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26: paper.li newspaper for twitter and QR codes? This is the 26th post in the “30 days to using the best of the web’s free tools for educators” series. Be sure to subscribe to the Teacher Challenge blog by RSS, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter to keep up with future challenge posts as they are published. This guest post was written by Linda Straube. In this activity you will Expand your Personal Learning Network (PLN) through an online newspaper;Discover an easy way to read and “manage” a Twitter feed;If you wish, create your own personalized online newspaper Overview: What is paper.li?

According to their web site, “Paper.li organizes links shared on Twitter into an easy to read newspaper-style format. Newspapers can be created for any Twitter user, list or #tag.” I originally learned about this from a colleague and mentor, Judy Gressel who has her own personal paper.li: Judy Gressel Daily. Your Challenge Choose which format you prefer: follow an existing paper.li OR create your own. Your REAL Challenge Help and Tips: Five tips for digital communication in the new year. By Nora Carr, APR Read more by NoraCarr It’s important to match social media sites to audience preferences and needs.

With a new year approaching, it’s a great opportunity to re-evaluate what’s working—and what’s not—in your classroom, school, or district communications program. Here are five tips to power better communications and community relations in 2012, plus some thoughts to ponder as we enter a new era in public school choice. The codes can be distributed via digital and broadcast media as well as fliers, newsletters, and other printed publications. Students, parents, and teachers can then use their camera phones to scan the code and get the content. Only download codes from reputable sources. For student and teacher use, and for parent communications.

Students and employees need better guidance and training, however. From a communications standpoint, it’s important to match social media sites to audience preferences and needs. Free Technology for Teachers. The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011. It’s that time of year again when I start posting year-end “The Best….” lists. Coincidentally, this one is also the eight-hundredth “The Best…” list I’ve published!

You can see them all here. I figured it was appropriate to make number 800 one that is likely to be the most popular post that I’ve published since I’ve begun this blog — the annual one highlighting The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education. As usual, in order to make this list, a site had to be: * accessible to English Language Learners and non-tech savvy users. * free-of-charge. * appropriate for classroom use. * completely browser-based with no download required. It’s possible that a few of these sites began in 2010, but, if so, I’m including them in this list because they were “new to me” in 2011. You might want to visit previous editions: The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2011 — So Far The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2010 The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education — 2009 Number Forty: AV By AIM Caffein.

12 Tech Tools That Will Transform The Way You Teach! | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher | Page 12. In a Simple K12 blog post titled “17 Signs Your Classroom is Behind the Times” they provide a list of things that characterize a classroom that has fallen behind. Number 16 lists a variety of technology tools that every educator should know about.

As I read the list, I realized that although many teachers are interested in and excited about technology integration, they are too busy to explore all the new technology tools available online. This blog post is dedicated to all of the overworked teachers who just don’t have the time to seek out this information. I have provided brief explanations, links to and pictures of the tools mentioned by Simple K12 (and a couple of my favorites). I hope this makes it more manageable for teachers to pick and choose which tools they want to use. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. [Note: StoryJumper is another online digital storybook maker worth checking out!] 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 52 Incredibly Useful Sites: the Full List CIO.com.

41 Websites for Teachers to Integrate Tech into Your Classroom. Every Friday I’ll send you a wonderful website that my classes and my parents love. I think you’ll find they’ll be a favorite of your students as they are of mine. I posted this list about a year ago. It got so many comments, I’ve reposted it for you. Have you found anything new this year? Age: Kindergarten-5th Topic: Academic Review: This list has a little bit of everything, and will kick-start your effort to put technology into your lesson plans: Follow me To sign up for Weekend Websites delivered to your email, click Weekend Websites here and leave your email. Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-fifth grade and author of two technology training books for middle school.

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In terms of blogging success, infographics are far more likely to be shared than your average blog post. This means more eyeballs on your important information, more people rallying for your cause, more backlinks and more visits to your blog. In short, a quality infographic done well could be what your blog needs right now. Designing An Infographic Some great tips for designing infographics: Keep it simple! Ideas for infographic formats include: Timelines;Flow charts;Annotated maps;Graphs;Venn diagrams;Size comparisons;Showing familiar objects or similar size or value. Here are some great tutorials on infographic creation: Creating Your Infographic Plan and research.If required, use free software to create simple graphs and visualisations of data.Use vector graphic software to bring these visualisations into the one graphic.

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