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FREE listening-based learning of the Spanish language with: An original daily audio file in spanish with its transcription, Different chapter "channels" along the week, Chapters organized by difficulty level, Different exercises associated to each chapter

Wow. Don't tools like this have REAL potential to change the classroom?

CK-12 allows one to customize and produce content by re-purposing to suit what needs to be taught, using different modules that may suit a learner's learning style, region, language, or level of skill, while adhering to the local education standards.

Gapminder is a non-profit venture promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by increased use and understanding of statistics and other information about social, economic and environmental development at local, national and global levels. We are a modern "museum" that helps making the world understandable, using Internet.

A free online music generator similar to Garageband. There are higher levels of use that require a fee.

Project Look Sharp provides materials, training and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels.

Overall there is a strong body of evidence linking the use of technology to improvements in learning and outcomes for learners. The relationship is not a simple one. Time taken to embed the use of technology, school-level planning and learner competency and focus of use, and link to models of learning are all important in mediating the impact of technology on outcomes. Schools that take a systematic and planned approach to using technology to support learning achieve better outcomes with technology than other schools. These 'e-mature' schools have a well-developed vision for learning and lead and manage their use of technology in support of this.

Apple's QuickTime is the go-to Mac OS X app for video playback, but there's more to QuickTime Player than meets the eye. You can rewind and fast-forward movies, increase the audio level beyond the slider limit, and even scrub frame by frame through the movie like you can in Final Cut Pro! Check out these 15 useful and largely hidden keyboard shortcuts for QuickTime Player, they are sure to improve your QuickTime movie viewing experience!

BrainHoney is the only product that truly spans classroom, blended, and online instruction at any level. You need just one system, not three, to manage classroom learning, supplement with online instruction, experiment with online courses, or run a virtual program.

Find the right web tool for you by task, cognitive level, learning style, stage of inquiry,

Blackboard is committed to supporting the two most recent versions of client software for each major release of Blackboard Learn™ when possible. These levels of support may change depending on contractual obligations or lack of support from vendors. The following tables list the supported operating systems and browsers for use with Blackboard Learn Release 9.

Great interactive whiteboard practice activities for elementary or middle level math.

University of the People (UoPeople) is the world's first tuition-free, online academic institution dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education. The high-quality, low-cost and global pedagogical model embraces the worldwide presence of the Internet and dropping technology costs to bring collegiate level studies to even the poorest and most remote places on earth. With the support of respected academics, humanitarians and other visionaries, the UoPeople student body represents a new wave in global education.

Use these verbs in your lessons and discussion questions to ensure that students are thinking at higher levels.

Framing the discussion in terms of his district's reform model - the "New 4 Rs" of rigor, relevance, relationships, and reflection - Sofo describes how one middle school developed a multifaceted, classroom-level intervention to support struggling learners.

Search opinions at all PA court levels, view court calendars, and get news and updates.

Search for information on Pennsylvania academic standards, assessment anchors, and eligible content by subject area and grade level.

Designed for med students, gives a detailed description of the sounds of the heart & lungs, including disorders, while playing audio of those sounds with each description. Suitable for upper level HS.

Online Educational Video Games for elementary level kids.

MathBits.com is devoted to offering fun, yet challenging, lessons and activities in high school (and college level) mathematics and computer programming for students and teachers. Created by two teachers.

allows mapping of water pollution, watershed information from national to local levels.