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"P21 Common Core Toolkit: A guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills" This resource by Partnership for 21st Century Skills provides alignment of the "3Rs (core academic content mastery) and 4Cs (critical thinking and problem solving, collaboration, communication and creativity and innovation)."

Guilford County Schools Virtual Learning Find resources and professional development opportunities

Instruct.Engage.Connect. This wiki managed by Amy Todd, Instructional Technology Specialist in Durham County Schools, provides many Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning.

Google Search Education Site offers lessons for helping students become skilled searchers as well as live/archived trainings.

50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story Maintained by Alan Levine, this wiki is a treasure trove of resources for digital storytelling.

Mind/Shift How We Will Learn Blog on mobile learning

Bloom's Taxonomy of iPad apps- good suggestions of iPad apps based on levels of thinking

Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners- Follow Susan Oxnevad's blog to learn about digital tools. Her interactive graphic below provides information on differentiated digital learning. media type="custom" key="21829022"

media type="custom" key="21984276" = Xtranormal = Write a script. Select your setting and characters. Ta-da! You have a digital story. Consider ways students can use Xtranormal to tell a narrative or showcase their learning. Below see an example of a collaboration between Desiree Best and Lynne Murray used in a PD session on the similarities and differences between Common Core State Standards and North Carolina's Essential Standards. =media type="custom" key="21827548"= = = = LiveBinders = Livebinders is a web-based notebook. Students can create portfolios of their work or organize information from research.

Learning about LiveBinders

LiveBinders Video Tutorials

Examples of LiveBinders
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All About Creative Commons and Copyright for Educators = Glogster Edu = With Glogster Edu, students can create interactive posters to showcase their learning or synthesize their research in a creative, interactive format. Teachers can also create glogs as an instructional tool as the one below. media type="custom" key="21827572" = VoiceThread = The possibilities for using VoiceThread are almost endless. Students can create digital portfolios, respond to each other's writing, develop presentations, and whatever else you can think of.

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Transforming Macbeth An example of how you can assess Standard RL.9-10.9 (Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work). = Blogging =

Introduction to Blogging: Steven Anderson's LiveBinder provides tips and resources for blogging as well as guidelines for student blogging.

Digital Discussion: Take Your Class to the Internet Edutopia article offers suggestions for incorporating blogging as a learning/writing tool.

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Class Blogmeister = Socrative = Socrative can be used as an engaging, quick, formative assessment tool. Students can use any device that connects to the Internet. media type="custom" key="21829200" = Twitter = Have little time to read professionally? Limited opportunities for professinal development? Try following educators (and others) on Twitter to stay up-to-date on what's trending in education.

3 Tips for Teachers New to Twitter Bill Ferriter's blog is a place to start in thinking about how to use Twitter.

How to Use Twitter to Grow your PLN (Personal Learning Network) Blog from Edutopia

Curriculum 21: Twitter for Educators This LiveBinder provides many suggestions for using Twitter. = Edmodo = Want to engage students in online discussions? Edmodo is a safe platform to use. media type="custom" key="21829088"