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Thanks to Mr. Wood and Elliott for passing this on.

category: Inspiration    

Some great summer PD opportunities (free & online so you can access from anywhere!):

• What Will You Learn this Summer? 26 Professional Development Resources by Shelly Terrell

And some ideas that you might be interested in implementing next year:

• Cut your marking by a third (using screencasting) by Martin Jorgensen

category: Professional Development    

Here are several great resources for getting your class blog up and running:

• Edublogs Curriculum Corner
• 30 Day Blogging Challenge
• Support Blogging

If you’re looking for a book for inspiration, here are a few recommended titles:

• Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for the Classroom by Will Richardson
• Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century by David Warlick

If you have other suggestions, please leave them in the comments so we can all benefit!

category: The Learning Hub    

Great video from PBS:

Watch the full episode. See more Digital Media – New Learners Of The 21st Century.

category: Professional Development     tags: video

Check out this great list of free tools for educators compiled by Edublogs with an in-depth review of each tool:

#1 – Wallwisher

#2 – Self-grading Quizzes

#3 – Bitstrips for Schools

#4 – Classtools.net

#5 – Edmodo

#6 – DoInk

#7 – Kerpoof

#8 – Glogster

#9 – ToonDoo

#10 – Wordle

#11 – Skype

#12 – Animoto

#13 – VoiceThreads

#14 – PhotoFiltre

#15 – Livebinders

#16 – WeeBehave

#17 – DropBox

#18 – Jing

#19 – Audacity

#20 – LearnBoost

#21 – Wetoku

#22 – Little Bird Tales

#23 – Wikispaces

category: Tech Tools     tags: Tech Tools