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Handbook to get teachers into using Twitter

This blog post does provide some good points in opposition to IWBs. Good conversation piece.

I provide technology training with five different school districts, all using several different types of IWBs. In districts where teachers see IWBs a way to make it easier for them to continue what they've already been doing, that is "stand and deliver", then I agree completely with the author. However, when teachers see IWBs as a way to involve students in and excite them about their own learning, then wonderful things happen. These tools can provide students with outstanding discovery and creative outlets and real learning happens. It's all about the teacher, not the board.

U.K. based website focused on educating youth, parents, and teachers about being a responsible digital citizen. Digizen includes fantastic video resources, lessons plans, widgets for promoting your good digizen habits, and more. Would be a great place for a teacher to start talking about using the web responsibly, and includes resources for cyberbullying, cyber ethics, appropriateness online, social networking etiquette and more.

Resources for understanding and performing qualitative data analysis. Very useful as schools are forced to look more and more at data, and need a way for teachers to effectively use that data to impact instruction.

QDA has become a growing factor in our school system. The data teachers collect and analyze spans from written tests, student response data, individual curricular modules, grade book analytics, state tests, national tests and more. Many teachers are overwhelmed with assessment and data. This site is a wonderful resource to keep in our pockets so that assessment methods and data collected have a quality aspect and can be used as a solid directional arrow for instruction. Much appreciated.

TeacherTube is a free community for sharing instructional videos and content for teachers and students. We are education focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners.

School report comment bank files for most subjects, kindly provided by teachers from a wide range of schools around the world.

Online educational games for children, as well as resources for parents and teachers.

Free educational resources for teachers, students and parents.

List of teachers who use Twitter...go and network!!

Michael M. Grant's collection of resources for teachers categorized by grade levels.