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Tech Coach Links. OV. Video. Presentation Tools. 50 Ways to Use Wikis for a More Collaborative and Interactive Classroom. Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They’re often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom. Resource Creation Using these ideas, your students can collaboratively create classroom valuables. Student Participation These projects are sure to get your students involved. Group Projects Allow wikis to facilitate group work by using these ideas. Student Interaction Get your students to work together on these projects. For the Classroom Use your wiki to create spaces that are special to your class. Community Reach out to the community with these resources that everyone can appreciate.

Other Here are even more fun and useful ways to improve your classroom with a wiki. Did you enjoy this article?

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Project Based Learning. Evernote. Language Arts. Getting started. DCMO BOCES. LearnZillion Math Videos Now Available in Mastery Connect. Disclosure: Mastery Connect is an advertiser on Free Technology for Teachers. Among other things related to Common Core standards Mastery Connect hosts an active community of teachers who are sharing lesson ideas built around the Common Core standards. Now you can also find more than 300 LearnZillion videos in the Mastery Connect community. LearnZillion videos provide math lessons tied to Common Core standards for grades three through nine. Applications for Education If you would like to include a video element to your classroom lessons, take a look at the LearnZillion videos found in the Mastery Connect community. If you're not familiar with the Mastery Connect community, here are a few highlights: As a member of the community you can browse and download the materials shared by other educators. Sample Videos.

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Flipped Classroom. Emerging Education Technologies. Professional Learning Networks. iPad implementation. Bookgirl. Digital Texts. ePub Bud - Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color! Apple. Educators Have Options for Storing Files on the Cloud. File Storage Educators Have Options for Storing Files on the Cloud A number of reasonably priced cloud-based file storage sites exist, but not all are optimized for education or designed specifically for the classroom.

While the services are free upfront, there may still be costs involved, even if they are not readily apparent. As classrooms plug into technology with increasing frequency, schools are naturally turning to cloud-based file storage to keep students' assignments accessible and organized. A number of reasonably priced cloud-based file storage sites exist, but not all are optimized for education. Last year, Google announced that it was giving users 1 gigabyte of free space, for any type of file, on its popular cloud-based Google Docs service, which was already offered by services like Dropbox and SugarSync.

But while the services are free upfront, there may still be costs involved, even if they are not readily apparent. About the Author.

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