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This website provides tutorials for students, parents, and teachers to teach math skills. They could be very beneficial for teachers as an enrichment opportunity for students who lack basic skills. They could also assist parents with homework completion and retaining math skills over the summer time.

This is a good place for parents to look for information when searching for quality child care. You can access a child care options calculator which will help families examine their financial situation both with and without child care. Families can get an idea of their monthly budget and how child care will impact that budget. Find Alex the Bear on this website, who will help your child with the transition to child care. This website also explains what Child Care Resource and Referral can do for you and will help with finding a local CCR&R. This website is also a great resource for anyone interested in becoming a child care provider. I would use this website in my research for a parent or provider.

Gives ten steps to help prevent bullying... brief, helpful advice for parents, teachers

Possible use to share with parents and teachers

Free calendar sharing site which would be helpful in organizing assignments and sharing future classroom plans and activities. I would use this to share upcoming events and news about my school library program particularly with parents and staff.

I would use this site to receive up-to-date early childhood news and information from around the nation and also for research. You can sign up to receive an e-newsletter with the latest news affecting child care and early childhood development. There is also great information for military families who need help in finding child care.

Dr Laura Riffel, expert in Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports provides everything for FREE to persons who access her site. This includes tools, stratgies, ideas, supports, and BLOG TALk RADIO (blogging with video and audio) about PBIS. The site provides resources for parents, teachers, administrators and students (about anyone who works with people with challenging behaviors). Both myself and my colleagues have attended one of her seminars and incorparate her teachings into our building. I have been tapping into her resources for several to use positive behavior interventions to work with our behavior focus students instead of the typical punishment system in place in most schools. I have also shared this resource with parents and paraprofessionals to help provide them with the tools to work with theor students. A great resource and easy to use for persons with limited background in behavior anaylsis and behavior modification training.

A webiste designed for students, parents, teachers and others who work with students with special needs. The website is designed to provide a road map for transition planning from MS to HS, HS to college, work and or living on their own. The site includes on link to college planning tools, financial aid applications, career exploration including interest inventories, information on disability disclosure, Iowa Department of Special Education, Iowa Compass (a statewide information source for referral services). There are actitivities geared for students as well as adults. I use this site often in my work when working with students ages 13 and up and also, their parents. It provides a foundational understanding about transition and the reasons why we need to plan early and often in preparation for life after the educational services end.

Great website for reading resources.

I am using this resource to help me implement a new 90 minute reading block in my classroom this year. It gives resources for use with parents as well as things to use in your classroom. There are printable schedules and activities for use in planning and teaching reading.

This is a great link to so many resources including several blogs that I just added to my googlereader.

Tons of links to technology resources.

WOW, there are so many links on this page. This resource would be helpful for anyone who is interested in using technology in their classroom. I was most interested in the fact that some of the sites were already ear-marked for use with smart boards. Some of the sites were practice sites for kids to use at home. I will be adding those to my parent wiki once school starts.

I am also very happy to see all the activities involving smart boards. Our district is purchasing them for many of our classrooms and I will share this resource with staff next month!

This tool allows you to upload images, video and music. It combines your uploads and presents them in a professional quality video. This would be great for end of year programs and parent-teacher conferences.

HotChalk (www.hotchalk.com), is a free online learning management system (LMS) designed specifically for K-12 educators. HotChalk helps teachers easily and quickly develop customized lesson plans and assignments, locate and integrate curriculum materials, and manage assignments and grading.

PowerPoint I think students should know how to create a PowerPoint presentation by the time they leave middle school.

This site will help students and parents choose a career path, explore colleges, and other training opportunities.

What to do if your child is at risk from cyberspace bullying - tips and advice.

Web 2.0 Tools by i-SAFE Inc. and posted to the AEA11 Web 2.0 website by Carole Maske

Web 2.0 Tools by i-SAFE Inc. and posted to the AEA11 Web 2.0 website by Carole Maske

I like this blog. Very informative regarding the internment camps of World War II.

A site to get free or nearly free apps on Fridays for your devices. Youcan also submit apps you have developed for consideration to be added to their page. The apps center around education, special needs,family and family fun. These apps are used by our teachers, students, parents and aea support staff to provide service, supports or specially designed instruction using 21st century skills to our students with IEP plans.

I am always looking for ways to engage my students about guidance topics. I am looking for "real" conversation with them as opposed to hearing the answers they think you want to hear. The kiwi lesson described is one of those lessons that will provoke responses that are real.