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I follow this site off of Facebook. They do great things here and I have found many solutions and ideas in what is posted. Below is a recent post: This is a guest post from Tom Daccord (@thomasdaccord) of EdTechTeacher, an advertiser on this site. Thanks to a recent partnership with Khan Academy, Duck Duck Moose has made its terrific Draw and Tell iOS app completely FREE. With Draw and Tell, young students can easily create an animated screencast complete with voice, drawings, images, and objects.

Grant Smith Former educator turned teacher trainer and CS education consultant helping districts bring coding to all students. Becoming a coding teacher doesn't need to be intimidating. I've tried to convert real programmers into after-school coding teachers and it completely bombed. Trust me -- as a well-trained teacher, you have all of the skills you need to be successful.

I recently sat down with Terry Heick from TeachThought.com to chat about a whole host of topics, including global warming, data privacy, ePortfolios, and blogging with students. Terry and I met while on a whirlwind tour of Israel's education system late last year. We talk a bit about that trip, too, including our weirdest moments and memories.

As a teacher, Google Docs is definitely an important tool in your digital toolkit. It provides you with an easy and simple platform where you can compose, work collaboratively and share your documents. With the introduction of third party add-ons, Docs' functionalities have been tremendously expanded empowering users with a plethora of advanced features available only in premium writing editors.

Suneeta Kulkarni explains the Granny Cloud concept and how it has helped boost edtech around the world

Networking is a prime form of 21st century learning. The world is much smaller thanks to technology. Learning is transforming into a globally collaborative enterprise. Take for example scientists; professional networks allow the scientific community to share discoveries much faster.

As a chief technology officer or director of technology, probably one of the toughest challenges you face isn't keeping up with the technology, but rather understanding how to leverage it for your organization. While in the past, we were limited by the occasions that served as "learning experiences," in the 21st century, learning isn't restricted to a special event bound by time and place.

Maegan Heindel's postcard on what your librarian can do for you

So many great tips. Most teachers in my school use Google Classroom, so this was helpful.

25 tips for teaching with apps. Thought the idea of combining apps in instruction seems like such a simple idea, but I know that might not be used by all.

Provides a list of how technology has changed the classroom. Makes you think about the movement in teaching from using technology b/c you have to, to using technology b/c you need to.

Like that although this is a Public Library site, advocates/supports the idea of the library as a community center.

Teaching tech in isolation never works. When a reluctant tech user learns how to do something with a project about which they're personally passionate, they're gonna be instantly engaged, work hard at it, and feel super exultant when it works!

Most people equate leadership with a specific position or job title. But you need more then a title on the door to have followers. True leadership is the ability to influence people to achieve a better result for an organization or group.

is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is a noncirculating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature, and administers the statewide Read On Wisconsin literacy program.

Many libraries encourage staff to participate in opportunities for the library to actively engage in the community outside library walls...with good reason: Collaborations can enhance the library's ability to serve your community and make library services more visible and valued. Although aimed at public libraries, thought some of the strategies/resources were applicable to school libraries.

Naomi Harms and her team of innovators are truly amazing! I've attend as many conferences/sessions as possible with her leading (or her team.) Each time I feel inspired to do something amazing for my students.