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The last tool I chose for this task is blogging. I personally think this is an incredible tool for facilitating communication and collaboration as it is easily accessible to most students and they are already familiar with the concept! This can be a collective project as well, where students post on a single website, or individual, where students create their own. The options are endless!

Resources:
Google Sites!!!, Tumblr, Edublogs, Weebly, Wordpress

Other platforms
https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/04/10-excellent-platforms-to-create-your.html

How to create a website on google sites:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXQFZ8Qb1_g
https://busyteacher.org/11959-creating-class-website-how-why.html

Creative ways to start a student blog:
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/student-blogs/

Benefits of creating a class blog:
https://ce.fresno.edu/news/benefits-of-creating-a-classroom-website/

Connection to Teachers:
I searched the internet far and wide for my middle school (circa 2011) life science weebly, but to no prevail. I did however, find a website from a teacher that blogged her experience learning how to set up a blog and the benefits of implementing this into the classroom. Her personal Biography is stated as follows: "Pernille Ripp is an expert in literacy and technology integration and dedicates her research and practice to developing engaged and empowered students and communities.

She is a teacher, speaker, author, blogger, and passionate advocate for education. She is the recipient of the 2015 WEMTA Making IT Happen Award; and the 2015 ISTE Award for Innovation in Global Collaboration."

https://pernillesripp.com/category/being-a-teacher/

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Interactive posters are a cute way to embed various media sources in a digital poster that students can engage with by clicking and being redirected to the source. I chose this for this task because it is so versatile and it can be a way for students to study and lay out the most important information in one space. They can include images tagged with text information, embedded videos, audio recordings, maps of key areas, and links to related articles.

Resources:
Canva, Buncee, PiktoChart, ThingLink, Google slides

Using Thinglink & Canva Together:
https://www.thinglink.com/blog/canva/

Step-by-Step Video Tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9RSWti2E40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDFGtVNRyF4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dab7duGECaI

Make interactive posters for teaching content:
I found a really cute interactive poster online, posted by Monticello, that gives historical accounts and details about art. I found this to be such a good idea because when we see art, we are only looking at visuals. By adding the interactive component, we can point to a specific area of the painting and elaborate on its importance.

https://www.monticello.org/research-education/for-educators/interactive-posters/

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Podcasting is a fun way to get students engaged, but beginning a class podcast may be difficult. Below, I have attached various resources on how to begin podcasting, or if you'd rather listen to podcasts that have already been published, where you can search to find them.

How to listen to podcasts:

https://discoverpods.com/how-to-listen-to-podcasts-guide-for-beginners/

Where to listen:
Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Player FM, Podbean, Radio Public, Spotify, Stitcher

Creating your own podcast:
This resource is an excellent source for getting you started with podcasting in the classroom. Each video is relatively short, under 25 minutes, and dives into each aspect of the podcast recording and publishing process.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzJ1r4EGn-enCMU1kPstXd7e1SjI3jP_O

Ideas; New York Times Competition:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/learning/our-fourth-annual-student-podcast-contest.html

Connections to Teachers
Real examples of teachers creating podcasts!!!!
- Story Pirates [Grades K–5]
- The Past and the Curious [Grades 3–8]
- Science Friday [Grades 6–12]

Why you should use podcasts in the classroom:
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/podcasts-in-the-classroom/

Teacher guide to podcasting in the classroom:
https://pages.services/events.listenwise.com/podcasting-guide

Connecting to other teachers & learning from one another:
https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/pod/