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SuperKids is a great educational software review site. The site provides rating scales for educational value, kid appeal, age ranges, and ease of use. They also delve into system requirements, price comparisons, and product support. This particular review is on a program called Words Rock! This is a strong drill and test vocabulary/spelling/grammar program, hidden in a search game. The educational component would be attractive to parents and teachers, as well as to students looking to challenge themselves.

This is the hub for all educators interested in using the vast resources of the Smithsonian Institute for education. There is something for every subject represented here.

According to the website, Georgia Public Broadcasting "creates, produces, and delivers high quality educational resources that enrich, inform, and support the Georgia learning community." GPB provides multimedia educational programing with supplementary materials and training on classroom technology integration. The statewide network empowers teachers across the state to collaborate by connecting them with other teachers in and out of their fields.

BrainPop is a highly-regarded, Flash-based video site that offers an array of movies on all kinds of curricular topics covered during the school year. This particular site provides the framework for a teacher to teach a lesson on animal habitats. Beyond just watching the movie and answering the quiz questions, the educator site gives the objectives, materials, preparation, lesson procedures, vocabulary, and extension activities to do with the students. You will have to create a free educator account to gain access to this page.

WorldWise merges technology and Tall Ships to enrich the cultural education of students in North America and provides for the material educational needs of schools in remote islands and isolated tropical communities throughout the South Pacific, Indonesia, Africa and the Caribbean

Education World Techtorials, instructions weekly on how to use different technology aspects in the classroom

Education World is a great online tool for teachers that offers a variety of applicable uses. Teachers can download and share lesson plans, find professional development opportunities, incorporate technology integration ideas, blog on current school-related issues, and much more. It is a go-to site as a teacher. Looking here before Googling can save time and energy.

Educational software (free!) from Owl & Mouse Educational Software. Software and activities for learning, class projects, afterschooling, homeschool, and teachers. It includes reading software for students also.

Summary article explains need to integrate technology in education to create students ready for today and tomorrow's work world. Technology integration also needed to develop creative and critical thinkers able to collaborate with others locally or far away to create authentic products shared with interested audiences outside the classroom. Article also discusses value of portfolios for assessment.

This website, supported by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, provides curricular support to educators, students, and families. The site is loaded with supplemental activities, diagrams, maps, stories, etc. You do not need to be in possession of a certain textbook in order to gain access to the site.

The ability to display images, video, and sound on demand with little download time has proven itself essential to the classroom teacher or instructional technologist looking to bridge what is said to what is seen and heard. Using MPEG compression technology through a broadband connection, streaming media, such as that provided by Discovery Education Streaming, readily provides students the opportunity to see/hear prerecorded movies, music, and excerpts from online libraries more extensive than any school media center. Live broadcast feeds enhance classroom experiences through real-time experiences and interactions with other students or experts. Online classes utilize streaming technology, as well.

Arcademic Skill Builders: Online Educational Video Games for Students and Teachers. Great tools where student can even play each other for competition.

Lots of simple, but fun, educational games are available here. Some are even playable on the Nintendo Wii, believe it or not!

Interactive map of future trends in education

entertaining articles (valid) on education - funny cartoons

Though maybe not au courant in terms of technology, this collection of java applets for Physics Education is really neat, with a lot of helpful animations to help explain Physics concepts.

The Federal Reserve System maintains all sorts of educational tools, and this site is where they offer teachers and students lots of resources into understanding the Federal Reserve, which can often be tough for students to wrap their minds around, even though it's so important to the operation of the US economy.

LeapFrog recently released the LeapFrog 2 educational gaming system. Several software titles are available for students of various ages. The new system connects to the LeapFrog Learning Path, which is an online tool that allows parents and/or teachers the ability to monitor progress.

New Zealand's Manukau Family Literacy Program shows that parents and children can help educate each other.

This article points to the importance of proper teacher training and use of technology to garner student academic achievement. Students need to have the technology tools accessible to them to be sucessful. Test data needs to be collected (from programs like TestWiz) in order to identify learning strengths and weaknesses. Finally, the author states that it takes a "community of educators and a host of technology tools" to ensure students meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) standards.