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Atomic Learning's Tech Skills Assessment helps you gauge technology skill levels, demonstrating skills can actually be applied. How is the Tech Skills Assessment unique? * Focused on how to use technology and how to apply it * Correlated to ISTE NETS-S 2007 standards * Easy identification of areas of greatest instructional need * Includes curriculum projects to target technology gaps * Comprehensive reporting system scalable to the needs of a district of any size * Can be completed in a single class period * Available with a subscription to the Technology Skills Collection

PBS Teachers Connect is an online community of teachers exchanging ideas, resources and instructional strategies on the integration of digital media and technology.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for math instruction.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for science instruction.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for English instruction.

Finally, a practical way to DIFFERENTIATE INSTRUCTION for SECONDARY classrooms! (as well as elementary)

A web site designed for K-12 educators who want to: -teach standards that include non-print media texts - learn more about media literacy - integrate it into classroom instruction -help students read the media -help students become more media aware

LabWrite provides full support for descriptive labs and labs that students design for themselves. And it includes an extensive set of resources, such as an Excel tutorial and guides for creating tables and graphs, which students can use on their own or teachers can use for in-class instruction.

A wikispace created by CFF coaches providing resources, lessons, and activities for social studies instruction.

An online site to help with student video development.

Kids' Vid is an instructional web site that gives teachers and students the tools necessary to implement video production in the classroom. Video production can be intimidating to the novice.It provides the tools and the means for students to create and d

Lots of links to resources and ideas for using your ActivBoard in instruction.

The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.

A searchable site where anyone can upload video clips. Although it may not be good to use during student instruction, this site could provide teaching resources to use. You can save the video to a flash drive using zamzar.com.

Teachers in the classroom make the decisions closest to the field of instruction and it is teachers that have been the greatest rights---rights that even their districts do not have. This Copyright Chart was designed to inform teachers of what they may do under the law. Please reproduce it as necessary

This Google Site has been set up by Dr. Helen Barrett to focus on the use of Google Apps to create ePortfolios. On this site, there are instructions on how to use the different elements of Google Apps to maintain e-portfolios.

The YouTube Reporters' Center is a new resource to help you learn more about how to report the news. It features some of the nation's top journalists and news organizations sharing instructional videos with tips and advice for better reporting.

Part of Lightspeed Systems' Total Traffic Control network security software, the Educational Video Library enables educators to use YouTube videos for classroom instruction without any of the risks. Approved YouTube videos are displayed through a portal on the local network.

Thanks to Joanne Romano.

Summary of ideas related to improving instruction in high school.