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Jumpstart is a great site for teachers of any grade level. You can choose the grade level you are teaching and then find activities, games, worksheets, and more for your students. It has activities for many different subjects reading, English, science, math, and art. This would be a great source for gather ideas for activities, getting supplemental worksheets, or to give the students a safe place to play fun games!

Using Googledocs would be a quick and easy way for teachers to monitor student's progress throughout the entire range of curricula in school without having to go further than a computer.

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I decided to use www.deepspacesparkle.com as my website of the day because this site is an excellent resource for K- 6th grade art teachers. The lessons are simple and easily understood.

Play free online Science games for kids with our huge collection of learning games. Play educational reading games like Brilliant Brushers, Ozone, Germ Hunter, and Space Station.

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.

As the leading provider of speech-generating devices, our mission is to enable individuals of all ages to develop a greater quality of life through communication, self-expression and independence. Funding is available for your DynaVox device! An exciting virtual learning experience that will help support individuals with significant communication challenges. Dynavox meets the standard because it is an assistive technology for any person who has communication problems. I chose this particular technology because my step-son is non-verbal and we have tried using the device with him.

This is a great interactive site to creatively make drawings, stories, and movies that you can implement in the classroom.

Kerpoof is a nice website that allows teacher to make their own animated comics for their classrooms. Comics are a nice alternative to just lectures, because it grabs children's attention and gives them something visual to help remember the information. Teachers can also print out and distribute their comics. It is mostly free but membership does offer more options. Teachers can also make an animated movie. Other comics created by others are also available for viewing.

The NAEA is great website that expands your knowledge about an art education career and a great example of the standard 6.4: Candidates use technology in their own learning process and to change their current educational practice. It provides learning opportunities for current and future art educators to expand their knowledge and to better their classroom. The community part of the website allows art educators from all over the USA to share ideas and strategies for their classroom. There are also grants and opportunities for students and teachers to earn money or more knowledge about art education. The learning tab gives lesson plan ideas. Last, the best part about this website is that it helps you start your career by finding a job.  

This website is a math website for Pre-K through Eight grade to get some extra practice. It is a free site with several different activities. It also is aligned with state standards and is used in over 150 countries.

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.

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. Prezi puts a new spin on the word "powerpoint". You can use different themes, choose the path you want your presentation to follow, it's more creative then a normal powerpoint slide and it is free. Users are making technology available to them when they use prezi because it is created online, so internet access is all that is needed in order to edit or present the prezi. This works especially well for those who do not have the microsoft powerpoint program.

Leading academic plagiarism checker technology for teachers and students. Online plagiarism detection, grammar check, grading tools. Turnitin is an excellent example of Standard 6.9. "Candidates model the legal and ethicial use of technology resources". This online tool allows teachers and students to check papers for plagiarism.

"Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!" Dropbox is an excellent example of Standard 6.8. "Candidates effectively use and manage all technology available to them and explore uses of emerging resources." This online tool allows me to keep up with all my files from any computer or mobile device and collaborate and share my files with others.

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

Communicating with technology. This website is a great tool for teachers to help with classroom management. It has tips on room arrangement and behavior charts. This would be a great resource for beginner teachers.

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.

Gamequarium is an online interactive website with games and worksheets to supplement the instructional strategies that the students learned in class. This website also provides teachers with access to lesson plans and teaching tips on how to teach students, Teachers also get access to information about the importance and saftey of internet access and different ways to include instructional technology into the classroom such as YouTube.Gamequarium is an educational website that supplements the instruction of both teachers and students via hands-on technology.

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.

Interactive learning Sites for the Classroom. This is a great way to get children involved in classroom interaction. This is a fun website with many different games and such. It almost like a big video game on the computer for learning all different subjects.

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.