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http://cdn0.fiverrcdn.com/photos/1952531/v2_680/social_bookmarking.jpg?1374606777 Do you have a favorite bookmarking site?  Or are you like me, you have bookmarks all over the place? I have bookmarks saved on Pinterest, Symbaloo, Listly, Delicious, Diigo, Etc. Guess what, sometimes I have a hard time finding what I bookmarked.  :) So I'm curious to know what you use and if you have a favorite. Please take a minute to vote for your favorite bookmarking site on my Listly list or you can choose to vote through this Google Form if you do not want to sign up for Listly.  Let me know if I should add a site to my list that you use.  To vote you can simply click on the up arrow to vote a site up or on the down arrow to vote a site down. Thank you for voting! Bookmarking Tools View more lists from Deb Norton

Google has had many updates lately, in case you haven't heard.  Let's take a look: #1 Add - ons!   Click here to see how to get new add-ons for Google Docs and Google Sheets.  I've been trying some of these add-ons out and they are a great way to super charge your creations.   Click here for a showcase of some of the add-ons. #2 New Pricing - Click here to read about Google's new lower price for online storage.  In a time where everything is becoming more expensive, Google is actually lowering their price for cloud storage. #3 Edit Images Right In Google Docs - Click here to see how images can now be edited right in Google Slides and Drawings. #4 Add Voice Comments to Google Docs - Click here  and here to read about adding voice comments into any Google Doc. There are many other updates as well.  To keep up with all that is new and improved, follow the Google Drive Blog .    

Recently our class was awarded a grant from the Education Foundation of Ripon to purchase new desks for our classroom redesign project.  Our students were so excited when they heard the announcement.  They can't wait to get a new desk. So, the search for just the right desk is on!  We want to be able to encourage collaboration and mobility while also provide a larger work space. So,  I think we may have found just the right one! Introducing the Shapes desk: These amazing desks would allow us to: easily make groups of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, or 12 students for collaboration throughout the day.  store our materials in a backpack which can hang from any of the hooks in each of the corners allow students to not be tied to one desk, but rather allow students to be able to move to any desk at any time. create learning spaces throughout our room since these desks can be arranged to take up less space. give our students more desk space to work...

Geddit is a great tool for the 1:1 or BYOD classroom.  This site makes polling your students extremely easy.  Watch this episode of Chat with Deb to see my own two sons, Ryan and Robert, use Geddit on an iPad and cell phone. 

Let's Chat about Flipped Videos! Creating Flipped Videos: doesn't have to take a long time will benefit your students  can be created in many different ways can include assessments to check student understanding The Flipped Classroom: uses videos to deliver instruction can be in any format that works for you puts the responsibility of learning the content onto the student lets students work at their own pace gives the teacher more time with students during class allows for more project/activity/work time during class Are you ready for some other great tools for the Flipped Classroom? Give these a try! #1 Teachem   - Add flashcards to any YouTube video.  Helps students to check their understanding as they view your video. Click here to view an example that I created. #2 eduCanon  -  Add rich questions to a video from YouTube, Teacher Tube or Vimeo.  Also keeps students engaged during the video. ...