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""Blendspace, formerly known as EdCanvas, is now a part of Wikispaces and TES. The Blendspace service will continue to run as a stand-alone service. The aspect of the merger that has the most immediate impact on teachers is that the premium features of Blendspace will now be free. The premium features allow you to collaborate with other teachers to creation of lessons."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Blendspace is joined Wikispaces and TES and now offers their premium services for free to educators! Why use Blendspace? * It is easy to organize and share materials. * The format is visual (which appeals to many learners). * You pick the topic and you pick the materials: videos, links, images, files, etc. There are additional features and you may use Blendspace to assess and track student progress. You might consider using Blendspace as a component to introduce blended learning into your class. This post from Richard Byrne also includes a video that teaches you the basics of Blendspace as well as Flipping and Blending the Classroom. 
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Have you considered using a wiki in your classroom to help students actively contribute to their learning? In this article Jason Bedell discusses his experiences using wikis with classes from Grade 4 though high school seniors and provides a variety of reasons. "The technology relies on the ideas of social constructivism that suggest that students consistently learn from one another, hone their own understanding, and actively create new knowledge in a discussion format, instead of passively receiving it in a typical lecture format..." He provides a video that show how to set up and use a wiki using Wikispaces, and discusses how wikis promote collaboration and help make connections (and they are great for sharing professional knowledge). If you would like to use wikis this year with your class this article will assist you.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This interactive ThingLink provides links to ten websites that are great tools to use in your classroom. Many of the links provide ideas for ways to use the tool with your students. Tools include: * Wikispaces Classroom * Padlet * MentorMob * SAMR
Sue Alexander's comment,
August 11, 2013 10:54 PM
Another great Scoop, Beth! I've learned so much from your topics this summer. Thanks!
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
August 11, 2013 10:58 PM
Fun interactive format, and the tools are good ones to explore.
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"...education professionals must be visible and transparent in what they do and with their program and practice. It's easy to become overwhelmed with the thought of building a web presence from scratch --but it's easy to fashion a fabulous functional digital footprint with a few easy pieces! Listed in priority order, ease of establishment & use, and the ever important commitment and difficulty factor! All my humble opinion, of of course!"
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That makes sense.