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Send large files from anywhere, any device.

 * ===== Send files up to 40x’s larger than standard email =====
 * ===== Access from your computer, phone or tablet =====
 * ===== Integrated with Outlook and other clients =====

What is this?
Dropbox is a free online service that allows users to have access to their photos, documents, and videos from anywhere and share them with others. The Dropbox application is available for download on the internet and is compatible with Macintosh, Windows, and Linux operating systems. There is also a Dropbox app available for the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry devices. To download Dropbox, click [|here].

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=[|**Live Binder**]=

**// What is this? //**
This free website allows you to store all of your “binder contents” online. Imagine you’re holding a 3” binder with pages sticking out, pages missing, coffee stains all over … Now imagine you have all of your precious contents available online – sans suspicious stains! Once you upload all of your favorite files, you can begin to organize them just as you would with a physical binder. You can store files within certain tabs – and even tabs within tabs. Easy-to-navigate buttons at the top of the page make it simple to search for whatever you are looking for within your binder.

**// Teaching & Learning ~ //**
Live Binder allows you to store not only text-based resources, but images and videos as well. These interactive features are something you could never do with just paper in a traditional binder. Imagine how useful not only you will find your binder, but students who missed class, have fallen behind, or are just interested in learning more.

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Another great benefit is that this website allows you to research other educators’ binders. If you are stuck on how to teach a lesson on organic chemistry, you can search to see who has already uploaded their ideas. Such sharing features foster a community of educators and learners.

Teaching & Learning ~
Dropbox is an exceptional tool that can be utilized by teachers and students in the classroom. With the move to become eco-friendly, Dropbox allows classrooms to become virtually paperless. This online tool permits teachers to create a "sharing folder" for their classes and invite their students to join the "sharing folder". In those folders, teacher can place class PowerPoint presentations, handouts, lecture recordings, class notes, videos, and the like. By keeping the class materials in the "sharing folder" students and the teacher constantly have access to the materials and can interact with it as they wish. Below is an example of an invitation to a Dropbox for a history class.



Once students have access to the "sharing folder," they will be able to interact with other students and the teacher in Dropbox. With Dropbox, students are able to add their own items to the folder. By allowing students to add their own materials to the class, the class is greatly enhanced and the students gain different perspectives. Dropbox is a fantastic tool that should be utilized in the classroom for a plethora of reason.

Here are some reasons why to use Dropbox in the classroom:
 * Teachers can have their students hand in their homework on Dropbox.
 * Teachers can put class PowerPoints, notes, lecture recordings, handouts, chapters from books, and the like on Dropbox.
 * Students and Teachers can access Dropbox on any computer.
 * Students and Teachers can access Dropbox on their Smart Phones.
 * Students can enhance classes by downloading documents to Dropbox that relate to the classes.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Dropbox is eco-friendly.

Examples ~
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Below is an example of a "sharing folder" that a history teacher created for her history class. With this particular "sharing folder," the teacher placed documents and photos on there for his or her students to access. Also, the teacher permits the students to upload their own materials to the the "sharing folder."