For those interested in pushing their own limits about what tools are available to me!

Fun little game to learn how to write and identify linear equations. Moves students slowly through development of slope, horizontal and vertical lines. Fun to play.

A reading and writing community started by a local high school (Silver Creek). Just shows the power of thinking outside the four walls of your classroom.

A compilation of read/write/speak-listen activities from the internet.

Well worth a read. What happens when you look at the system and think of possibilities that will result, not might result.

This wiki is a great way of learning more about the ISTE nets and what the different strands look like.

For all the teachers wanting to do a skype with an author. Here is a list of authors willing to do it for free.

Study vocabulary or almost anything Create your own flashcards - sign up free Share flashcards with your friends View the quick guide or watch the video tour

Yet, another great data analysis, display tool from Google. Implications in helping students organize/display/analyze/evaluate data is incredible. Displaying data through a map has implications in so many content areas. 

A great sentiment, and worth reminding ourselves of this.

Acceptable use policy drafts from a good source of information the Southwest Educational Development Center.

"Last fall, Princeton launched a small experiment, replacing traditional textbooks with the Kindle DX, Amazon's large e-book reader. Almost from the beginning, the 50 students participating in the pilot program expressed dissatisfaction with the devices. Yesterday, a university report offered some more definitive findings. On the upside, students using the Kindle DX ended up using far less paper. (Paper consumption was generally reduced by 54%.) On the downside, students complained that the Kindle was fundamentally "ill-suited for class readings.""

Physics "Animations"

" * * new teacher welcome * home * login * register * search * about * people * sitemap * contact us More information about the PTRA program Welcome to the Physics Front! The Physics Front provides high quality resources for the teaching of physics and physical sciences courses."

"What is Digital History? Digital history is an approach to examining and representing the past that takes advantage of new communication technologies such as computers and the Web. It draws on essential features of the digital realm, such as databases, hypertextualization, and networks, to create and share historical knowledge. Digital history complements other forms of history-indeed, it draws its strength and methodological rigor from this age-old form of human understanding while using the latest technology."