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This is an online course called the Habitable Planet. Users can select content by unit which lists all of the topics coveredn in the course or content by type which lists what is available to users. The content by type includes the online textbook in pdf format, videos, interactive labs, visuals, scientists, professional development guide and a glossary. It looks very organized.

Miguel Guhlin's blog post 3/26/2009 gives a list of resources of where to find Moodle courses.

Blogging 4 Everyone is a simple little course I designed to help introduce the concept of blogging to students & teachers. Not only does this course offer tips w/ a tutorial video, but it lists my top 5 blogging solutions for education: 1.Edmodo 2.Kidblog 3.Gaggle 4.Edublog Campus 5.21 Classes

Thhis site provides you with information to get started on scratch a free program that will allow you to create interactive games and activities for students. It is also great for kids who like to create with technology.

If you have used scratch you will like this site. Lots of help and examples of how to use scratch. If you haven't used scratch this will be a very helpful site to get you started.

History matters is a database of coursework, guides, and primary-source documetns on topics in American history, History Matters was produced by two academic programs at the City Unviersity of New York and George Mason University. The site is most useful for high school history teachers and studetns, and educators can use it as a professional-development resource. The Digital Blackboard page offersr curriculum guides with links to third-party reference sites. Another page hosts a series of Q & A interviews with history teachers, who reveal the secrets behind teaching a successful history course. The Students as Historians page links to web-based projects created by high school and college students. And don't forget to check out the primary-source search engine, located on the Many Pasts page. The search enging links to more than a thousand images, audio, and text-based documenets from American history sites across the Internet.

NBC Learn has launched this website called Finishing the Dream. It chronicles the h istory of the civil rights movement. It includes more then 100 stories from NBC News archives. Materials include documentaries on significan events over the course of 60 years, including the Montgomery bus boycott; the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.; the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas; the Freedom Riders; and more. The content provides the opportunity for community leaders, teachers, and students to discuss the impact of the civil rights movement and to consider related modern issues that affect people today.

"Anyone can use LeveledLibrary without registering for a free account. However, registered users have access to many features that are not availble to the unregistered users. Most notably, registered users can: Everyone Keep an inventories of the books you own and their levels Specify the leveling system in which you want the book levels displayed. Print labels for your leveled books in popular label sizes View book details, such as binding, dewey decimal number, suggested categories, and cover images Keep books in your shopping cart across multiple computers All Educators Search the inventories of colleagues at your school Vote on book levels for books in the system Manage Courses and Track Student Lending Access reports about your classroom library Administrators Purchase and unlock reports: See what books are in your school Analyze how well a teacher's library matches the students in the class Track student reading growth over time See how well your students are picking books on their reading level"

I have often wondered if there was a tool to organize my own library of books and I think th is may be it.

This page was shared by Joyce Valenza a teacher-librarian at Springfield Township High School in Erdenheim, Pennsylvania. This page has numerous links to resources for educators to use in creating online content.

If you are building online courses in Moodle, here is a link that was created by a teacher-librarian of a school here in Pennsylvania. She has organized numerous resources that can be added to your moodle course.

Teacher network provides lesson plans, classroom specials, teacher designed activities for different subjects and many other resources.

Typing Lessons Online is a free touch typing program that allows its users to type fast using their ten fingers. It offers free and interactive typing lessons and exercises for all levels.