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Flash games and tools for teachers. The random name-picker alone makes this site a winner. Graphic organizers and custom quizzes put it over the top. [via Vicki Davis] NOTE: These activities alone will not encourage higher order thinking

This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!

The Web is constantly turning out new and extraordinary services many of us are unfamiliar with. During TED University at this spring's TED2007 in Monterey, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, offered an ultra-fast-moving ride through sites in many different areas, from art, design and illustration, to daily news, blogs and curiosity. Now, by popular demand, here's his list of 100 websites you should know and use.

Checks for validity of links on web sites.

Have you ever thought, "Gosh, I wish I had time to learn more about Flickr, wikis, or (enter your Web 2.0 tool here)?" Well, this is your chance to take the time to focus on your personal and professional development around Web 2.0 tools. It's fun to explore these tools and figure out ways to use them in the library, with your personal Web sites, or in other ways.

"kwout" is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. You will need to download an applet from the site to use on other web sites.

"kwout" is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use this service, all you need is to add our bookmarklet to your favorite browser.

A reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Watch the engaging 15-minute videos and try the online interactive activities. "Behind the Lesson" provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch the 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

On this site you will find the electronic Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. NCTM's visionary document for teaching mathematics at any level.

Just added to the Teacher Toolbar http://tinyurl.com/326m6o Human Anatomy site

The site provides training and products along with an entire curriculum for educators as well as parents.

The site provides training and products along with an entire curriculum for educators as well as parents.

Allows you to watch online videos without all the distractions. It removes the ads, discussion boards, etc. Works with Youtube, iPlayer, Viddler, Vimeo and more

Quietube is a bookmark button that removes comments, advertisements, and all of the other "noise" typically found on Youtube, Vimeo, and other video sharing sites. Just the video remains. Can also send the quietube video to others using a shortened URL. Very useful in removing possibly offensive comments, inappropriate advertisements, or other distracting content on a website.

Create your own customized newspaper site that includes RSS feeds from blogs and sites that interest you. You can build your own community.

graphic images go along with word and definition.

A visual vocabulary site containing hand-drawn situational visuals that help in memorizing and retaining vocabulary better than ever before. They also encourage users to submit their own sketches at http://weboword.ning.com, of which they feature the best @ WeboWord.

This is a kid friendly website where kids can make drawings come to life. This site could be integrated in the following ways: --Preschool

On this site you'll find links to more than 350 lesson plans and activities on energy efficiency and renewable energy for grades K-12.

The worldwide OER movement is rooted in the idea that equitable access to high-quality education is a global imperative. Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared. As a network for teaching and learning materials, the web site offers engagement with resources in the form of social bookmarking, tagging, rating, and reviewing. OER Commons has forged alliances with over 120 major content partners to provide a single point of access through which educators and learners can search across collections to access over 24,000 items, find and provide descriptive information about each resource, and retrieve the ones they need. By being "open," these resources are publicly available for all to use, and principally through Creative Commons licensing, many thousands are legally available for repurposing, modifying and improving.

Site for International Schools with great links under Education Websites.

Gail Braddock describes e-Learning for Kids as "free e-courses for kids all around the world. This site has engaging and interactive courses for kids in online safety, computer skills such as using Google, typing, and core subjects like language arts, math, and science. Most of the courses are for elementary school-aged children, and involve dynamic avatars, and are highly interactive."

A free comprehensive math resource site. Find free worksheets, math ebooks for elementary grades, extensive link list of games, interactive tutorials & quizzes, curriculum guide, and math teaching help articles/lessons. The resources emphasize understanding of concepts instead of mechanical memorization of rules.