go viral and to keep up with the updates in this field is really a daunting challenge. Thankfully, there are many trusted educational resources ( this blog is one of them ) where educators and teachers can get to discover and learn about new useful apps to use in education.

I was looking at the applications familiar to me under Bloom's Taxonomy for iPads and for some reason it was surprising to find Skype as an evaluating tool! How could Skype be used for evaluating!?

This is an online learning environment dedicated for educators and students to learn how to effectively use Google Apps in an educational context.

excellent videos about critical/creative thinking in education

an interesting view on changing education.

This is a "master" list of all kinds of educational technology tools in the areas of social netowrking, teacher's web resources, educational apps for the iPad, 21st-century teaching resources, google tools, and content area resources. Lots of things to see and review!

This article explains why foreign languages are important for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and industries. Language educators use innovative technologies and we should see our work as part of STEM.

Find educators interested in connecting their classes through Skype

Copyright and creative commons - Lesson plans

I was looking at the same website!! I find this song also a good way to introduce copyrights to students in a fun way. http://mediaeducationlab.com/1-whats-copyright-music-video

digital literacy for educators including videos, curriculim and lesson plans for grades K-12

A list of the top 100 blogs (and more) that have to do with education 

Good article about some great tools

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Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction is a free gallery of images hosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Research Library. The gallery contains nearly 500 drawings of people conversing, scenes in houses and buildings, and objects commonly found in houses. You'll also find drawings scenes in cities, in stores, and in nature. The visuals are all drawn cartoon style without any text or speech bubbles. Applications for Education If you're looking for some visual prompts to use in your language lessons, take a look at the gallery at Visuals for Foreign Language Instruction. You can search the gallery by keyword or simple browse through the collection. 

A Google+ community for gamification in education.  

great tools and info for educators

Good site with technology integration ideas. 

Resources for teachers, can-do statements chart, info for students