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  Check out websites I love to get ideas and tools from, twitter handles and blogs to follow    and some texts and articles relating to 21st Century skills, TPACK, 4C's and technology tools!

Links

Edutopia- Great website for teachers with tools, resources and relevant articles
Read, Write, Think- Great for English teachers; Has lesson plans, tools, resources and more
​Ted Ed Lessons- Great for a flipped classroom; take Ted videos and use, customize or create your own lesson.
Teaching Channel- Great Common Core resources, videos, lessons and strategies for educators. 
Discovery Education- Very Engaging and interactive content for teachers to use or students can explore at home
Scholastic- Great literacy resource with articles and lessons 
Pinterest- A great content sharing tool with a social media aspect. Has many fun DIY ideas for the classroom too!
Teachers Pay Teachers- Free and priced teaching resources created by teachers for teachers! Easily downloadable :)
Pro Teacher- Great forum to connect and share with elementary and middle school teachers
Teachers Net- Teacher discussion board as well as a place for lessons and tools.
Education World- A hub of lessons, news and resources for teachers
PBS Teachers- Great tools for teachers with lessons and standards attached
​Teach Hub- Great education articles, teaching tips, and professional development resources

Recommended Reading

​Who Owns the Learning- Alan November - Check out the Book Review!

The Power of Questions- Beverly Falk - Want to learn more about how to do inquiry in the classroom? Check this book out!
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The Visual Connection- Dr. Bobbe Baggio- Read this book to see why visuals are so important for us and students? 

The Flat World and Education- Linda Darling Hammond - A great book to learn more about the US educational problem which is now turning into a job epidemic, and how other countries view education.

Apple - ACOT2- Baker, E., Gearhart, M., & Herman, J. - Go here to learn all about the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Project in schools.

​Technology Integration for the New 21st Century Learner- Blair, N. - A great article on why integration of technology is needed for the types of learners we see in our classrooms today.

The Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School
Dropouts- Bridgeland, J., DiIulio, J., & Morison, K. - Shows the how many high school dropouts we are starting to have in the US and why this might be. 

Integrating technology and pedagogy for inquiry-based learning: The Stanford mobile inquiry-based learning environment (SMILE)- Buckner, E., & Kim, P. - The Stanford Mobile Inquiry Based learning Environment was an interesting study done in schools to show how inquiry learning is beneficial.

Integrating Tech: More Than Just Having Computers- Star, L. - This is a great article to read for those who do not understand the difference between having computers in the class and integrating them into the learning. 

Inquiry-Based Learning: A Review of the Research Literature- Friesen, S., & Scott, D. - Another great research article that talks about the benefits of inquiry based teaching in the classroom

Theoretical Considerations for Understanding Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)- Graham, C. R. - A research article that really explains TPACK and benefits of using it holistically. 

Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Learning Activity Types- Harris, J., Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. - This research also dives into TPACK with example lessons and stories of teachers using it well in their classrooms.

What is Effective Integration of Technology, and Does it Make a Difference?- Rein, D. - An interesting read on the effectiveness of technology integration and classrooms and studies on if it is actually making a difference in the long run for our students. 

Twitter Handles to Follow

@alicekeeler- An amazing tweeter who has lots of tools, resources and templates 
@edutopia- Like the website it has articles and links to resources and tools for the classroom
@dwmalone- Director of Technology and Innovation at SFUSD and has great resources from various conferences 
@tech4learning- Great tech tools and resources for educators
@coach_sv- Edcamp organizer that has great articles and links to resources
@classtechtips- Monica Burns gives great tips, resources and links for teachers interested in a tech classroom
@mindshiftKQED- Follows cultural, tech trends and innovations in education
@Edsurge- Great place for educators to find tools to help support all learners
@Edudemic- Connects education and technology to help teachers create 21st century lessons
@dianeravitch- Great tweets and blog about the political side of education
@catlin_tucker- A Google trainer and author who tweets a lot about 21st century learning in the classroom
@huffpostedu- Great news articles on education
@danielpink​- A great author who has a variety of tweets about current issues

Bloggers to Follow

Dangerously Irrelevant- Scott Mcleoad has a great blog that talks about how we need leadership to effectively bring technology into schools. 
Web 2.0 Classroom- Steven Anderson is a humorous educator who brings help to teachers who want to implement technology well in their classroom
The Daring Librarian- Gwyneth Jones is a spunky educator and Ed tech speaker. She blogs a lot about books, digital citizenship and more!
Corkboard Connections- Although this blog is directed at elementary, I love the cute organization tools they have.
Confessions of A Middle School English Teacher- This is a real blog that has posts from her experiences trying things in her classroom

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