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GradeBookWizard.com is a web-based gradebook for K-12 teachers that includes a class website where you can publish assignments and student grades, as well as communicate with students and their parents. You can share information such as student records, grade scales, and rubrics with other teachers at your school.

This site gives examples of different communication tools for teachers to use for communicating between parents and students. Under each example, it discusses a little about each and how it is helpful. The site also provides other web links to help students and parents.

Free Rice is a non-profit organization that helps teach children vocabulary, while also helping feed third world countries. This site can help teach students about how to help others while still being able to learn. For every vocabulary question a person answers correctly, the United Nations World Food Programme will donate 10 grains of rice. How you answer a question right is Free Rice gives you a word and you are supposed to define the word. It gives you four choices to choose from, and all you need to do is to choose the best answer like on a test.

Famundo.com is a free website where a teacher can go in and make a class calender. The teacher can then invite the students and teachers to join so that they will be able to view the calender. This is a very good website for a teacher to use to communicate with the students and their parents. The parents and students can log in anytime they want to check the upcoming assignments or activities that the teacher has placed on the calender.

Vyew is similar to a blogsite, but allows more interactions between users (students, parents, other teachers). Pretty much anything (images, videos, documents, etc.) can be uploaded and shared. Some other features include tutoring, webcam conferences, and students can work on group projects via this site. Vyew relates to standard 6.6 because it can be used to effectively communicate with students, parents, and other teachers.

This website has fun interactive activities for all grade levels. It also contains activities for teachers to use with SmartBoards, Promethean Boards, etc. It encompasses all subject areas including math, science, social studies, language arts, and Spanish.

You can work more effectively with our web-based grade book. All you need to use GradeBookWizard.com is a Mac or PC with Internet access - either through dial-up or LAN/DSL/Cable. There is no software to install on your computer.

A good example of a primary sources site for American History classes

This website is an excellent resource for educators to reference when teaching their class about safe web-surfing practices, copyright laws, etc. Teachers can also find a detailed description of what "technology ethics" means, why schools need to teach it, and the most effective ways to do it. Teachers also have access to a list of books and articles, as well as handouts for instructor and student use. The author also gives an example of guidelines regarding technology use that all schools should adopt.

This site provides different ideas for teacher-parent communication, teacher-student communication, collaboration on learning ideas, resources for back to school night, conferences and so much more

This website is for the teachers to be able to assess data in the classroom regarding student learning. It can also be used to guide classroom decisions when you know where the students are at academically. This website gives clarity in what should be taught and learned in each grade as well.

ERIC is a wonderful research tool for educators and students alike. It is the World's largest digital library of educational literature. It meets the standard 6.5 by being a free accessible technology that allows users to compile a multitude of valuable research information specific to their needs.

Thought I'd share an RSS feed from one of my favorites, NPR. This series reminds us why we WANT to be teachers. Here's NPR's blurb: You may have already heard of StoryCorps, the American oral history project on NPR. Two people sit down in a studio and talk, telling stories about their lives, and the people at StoryCorps record and archive the conversation. StoryCorps is honing in on lessons about learning with a new project for the academic year, called the National Teachers Initiative.

FunBrain is the #1 site for online educational games for kids of all ages. (math, grammar, science, spelling, history). There are many different games to choose from for children in any grade level.

This site is a webquest designed for college students that are enrolled in programs that lead to teacher certification. It meets the tenets of standard 6.9 because it covers teachers using all the new educational technology in both an effective and ethical manner.

I find the history channel website to be very useful for history teachers. It has videos on most historical events, games for students to play that are relevant to subjects in history and social studies. It could also be used as good source for students when doing research projects and paper. A great icebreaker for teachers to use is "This Day in History."

Parenting wired kids can be difficult, especially if you didn't grow up with the same technologies. These resources can help. Explore topics such as cyberbullying and social networking with our free collection of online videos. Through animations and real-life stories, NetSmartz can help you better protect your children while they're online.

St. 6.9-This is a great website with images that have copyrighted material you can use. Each picture gives the user the regulations to use the picture. Some pictures have no restrictions and others have minimal restrictions.

This website has IXL Improvement Reporting on it. When your students are working on the computer "playing games" you will be able to with the click of the mouse view any of the 37 IXL reports. These reports will give you the information that you will need to help your students to be the best that they can be. It will show you their strengths and also show you their trouble spots. All of this information will allow you to show the student what he or she need to work on over the school year.

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.