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great examples of how blogging can be used with Elementary students "I started Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog in 2008 with the idea of sharing class activities with parents. Over time, the blog has grown to be the centerpiece of our third-grade classroom. It has become a true global learning community that offers myriad rewards for students, parents and teachers."

"The Rapid E-Learning Blog shares practical tips and tricks to help you become a rapid elearning pro. It is hosted by Tom Kuhlmann who has over 15 years of hands-on experience in the training industry and currently runs the community at Articulate."

It is the personal blog/website of Jon Bergmann. Jon is a teacher, educational coach, and writer who has had the privilege of helping educators around the world reconsider what education can look like.

The Flipped Learning Blog

A nice blog post designed "to help you get easy, instant and free access to some resources and websites where you can read and download and print graphic organizers."

This blog post describes several communication and team building activities that can be done using mobile devices. "Mobile devices are major sources of communication for almost everybody these days. As such, these devices lend themselves for exploring effective and ineffective communication. The goals of this unit of study are to: - gain a greater understanding of the keys to effective communication. - build team and cooperative learning skills."

Blog post about how teachers are using iPads with students. Includes ideas for sharing a single iPad in the classroom as well as favorite elementary iPad apps for learning.

Great blog post about what you can do on Diigo.

"Flipping a classroom is not a teaching technique, it is more in line with a philosophy or way of teaching. It involves using technology as a tool, not the main focus, for helping students increase their understanding" Nice blog post on the philosophy of the flipped classroom.

A nice blog post that discusses "key components of a successful BYOT initiative."

"New words of wisdom are posted to this blog weekly." Tips for SMART Boards and Macs. There is also a link to her web resources listed by subject.

"app smashing centers on transforming student projects to be rich media creations"

"Evernote gives administrators the tools to capture anything, access it anywhere, and find things easily. " While this blog post features how admin can use Evernote it is a good example of best practice for this free tool.

"How to attribute a Creative Commons photo from Flickr" - Nice blog post about Creative Commons attribution.

how to embed google calendars on your website or blog

Tips for finding and using new web 2.0 tools in your classroom

iMovie trailer planning templates