So many great resources were shared on last week's #teacherbookclub chat. See the Storify here.

I shared this map a couple of months ago. It is a project file that can be opened in Explain Everything. Each state can be double tapped and the color can be changed using the palette. Now you can be like all the news shows

At the Boston Innovation Summit, @gregkulowiec shared a tool, VideoNotes, that I had never seen before called VideoNot.es. I have looked at other solutions that create ways to take notes and/or time stamp comments on YouTube videos, but this is definitely the most elegant service I have come across, especially with how it directly integrates with Google Drive. It completely open-source

Our Global Online Academy course officially kicked off yesterday, following about a week of pre-course orientation. Many states, regions, and countries are represented by the participants - and we expect many great stories and opportunities for shared learning over the next several weeks.