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"Personal Learning Networks (PLN) is the phrase often used to describe connections that educators develop with other educators throughout the world by using online social media. I've previously written more specifically about how ESL/EFL teachers can best create this kind of network, but I thought it would be useful to bring together a broader collection of resources that could be used as guides by any educator."

Nice collection of Google Earth tutorials - from Google Earth folks

CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers. CS Unplugged is suitable for people of all ages, from elementary school to seniors, and from many countries and backgrounds. Unplugged has been used around the world for over fifteen years, in classrooms, science centers, homes, and even for holiday events in a park!

Classrooms that Excel will introduce Microsoft Excel spreadsheet procedures that may be integrated into instruction across the curriculum.  Participants will develop lessons and activities that engage students - collect data, organizing data, compute results, summarize, chart, and present analysis.  Basic Excel procedures are easy to learn and offers a variety of opportunities for teachers to implement real world problem solving and applications.   The eight online lessons require approximately two hours each to complete. 

collection of applets that are designed for use in mathematics courses below the level of calculus, including algebra, geometry, vectors, trigonometry, pre-calculus, advanced graphicing and other courses

A collection of GeoGebra Calculus applets for use with Geogebra.

Not all of these sites will be open to you at school, but I thought it was an interesting collection of sites where you can quickly learn something new each day. Granted, it may not always be something you WANT to learn, but there y' have it. :)

Do your students have aggregators? Why not set up a tab to subscribe to these sites (those that have feeds) so they might stumble upon something new to learn each day.

"The ambidextrous Professional Learning Community believes that results come from using a systematic approach to looking at essential learning, collecting and analyzing actionable data, using data to drive instruction, using Response to Intervention to meet the learning needs of all students, and using the best known research based instructional strategies. Ambidextrous Professional Learning Communities know that collaboration is central to their work. In other words, Ambidextrous Professional Learning Communities believe that results are simply a matter of using a systematic process. But the Ambidextrous Professional Learning Community also believes that great results are something more "

AmbiPLC No 5

A collection of short video-clips and ideas about helping us all to do good things by making it more fun. Behavior change with a smile!

Here are some fun thought-provokers. I'd love to see what other ideas our students might conjure up!

Videos for kids.

Cool site! a free collection of educational videos for students ages 3-18. There are more then 11,000 videos on such subjects as math, science, and history. Students, parents and teachers have designated pages and the site offers a guide for contributors. Featured videos originate from national Geographic, YouTube, and google Videos, among others, and have been endorsed by educators from universities such as Harsvard, Standford, and Brigham Young University.

Looks like a cool site with over 11,000 videos. Free

Get great book recommendations from people you know. Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read. Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite quotes.

"We tell the story of chemistry." The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) fosters an understanding of chemistry's impact on society. An independent, nonprofit organization, CHF maintains major collections of instruments, fine art, photographs, papers, and books. We host conferences and lectures, support research, offer fellowships, and produce educational materials. Our museum and public programs explore subjects ranging from alchemy to nanotechnology.

The heart of the site is a collection of data visualizations.

Lesson for teaching students about algorithmic culture

Shalimar Garden beauty on instant spelled Shalamar Gardens is a Mughal greenhouse collection situated in Lahore, resources of the Pakistani dependency of Punjab. The gardens record from the continuation while the Mughal Empire appear as at its original and aesthetic zenith, and are really positively accepted into evidence one of Pakistan's various simplified tourist purposes.

Backwater is a part of a river in which their backside be limited or no equal-day. It can tour a department of the main river, which extends beside it and then responds it or to a collection of water in the great river sponsored up through the practice of the current or with the valuable support of a difficulty which involves a dam. Manmade laws to green display go with the wind or small green difficulties which include ice jams, flowers blockage, or flooding of a reduction go along with the display can produce backwater.

Eco Kids is a website with a great collection of ecologically focused games and activities. Students can complete interactives on wildlife, climate change, energy, the North, water, waste, land use, and more. I was hunting down a good interactive for students to learn and practice the food chain. Build a Food Chain has students order the elements of a food chain. Along the way, students learn why each animal within a food chain is so important. In addition to learning the basics of a food chain, students will learn about bioaccumulation.

Described as Wallwisher on steroids