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This website has blogs on trends in technology, new technology resources, research, and ideas related to education.

MindShift is a very upto date assessment of how technology is gaining stronger foothold in schools! The BYOD and MathDesk article two articles that cover the use of current hardware devices and more implementation of game playing as a learning device! Well worth the time to read!

This March 29, 2011 Blog by Paul Bogan, provide an interesting prospective on why Teacher-based learning is creating behavioral management problems in middle and high school classrooms! The privately funded George Lucas Educational Foundation strives to make Edutopia a source of communication and leadership for improvement of instructional methods through-out the K- 12 educational community! Edutopia is "dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators implement the improved strategies." Edutopia's strategies are Comprehensive Assessments, Integrated Studies, Project-based Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Teacher Development, and Technology Integration. This website focuses less on video production and more on Teacher's blogs that communicate how teachers are implementing the Edutopia's list of improved strategies! On this site more can be gained by researching instructional methods and finding inspirational examples of successful schools than gathering classroom ready lesson materials.

FableVision has many resources for K-12 educators including software, books, games, videos, a blog, a newsletter, and professional development. The resources are aligned with national standards (NETS-S, NCTM, etc.). The Grants link has pages of available grants for educators. It has some free resources and many products available for purchase.

Glogster EDU is an interactive digital platform for users to create online multimedia posters, called glogs. Users can drag and drop text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data to create glogs. The completed glog can be shared in a variety of educational settings, including blogs, wikis, web pages, or e-mail.

The Write Source website has writing topics by grade level (K-12) and provides student models with comments by grade level. It helps students create multimedia reports. The materials are created by teachers and writers. It provides information on MLA and APA style, a blog, and a list of publishers for student writing. The site has two very useful student resources: guidelines for how to evaluate interent resources and Research Links: Homework Help and Search Engines. The Write Source could be used by teachers and students.

The Busy Librarian has great ideas for educators on the Home page and the Books for Us link. Book reviews, links to resources, and lesson ideas that integrate technology with a primary education focus.

Article by Jaclyn Norton that is explains the power of visual information with a strong visual element. The link is incorrect, but I can't seem to edit the link itself. Here is the actual link: http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2012/09/infographic-growing-up-with-technology/