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If you use the Notebook software and a SMART Board you have to check this out! This is awesome! Tables, introduced in Notebook 10, have proven to be a great tool for teachers to create simple activities.  Recently TeqSmart discovered a new way to  use

Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web. Check out the stories below to hear how Mixbook can help YOU.

An introduction to RSS as a way to save time reading web sites.

Gabcast.com is a podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. Most people will use a touch-tone telephone to make their recordings but we also provide worldwide access to the service through VoIP. Once you have made a recording and have published it, a newsfeed is immediately and automatically updated to alert subscribers to your channel.

GenYES is an innovative program that creates 21st century leaders and learners. GenYES students help teachers use technology in classrooms, supporting effective technology integration school-wide. Eleven years of research proves GenYES empowers students and changes the way teachers integrate technology in their lessons.

Acrobat.com Presentations provides a new way to create, edit, and share presentations with others online. Built on the Adobe® Flash® Platform, Acrobat.com Presentations looks and behaves like a desktop application, but it operates inside a web browser. There's no installation required, so getting started is easy - and free.

Acrobat.com Tables provides a new way to work with others on data and information - such as task lists, schedules, contacts, and sales numbers - that is typically created and shared in spreadsheets or simple databases. Your data tables are online so everyone has access to the latest information - no need for multiple versions or e-mail attachments. Built on the Adobe® Flash® Platform, Acrobat.com Tables looks and behaves like a desktop application, but it operates inside a web browser. There's no installation required, so getting started is easy - and free.

Adobe® ConnectNow, one of the Acrobat.com services, is a great way to share ideas, discuss details, and complete work with others - all online. Reduce travel costs, save time, and increase productivity with a web conferencing solution that's easy to access and simple to use. Built on the Adobe Flash® Platform, ConnectNow operates inside a web browser. There's no installation required, so getting started is easy - and free.

"Those of us that provide staff development around instructional technology have identified a need to share more than just tools with teachers. To evaluate them based on Bloom's Taxonomy is simply a way to connect the tools to those that would be identified with the Affective, Psychomotor, or Cognitive domains--specifically the Cognitive. The visual that you see here is the seed of discussion. There are other models in the section to the left called "Ideas for the Visual." I would hope that the critical analysis of what we've started here includes attention to the fact that we are building something from the ground up, starting conversations and collaborating around doing what's best for kids and teachers."

"Textbook Revolution is a student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors. We want to get these materials into classrooms. Our approach is to bring all of the free textbooks we can find together in one place, review them, and let the best rise to the top and find their way into the hands of students in classrooms around the world. At Textbook Revolution, you'll find links to textbooks and select educational resources of all kinds. Some of the books are PDF files, others are viewable online as e-books. Most books are aimed at undergraduates, but there are at least a few resources at every level, from kindergarten to post-doc. All of the books are offered for no-cost (gratis) by their respective copyright holders. Beyond that, each book is as individual as the author behind it."

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novels are pretty daunting fodder for the average English class, no matter how they're approached. But Diane Hamstra, a teacher at Park Tudor School, in Indianapolis, found a way to get her tenth-grade students to dive enthusiastically into the nineteenth-century moralist's dark thicket of language.

Begin with ME! is a project that provides a rich environment full of resources and support that allows teachers and teacher consultants to work together, share ideas, and learn new ways to help all students, including those with special needs, become better writers.

The author of two books, 12-year-old Adora Svitak published her first, Flying Fingers, at the age of seven. In addition, she has spoken at some of the nation's pre-eminent education conferences and taught students around the world via her video conferencing programs. Most recently, she spoke at the TED conference.

Sqworl is a web application that provides a clean and simple way to visually bookmark multiple URLs

Wiki pages are always a work in progress. The wiki is like a dynamic online science classroom which continually grows and changes. Applications for the use of Wikis in science classrooms is only limited by the creativeness of the teacher in support science teaching and student earning.

As the world transitions to conducting work, business and play online, more and more communications that were formerly done offline in a formal way, are now quickly accomplished on the Internet. One excellent example is how the job hunting process is now almost exclusively online.

Google is not just useful for conducting searches for information on the Internet. In fact, it can be used and manipulated with cool and tricks in ways which help you and your students search for information about science and math with more effectiveness. Along with all subject areas students are engaged in school. The tips and tricks designed to help you and your science or math students take advantage of Google's search engine.

These interactive whiteboard games are a great way to review units of study in the classroom. All are based on popular TV shows and are fun and engaging for the whole class. Download the templates, customize them to your own needs, and you will be ready to play these great games on an interactive whiteboard or LCD projector.

Wikis are the most popular Web 2.0 tool being used in science and math classrooms. Based on a survey of readers - 43 percent use them to support their teaching and student learning. A Wiki is appealing, encourages participation, supports collaboration, and promotes interaction by students who love to use technology. By the way - this includes most students today!