Q: What technology is available to improve students' writing strategies?

A: There is an option, as I discovered, to contact local researchers at the university who are developing educational technology tools. At Arizona State university we are fortunate to have a Learning Science Institute. Recently I started implementing W-Pal, a writing tutor, in collaboration with Danielle McNamara group at LSI ASU, in the student success class for freshmen. This intelligent tutoring system helps students to make their written communication more effective. http://www.soletlab.com/ I encourage you to expand your network in the direction of artificial intelligence in educational technology - the resources are there.

Q: I'd like to stay tuned in my career as a teacher. Do you have any suggestions how I can squeeze a professional development training into my busy schedule?

A: You can have fun playing video game during your coffee break and refresh the best practices in teacher education. The following article describes “Teacher Leader: Pursuit of Professionalism”. It is the first in a series of interactive, three-dimensional video games being designed by ASU’s Center for Games and Impact and the Sanford Inspire Program.
https://asunews.asu.edu/20130924-future-teachers-games

Q: In my class about student's success I'd like to use My Map tool in Google Maps. How do I create personalized, annotated, customized map?

A: Follow this tutorial : How to create a "My Map" in Google Maps   

Q: Where I can find good quality classroom ideas?

A: The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas

Q: Where I can find reviews and recommendations about educational tools?

A: edshelf has well organized resources. For example, if you are interested in teachers toolkit for video the search will take you to this page: https://edshelf.com/profile/jonnywathen/teachers-toolkit---video

Q: How to stay tuned with all changes in social media?

A: Conversation Prism will help you: https://conversationprism.com/whats-new-with-version-4-0/

Q: I need to create a meaningful interactive data visualization for the class project. How to choose the right tool? What technology is used to create interactive and dynamic data visualizations?

A: Look at the list offered by http://selection.datavisualization.ch/
Retrieved from Liz Dorland's scoop: A Carefully Selected List of Recommended Tools on Datavisualization.ch