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Six step process in the instruction of vocabulary (building academic vocabulary).

This site is broken down by grade level (right side) and there are a number of games lists (left side).

Check out these 10 tools to create digital books.

Tech and Learning article about top 10 tools to create digital books. this is a blog that you should add to your RSS reader.

GrowingWithGoogle - wonderful site for those who need support with google . Lots of tutorial videos about a variety of Google tools.

Check out this terrific wikispace on google. Lots of tutorials on various google tools.

Mathalicious is really cool site. Users select their math topic and then are given real life situations where the math is used. It appears each situation comes with a complete lesson plan, with essential questions and all informtion that the teacher will need. The lessons are not just for math teachers but go across varied content topics, but relate back to math.

Cool site. Mathalicious connects math to real-life activities by providing complete lessons for teachers.

Milestone Documents. Your primary source for historic texts and expert analysis.

Milestone documents is a primary source for historic texts and expert analysis.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Picturing the 1930's.

Picturing the 1930's. This is through the Smithsonian. Learn about the 1930's through art, music , newsreels, memoriabilia, historic documents, photographs, etc.

Making Greate Photographs Memorable pictures are made using time-tested techniques, methods -- and, yes, even tricks. To help photographers of all stripes up their game, LIFE.com launched a series of "lessons" on photography, focusing on elemental aspects of picture-taking. Focusing on themes like portraits, lighting, composition, and taking travel pictures, these galleries provide simple, straightforward answers to some of the most common questions about "how to make great pictures."

Interesting site, please share with anyone who may be interested.

NationStates for Educators is a site that allows educators to create a nation to explore issues such as politicking, balaancing coompeting points of view, resolving ethical dilemmas, understanding politics, the nature of freedom, exploring the complexity of society, nature of patriotism. Different classes use NationStates in different ways. Some have designed their own "game within the game" systems, awarding points for students that achieve particular outcomes, such as being elected WA Delegate. Others use NationStates as a jumping-off point for discussion

Looks like a great site to create and use as an ongoing classroom activity. Please share with anyone you think may be interested in an authentic activity.

"Free AP Physics Help for AP Physics C or Introductory College Physics Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism" Here are some youtube videos to give you some explanations of AP Physics C topics to help with AP physics.

Cool site with a variety of science topics videos.

An assortment of free power point presentations on a variety of topics.

Thanks for sharing this one. Looks like lots of ready to ppts.

Collection of Social Studies resources available on the Web.

Website - A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses. The most-used words in each address appear in the interactive chart below, sized by number of uses. Words highlighted in yellow were used significantly more in this inaugural address than average.

A mneumonic Device is used to help memorize a string of words. For example Every Good Boy Dies Fine to remember the treble clef E, G, B, D, F.

mneumonic device tool, good one to share with the students

The text that originated this movie was published on May 29, 1990 with the title "State of the Village Report", and it was written by Donella MEadows, who passed away in February 2000. The statistics have been updated based on specialized publications, and mainly reports on the world's population provided by different resources, like Un publications, PRB. org and others. Please see these statistics as a tendency, and not as accurate.

Something to think about regarding the global society.

I like this! Using for my 7th grade geography students and sharing with the rest of department.

seeks to educate children in grades four through six - tweens, in the parlance of marketing - about how advertising works so they can make better, more informed choices when they shop or when they ask parents to shop on their behalf.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs is well known for his electrifying presentations. Communications coach Carmine Gallo discusses the various techniques Jobs uses to captivate and ...

The Chemistry Add-in for Word makes it easier to insert and modify chemical information, such as labels, formulas, and 2-D depictions, within Microsoft Office Word. Additionally, it enables the creation of inline "chemical zones," the rendering of print-ready visual depictions of chemical structures, and the ability to store and expose chemical information in a semantically rich manner.

Here is an add-in for word that can be downloaded

With Google Earth, you can create awesome tours, taking viewers on a virtual trip from place to place. You can enhance your tours with narration, images, videos, text, and other types of information. The tours you create can even be embedded into a website.

How to get started using google earth.

Smithsonian's interactive exhibit on the history of Transportation in America.

Looks like an interesting site for those interested in history.