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This blog offers information on copyright, creative commons, fair use, among other things.

Lessoncast is something I have never heard of before, but seems very useful to teachers. It is an interactive site that teachers use to get and share ideas. It has a blog, and all kinds of lessoncasts that teachers can use. A lessoncast is a short video elaborating on new ideas for different lessons.

Cookie is educational website designed by child experts and educators to assist in building skills that are needed for success in school. Games, videos, crafts, stories, and even access to blogs are available to students to expand on their learning even after school hours. There is a options available for sorting content by grade level from grades Pre K - 2nd, making the website a great candidate for Standard 6.2.

This site allows both the teacher and student to watch hundreds of free documentaries. It gives the teacher a opportunity to learn about various topics they may be presenting in class it also gives the student the ability to watch quality documentaries assigned by the teacher without having to do so in the classroom. Students and teachers can use ipads, iphones, androids, kindle,xbox and many other devices. There are also opportunites to submit your own documentary which could be used as a class project to change and expand the educational practices of both student and teachers. Previews to assigned films can be embeded in a teacher's website or blog.

This is a website that offers a lot excellent information for both English teachers and students. It offers a blog for teachers who are just starting off to ask questions from more experienced teachers. There are also study guides for different aspects of Englsih.

This is a blog by a 9th grade English teacher. There are several great ideas for how to incorporate technology into the high school classroom. There are also several links to educational sites designed for teachers and students.

Standard 6.1 Candidates integrate instructional technology to facilitate learning in their classrooms, to supplement instructional strategies, to design instructional materials, and to enhance hands-on experiences and problem solving. This site aids to not only educators and students but parents and people of the community as well. It contains blogs from fellow teachers, PBL strategies, and tips on managing the classroom through technology.

This website is an education blog site that tells people information that can and can't be used and also introduces people to the creative commons

This website is full of interesting tips on technology, classroom management, and many other classroom tips. The particular page I have uploaded is titled Technology Timesavers for Teachers. It shows various games and apps you can use with an ipad in the classroom. It shows apps for organizing schedules and grades also.

As a part of Standard 6.8, this is an emerging technology. To download your newspaper, use the link at the bottom of the generated image. You can use the images as you wish ie. put them on your own website or blog. Please note, that direct linking to the newspaper clippings doesn't work; the images are deleted from the server after a short time span.

Thinkwave is an online gradebook that allows teachers to post assignments and grades online as well as collect homework and create a classroom blog. Thinkwave is accessible for students and parents. 6.6 Candidates use technology to effectively communicate with students, parents and colleagues.

This website, Freerice.com, is a useful tool for teachers to use to reinforce some knowledge that may be learned in class, to provide a source of edutainment, and to provide students with the recognition that they live in a global community with people less fortunate. The site allows for you to copy and paste free banners to your own personal website or blog. A link could also be saved to the site on a classroom computer, allowing students to use the site as a means to reinforce a skill or to reward a student for good behavior. The site does adhere to the standard 6.9 by the permission allowed to educators by the "Fair Use" doctrine.

This is a totally free web site. Teachers can set up virtual classrooms with their students. This allows teachers to interact with students and students to interact with students and keep learning fun and exciting. The best part about this is, there is no e-mail address required so every student can have their very own blog.

The blog's name is iLearn Technology. It was created by Kelly Tenkely, a teacher, technology specialist teacher, and now freelance technology integration specialist. Everyone should visit, bookmark, or subscribe to RSS from this edublog. It is a very up-to-date blog offering the latest info about some amazing web tools for kids and education.