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This website has a lot of media/entertainment type things as well... but there are a host of "games" for geography, literature, science (yay science!), history, language, and sports. (I've spent a lot of time trying to get my best time of naming all 50 states.)

A student sent this to me from Yale. The American Scholar is a great resource. This suggests reasons for why students are not selecting English as their majors anymore.

English Teachers: To tempt you further to read this amazing article: "But we can, we must, do better. At stake are the books themselves and what they can mean to the young. Yes, it is just a literary tradition. That's all. But without such traditions, civil societies have no compass to guide them. That boy falling out of the sky is not to be neglected."

Alfred Thompson's blog about teaching computer science at the K-12 level.

Check this out as another valuable resource for accessing and posting video. Thanks Brien!

I'm still a Twitter skeptic, but I'm trying to be open minded and come to terms. This was one of the first resources I found to see what other teachers out there are doing with Twitter to make it a worthwhile experience for their students.

Have not used this. Helps you create and monitor online tests. I wonder if this is quicker than a Moodle quiz?

PBL Resources

If you ever do a project that uses research and data gathering this is great. Watch the tutorial to see all the capabilities.

A website that includes free documentary films.

Ok the article is a little old but it has a great point of view of trying to teach students about a google search and how to search effectively.

A great resource about Universal Design for Learning and Technology. A topic we need to explore more this year.