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The folks at eThemes have already searched 1000 themes for kid-friendly sites. They have also rated the sites with a star system. A phenomenal resource that will save you lots of time searching.

Go directly to the 4 t2 Explore tab, search by curriculum unit, and you'll be hooked. There are more curriculum resources than you could possibly use under each topic. The articles in the Activate: The Journal of Technology-Rich Learning tab are also great.

Detailed description of a vocabulary game using wordle word clouds.

Marc Prensky is the futurist who coined the terms digital immigrant and digital native; his classic paper can be downloaded here.

Are you ready to move beyond bullets? Here are some very creative PPT templates that will scaffold your students' presentations. Click on the sidekicks bar on the left to get started with PPT ideas (and downloads) for Book Blasts, e-stories, scrapbooks,

This is a subscription site, but it has a free trial. BrainPOP features very engaging short animated films that teach common curriculum content. They also have BrainPOP Jr., specializing in K-3 content. The school and district pricing is posted on thei

This site introduces you to the options for using technology in your classroom, e.g. webcasts, webcams, current news sources, inquiry-learning. Even more important, it explains why it's important to make instruction meaningful, current, and engaging for today's students. This is a great place to start exploring your options for integrating technology in the classroom.

This excellent Australian site tells you how to subscribe to podcasts, how to get started, and points you to some real examples of podcasts used in the classroom.

Two brilliant high school chemistry teachers have completely switched the lecture at school/homework at home paradigm. Their students watch the lecture at home as a vodcast (on computer, iPod, or DVD) and do problem sets at school with help from the teachers. Check out the news story from the local TV station. I used to live near Woodland Park...

This is a collaborative space by many of the leaders in digital education including Ian Jukes, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and others.

Links to hundreds of virtual field trips in every subject area.

This Northwest Education Technology Consortium site features three strong examples of classroom integration of technology, one each from elementary, middle, and high school level.s. To provide valuable context, each example features background information about the school and teacher, how the projects was planned and organized, how students accessed technology, and how teachers assessed students work. Examples of student work are included. The format used is very engaging and provides a good model of how to present a unit.

Utah's Jordan School District has a great selection of curriculum resources for teaching with technology. This is the district that created the Pay Attention video, and you can download it here.

On Jamendo, artists allow anyone to share and download music. This is probably not a good place for kids to browse but handy for finding copyright free soundtracks for your projects.

Very nice interface; free sound effects and loops.

Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers. Have you freed your sound today?

This free sound editor works on Mac and Windows; you need the LAME add-on to export mp3 in Windows. I have used this program for several years to change tempos and edit dance music.

This large library of free photos was contributed by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. This should be a relatively safe place for students to search photos.

In this section of Flickr, people have already given various levels of permissions to use their photos.

stock photography community - browse our huge gallery for high quality stock photos or share yours with others.