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The Vintage Ad Browser is a search engine for old print advertisements. useful for those students to examine the evolution of print advertising. The Vintage Ad Browser could also be used for teaching lessons in recognizing bias and hidden messages in print materials.

The Avalon Project is a good resource for students that need to find digital copies of original documents. For example, all of The Federalist Papers are available on the Avalon Project website.

A library of how-to videos, produced by technology teachers, to help teachers and students create classroom strategies for today's 21st century digital classroom.

Help for teaching idioms. Includes a picture and sentence. Students type in meaning and give an additional sentence.

A 21st-century education revolves around the Internet for everything from collaboration, tools, lessons, and even earning degrees online. If you are looking for ways to integrate online learning into your science class, then take a look at these cool online tools that are just perfect for both teachers and students.

"a great wealth of material available online that will engage your students."

KATE, the Kentucky Academy of Technology Education, collects the most innovative and successful technology practices in K-12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of Kentucky -- the United States -- and the world. Google and Microsoft applications offered

The collection of virtual cell animations introduces students to seventeen molecular and cellular processes. For each process there is a series of annotated images, a text explanation, and a video explaining the process.

"We provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today..."

"YAY MATH was founded by Robert Ahdoot, a full-time high school math teacher and has grown to a movement that empowers student success worldwide."

Vocalyze is a free service that reads the content of popular websites to you. You can subscribe to popular sites across twelve different categories. Applications for Education Vocalyze makes news and other content available to students with vision impairments that prevent them from reading online. Vocalyze could also be used to support struggling readers as you use current events stories in your classroom.

Vocalyze is a free service that reads the content of popular websites to you. You can subscribe to popular sites across twelve different categories.

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells.

"Mapped to state standards. Students practice what you cover, using intelligent questions, hints and video lessons. "

Links on the home page for Study Guides. Study Guides also found in the Student Resources tab on left sidebar.

Great posters for Active Listening and Discussion

A PacMan type game that allows students to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts.

Some great starter sheets for staff and students... Gmail, BLogger, Pixlr and Google Docs...

Public Domain images

Learning Guides by Experts and Educators "Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age."