Exploration of Shared Resources

Great Symbaloos of organized resources!
Communicate - Todays Meet. Easy to use, free, and no account needed. Limited to 140 characters which demands succinctness on the part of writers. I would use during professional development as a way educators could share comments, connections to own class, and questions.
Collaboration - Padlet. Virtual Bulletin Board with awesome updates. I love how you can connect notes together and leave comments. I would use with Second Chance Reading Teachers as a way to share high-interest, low-level texts for MS/HS students. Then organize them according to genre!
Creativity - BigHugeLabs - So many options for creating digital content. I like the "Motivator" and would use this with Writing Workshop teachers as a way to share 6 word memoirs!
Critical Thinking - bubbl.us - this collaborative mind map or graphic organizer would be perfect to share with staff as they consider how to support kids in organization and connecting and anchoring new learning!
Organization - YouTube - YouTube is great for organizing videos that you create and watch in the form of playlists. I would have educators create playlists for the classes they teach, along with tutorials that accompany their focus!

Thanks for the great information.  The one on here that I need to explore it BigHugeLabs.  I have not seen this one before so it is new to me.  Also you suggested Recap to me last spring and this has been a great thing to try out with students.  I think that Recap would fit into communication but also critical thinking.

Today's meet is a good way to foster quick discussions in class, too.  I do like the character limit as it makes students get to the point, although it can lead to some "easy" responses like "I agree" and "yes."

Thank you for sharing this information.  BigHugeLabs sounds fun to use.  I agree with YouTube videos and having the teacher create them for the students.  We have used YouTube and also have created QuickTime videos for students as well, then the teacher would create a link on their teacher webpage for the students to access.  It was a great resource for the student and their parent could see what they are learning as well.

Padlet is something that I want to use more, as I have been engaged with it several times during staff professional development sessions, but I have never used it with my students. I would like to use it to have them jigsaw articles or respond to reading books. It is easy for me to go back to paper pencil, but I really need to branch out, and this seems like a good resource.