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There is an assumption that persists in the educational community that more mature teachers are much more difficult and reluctant to be trained on the effective use of educational technology. To some degree, I think this assumption has been built on by the digital native vs digital immigrant myth. But as someone who has trained teachers of all ages all over the world I would say that, from my own experience, this hasn't been the case.

"Today's tech-savvy students spend hours upon hours sharing information with friends through social networks like Facebook. We wanted to bring this form of interaction to education. Tapiohka is a free, hosted solution that provides easy access to class information with tools that facilitate sharing and collaboration. We look to differentiate ourselves by bringing the focus on students learning from each other and not just from their teachers and textbooks. We completed our first phase of development last month and Tapiohka is now available and completely free to users. Currently, a teacher can create a class and provide their students with secure access to class information, schedule and resources. Students can collaborate with their fellow classmates within a platform that enables the easy sharing of resources and the ability to create discussions and form study groups."

Are you interested in being a part of a dynamic digital environment capable of changing the world of education? There are wikis out there that are just waiting for you to join and offer up your $.02. From wikis on teaching in the United Kingdom to art to web 2.0 tools, there's a wiki for everyone.

The list of wikis below is just a smattering of some of the best open wikis available today. They were all nominated by teachers and administrators from around the world during this year's Edublogs awards. If you're not familiar with wikis, they're quite simply a website developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. That's the official Wikipedia definition. What better place to get a proper definition, right? Anyway, check out each one of these terrific wikis today and do your best to join or at least monitor what's happening on them. Enjoy!

http://wiki.scotedublogs.org.uk/
ScotEduBlogs
http://ukedchat.wikispaces.com/
#ukedchat Information Wiki Site
http://21stcenturyskillsnmteachercourse.wikispaces.com/home
21st Century Skills for Teachers
http://ibart.wetpaint.com/
Art Online Studio
http://asantangelo82.wikispaces.com/
asantangelo82
http://thedaringlibrarian.wikispaces.com/
Daring Tech Wiki
http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/w/page/17791568/FrontPage
Digitally Speaking.
http://edcamp.wikispaces.com/
Ed Camp
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Educational Origami
http://flatclassroomproject.org/
Flat Classroom Project
http://fugleflicks.wikispaces.com/
Flugleflicks
http://greetingsfromtheworld.wikispaces.com/
Greetings From The World
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/
ICT Magic Show
http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/groups/ipadpilot/
iPad in Education
http://metasaga.wikispaces.com/
METASAGA
http://mrhanson.pbworks.com/
Mr Hanson's Online Class

The top five search tools for finding Flickr images are designed to help teachers and students locate just the right image for use in any subject area and project. Without these tools finding the right image on this image hosting site is often an impossible, or at least a tedious, task. The value of this site is its ability to provide digital pictures which are often impossible for a teacher to obtain any other way. Like everything else on the internet, trying to find something is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. This where the top five search tools become valuable resources for teachers and students trying to find images comes into play. These search engines are specifically designed to search the more than three billion pictures on the Flickr hosting site.

The Vail School District in southern Arizona developed a wiki for teachers to share lesson plans and resources. Today, the wiki is a smash hit, and textbooks are a thing of the past.

The series we have recently started here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning and which covers a wide variety of free teacher resources has more in store for you.So after posting about free worksheets and printables yesterday we are going to provide you today with another list of great and trusted resources where you can easily create, download, and print lesson plan templates.

A list of great free online tools that can help teachers and students compile resources.  Also provides explanations for their best uses.  

I want to introduce you in this post to the concept of Open Educational Resources ( OER ). I know some of you are already familiar with OER but for those who are still struggling to come to grips with what OERs are all about, the slideshow below is a good place to start with. Here is what you will learn from it.

Great site to create an online space for your groups - for teachers making their first attempt at creating an online resource for their classrooms.

The Contemporary Arts Center provides teachers and families with excellent tools to integrate art into childhood education. This page is where you can find the various materials we've created that can be used at home or in the classroom, as well as information on upcoming Teacher Workshops.

online resources for esl teachers

FREE online lesson plans, lesson plan ideas and activities, thematic units, printables, themes, teaching tips, articles, and educational resources

Tom Barrett has created some cool presentations for teachers on how to use various tools and resources in the classroom.

The following tips, tools, and resources can assist any teacher with the basics about social media and ways to share that information with students.