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This is a fun song called the ""fifty Nifty United States" to help teach students each one of the states. I like this version of the song because during the video it shows "real-world" examples of each state. Students always learn better when the can make a connection to something. I used this song in my fifth grade class and my students loved it.

What better way to teach students about being safe on the Internet then through playing games! This website offers a good variety of Internet safety games. During the games you are reminded of different safety rules.

This site contains lessons and interactive activities to teach kids how to use Internet responsibly.

Interactives that teach children how to recognize the dangers of online activity.

Teacher resources for teaching students to evaluate online information.

Games-based math teaching resource

"Among the responsibilities that today's educators have, teaching essay writing is the most challenging one. Some teachers leave essay writing to natural talent; explain the process in simple steps, assign the topics, and give a deadline."

"As the eLearning industry continues to evolve, the educational system becomes dependent upon HTML5. Due to the fact that the curriculums are becoming more interactive than ever, nearly all students and teachers rely on their devices to when they want to access or present the studying materials. The developers from the eLearning industry constantly create and design new concepts that change the way people learn and teach. HTML5 is one of the main tools used by eLearning professionals, mainly because of its versatility and flexibility."

Insight into successful use/integration of technology into education.

The course management system (CMS) reinforces the status quo and hinders substantial teaching and learning innovation in higher education. It does so by imposing artificial time limits on learner access to course content and other learners, privileging the role of the instructor at the expense of the learner, and limiting the power of the network effect in the learning process. The open learning network (OLN)-a hybrid of the CMS and the personal learning environment (PLE)-is proposed as an alternative learning technology environment with the potential to leverage the affordances of the Web to dramatically improve learning.

Open source classroom mgt software. Replaces programs like Vision6, LanSchool and NetSupport School. Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers, aka iTALC, gives teachers the tools they need to manage a computer-based classroom without the high license fees of commercial software. Key features include remote control, demo viewing, overview mode, workstation locking and VPN access for off-site students. Operating System: Windows, Linux

Great resources shared at an education conference for colleges in Oklahoma. Several tools to help teach literacy and 21st learning environments.

K-12 education's early steps in movement to an all digital curriculum. Students in 4th, 7th, and 9th grade social studies will be on an iPad.

Here is a list of resources ranging from tools to detect plagiarism to webquests explaining plagiarism to teaching materials.

My blog mostly about things I'm learning about educational technology, but sometimes about other education topics that strike me as interesting, important or just funny.

Project being developed by Wesley Fryer in the form of Digital Interactive Learning curriculum.