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I chose Free tech for teachers. This website had a lot of link to show you how to use technology. Meaning that they showed you how to enable notifications on your gmail and things like that. I found that to be very helpful because not everyone is tech savy. They also had apps for ipads and androids for beginning grade levels. Overall I thought the site would be very beneficial to teachers.  What I liked the most was their tip of the week section because it shows teachers different things they can do in the classroom. I thought that was cool because teachers can come across something that may really work for their students. This weeks tip was 5 different ways teachers could use padlet in the classroom.

http://practicaledtech.com/
Hilda McCurley

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This site was filled with lots of information for teacher's, parent's, student's and others. Articles, videos and updates are just a few of the items on the front page. There are math, science and social studies tech books to explore. Also included are plenty of articles praising the techbooks. Students have homework help, interactive games, videos, contests and a virtual lab discussing various topics, e.g.,  'science behind food'. The parent tab includes resources wherein parents can get tips to inspire and motivate their students/children. There is the DEN (Discovery Education Community) for teachers. This area includes opportunities to get involved in the community, finding upcoming events, a place to share and get resources and strategies. This is blog is filled with good information and resources!
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/
- Jeanette Arroyo

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I chose Free Tech for Teachers because, throughout the course, I have come to realize the importance of technology in the classroom. It engages children and opens their minds to new things. The resource I chose is amazing because it contains so much helpful videos such as several ways to use Google Keep in the classroom, and more. It also contains examples of several apps for Ipads for lower grade levels. What most called my attention was that it teaches students video creation. This would be a great method for the higher grades such as 3-5 grades. It helps get students excited about research, storytelling, and demonstrating their capabilities to the audience.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/video-creation-resources.html#.WRFMBoWcE_w

Susana Martinez

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On this resource there are numerous templets the cite gives you access to either download or purchase at an inexpensive rate. I really like it because it aligns with the standards we will use every day.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teaching-With-Owls

-Tiffany Jones

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BLOGGING ABOUT THE WEB 2.0 CONNECTED CLASSROOM

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BLOGGING ABOUT THE WEB 2.0 CONNECTED CLASSROOM

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In the article it mainly talks about how   to have a better communication with a classroom. Using as key points such as:
-Connection: this resource is very important and vital for anyone or anything. it is key to grab the viewers attention.
-Consume: Using resources to collect data, also how to find resources.
-Converse: Communication is a important resource to exchange, contribute, and debate amor each other.
-Contribution: Contributing is also important, participating in assignments and other activities are vital in education.
http://blog.web20classroom.org

-Yesenia Galindo

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I thought this site was really interesting because it was all about incorporating iPads into teaching.  As we've learned throughout the semester it is important to incorporate new technology into teaching.  This is one way of doing that.  She has different workshops on this website to show how the iPad can be incorporated in different ways.  She even has different workshops based on the grade level that you are teaching.  This website is perfect if you are looking to incorporate some technology into your teaching.

-Mariah Jackson

http://www.ipads4teaching.net/

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This site you can find it all! Literally. You can find pictures of different activities teachers use in their classrooms. In the example I found, it shows an anchor chart that helps students check their work before they turn it in or submit it online. It is very useful especially for those students who tend to finish their work quickly. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/515451119836078833/

-Carlos Gonzalez

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While navigating through twitter, there are many pages that are specifically designed for educators and stunts alike. This is a link for one of those pages. https://mobile.twitter.com/educationweekhttps://mobile.twitter.com/educationweek

-Emily Crider

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I really enjoyed surfing through this site and reading all of the articles Davis wrote. Then on her other tabs she provides links to active and past presentations for you to watch. One I really enjoyed reading was the first article about her nephews and how well they understood and caught on to the app she was teaching them. It is still crazy to think how young they were and how easy it is for them to use it!
-Alexandra Magdaleno
http://rafranzdavis.com/

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There was an interesting article about Teaching a Class with Big Differences. It was interesting it gave different ideas to teach students the same concepts and skills with diverse abilities using differentiated instruction. For example, high achievers can be given compacting curriculum. This idea looks like it lets the students make decisions on their learning outcomes. However, it is important for assessments to be administered to make sure students are on task and their interest are being met.
- https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-class-big-ability-differences-todd-finley

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While navigating through the Teach and Learning website, I discovered several points that stood out to me. The website is almost like a news website such like CNN but with event tabs, magazine tabs and resources for students and teachers. Teach and Learning, offers resources such as app for the day, ebook to read, and even a magazine online that covers the most current issues with technology and the newest tech innovations.
-Allizbeth C. Trujillo http://www.techlearning.com/content/news/2

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this source helps teachers create online flashcards for students. This is interesting because they can be used in any content area to help students study.
http://tammyworcester.com/flippity/
-Bianca Martine

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While visiting this website, I discovered a youtube video discussing an important addition to a school in Connecticut. They added a Sensory Room for students with Autism which allows them to learn better and focus during lessons. Students inside the Sensory Room can sit on medicine balls, participate in yoga, balance on pillows and many other things. This room has proven to be a great benefit for both students and teachers. I think this is such a cool thing to have in a school and it's great for the students to be apart of.
https://www.edutopia.org/schools-that-work
-Landon Reyes

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I navigated through the Discovery Education site and found tons of resources for teachers, from textbooks to puzzle makers to curriculums. Since we were recently working on creating virtual trips for students, i thought it was interesting to find lots of available (and free!) virtual field trips on this site for every type of subject and every grade level. These types of virtual trips give us the opportunity to travel the world with our students without having to leave the classroom.
-Alejandra Garcia-Diaz
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/Events/virtual-field-trips/explore/index.cfm?campaign=footer_teachers_virtual_field_trips

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This site is a blog for educators to share there thoughts on education and technology blended together.
http://blog.web20classroom.org/search?q=classroom+lessons
This blog discussed positive and negative uses of interactive whiteboards in the classroom. I enjoyed being able to read all the different responses posted by teachers. To my surprise I discovered that majority of teachers don't believe that it is a helpful tool. My favorite post that I read was "The teacher gives the board "life" not the technology".
- Alicia Ramirez

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I enjoyed navigating through the website, and I liked the content that the blog has because it relates to teaching. Also, it keeps you up to date on important educational issues. I read a blog about helping to close the education gap that was fascinating. It is interesting how technology is assisting school by bypassing the geographic and financial boundaries. Also, providing digital tools for training purposes to teachers. Finally, helping children learn in crisis.
-Victoria Madrigal

https://blog.google/topics/google-org/helping-close-education-gap/

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http://tammyworcester.com/google-timer/
This tool she posted is for Google Timer.  How simple is that! Just type timer and the minutes on Google, and the timer comes up and starts! As my first-graders would say: Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!
-Ann Overstreet

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This particular resource really helps a new teacher with ideas about setting up a bulletin board and knowing how to utilize it to benefit the students. There are many different ideas that someone can use for any unit they are teaching. The variety of resources this offers really inspires me to create a diverse and appealing classroom in the future.
- Bee Xiong
http://www.schrockguide.net/bulletin-boards.html

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Pinterest is a website that can be used at anytime, anywhere and for anything. When scrolling through this site, I found so many fun activities and ideas that teachers can be using in their classroom.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/1196337382131916/
The link up there is to a flip - book, that I personally found very interesting for parents. It is so creative to think to give parents something like this. From my past experience in schools, they give something similar from the district to all the parents, but not from a classroom, usually the book is from the district and their rules and regulations. But from my perspective, it is important to have something from a classroom, that has its rules and regulations, because every teacher has different exceptions from their students in their classroom.

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This was a great site. It offered all kinds of educational information. I clicked on the fee iPad apps option and found a ton of cool apps for iPads. This option lets you pick a grade level. My love is ECE so I picked pre-K.  I loved the Teach Your Monster to Read app. There was also an app for creating educational games. Overall great information and apps for the classroom.
Ronda Weldon
http://ipadapps4school.com/category/pre-k/
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

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This is an interesting cite because it provides k-12 education. It incorporates technology trends into education. The mission of this
cite is to nurture a community of strong leaders to use technology in education. I believe that this is a great cite because technology is becoming the next big thing in schools. They vision is to make education more relevant and accesssibe for everyone. Therefore the incorporation of technology in the everyday classroom is very important .

http://www.centerdigitaled.com/about/http://www.centerdigitaled.com/about/

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http://hyperdocs.co/teachers_give_teachers
This site is a way to share digital lessons and activities. The teachers gives teachers site connects to Hyperdocs that can then be shared and edited. This is a great idea, in concept, but it was difficult to follow. It is good tool for someone that does not have time to create google docs or slide activities from scratch for each lesson. An easier way to follow this site was through their Twitter page.https://twitter.com/tsgivets?lang=en
-Lisa Edwards

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The Mind/Shift site and I became friends instantly. There's so many resources for teachers to use from from intellectual knowledge gaining to activities to do in the classroom.

After spending almost an hour choosing just one article to share, I found one on turning the school/classroom environment into a game setting. It mentioned how curriculum and game designers came together and they noticed that "Systems are all about connections, networks, and the ways in which nodes relate to one another. This focus on connections might also be one of the building blocks of citizenry, humanity, and social community." Using this concept, they proposed a great alternative to the classic classroom.

Fatima Rasuli
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/07/24/what-happens-when-school-design-looks-like-game-design/

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In education, it seems as if innovation and revolution play like the song of the Sirens in a culture of perpetual obsolescence. It seems as if we've got an unhealthy fetish for new-ness, indiscriminately choosing the convenient disposability of shrink-wrap over the sustainability of the well-worn.

Digital games can be amazing tools, but only when used to make it easier to contextualize the gifts we've received from Shakespeare, Socrates, Euclid, and others. The thing about tools is that their strength is usually derived from the way they approach a problem rather than in the particularity of the solution they offer. For example, consider the hammer: a great technological innovation that our human ancestors imagined more than 2 million years ago. What made it revolutionary was not so much in the material from which it was assembled, nor the particular object it bashed. Instead, the hammer was revolutionary because it forever transformed human experience by introducing the possibility of striking, and therefore altering, our natural surroundings. It changed the way we look at things.

Still today, a great deal of our teaching is essentially grounded in teaching the perspective that early tools enabled. We want our students to know that humans have the capacity to shape their own world. We want them to provide them with the skills necessary to do so. We want to teach them how to utilize the ways of knowing that were made possible through the technological innovations that enabled, produced, and shaped the civilizations of the past and the present.

Our current civilization is built on information technologies. Smartphones, the internet, and video games are all simply hunks of machinery that become special because they introduce new interactive narrative structures. They introduce non-linear ways of thinking about the world and organizing information.

When we look at a network, or a jumble of hyperlinks, or an interactive simulation like a video game, it immediately appears chaotic. This is because we are conditioned to make sense of it using the habitual linear narrative traditions that have defined "literacy" for a few thousand years. We try to identify beginnings, middles, and ends. But new narrative conventions require a different form of literacy: systems literacy.

Systems literacy is playful and inter-subjective. It defines order according to the way things interact with one another. It privileges the quality of the relationship between nodes rather than trying to figure out what is first, last, and in-between (value judgments). Systems work more like a sandboxes than ambitious ladders to the top.

In the current world, our schools should be focused on teaching both linear and non-linear ways of knowing. We need to remember that the goal of technology is ultimately to help us mentor our youth so that they become familiar with the many ways of knowing that humanity has discovered. It's not just to develop proficiency with today's tools while maintaining yesterday's predominant thinking.

This shift is precisely what seems to be happening at the Quest To Learn School. Curriculum experts and game designers work together to reimagine what school might look like if it drew its inspiration from video games. The New York City public school employs a standards-based integrated curriculum that "mimics the action and design principles of games by generating a compelling 'need to know' in the classroom," as they describe it. The goal: to intrinsically motivate kids toward mastery. Students seek out knowledge because they need to know it in order to complete a project based task.

Quest To Learn doesn't set out to change the learning objectives, but rather the process through which they are achieved. Of course, process and product are indistinct. Transform the shape of the container and you simultaneously alter the the kind of content that can fit inside. Sometimes you don't notice all the implications just by looking at the surface. Students at the Quest To Learn School "encounter a series of increasingly complex, narrative challenges, games or quests, where learning, knowledge sharing, feedback, reflection and next steps emerge as a natural function of play."
GAMES IN PRACTICE
When I visited Quest To Learn, I saw a school that looked very similar to any other school, except every student seemed engaged, empowered, and motivated. It wasn't what I expected from a place that most people describe as "the video game school." There weren't screens all over the place. No fingers pounding game controllers. I didn't see tons of gadgets or gizmos. But I did see a curriculum that was designed to approach from a video game perspective. The organizational structure through which material was presented was game-like.

"Failure is reframed as iteration" reads one poster that's hanging by the elevators. Another explains how to break down complex ideas: "Systems are all around us - games are playful systems." Students are encouraged to analyze, interpret, and articulate using categories like space, components, rules, challenges, core mechanics, and goals. They apply this model, or other game-based systems-thinking models, to almost everything.

In one class, kids play Socratic Smackdown. Eighth-grade English Language Arts Teacher/Designer Rebecca Grodner created the game to teach the building blocks of argumentation while simultaneously making a space where students practice and assess their peers' conversational etiquette. Students might earn points for using supporting evidence or playing devil's advocate. They lose points for interrupting or insulting other players. They're intrinsically motivated to learn the components of rhetoric, to understand how they function within a discursive system, and to be able to use them in everyday contexts.

In another class, the students play Rock-onimoes, a geology-themed version of dominoes that asks players to make connections by using words like sedimentary and magma. Again, they need to understand the relationships between the geological concepts. Success is a product of their to ability use complex concepts in context, not to memorize and regurgitate.

Quest To Learn shows us what happens when the old "factory model" of organization is replaced with a systems-based game-like paradigm. They call it games, systems, or design. That's code for understanding content in context - and for seeing the interconnectedness between elements.

"We need to do a better job at giving children and young people opportunities to rise, which means developing systems that enable that rise - that enable them to move across networks and to engage in really hard problems with relevant resources. Games are all about creating spaces of possibility, where players feel they can do anything," writes Katie Salen, who helped launch and design Quest To Learn while she was the founding executive director of the Institute of Play.

Systems are all about connections, networks, and the ways in which nodes relate to one another. This focus on connections might also be one of the building blocks of citizenry, humanity, and social community. Perhaps this is why one of Quest To Learn's core values is "Collaboration Matters." You can see it manifest among their students. They embody it. They know that "we need the support, ideas, and respect of others to truly succeed."
The MindShift Guide to Games and Learning is made possible through the generous support of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and is a project of the Games and Learning Publishing Council.
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In education, it seems as if innovation and revolution play like the song of the Sirens in a culture of perpetual obsolescence. It seems as if we've got an unhealthy fetish for new-ness, indiscriminately choosing the convenient disposability of shrink-wrap over the sustainability of the well-worn.

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This is an interesting site with many articles regarding students, teaching, schools, etc.  It is easy to navigate and right away a found an article I really support.

For many years I have reigned in my "Good Job" because of the NEGATIVE long term effects it has on children. On this site a found a new article that further clarifying the difference between "personal praise" :-(  and "process praise" :-). This article relates process praise to a "growth mindset"...very important for teachers to understand!
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/28/the-difference-between-praise-and-feedback/
~ Kimberly Carr

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I use Pinterest all the time, especially when I need ideas about things.  Pinterest is a great resource for teachers because it gives you tips on creating lesson plans, ideas about activities, and even ways to improve the organization and appearance of your classroom.

I found a great link to Google Doc add-ons that make teachers lives easier.  I actually had no idea about these add-ons, and I use Google Docs all the time, so I was impressed with this link.  Some of the add-ons include; creating your own graphic organizers, rubrics, graphs and inserting accents to relate to a content area about history around the world.  This link gives many more ideas as well!

Amber Cowan
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2016/10/10-of-best-google-docs-add-ons-for.html?m=1

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The TPT website has many resources for anyone that works in the educational field or even parents that want to grow their child's understanding in a certain subject area.  I have personally used TPT in the classroom with my students and with my children at home.

This is a wonderful resource for any teacher to know and use.  TPT is a website that fellow educators can post materials that they created, that other educators can purchase or used for free.

The lesson that I choose to share is a free resource that can be used for students in grades Kindergarten, First and Second.

Brooke Welch

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Firefighter-Word-Wall-Writing-Center-503825

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FREEBIE: Firefighter Word Wall Writing Center

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Who doesn't love firefighters? Your students will love to write about what firefighters do, or about their imaginary day as a firefighter with this fun writing

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I used Twitter to find a lesson plan on math. I always thought Twitter was more for tweeting your thoughts. Rather than a practical resource for a teacher. I found a page called  Lesson Plan Pages.  The lesson plan is for Common Core math. For second and third graders.

In this lesson plan students are to create a multiplication flipbook to help them throughout the year to strengthen multiplication fluency and problem-solving.

Jessica Barcenas

https://twitter.com/LessonPlansPage/status/642500123876945920

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Pinterest is a great website to use as a teacher.  On it, you will find countless ideas for projects your students can do, setting up your classroom, and tips for student success.  It also has links you can click on that will take you to other websites containing lesson plans and activities you can use with your students.

I found this great infographic that has 15 helpful strategies to use with students who are English Language Learners. It also tells you what not to do!

Sharon Rosales

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/501377370986115435/

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Teachers Pay Teachers is an amazing website! I have used it many times. It allows you to choose your grade level and has many activities and lesson plans for free! The site also has videos and a high range of subjects to choose from! 

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Teachers Pay Teachers is an amazing website! I have used it many times. It allows you to choose your grade level and has many activities and lesson plans for free! The site also has videos and a high range of subjects to choose from! 

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This link offers second grade material for teaching Art History! How amazing is that?!

Katie Wigley

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/PreK-12-Subject-Area/Art-History

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I used Edutopia to discover this amazing video for you - neurologist Dr. Judy Willis knows all about the brain, and now she is a teacher!

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I used Edutopia to discover this amazing video for you - neurologist Dr. Judy Willis knows all about the brain, and now she is a teacher!

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https://www.edutopia.org/big-thinkers-judy-willis-neuroscience-learning-video