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A blog of great technology information to integrate in the classroom. Also, great resources for Web 2.0.

A blog of great technology information to integrate in the classroom. Also, great resources for Web 2.0.

An FACS teacher's blog full of lesson plans, management ideas, recipes, teacher tips and curriculum sharing.

An FACS teacher's blog full of lesson plans, management ideas, recipes, teacher tips and curriculum sharing.

"An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources. Depending on your project or the assignment, your annotations may do one or more of the following. Summarize: Some annotations merely summarize the source. What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? The length of your annotations will determine how detailed your summary is. For more help, see our handout on paraphrasing sources. Assess: After summarizing a source, it may be helpful to evaluate it. Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? For more help, see our handouts on evaluating resources. Reflect: Once you've summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask how it fits into your research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic? Your annotated bibliography may include some of these, all of th"

This blog gives tips for anything and everything in education.  There are blogs about assessment, ed trends, gamifying your classroom, new teacher support, etc.  

Shannon Miller is a district teacher librarian & tech specialist in her rural Iowa school district.  She has many resources for educators to give ideas of how to use technology in the classroom.

This is a list of the Summer 2014 IT Cohort contacts list. It has contact information for each person in the cohort.

This is a free presentation software. It is used to create animated videos and presentations. This could be fun for students to use when they are creating presentations for classes.

This discusses puzzles to use in the classroom and other math games.

Dr Zeitz's blog with various Ed resources and information. This may be used as a resource for new technology info.