100 of the Best Twitter Tools

If you love Twitter...or even if you don't, check out the post at  www.teachthought.com,  100 of the Best Twitter Tools. Teachthought has organized the tools into categories.
My favourite so far for classroom use is in the "Groups" section (scroll down to #75-86): paper.li. Paper.li lets you create a daily newspaper from your Twitter feeds. There are other great classroom ideas under "Twitters", "Games", and "News and Research".

Future Learning

French Podcasts

Those teaching French Second Language might be interested in Linguistica 360 where you can download "News in Slow French" podcasts from iTunes for free. Each podcast consists of  Weekly News, French grammar, and French expressions, and much more in simplified French at a slow pace so that learners can understand almost every word and sentence. The French is Parisian, but the news is current and global.
For information on Linguistica 360 and lessons in French and Spanish go to: http://linguistica360.com/

TED-Ed

TED-Ed is worth checking out. Educational videos have been animated and lessons with quizzes and links for digging deeper have been attached. Any YouTube video can be "flipped" into this kind of lesson. Check out the intro video here.

QR Codes

Lately we've been discussing all the ways we can use QR codes in the classroom: Scavenger hunts, video instruction on work sheets, for sharing documents...so many ways. One of my favourites is creating an audio message. By dropping an audio file into your Dropbox public folder, you can generate a link. Create a QR code with that url and voila, you have embedded an audio message. These can be used as commentary beside art pieces, or pronunciation for new words, or new languages - well you get the idea.
Here is a link to 50 ways to use QR codes.

edX

Check out MIT's and Harvard's edX
edX - Home

iPads in Education

8 Great Free Web Resources Focused on Using the iPad in Education