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Simulation of a wet chemistry lab. The Virtual Lab is an online simulation of a chemistry lab. It is designed to help students link chemical computations with authentic laboratory chemistry. The lab allows students to select from hundreds of standard reagents (aqueous) and manipulate them in a manner resembling a real lab.

Specific information on computer lab accessibility requirements.

The Labs are intended to engage middle- and high-school youth in mentor-led, interest-based, youth-centered, collaborative learning using digital and traditional media. Learning Labs in Libraries and Museums FY 2011 Deadline: August 15, 2011 Grant Amount: Planning and Design Grants: up to $100,000

This has been a life saver in my computer lab.  I have created Symbaloos of websites I use regularly in my lab for each of my classes.  It has been especially helpful with my younger students who have trouble typing in web addresses.  

Checklist for ensuring equal access to computer labs.

The Purdue University Online Writing Lab serves writers from around the world and the Purdue University Writing Lab helps writers on Purdue's campus.

This is an excellent resource when you have to cite resources. I know that I struggle to cite the resources correctly, so I wanted to share the resource with others.

Purdue OWL has been a life-saver through out the MET program

Great site with a lot of simulations/games on mechanics topics

This tool provides science resources for teachers including virtual labs. It provides a wide variety of tools for integrating technology into the science curriculum.

This document from the University of Washington helps users make computer labs welcoming, accessible, and usable.

This is a simulation software that I use mostly with my physics students. We don't utilize all of these, but when the topic perfectly aligns with one I create a simulation lab in order for them to utilize the technology and not be bored in a typical lab setting.

Great science, math, STEM resource. Interactive simulations along with other helpful teacher resources for engaging lessons.

This website is a resource that I like to use for my 7th grade Physical Science class. The students enjoy the simulations and I can use it for things that I either don't have the resources for or that they can't be trusted to use. #EdTechSN

Basic games/videos teaching students about internet safety and other everyday issues. I feel that this site is geared towards younger students

This last year I have incorporated Wordpress within my curriculum throughout all of the classes that I teach. I consider this a part of Communities of Practice and a form of social networking within the classroom. It has helped my students become viable producers of technology than just consumers. This site discusses the best practices of Wordpress within a classroom. A good source of information.

Many schools would not be able to do this outside a computer lab. The idea may scare lots of teachers. It may be best for older learners. Students were encouraged to tweet questions and observations during a lecture. Students said this gave them the courage to ask something they would not otherwise have, or commented when they may have stayed silent. While this didn't teach content through twitter, it helped engage students with the content via social media.

The video from the Digital Media and Learning Research Lab examines how education has changed from supplying curriculum to connecting people with the right peer or mentor that can help engage and develop them. Schools, universities, and professionals no longer control learning and hand it out. Instead, they should arrange learning so that the right people are able to come together for learning. Networks and connectivity are tearing down borders in education.

I enjoyed this video. I'm always intrigued by the anthropological view learning theories, I like Mimi Ito's point that students have to find ways to support their interests based upon what they want to do with their lives and the adventation of the internet has opened them to a world of experts that learners may not have otherwise had access to. Further, because of technology, like-minded learners are able to connect and foster collaborative and involved learning.

Create simulation program and full design program for teaching lighting for the theater. Recommended for 9-12 and above Theatre students. Asset for any theater.

This is a really good site with loads of physics and chemistry simulations on everything from the greenhouse effect to electron diffraction.

This is a phenomenal collection of science simulations. I've used them both as a demonstration on my SMARTboard to drive home some point and as labs where students use the simulations to discover key points on their own.

Gould Burgess teaches in a "flipped classroom," so her students complete their "lower-level thinking" for homework, and engage in "higher-level thinking," like the marble and catapult lab, in the classroom. After watching the podcasts at home, students come to class ready to work on more advanced exercises that build on what they learned from the lectures. Check out some great tools and examples from the NEA website!!