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Inquiry based learning is an active learning process, based on identifying relevant questions to research so that the student can develop knowledge about or create solutions to issues and problems. 
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December 12, 2012 3:20 PM
This page hosts a list of web tools that can be embedded in classroom programs to help students work through the phases of inquiry based learning. The tools can also be used by the teachers to provide an information rich environment for student access.
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5 Excellent Web Tools to Teach Collaborative Writing. Collaborative writing is a great way to to teach students the writing skill while enjoying it. Now that technology and web 2.0 tools are ubiquitous, you can use a plethora of ... Delete the scoop?
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"Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has already posted a detailed guide http://ow.ly/kHCyW to everything teachers need to know about digital portfolios. Today, I am adding some web tools that are really wonderful for creating digital portfolios. Check them out below and let me know what you think." Via John Evans 
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May 9, 2:35 PM
1- Weebly This is a platform similar to Google Sites where you can easily build a classroom website for free. You can also use it to create your portfolio. Use the pages section to host it . You can embed in it images, videos, texts, graphs, infographics ...and many more. Portfoliogen is a FREE online service for teachers to create their own customized portfolio webpage. Registered users receive their own URL web address allowing them to share their credentials with prospective employers, principals, professors and peers.
Dropr allows you to create and browse beautiful portfolios from music to art, photography to print and connects you to the worlds most creative community. 4- Pathbrite
This is an awesome tool that allows users to create academic portfolios. These portfolios can contain data stored on your computer, materials imported from social media networks...and many more.
Google Sites is another great platform for creating and hosting your digital portfolios. Check out this guide to learn more about it. 
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May 11, 3:52 AM
Moving into the 21st century in teacher education. Delete the scoop?
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Love iPad Books? So do we! ♥ Hundreds of thoughtful, literary reviews of iPad & iPhone kids book apps for ages 2-12+. Kid-tested & run by a mom & educator. ✏ Intuitive database, search by age, price, subject or features. Delete the scoop?
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Early literacy apps.
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A range of free and priced apps to support early literacy development. 
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May 6, 6:27 PM
Moving forward - combining technology with the teaching of reading. Delete the scoop?
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Explore contemporary and traditional aspects of Asia. Explore Australia’s place in the region. Access online resources and materials to support the texts. Numerous text-based and online resources and lesson plans.
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AEF's web portal and AEF programs and resources are specifically designed to support an Asia literate curriculum. AEF plays a pivotal role in sourcing, creating, assessing and disseminating high quality curriculum materials that cater to all year levels and subject areas. Delete the scoop?
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Web 2.0 tools: multi-platform; free; actually useful; app v cloud; phone v phone; download v cloud. Great advice for the tools: don’t wedge tools into your life — only use what works for you and your workflow and interests.
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An extensive list that you would need to check to see which ones would be relevant and useful for you. Delete the scoop?
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The very best free Android apps for 2013 hand selected by the Gizmo's Freeware editors. There's no need to spend a cent on apps when there are freebies available like these.
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This review site addresses a wide variety of work environments - home, personal, business. Even so there are a lot of apps that can be used within a school environment. Delete the scoop?
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There are lots of advantages to be had by employing tablets in the classroom at various levels of education. You can encourage greater student engagement and an expansion of the learning environment beyond school hours. Hardware is only part of the jigsaw, though. You also need the right software to help engage those eager young minds. If you’re using tablets with your students then you’ll appreciate great educational apps.
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Focus on apps to build communication between students and teacher. Delete the scoop?
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Some of the ideas for using the iPad in the classroom in the following presentation by scribd user denag33 are better than others. Projecting an image, making music, controlling your classroom computer, using it as a mini-whiteboard, accessing information, keeping notes, blogging, tracking an IEP checklist, making an impromptu teleprompter, and creating concept maps are some of the better ones. Delete the scoop?
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A teacher shares how they use this in their classroom - "There's just one catch: it's only compatible with Macs. That works fine for me since our school is an Apple 1:1 school and all of our devices and computers at home are Macs."
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Could be really engaging for students to encourage them to read, use relevant resources, applications, tools, etc. Delete the scoop?
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Web App Reviews is a site dedicated to reviewing the best Chrome Web Apps and Extensions for Education. As schools are moving more and more towards cloud-based services, it is important to find high quality resources for the classroom.
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Each review includes a written blog post and a short video covering what the web app or extension does as well as practical ideas for use in schools. 
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March 21, 10:27 PM
I particularly liked the information on GeoGebra, Tab Scissors and the video on other extensions available with Google Chrome. All-in-all a very useful site to curate and share with others. Delete the scoop?
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This teacher shares the most frequently used apps for a single iPad classroom.
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Top ten listed as the teacher shares her journey through gamifying her classroom. Delete the scoop?
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10 Of The Best Free Curriculum Resources For Teachers Delete the scoop?
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How about creating and managing your lesson plans on the go ? If you have an iPad and are looking for some excellent and reliable apps to use for creating lesson plans for your class then you have landed on the right page. Delete the scoop?
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With these iPad apps, teachers discover creative ways to incorporate the iPad into teaching with educational & organizational applications. (Have a new I-Pad in your school or better yet your classroom? Delete the scoop?
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Apple iPad is a magical window which can also serve as a great educational tool. The iTunes store bags numerous science apps for iPad with which you can make learning science much easier than ever before. Delete the scoop?
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Unlike pages on the visible Web (that is, the Web that you can access from search engines and directories), information in the Deep Web is just not visible to the software spiders and crawlers that create search engine indexes. Since this information makes up the vast majority of available content on the Web, we are potentially missing out on some pretty amazing resources.
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Meta search in action. 
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April 28, 8:00 AM
usefulothers useful to know when teaching searching to 6th formers!
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Use our new Scope & Sequence tool to find the lessons that are just right for your classroom. These cross-curriculular units spiral to address digital literacy and citizenship topics in an age appropriate way. Browse by grade band or click a category to highlight the lessons that address that topic.
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Heaps of lesson plans, materials and resources here ready for immediate classroom use across K-12.
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April 26, 10:13 PM
K-12 Lesson plans, materials and resources ready to go. 
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April 27, 2:52 PM
Common Sense Media supply a wealth of ideas to help K-12 teachers design learning with digital citizenship in mind. Check out many other resources on this site. Delete the scoop?
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You'll get a glimpse of outstanding online resources and projects, sorted by grade levels, and a list of tips to help you bring Sustainability for Education into our classes by accessing the Curriculum Resources folder in the FirstClass dashboard.
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Lesson plans and handouts for K-12 that support sustainable education. Skills development as well as curricula, teaching and learning practices are covered.
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Here's a useful list of the best web tools for flipped classrooms, complete with what each tool is and how teachers are using it right now!
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I like this post as it provides background information on the tool and how it can be used in the flipped classroom. Delete the scoop?
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As the demand for cybersecurity professionals grows, it is important that teachers have the tools necessary to teach the future cybersecurity workforce. However, since cybersecurity is still in its infancy as a professional field, there are limited resources available, and these resources are not in one central location. NICE aims to help develop curricula to help provide these much needed resources to teachers who want to incorporate cybersecurity into their lesson plans. Delete the scoop?
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With one billion monthly users (and growing), YouTube's popularity is a pretty clear indication that video is a powerful medium. And kids' unrelenting fascination with videos is motivating many educators to find ways to leverage them for all kinds of purposes.
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Valuable resources, including video links for all kinds of subjects — history, math, science, language arts, and more — and ideas on how to inspire students to use videos as a conduit to dig in, ask questions, and learn. 
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March 28, 5:27 PM
Resource rich site to stimulate discussion and visual literacy practices and creation. Delete the scoop?
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This collection features free e-books, mostly classics, that you can read on your computer, smart phone, or Kindle. It includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Via John Evans 
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March 23, 9:22 PM
Many of these books are classics so they no longer are copyrighted. Delete the scoop?
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Today, educational technology boosters believe computer games (the classroom euphemism for video games) should be part of classroom lessons at increasingly early ages. The optimistic theory is that students wearied by the old pencil-and-paper routine will become newly enchanted with phonemic awareness when letters dressed as farm animals dance on a screen.
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Some links to game-based tools as well as research reports to support the discussion.
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Education Minister Peter Garrett says 'It is not fair to just rely on schools to do the heavy lifting'. The Safe Schools Hub shows how we can provide safe schools with strong community ties.
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Toolkit, resources, a starting point for parents, online resources for students, and more.... Delete the scoop?
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A directory of tools and resources.