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Unlock Your Second Brain: A Guide to Choosing the Best Digital Notetaking App

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, I'll share six apps fo r digital note-taking and my experiences with each. It needs to be accessible to you on your computer, on your phone, on any device you use. So it does do visual search and you do have access to that in the 50.

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A PLN Quick Start Guide

A Principal's Reflections

The construction of a PLN enables educators to harness the power inherent in 21st Century technologies in order to create a professional growth tool that is accessible whenever, wherever. For more information on Twitter check out this video. Tablet apps are great tools to access RSS feeds and create your own customized news feeds.

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How to build your global classroom in 4 steps

Neo LMS

Social media: platforms like Twitter help teachers build their personal learning network and share teaching tips and tricks. For asynchronous collaboration, you can use groups and forums, a shared blog, or a wiki. Plus, teachers have access to many activities that can support online collaboration, including digital storytelling.

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Visual learning made easy with Lucidchart

A Principal's Reflections

One caveat: You will only have access to Lucidchart’s educational templates once you’ve signed up for a trial account and your educational upgrade has been approved. I’ve included a short video on accessing the graphic organizer templates once you have an educational account. and link to their website.

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Padlet: A Versatile Classroom Tool

Ask a Tech Teacher

It can be accessed via a direct link that is posted or emailed, or an embed in any digital platform that accepts these HTML codes (such as a blog, website, or wiki). In a Twitter world, this should be a plus for students. It can be managed from the website, a mobile device, or with a Chrome app or extension. Insider Tips.

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iGoogle shutting down Nov 1, 2013 - here are some alternatives

Educational Technology Guy

As for having a place to go when on a shared computer, I''m setting up all of my links to my apps and services in an Evernote note for quick access and linking and I might make a Google Site with all the links and add any gadgets. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Is social media an effective tool for learning?

Neo LMS

Everyone who owns an internet-capable device has access to Facebook. And let's not forget about Twitter where mentions, trending topics and tweets live; the selfie world of Instagram; and of course, the network-building LinkedIn. LMSs now feature blogs, wikis, voice threads and discussion forums to facilitate social learning.