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This site provides a list of current Internet projects going on between schools around the world. Search by grade level and topic to find an existing project to join or post your own to find partner schools. (Week 3, Link 2 for EdTech541)

Under the curriculum link, I found "Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum for Grades 9-12" This FREE, pioneering curriculum is designed to empower students to be smart about how they create, communicate, and treat others in our 24/7 digital world. Browse the units to find the right lessons for your students.

This blog gives a very brief definition of a personal learning environment and then includes a video created by a seventh grade students that describes her personal learning environment.

This is a blog post summarizing the annual ISTE conference in, I think, 2011. I really love the video here. It is of a 7th graders experience with her PLN. It shows how simple, fun, and rewarding a PLN can be.

Cool resource told from the perspective of a 7th grader learning with PLNs. I also like how the post references PLNs importance by mentioning its place in the Horizon Report.

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards I used this with my third grade classes - great for explaining earthquakes

Great videos for PreK-1st grade range

I linked the k-2 reading section, but eSparkLearning has excellent learning videos for grades k-8.

High quality educational online games, categorized according to educational standard, grade level, and academic content. Free to play games cover math, science, problem solving, and cognitive skills.

Download a free Gradebook Template for Excel. This is a spreadsheet tool for teachers who grade on a percentage or point-based system.

This chart represents student skills which every Caesar Rodney educator should make an integral part of their classroom to improve student learning. Skills are shown at the grade level in which students should demonstrate independent proficiency. Students may need instruction and support to use the skills in projects or assignments in the years preceding the target.

Incorporate art activities into your English language arts lessons, and your students will have so much fun! Use these resources to introduce new concepts or reinforce ELA topics your students have already learned.

This website is an excellent resource for teachers who have a classroom set of iPad's or tablets. Many teachers have classroom tablets but do not know how to integrate them into the classroom. This website has a list of great apps to download for tablet use in classrooms. Students need to be engaged, challenged and be able to practice the skills learned. Using classroom tablets as a group/partner activity or individual use is a great way to incorporate technology into a lesson plan. High school students are a great age to use tablets with because they are more mature than elementary/middle school and (hopefully) will respect the technology devices.

These are flipped TED lessons--a great resource for educators. Each video is professionally animated and narrated. Best of all, you can flip any YouTube video using TED Ed.

Absolutely love this website. TEDEd allows educators to create and share lessons built around YouTube videos. The embedded lesson creator allows users to 1) FIND video content through an integrated search panel, 2) SELECT a video or lesson to be customized, and 3) FLIP a video by adding questions, notes, and content. The TEDEd library is continually growing and is searchable and browsable by series and subject. Grades K-12. Tip: The best lessons are curated by volunteer teachers and TEDEd and compiled under the Best Flips tab. If you're looking for teaching inspiration, look no further!

This is a great collection of videos and lesson plans for educational use. The videos are searchable by subject.

Project Based Learning's time has come. The experience of thousands of teachers across all grade levels and subject areas, backed by research, confirms that PBL is an effective and enjoyable way to learn - and develop deeper learning competencies required for success in college, career, and civic life.

This is a fantastic math resource for any grade level. There are practice problems where students can try and it will give them immediate feedback. If the students get it wrong, it will explain the process and help them through their mistake. Great tool for any math teacher!

Third through twelfth grade Common Core-aligned math activities that use real-world scenarios. Great materials and activities that engage students.

A list of apps and websites for teaching social studies. There are snapshots of the resources with grade level and pricing. There are also active links to the different resources.