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Website with DuFour citations about PLCs and hwo to establish them

One-stop shopping: blogs, videos, webinars. Links to work from the Exploratorium. Includes a "best practices" section. Product reviews also included

Includes groups on technology integration in addition to videos, blogs, profiles of schools. Information organized into community sections which include both grade levels and pedagogies.

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October 20th, 2009 Facebook isn't just a great way for you to find old friends or learn about what's happening this weekend, it is also an incredible learning tool. Teachers can utilize Facebook for class projects, for enhancing communication, and for engaging students in a manner that might not be entirely possible in traditional classroom settings. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class.

An essay written in the UK emphasizing the importance of technology in the classroom. The authors noted that assistance technology is just as important for those with disabilities to be able to comprehend the same curriculum.

This article gives information about teachers who are instructing online.

TryEngineering.org is a resource for students, their parents, their teachers and their school counselors. This is a portal about engineering and engineering careers, and we hope it will help young people understand better what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be made part of their future.

Blogspot discusses lessons, technology, and any other idea that comes across her mind.

I feel like some of these are already obsolete (#1) and others are on their way---exciting! 

Simple Google video on what a web browser is.  I find parents and some students are often confused when I mention "chrome" or "firefox".  Makes a great point that your web browser is the most important piece of software on your computer. 

I love geocaching & letterboxing---it would be very simple, fun, & educational to integrate into the classroom. 

Good basic info on blogging for both Teacher bloggers and student bloggers. 

Interesting way to engage your students and teach them how to use google! 

Resources for creating word clouds. I just used a few of these when teaching my students on the Beatitudes! They really enjoyed it!

A fun way to present information. It zooms in on certain parts of the presentation and moves all over the screen to share what was created.

Technology in Education is devoted to the teaching of science and design technology including art and design, business studies, craft design technology, home economics, and information communication technology.

Information about using cell phones in the classroom. It gives insight as to how to use them on field trips, etc.

Games engage & reward players.  TED talk looks at the ways that games do this and how we can bring this into other realms---in particular for us--education. 

All of these emerging technologies can effect our future as classroom teachers