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Great Websites for Kids (GWS) , the Association for Library Service to Children's (ALSC) online website directory, has been completely redesigned. The updated site boasts a fresh and colorful kid-friendly look and interactive social media enhancements. Clear, bright icons display subject categories and appear on every page, while eye-catching thumbnail images provide a visual preview of each great site represented. Special sections highlight Sites of the Week and Month, Most Popular pages and Top Rated selections. Prompts for each site offer "more selections like this." Visitors can actively connect with the site and further their online experience by rating sites; sharing their favorites on social media sites such as Facebook; and emailing recommendations to friends.

Laura Candler is a former teacher who has so many great ideas, she became her own industry!  You will find many free or inexpensive resources on her website, and she shares quite freely.  Sign up for her newsletter, be sure to check out the file cabinet of free ideas, and check out the other links she recommends.  You can also like her page on Facebook.  She frequently offers good deals or free resources there as well.

Quiz that has you declare "Phish" or "real".  Would be great to share with students-- and staff.

Ning community sharing SmartBoard resources.  (May be blocked at school)

Pam Griffin shared this with Stonybrook teachers at faculty meeting 8-14-12

Example of a multigenre project Kathy Broadlick shared with CIA

Wonderful classroom website. What a great way to involve all stakeholders: staff, students and parents. Beth Newingham and Holly Gordon share a third grade classroom in Troy, Michigan.

PBLU is an online social network of educators who continually learn and share how to do Project Based Learning. PBLU provides free online two-week classes and Common Core aligned projects that teachers customize and implement while receiving tips from an experienced PBL facilitator and feedback from the online community. PBLU launches the summer of 2012.

9 Ways to Assess Students without Standardized Tests

Richard Byrne shares several video sources for chemistry and the periodic table.

Great preso from several teachers at NCTE13 who share several tools they use for observations and data collection

Includes upcoming and archived webinars to learn about Livebinders and other resources.

Fake ads spread by foreign countries to create disruption in the US. Site shared by Vicki Davis at ISTE18

Shared during edcampvoice, July 7-8 2017

Rec by Annette Lamb. Students put themselves in the place of a reporter in order to check facts before they share information.

Amazing list of different applications and teacher challenges to learn about using them. Shared via #NOTatISTE

Page by author of 9-10-11 for teachers to share stories of what they experienced on 9-11

There are many, many resources and examples on this site. They are also available for consulting, but they've already shared a lot.

Great presentation from a tech integrator at an international school in Singapore. Many of her ideas would be great to share with parents as the summer looms ahead, although many points relate to integrating digital citizenship at school, too.