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Foreign and second language teachers exploring the web (first in 2012, now in 2013), mulling the integration of technology, musing on how that relates to language learning and teaching, plus our own professional development as educators.
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Game Design Tool Kit

Game Design Tool Kit | Internet 2013 | Scoop.it
The Learning Games Network is a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade dedicated to sparking innovation in games-based learning.

Via JackieGerstein Ed.D.
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Literacy Journal: The Silent Classroom: 12 Tools for Loud Silence

Literacy Journal: The Silent Classroom: 12 Tools for Loud Silence | Internet 2013 | Scoop.it

" ... Nonetheless, there are tools for digital communication that lend themselves to classroom use in a loud silence sort of way. That is to say, they require more than passive clicking through options, they can be monitored in some way to guarantee involvement by individual students, and multiple digital voices are heard in each conversation (or else, why use any tool?). In addition, each of these tools encourages thought and reflection before a student responds.

Here are my top 10 picks, in reverse order, with suggestions for using each sensibly in the ELA classroom."

sarspri's insight:

An interesting "what technology is NOT good for" preamble, followed by a detailed annotated list of digital tools used in the author's ELA classroom

Safa Lateef's curator insight, January 8, 4:32 PM

An interesting "what technology is NOT good for" preamble, followed by a detailed annotated list of digital tools used in the author's ELA classroom