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Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood Developed as a companion to the PBS series Red Gold: The Epic Story of Blood, this site is rich in content and interest, providing information about such topics as blood composition, circulation, typing, donations, and more. Visitors can take a multimedia journey that follows a pint of blood through the transfusion process, learn the basics about blood, and trace the history of blood through an interactive timeline. Middle- and high-school teachers also will find lesson plans and a 12-page discussion guide.

"Mobile social networks that bring students, teachers, and parents closer together."

"A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents. Free."

A handy chart for teachers.

An "Every classroom matters" program presented by Vicki Davis where Gord Holden discusses with her three important things about digital citizenship and young people.

A teacher outlines the six purposes she uses Edmodo.

Cool stuff for nerdy teachers.

A list of some of the ways a teacher has used Google Forms with their classes and activity groups.

This is a site that contains many articles about Internet safety.  Teachers could read these different articles and prepare an Internet safety lesson.  The articles are geared to all ages so this site helps every grade level teacher and it also has an article for parents.

This website provides parents with online safety to protect their privacy it also gives safety ideas to implement in the home.

This video would be a great opener for Internet safety. This add versatility to the way a teacher presents Internet safety. Students will enjoy Garfield's safety tips.

This website is neat because it is for everyone. They have tips on internet safety for teachers, parents, and kids of all ages to read. They have even broken it up into age groups to better fit each reader.

This website gives all kinds of writing prompt ideas for kids starting in elementary school and going through middle school. The only way kids are going to enjoy writing is if the teacher makes it fun for them. This website has prompts for narrative, persuasive, expository, essay, and journal writings.

Nice site for having students or yourself create an ePortfolio.  

Teacher resources for teaching students to evaluate online information.

Resources for parents and teachers to help children learn to evaluate Internet information.

Teacher built software that allows students a safe, simple way to communicate with peers.

"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."

"What's the toughest part of your work as an educator? You are used to teaching lessons…you already have the knowledge, so it's not that difficult to express it. However, the task of motivating your students to write falls in another category. It's hard for you to take control over the process and explain how they should infuse their creativity into the rigid form of academic writing. The following 7 online resources will help you teach essay writing in a more inspiring way."