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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!

"The flipped classroom is a useful technique that has moved lectures out of the class, and onto digital media. In doing so, teachers can drastically increase interaction time with their students... A number of tools are available that can be used to record lectures, including YouTube, Edmodo, Schoology, and Moodle. No matter what tool you’re using, recording and uploading lectures, then hosting them for years to come has never been easier."

"Recently someone asked how to combine their mentoring program with elearning courses. This is something I’ve worked on a few times over the years. It usually involved a production environment where peer coaches were tasked with training new employees on the floor. But the ideas in this post could work in any type of training program that includes some sort of mentoring or peer coaching."

View the Developing 21st Century Critical Thinkers Infographic by Mentoring Minds.com.

The first video shows a traditional teacher-centered approach, and the second video shows how you can use progressive withdrawal to gradually shift the burden of responsibility for the learning from the teacher, where it traditionally is, to the student where it belongs.

Teaching students about copyright and digital citizenship has never been as pressingly important as it is now.Undoubtedly Internet has become a major source of information for students but this pool...

"Take a moment and imagine a creative work environment. Don't worry about the kind of work going on. Just focus on the space. Close your eyes and picture it. What is that space like? What does it sound like? How are people interacting? Is there movement? Is there evidence of work in progress? Is it tidy, or busy-messy? Can you imagine working there?"

Social media analytics can be a boon for businesses that use it wisely. Two founders of social data start-ups explain what they've learned so far.

A new Project Tomorrow report surveying principals concluded that they want to hire new teachers with creative ideas about how technology can be leveraged to create authentic and differentiated learning experiences. But student-teachers report that their tech training focuses only on simple management tools. At the same time, the report concludes that those who have the biggest influence on new teachers — veteran educators –  don’t always embrace new ways of using technology to engage students.

While coaching and mentoring use many of the same skills, one is short term and task-based while the other promises a longer-term relationship.

Thanks to Andrea Jacob @andrea287 for this scoop.

View the Developing 21st Century Critical Thinkers Infographic by Mentoring Minds.com.

The terms mentor and coach are often used interchangeably yet they are different. So what makes them different?

These 5 tools will help any teacher create a flipped classroom. It creates two unique learning environments instead of just one, and opens up the opportunity for students to ask questions, solve problems, and use technology in a meaningful way.

The value of what might be called “fan literacies” to the teaching of skills and concepts related to a range of curricular content, including (so far) writing fiction, the Hero’s Journey, and digital literacy/netiquette.

Swiss Army Librarian is a blog by Brian Herzog mostly about library and technology issues relating to public libraries

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