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"This list of five things that you may not know about QR codes contains some simple ideas that definitely pack a punch. These tips include strategies for differentiating instruction, distributing materials, and keeping families up to date on classroom activities. If you've tried one of these QR tips or have another to add to the list, the comments section of this post is the perfect place to share!" The article also tells how to make dynamic QR codes requiring a login, for example, for a daily lesson assignment, using Kaywa.

Great tips for the budding student artist. I would recommend this to any student who shows artistic promise with photography. Let the creative juices flow. You can send your direct learners directly to this page for a visual feast, plus good advice from professional photographers.

100 Great Google Docs Tips for Students & Educators

"he success of social media content writers is practically dependent upon thorough proofreading. If you skip this part, your writing and marketing efforts will be useless. Spelling, punctuation, word usage, and grammar mistakes can ruin the overall impression your content makes."

Karenne's blog with great tips about how to learn English

Karenne's blog. Tips for English teachers

"We all know Google Presentations is a great tool for making multimedia slideshows. But did you know it can also be used to make interactive quizzes and "Choose Your Own Adventure" style stories? With Google Presentations ability to link to specific slides you can build a non-linear slideshow that allows the user to make choices and go to different slides depending on their choice. Learn tips and tricks to make this work best, and see how this can be used for you or your students to make interactive quizzes and stories." This looks like fun. Users warn that some of the links to help files don't work, but give it a try.

While the article by R. Byrne talks about various tools, it often gives great tips for lessons using the QR code makers in ingenious ways.

Sets up two screen with the interviewer and interviewee--or a role-play dialogue. Be sure to check out the video on their site, "How to Do a Good Interview"--nice tips for students

An interesting visual way to find images--each image found leads to a "swirl" of other related images, usually from the same site. Images found can be used in content-based/project-based learning. Be aware of copyright issues when using images from the Internet. Thanks to Webhead Rita Zeinstejer for this tip.

Although this is a science and math teacher blog, the tips and tools mentioned here are outstanding. Blog by David Wetzel (drwetzel)\n\nTopics that include a brief lesson idea and tools to use: book trailer video, interactive poster/presentations, audio/video podcasts, slideshows, collaborative project sharing.

"Search Cheat Sheet This is a quick guide to the operators and restricts supported by wave search. Keywords about:[keyword] - finds waves which have [keyword] occurring anywhere. Same as [keyword]. title:[keyword] - finds waves which have [keyword] in the title. caption:[keyword] - finds waves which have an attachment where [keyword] occurs in the caption. ---------------- Status is:read - finds all read waves. is:unread - finds all "