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How to set up Anchor Links in Google Sites. These links will send to user to a specific place on the webpage. Good for FAQa, etc.

1st Google Education On Air conference with many educators presenting on a wide variety of topics. The video recordings of the sessions are found by clicking on each link. Most presenters have additional links to resources and you can add them to your Google+ connections.

 Bay Files, like many similar services, allows you to upload a file for quick and easy sharing. When you upload a file to Bay Files, Bay Files generates a series of download links that you can give to the people you want to access your files. So instead of sending an email with a big file attachment you can just direct people to the download link associated with your file.

"Yolink Update with Enhanced Search Engine-Special Guests: Brian Cheek, Ken Shelton, Lucy Gray 08/07/2010 Links for presentation: http://gl.am/e1kT4 *Plus page has additional links & resouces *I participated in this webinar and it is a good one hour training to get familiar with Yolink & Sweetsearch. I recommend this training. There is a previous training in the Classroom 2.0 archives you can also access.

Organization site for urls.Bunch a set of links together into one url and share the link to view the sites. Switch between the sites using the convenient bar at the top of the screen. Great for making sets of resources. - Martin Burrett

Various keyboarding sites for students of all ages. Typing Web: Typing Tutor is better for older students. Dance Mat typing is one of the most fun sites for younger students.

Lots of links on different aspects of storytelling. A great way to explore the topic and help define for yourself the role of storytelling in your own life and that of our students.

"KidInfo.com is an educational web resource that saves teachers, students, and parents valuable time by providing - in ONE website directory - the BEST Pre K-12 curriculum links to educational resources, videos, and powerpoints. KID INFO is UNIQUELY different from other educational web directories, as it is easy to navigate, and is the ONLY educational web directory that organizes websites according to SPECIFIC, rather than general, curriculum studied in schools throughout the United States, and many other countries around the world."

Want to explore the "Genius Hour" concept. These videos and links will help introduce you to an approach many are embracing.

Read about the Leyden High School's Chromebook Initiative from the perspective of 4 students. Before reading them, you might want to check out the links to four other guest posts about the initiative: *Why 1:1?  Why Chromebooks? *The Logistics of Chromebooks at Leyden *What Can You Expect When You Move Learning to the Web? *Tech Support Internship:  Student-Led Support for Leyden's Chromebook Initiative

Bloom's Taxonomy meets the iPad - great visual "wheel" and includes the SAMR Model and links to videos on how the wheel works.

Lots of resources on Bloom's taxonomy and apps/links that relate to each part of the taxonomy. 

"Research has shown that teaching quality is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement. In order to cultivate high-quality teaching, support for ongoing professional learning in schools is essential. " Five articles, including a comprehensive bibliography with links to all the studies and reports cited in these pages.  1. How effective leadership supports prof. learning 2. Key components for productive PD programs 3. PLC's 4. Recommendations for evidence-based programs

Linking Secondary Core Content to the Common Core Standards - Guidebook with model for LIteracy Design using module approach. Worth looking at.

Twitter lists according to subject area to subscribe to and follow as part of an effort to encourage the use of Twitter for Prof. Development and link to "10 Ways Teachers Can Use Twitter for PD"

Links to thousands of free audio clips that are copyright free. In digital storytelling, easy to drop these clips into Audacity or Garageband, etc. and create vodcasts of all kinds.

Have you given up Outlook and now miss sending Word docs as attachments? Here is some freeware that allows you to do that - AFFIXA. Here are some instructions and a link to the free download. When you send to email, it will put your Word doc in your Gmail "drafts" folder. 

Richard Byrne provides links to 8 resources for teaching students what plagiarism is, how to avoid it, and how to detect it. 

Catlin Tucker clarifies what "Complex Text" is and shares a link for teachers to see what the Lexile Measure is. Read the comments on her post, as a few teachers respond with additional resources.

Watch this training on how to use LiveBinders & links to examples and best practices & tutorials