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Tech & Learning top sites.  Includes sites for many different disciplines

Packet with several resources for fluency, grades 2-8. Shared on Learning Connection by John Wolf. 

Our Wonders of the Day will help you find learning moments in everyday life, ones that fit in with dinner preparations, carpool responsibilities, a stolen moment between breakfast and the bus, or within school curriculum and education programs.

Interesting list-- includes educators from many different walks, including some in specific disciplines.  Click on a name to learn how to connect with them.

This particular Richard Byrne entry describes a pearltree used to catalog some useful tech resources for teachers.  You can learn about the resources and pearltrees in the process.

Good teachers have always known that puzzle games are some of the best ways toget old and young alike well on their way towards mastering a subject area. ProProfsis dedicated to the mission of combining education and entertainment, providing freeonline puzzles, brain games, and other fun resources to get people actively involved inthe learning process.

Welcome to the TESiboard collection,a purpose built library of visual, dynamic,interactive resources.TESiboard resources are primarily openendedtools that enable teachers to enagagetheir pupils in a learning dialoguearound the resource.The resources are designed for use by theteacher on their interactive whiteboardbut many are also suitable for pupil use,usually responding to a task or challengeset by the teacher.The TESiboard materials were acquiredby TSL Education Limited at the end ofNovember 2009 and as a result of TSL'scurrent and planned future investment,all these popular resources are availablefor free.

daily writing prompt site that publishes prompts on a monthly calendar. The whole month is laid out for you with a different prompt each day. Don't see anything you like on the current calendar? That's okay, click through the previous months to find old prompts. Periodically, Toasted Cheese holds writing contests which you can learn about by clicking on the links on the calendar. The writing contests are based on one or more of the prompts from the calendar. Applications for EducationIf you're looking for some ideas to stimulate creative writing by your students, check out Toasted Cheese. The option to go back to previous months' prompts gives you plenty of options for finding a prompt appropriate for your classroom. 

Several websites/games to help students learn geography 

Learner Express is a gallery of short video modules distilled from over 350 hours in the Annenberg Learner Collection. The science topics are useful in a STEM-based curriculum, while the math topics align with the Common Core Standards. You can quickly locate 1-5 minute videos to enhance classroom or professional learning. Indexed, annotated, and linked to related resources,

This site provides an extensive collection of free resources, math games, and handson math activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Our math printables are suitable for use in math centers, small group or whole class settings. Instructions for each activity are presented in large print on a task card in child-friendly language to enable students to work on tasks independently after a brief introduction to the task. All materials and activities on the site are designed to support the Common Core State Standards and are based on the belief that effective mathematical learning is best achieved when students are given frequent opportunities to develop their own problem solving strategies, to pose questions, and to engage in mathematical inquiry through the use of open-ended tasks.

Free program for students and staff to learn how to use Google Apps. You can take tests, earn badges, and become a ninja master!

Nice description of different uses of google in the classroom.

Referenced by John Keller at Warren opening day 2013

More and more, I'm appreciating the philosophy that instead of thinking you need an app for everything, concentrate on a few that are very utilitarian, and learn to use them well!

Many great examples of ways to use google drive with students.

Shared playlist on digital citizenship