CEigeEDU360

This website is sponsored by the Australian Department of Education. It contains resources about digital citizenship for teachers, parents, and students. The resources include articles and other content connected to Australia's educational standards.

Brain Pop provides many resources for teachers related to digital citizenship. These free resources include videos, activities, quizzes, games, etc.

This website provides video introductions of new skills and opportunities for students to practice and master those skills. Students can use these lessons before, during, or after classroom instruction. This website allows students to direct their learning and pace as they study Grammar, Math, Social Studies, etc.

Teachers and students can use this site to create free blogs about learning experiences. They can create images and articles to communicate with parents, students, and a wider audience. This encourages authentic writing and communication.

Whole classes, small groups, and individual students can use Skype to collaborate with students around the nation and world.

Students can find reliable information about the pros and cons of controversial issues. This website is helpful for students who are writing persuasive essays, practicing debating skills, and are seeking to understand different perspectives.

This site provides speeches about a variety of topics that are fascinating. It's possible to search by topic, languages, and duration to choose speeches that fit the needs of the ELL classroom. TED Ed also has educational materials and lesson ideas. These videos (or portions of the videos) would be great to use for a Cloze activity.

This website is helpful for reading instruction when there are students reading at varying levels. The articles are about current news items, but the teacher can adjust the reading level to match the needs of students. Students can discuss the same ideas but read the content using the reading levels that are appropriate for them.

Students have free access to tutorial videos about arithmetic, fractions, geometry, percents, and algebra. These are skills that adult learners will see on the HiSET and CASAS exams.

This is a list of Twitter chats that are valuable for educator collaboration and networking. These education-related chats include educators around the world and can aid in teachers' professional development and provide knowledge about other technology-based resources to use in the classroom.

This is the complete list of ISTE Standards for Students. It includes a description of each of the 7 standards and the accompanying criteria.

Download free ISTE Student Standards posters in English in Spanish. This chart highlights the importance of being a learner in the Digital Age.

This blog provides a list of free technology resources and programs to use for collaboration. These tools are interactive and support 21st century skills like collaboration, communication, and creativity. Descriptions and links are provided for all the recommended resources.

This video provides step-by-step directions for how to use Google Hangouts. I've never used Google Hangouts before, so i know that I will need a tutorial video for my first time, too. Students and teachers can use Google Hangouts to collaborate with other classrooms and students around the world.

Students can use Weebly to create a digital portfolio of writing, illustrations, videos, and other technology-based projects. Then, they can share these creations with an authentic audience.

Students can use all of these resources for free if they have a library card at the Marshalltown Public Library. In particular, Consumer Reports and Credo Reference can provide valuable data.

Students can create their own digital books. Students combine text, images, audio, and video to present original content.

Students use this resource to find reliable data about a variety of topics of national importance from the U.S. Census Bureau. Some data topics include maps, populations, demographics, and economic data.

Burlington English is computer-based program that provides ELL instruction and feedback. Students are able to utilize this program in a classroom setting or at home to develop their English skills. This user-friendly program allows students to work at their own pace and receive quality feedback as they learn, practice, and develop their English skills.