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We know students love learning on our platform. Students love going to a Class and learn the basics of a new skill. We wanted to take that even further. We created Courses to allow teachers to create more in-depth, organized, and well thought-out learning experiences. We think that Courses will allow you learn even more about the skills that you are passionate and curious about.

free, for individual teachers, or for districts/colleges - customization options for edu

Glogster online teacher training videos

Conceptua (MeTRIC): standards-based, teacher facilitated math tools... procedural, higher-order concepts, etc.

science education: Chickscope - Using computers in the classroom with access to the Internet, students and teachers are able to access data generated from the latest scientific instruments. The goals include an increased understanding of the process of gathering scientific data and the opportunity to interact with scientists from several disciplines and students in other classrooms The access to unique scientific resources and expertise provides motivation for learning science and mathematics and stimulates interest in the scientific world.

TeacherTube: great videos for teachers and teaching

Google posters for sharing with teachers and students!

EdLab at Teachers College Columbia University

Ed Leadership. Dec 2009. When students track their progress. by Robert Marzano; "Fuchs and Fuchs1 found that providing teachers with graphic displays of students' scores on formative assessments was associated with a 26 percentile point gain in achievement."

Sleep is Death is a fabulous interactive storytelling (writing) and game development game for two players - teachers check THIS OUT!

A single example - and this is ALL you need - as to why the "Digital Natives" metaphor is a dangerous fallacy. We NEED teachers to learn critical thinking.

NSF worked with NBC and the National Science Teachers Association to celebrate the "National Year of Chemistry" be creating this "Chemistry Now" series: a weekly, online video series of chemistry awesomeness!

Mobile Learning Institute: featured teachers discussing the future (er, now) of education