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This is a neat and useful website. It gives you links to online tools for teachers, and online tools for students. It also gives you links for training materials. All of the links have been tested and proven that they are accurate.

Tumblr lets you effortlessly share anything. Post text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos, from your browser, phone, desktop, email, or wherever you happen to be. You can customize everything, from colors, to your theme's HTML. It works with standard 6.8 because it allows you to explore resources

This site has links specific to teaching history, social studies, geography. It has links to lesson plans, current news portals, research content, interactive time lines and most anything to do with teaching history. Endless resources for teachers and students alike. There is also a link available to send suggestions and was featured by the New York Times.

Mimio is a company that makes interactive technologies for the classroom. The interactive whiteboard is similar to a smartboard except it just attaches to the teachers exisiting whiteboard magnetically. Students or teachers can use the pens to write on the board and control the computer screen by using the whiteboard. Mimio also makes a reading tutorial called MimioSprout. This helps children from kindergarten to second grade with reading. This website meets standard 6.1 because it allows students to use interactive technology in the classroom. It also allows students to further their education while playing games and doing activities on Mimio Sprout. The white board would allow teachers to use technology in a positive way to have students interact during a lesson instead of just listening to the teacher. With the interactive white board, students can get up and interact with the teacher and their peers.

My favorite subject is math so I choose this website so teachers could explore fun games to let the students interact with. The website can also link up with other websites to get more fun math games. They have printable worksheets and much more. I like it because some parts are free, however some links cost money. Even though some of it did cost money I feel as a future teacher it will be well worth the money to be a member of some of the educational sites avaliable.

This website describes cyber ethics and some of the legal/ethical issues revolving around the use of technology , at the same time, advocating proper use of the legal policies. It has a lot of helpful links for parents, educators, communities, the youth, and more!

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.

Standard 6.6- Candidates use technology to effectively communicate with students, parents, and colleagues. Shutterfly.com is a website where teachers can create their own personalized classroom website for free. Teachers can use their own website to post pictures of their students so the parent feels part of their day, as well as posting homework and important dates for parents and students to refer too.

Sweet Search is a search engine designed for students who are researching anything their minds think of!! When you go to the homepage for Sweet Search, it gives you other search engine links that can specifically target your goal. Some of these include links for social study content, biographies, how to use the web effectively, etc. Our librarians really promote this website and encourage the students to use this search engine when they are researching.

This Website is actually the home of one of the other websites I found (posted earlier for Standard 6.1) with games and wanted to share it, because it has several other links and more information on teaching with technology as well as links to several games available on the internet.

Limited web search for students, web links for students and resource list.

This link is for an excellent, free database for teachers to search or find literature appropriate to their students at different levels of the DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment). You can search for a specific book, or use the database to configure an appropriate list for your grade and DRA level. The website as a whole offers many other great features for educators as well, such as lesson plans and science projects. The database in itself however is a fun place to start when working with your own personal classroom library to the extent that you can be linked to Amazon to purchase a copy if you so wish.

This site wans students to be able to go on the internet freely without worrying about all of the risks involved. The ethics of preventing cyberbullying by the teachers is also linked as well.

This website has important information and tips for teachers and parents to keep kids protected while they are surfing the web. I chose this site because of its awareness on how to properly teach kids how to surf the web. This website discusses the importance of parents/teachers communicating with children to make sure that they understand the rules and laws of surfing the web.The site also discusses cyberbulling and the signs to recognize if children are being abused online. The site has other important links and websites that can be utilized.

This electronic source for American literature, funded by the Library of Congress, allows students to explore multiple facets of American literature. One link leads to an exploration of Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore, while another looks to examine how the history of Salem influenced Nathaniel Hawthorne's writings. By presenting students with this tool, they will be better equipped to understand the writers' backgrounds and read deeper into their works.

Education World offers an educator a website to find numerous teaching tools. This website provides links and outlets to resources available on the internet. The professional development section of the website gives teachers countless ideas for improving their educational practice.

Educational Resources at the National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of art website is a great technological resource for both teachers and students. There is a link to the exhibit of the week which focuses on a new artist or series of artists. Another useful tool is the artist database which makes it easier to look up any artist quickly and also have an accurate biography and list of works. There is also a fun section for kids to use where they can get ideas for art projects, read the online children's magazine for artists, and use a number of free software to create their own original art work.

All kids love games-even learning games. This websites links tons of free games for kids to play, even ones with disablities.

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.