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Task of week 7. Can't wait to see everybody's photo on your blogs.

A blog with many experiences, sites and games for Educational use, mainly for Spanish Teachers, however can be used for ESL teachers as well.

  RSS |Blogs|Forums|Register|Sign-In K-12 Blueprint   Digital Learning Environments Top 10 sites for Creating Digital Magazines and Newspapers by David Kapuler September 13, 2010 print ShareThis rss While creating digital magazines or newspapers can be done in a word processor, there are dedicated sites that elevate this art to a whole new level. Top 10 sites for Creating Digital Magazines/Newspapers 1. Issuu  - One of the most popular and successful online digital magazine creators/publishers around, with a very nice user interface. 2. Yudu  - Upload a document or PDF to create an online magazine that can be emailed our or embedded into a site. 3. Openzine  - Very user friendly site with an abundance of templates and layouts to create a professional-looking magazine and share online. 4. NewsCred  - Create a terrific looking online newspaper in 5 minutes, similar to Openzine. 5. Scribd  - A very popular Web 2.0 site for creating online content and publishing. 6 Fodey  - A fun site to create a newspaper and then download to print out or put on a blog or site. 7. Zinepal  - A great way to bring the news to students by "clipping" online articles. This is a wonderful site for those making the move to ebook readers. 8. Paper.li   - A fantastic site to turn Twitter into an online readable magazine. 9. Guzzle.it  - Is a news aggregator that puts online news in one customizable place. 10. Crayon - Create a professional-looking newspaper with this nice online creator. There are several options to choose from, so it has a bit of a higher learning curve.  David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. For more information about his work, contact him at dkapuler@gmail.com and read his blog at cyber-kap.blogspot.com. SPONSORED LINKS       print ShareThis rss .      Leave a Comment:   Text Onl

Short (about 1 minute) talks on varied topics. Creates a more natural way to make students respond to ideas. Can be used mostly with older learners who would have more to share and contribute

Great tool specially for students who are about to graduate. This will enable them to share ideas, memories and fun about the course they"ve taken together. The class could start working on it right at the beginning of the semester and finish at the very end.

It describes a new site where students can create and share 12 secs videos about various topics/questions posed by others. You can sign up to follow the feeds of other users and comment on other users' video clips.

Some reasons why and how to create your own network for teachers and students.

About your e-facilitator, Carla Arena

There is a mention to Claudio Azevedo's blogs in this post.

An embeddable search engine tool that searches for media based on Creative Commons Licenses.

MentorMob and LearnZillion have teamed up to create a comprehensive collection of Common Core aligned learning playlists perfect for providing students with easy access to guided learning experiences.

For as long as I can remember I've been using avatars to teach Internet safety. It's a fun and engaging way to teach students the importance of protecting their identities when they are online and a great prelude to using a variety of web 2.0 tools to support the curriculum.

I have been creating a lot of student projects that use ThingLink as a tool for learning. I have also received a handful of of questions from teachers who are highly interested in facilitating a similiar project of their own, but need help with the management involved. "With so much active student engagement, how do you manage a project like this?"

Technology is a tool that can be used to help teachers facilitate learning experiences that address the diverse learning needs of all students and help them develop 21st Century Skills, an idea supported by the Common Core. 

There are a couple dozen ways to 'use' technology in education. There are also a couple dozen ways to integrate technology in education.

Roseli, today I published on my blog an amazing chart to help teachers visualize possibilities for tech integration. It was an edudemic post. Really interesting stuff! http://collablogatorium.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/being-educator-of-21st-century.html

Hey Carla! I will have a look right now! Thank you so much for sharing!

 Professor David Crystal answers questions about the English Language