Useful Links (Weekly)

  by  shareski 

• The Twitteraholic’s Ultimate Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter | The Edublogger Sue Waters (Feb 2012) post: With Twitter recent redesign of its mobile apps and web interface I’ve decided it’s time to update my Twitteraholic’s Guide to tweets, hashtags, and all things Twitter post.

• 21 Reasons Technology Works for Education | EdTech Magazine Provides some interesting good statistics, but doesn’t go into a lot of detail about the reasons, interests, and research involved.

• Education Rethink: 11 Reasons Teachers Aren’t Using Technology #edchat #edtech Post by John T. Spencer. “…tools are technically technology. However, for the purpose of this post, I’m thinking computers, tablets and mobile devices. This is not a comprehensive list and I admit that it’s limited entirely to my own experiences and my own local context.

• http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/07/5-essential-questions-eportfolios/ Post provides an interesting discussion about why and how you might go about creating an online portfolio.

• Free Technology for Teachers: 10 Ways to Create Videos Without Installing Software#.UAAb1fP77Qw.twitter  A collection of some of @rmbyrne’s favorite tools for creating videos online. WeVideo is a collaborative online video creation tool. In the video editor you can upload your own media clips or use stock media clips to produce your video

• Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have A digital skills and tools list – includes blogs, website builders, whiteboards, presentation sites, video etc.

• Why You Need Your School Librarian | Kentucky Teacher

• Pixar’s 22 Rules to Phenomenal Storytelling [INFOGRAPHIC] | PB&J Publishing This is a great infographic that sets out some of the principles for telling a good story.

• Ebook Strategy and Public Libraries: Slow Just Won’t Work Anymore — The Digital Shift

• 9 Eye-opening BYOD Infographics | Blog Infographics that try to explain and clarify the BYOD phenomenon and the impact of BYOD.

• 20 Must-See Teaching Tools Coming To Your Classroom Very Soon | Edudemic ”Few classrooms these days operate without digital tools, gadgets, or applications that have made it easier for teachers to track student progress and tailor lessons to student needs and interests. While the tools of today are great, there are even more great technological teaching tools and practices on the horizon, many of which are just starting to be adopted in the classroom or are just making it out of the developmental stages. These tools offer new and often very promising ways to connect with students and improve the quality of education offered in schools. Read on to learn about just a few of the websites, programs, and amazing technologies. “

• Digital Storytelling Tools – iPad Multimedia Tools Nice collection on a well-organized site for iPad apps. This page has digital storytelling apps, but there are pages for many other apps – image narration, storybook creators with sound, book creators (no sound) and talking animated stories.

• More Ideas for Flipping Faculty Meetings – The Tempered Radical Three ideas that are worth looking at when thinking about flipping faculty meetings

• To Kill A Mockingbird and the Scottsboro Boys Trial: Profiles in Courage | EDSITEment From National Endowment for Humanities the site offers lesson ideas

• Top 13 Infographics that Mock Infographics

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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