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What should classrooms be when we can connect with other teachers and learners around the world? What is the best role for teachers when knowledge is distributed widely in these networks? And, most importantly, how do we reframe our own personal learning experiences as educators and as people in light of these shifts?

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Charlie Osborne, a journalist and ex-teacher, has some great suggestions in this article for using Facebook in the classroom.

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One-to-one technology has the power to revolutionize virtually any classroom, but language arts classrooms may see the most obvious and immediate benefits from day one. Let’s take a look at a few of the dramatic improvements 1:1 technology can make in the areas of reading and writing.

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"It will take classroom teachers, who understand that “21st Century Learning” cannot be equaled to “using computers, iPads, web 2.0 tools or other technology gadgets and tools” at a set time during their schedule , to make the shift how we think about learning."

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"There’s an ongoing debate about the role social media should play in education. Advocates point out the benefits that social media provides for today's digital learners while critics call for regulation and for removing social media from classrooms. Finding a middle ground has become a challenge."

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"Whether you’re looking to inspire or entertain your students, the following TED talks have terrific lessons embedded in fascinating talks"

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"Technology’s real promise lies in its ability to disrupt established systems and change the way we frame problems. How should we address the real issues plaguing our schools? Do we need technical solutions to everything? Are these problems better addressed the old-fashioned way, or should we just accept some of them and move on? Until we acknowledge which problems really need fixing and begin working on ways to solve them, we’ll be stuck with fancy, expensive — but ultimately useless — toys."

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An extensive collection of ideas on how to use Evernote in education.

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6 considerations for building the ultimate digital classroom.

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A blog post around the analogy of teachers and master chefs. "With teachers, true expertise also includes mastery over many areas of knowledge, tools, and domains, and the trajectory from novice to expert requires study, reflection, coaching, and growth. Technology is one tool in a teacher’s toolbox. In this century, a teacher who is not adept at using technology for teaching and learning is not really an expert teacher. They may have many skills and talents and a font of knowledge, but if they cannot effectively weave technology into the process, then they are missing a key component. Any teacher who is “missing” technology, is comparable to a cook who is “missing” knives – technology is a critical tool in effective teaching."

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Suggestions for using Facebook in the classroom. Also includes links to alternatives.

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An article (Canadian) that puts forth the benefits of the "flipped classroom." This article may be useful as more emphasis gets put on the importance of changing pedagogy while increasing access to hardware.

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Here are 39 sites for using one of Jobs' greatest innovations: THE iPAD.

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YouTube is a great thing for education! Here are five reasons why: Inspiration, More Access to Students, Global Connection, Customizing Videos, Quizzing Students.

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TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.

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This looks like an interesting tool to engage students in lectures. Students have the ability to take notes, ask questions and engage with interactive features available to the lecturer. Probably best for large classes.

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" staying with classroom-based schools could permanently sink our chances of rebuilding our economy and restoring our shrinking middle class to its glory days."

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This infographic examines the following questions about the flipped classroom: What is the flipped classroom? How it came to be? What's driving it? What it looks like?

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Collaborize Classroom is designed to complement classroom instruction and engage students in online activities, assignments and discussions that allow for deeper participation inside and outside the classroom.

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How does your classroom rate against this list. We should see a decrease in these as we implement TL2014.

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