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More resources for online safety for kids.

Teaching Internet Safety

Free videos on math teaching for Math PD

This site contains lesson plans as well as resource information for various levels of teaching government, civics, and history. The Classroom Web site hosts numerous contests throughout the year, as well as great give-aways for teachers. (For example, during the 2004 campaign, they gave teachers huge Electoral College maps.)

Teacher resources for teaching students to evaluate online information.

Teachers are tapping into technology and digital media for learning. Watch How Google Saved a School and discuss the hype and the hopes for improving education through technology. More and more educators are tapping into the power of digital media and technology for teaching and learning. The variety of information resources available online is simply staggering. Explore how teachers and students are using the power of social media to promote students' active engagement, critical thinking and literacy skills. New Forms of Learning. It doesn't need to happen in school. Because it's visual, interactive and social, learning can happen anywhere with digital media as people collaborate and share about a wide range of topics and issues that matter to them. Technology and School Improvement. Technology may transform schools by promoting student engagement and creativity. But critics fear that too much focus on technology takes attention away from what's really needed to improve schools: capable, well-trained teachers; student-centered learning methods; and smaller class sizes. Hope, Hype and Reality. Are today's learners really different from previous generations? Compelling images of students using digital technology are impressive, but the research evidence on the impact of technology on learning is more mixed. And it's sometimes hard to separate the scholarship from the marketing hype, given the deep investment of technology companies in promoting the idea of technology's transformative potential.

Great Ning site providing resources for educators involved in a large variety of curriculum.

Article providing ways to help students understand what resources and and are not credible.

This teaches you how to start your own podcast, and it gives you reliable resources to teach you more.

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Podcast news, interviews, and resources

provides resources for classrooms and information for both reading and writing.  This site also provides ideas for parents to use with students

This website is a learning platform that includes lesson plans, teaching materials, and learning resources on popular topics.

6 resources that explain "Fair Use" and Copyright for educators

Project Based Learning activities and resources.

Tools, tips, and resources to help you be the most organized teacher you can be using the internet. From assessment, to instruction, and special education, this site has a lot of great resources for helping you get your classroom organized and keep it that way throughout the year.

"When it comes to elearning, traditional teaching methods do not work. Although online learning doesn't place students into the conventional classroom that inspires discussions, the entire process is still based upon interactio"