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If you are looking for an easy learning management system for your classroom, then consider Google Classroom. It is web service that makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect, inside and outside of schools. Google Classroom is available for free for anyone who uses a Google  account. You will simply need to go to classroom.google.com . Here you can find a tutorial to learn how to use it and take advantage of it.

Moodle (acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is free and open-source learning management system (LMS) used for blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces. It is used to create private websites with online courses for educators and trainers to achieve learning goals.

Microsoft Partners in Learning (PiL). Now called Microsoft Education  its a platform ready to help students and teachers to reach and overcome harsh subjects with technology. Within the teachers community it is divided into a few sections. Resources : Free tools for new classes, forum of diferent teachers sharing different projects and ideas. New topics: To stay tuned with the latest news of the teaching enviroment. Professional development: Unesco certified courses are held within the platform so teachers can wide their knowledge. Platform participants are awarded by microsoft. For schools: Schools access to new technologies so they can improve their learning methods. There you can find Mentor schools which are schools that work with new technologies. Their function is to be a role model for institutions seeking new ideas and tech based projects.

Alice in Wonderland Webquest By Noelia Corral Age: 16 Level: Upper-intermediate Book : Alice in Wonderland Author: Lewis Carroll Type Of Work: Novella Genre: Fairy tale; children’s fiction; satire; allegory Date Of First Publication: 1865 Setting (Time): Victorian era Setting (Place): England, Wonderland Film : Alice in Wonderland (2010) Director: Tim Burton Writers: Linda Woolverton (screenplay), Lewis Carroll (books) Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter Alice is seven-year-old girl protagonist of the story. She believes that the world is orderly and stable, and she has an insatiable curiosity about her surroundings. One day she follows the White Rabbit down a well and pursues him through a strange world ruled by imagination and fantasy. Wonderland challenges and frustrates her perceptions of the world. Activity 1 :  Choose your favourite Alice in Wonderland Quote and explain whose quotation was, in which context was said and w...

Use your creativity! You can build your storybook,  add characters, pictures, drawings, and writing. Stories can be shared and also they are printable (not for free). This is the link to begin your story.

WebQuest are an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all of the information that learners work with comes from the web. Sources are pre-selected by the teacher, who usually selects the resources students can use ahead of time, which takes the focus off of finding information and moves it to how that information is used and interpreted. WebQuests specifically ask students to be critical of the sources and analyze them based on what they already know, or to use them in clever and creative ways. The vast majority of WebQuest assignments are group projects where individuals are given specific tasks and roles to complete. In this way, WebQuests help show people how the internet can be a tool that brings people together and facilitates communication and discussion. This is an example:  Shakespeare WebQuest

Transforming children's learning across the curriculum Introduction and Summary of Week 1: This MOOC is a suitable first approach to technology in the curriculum, digital tools and resources, teacher development, and developing the digital infrastructure.  It  explains why we should consider using ICT in the 21st century primary school and it is meant to be a way of enabling the community of teachers to learn from each other.  Technology changes all the time and teachers all over the world are constantly discovering new ways of using technology to improve their student's learning. This course shows many different ways in which ICT can be used, and the different kinds of tools and resources which are now available on the web for use in any curriculum area, as well as in the computing curriculum for primary schools. Those free digital tools make teaching and learning so much more interesting and rewarding for teachers and children. The purpose of this MOOC is also t...