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Quizlet is a website that allows the teacher and students to study topics via quizzes, flash cards, etc.

Quizlet is an online learning tool for students and teachers that lets the user study a variety of subjects for free. It allows teachers to create quizzes and practice questions for their students based upon the material being taught in class. Students can then go online and take these quizzes or complete these practice questions to study. Quizlet can be used both inside and outside of the classroom and provides both teachers and students with a fun and interactive method of integrating technology into learning.

This social bookmarking site is a good example of an emerging resource for teachers.

If we don't effectively integrate technology into education -- even at the lowest levels -- we are doing a great disservice to a students and failing to provide them with the skills most relevant to the jobs they will do and the lives they will lead.

Another Free Comic Strip Generator.  I had to share, I had so much fun with the one's I used for our 23 things.

Grades K-12 + Lesson Plans + Activities + videos + current events

The timelines site - create timelines

This website is a free social networking site that allows teachers and students to engage in collaborative projects and learning assignments with others from around the world. Teachers can set up virtual classrooms and grant their students monitored e-mail accounts, with parental permission of course, in order for them to interact with other students from all over the globe. For instance, while studying about the rain forest the class may connect with another classroom that lives in the rain forest. This website also allows the teacher to involve parents in the process of learning by adding them to the class network. Parents can monitor their child's academic progress and also receive the classroom newsletter. One aspect about the website that is extremely helpful is the translation tool. This allows teachers the opportunity to have conversations with parents in their native language.

Scitable is an awesome interactive resource for anyone who loves science. It is an online science library that has hundreds of articles, databases, and other resources. Whether you are doing research for a paper, or joining in on a discussion with experts or peers, Sitable is a easy to use web 2.0 site. It goes along with standard 6.5 in that it allows you to gather, sort, and analyze information while also giving you the ability to share what you have learned with others.

Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources that complement and extend learning beyond the bell. Foster deeper engagement and opportunities for students to take charge of their own learning with high quality, engaging, relevant tools designed for today's busy teachers and parents.

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.