• 5 Reasons Why Our Students Are Writing Blogs and Creating ePortfolios | Powerful Learning Practice

  “Here are 5 reasons why we are making student blogging and portfolio development a high priority.”

  Great blog post highlighting the reasons why you would do eportfolios with students.

  tags: eportfolios blogging portfolio

• Free Classroom Guides and Educational Downloads for 2011 | Edutopia

  Free Classroom Guides and Educational Downloads for 2011
  Get our easy-to-print guides that include useful tips for teachers, parents, and school administrators.

  tags: edutopia guides resources profesionaldevelopment pd

• ViewPure – Videos without clutter

  Strip the ads, comments, related videos from Youtube videos.

  tags: youtube viewpure tools viewer quietube

• Ten Tips for Classroom Management | Edutopia

  Learn how to improve student engagement and build a positive climate for learning and discipline for grades K-12.

  We’ve all heard this about students: “If they are engaged, they are managed.” And this is absolutely the truth. But we still need rules, routines, trust, and student ownership to make a classroom run smoothly and effectively. This guide will address those practical aspects of managing a classroom, with suggestions and resources appropriate for grades K-12.

  tags: management classroom backtoschool classroom_management

• Flisti – Create free online polls without signing-up

  Create free online polls without signing-up

  tags: polls surveys web2.0 poll survey

• The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual | SpyreStudios

  Information is very powerful but for the most bit it is bland and unimaginative. Infographics channel information in a visually pleasing, instantly understandable manner, making it not only powerful, but extremely beautiful. Once used predominantly to make maps more approachable, scientific charts less daunting and as key learning tools for children, inforgraphics have now permeated all aspects of the modern world.

  tags: infographics design visualization infographic graphics visualisation

• Tools for Learners | Scoop.it

  “A collection of web based tools to help learners exploit the web”

  tags: tools web2.0 resources

• Online Free Flash Pageflipper

  Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flipbook. It’s very easy: upload your file and you will receive an email with the url to your creation. You can share this with your friend, family… by email, on your blog, on facebook or twitter

  tags: pdf pageflip flash flipbook flip

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